Legislative Session number- 88

Bill Name: SF0786

2E Relating to the environment; prohibiting the commissioner of the department
of natural resources (DNR) from issuing or granting any new leases to prospect
for, mine or remove silica sand from any lands owned by the state; establishing
the southeastern Minnesota silica sand board; specifying membership, officers,
terms and vacancies, meeting law quorum, staff and contracts and funding;
authorizing the board to appoint an advisory committee and be in contact with
government agencies; specifying board duties relating to model ordinance
development, adoption and standards; allowing an extension or renewal of interim
ordinances for new permits for silica mining and facilities; requiring a generic
environmental impact statement (GEIS) report; imposing a moratorium on new or
expanded silica sand mining until a certain date; providing for interim
ordinance extension or renewal; providing for temporary environmental review
requirements for silica sand; requiring the environmental quality board (EQB) to
amend rules for silica sand mining; appropriating money to the pollution control
agency (PCA) for the EQB to conduct the generic environmental impact statement
(GEIS)
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