1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to air pollution; requiring mixed municipal solid waste incinerators to 
1.3 	reduce carbon dioxide emissions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 
1.4 	116.07, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.07, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 13.Permits; mixed municipal solid waste processing facilities. The 
1.9 	commissioner must, no later than January 1, 2021, reopen all air quality permits issued by 
1.10 	the agency to mixed municipal solid waste processing facilities that recover energy from 
1.11 	processing to produce electricity and must insert in each permit an emission limit that 
1.12 	requires the facility, no later than 2030, to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions per ton of 
1.13 	mixed municipal solid waste processed by at least 45 percent from the level emitted by the 
1.14 	facility in 2019.  If no actual measure of carbon dioxide emissions per ton of mixed municipal 
1.15 	solid waste processed for 2019 is available for a facility, the commissioner must estimate 
1.16 	the amount based on the best information available.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.