Minnesota SF 2258: Permanent school fund compensation for certain lands based on general fund forecast appropriation

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to environment; modifying provisions to petition for preparation of​
1.3 environmental assessment worksheet; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections​
1.4 116D.04, subdivisions 2a, 5a; 116D.045, subdivision 1.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116D.04, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subd. 2a.When prepared.(a) Where there is potential for significant environmental​
1.8 effects resulting from any major governmental action, the action must be preceded by a​
1.9 detailed environmental impact statement prepared by the responsible governmental unit.​
1.10 The environmental impact statement must be an analytical rather than an encyclopedic​
1.11 document that describes the proposed action in detail, analyzes its significant environmental​
1.12 impacts, discusses appropriate alternatives to the proposed action and their impacts, and​
1.13 explores methods by which adverse environmental impacts of an action could be mitigated.​
1.14 The environmental impact statement must also analyze those economic, employment, and​
1.15 sociological effects that cannot be avoided should the action be implemented. To ensure its​
1.16 use in the decision-making process, the environmental impact statement must be prepared​
1.17 as early as practical in the formulation of an action.​
1.18 (b) The board shall by rule establish categories of actions for which environmental​
1.19 impact statements and for which environmental assessment worksheets must be prepared​
1.20 as well as categories of actions for which no environmental review is required under this​
1.21 section. A mandatory environmental assessment worksheet is not required for the expansion​
1.22 of an ethanol plant, as defined in section 41A.09, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b), or the​
1.23 conversion of an ethanol plant to a biobutanol facility or the expansion of a biobutanol​
1​Section 1.​
25-00360 as introduced​11/19/24 REVISOR EB/RC​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 2258​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: KUNESH)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​668​03/06/2025​
Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy​

2.1 facility as defined in section 41A.15, subdivision 2d, based on the capacity of the expanded​
2.2 or converted facility to produce alcohol fuel, but must be required if the ethanol plant or​
2.3 biobutanol facility meets or exceeds thresholds of other categories of actions for which​
2.4 environmental assessment worksheets must be prepared. The responsible governmental unit​
2.5 for an ethanol plant or biobutanol facility project for which an environmental assessment​
2.6 worksheet is prepared is the state agency with the greatest responsibility for supervising or​
2.7 approving the project as a whole.​
2.8 (c) A mandatory environmental impact statement is not required for a facility or plant​
2.9 located outside the seven-county metropolitan area that produces less than 125,000,000​
2.10 gallons of ethanol, biobutanol, or cellulosic biofuel annually, or produces less than 400,000​
2.11 tons of chemicals annually, if the facility or plant is: an ethanol plant, as defined in section​
2.12 41A.09, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b); a biobutanol facility, as defined in section 41A.15,​
2.13 subdivision 2d; or a cellulosic biofuel facility. A facility or plant that only uses a cellulosic​
2.14 feedstock to produce chemical products for use by another facility as a feedstock is not​
2.15 considered a fuel conversion facility as used in rules adopted under this chapter.​
2.16 (d) The responsible governmental unit shall promptly publish notice of the completion​
2.17 of an environmental assessment worksheet by publishing the notice in at least one newspaper​
2.18 of general circulation in the geographic area where the project is proposed, by posting the​
2.19 notice on a website that has been designated as the official publication site for publication​
2.20 of proceedings, public notices, and summaries of a political subdivision in which the project​
2.21 is proposed, or in any other manner determined by the board and shall provide copies of​
2.22 the environmental assessment worksheet to the board and its member agencies. Comments​
2.23 on the need for an environmental impact statement may be submitted to the responsible​
2.24 governmental unit during a 30-day period following publication of the notice that an​
2.25 environmental assessment worksheet has been completed. The responsible governmental​
2.26 unit may extend the 30-day comment period for an additional 30 days one time. Further​
2.27 extensions of the comment period may not be made unless approved by the project's proposer.​
2.28 The responsible governmental unit's decision on the need for an environmental impact​
2.29 statement must be based on the environmental assessment worksheet and the comments​
2.30 received during the comment period, and must be m