1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; appropriating money for a new landfill in St. Louis County.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; SOLID WASTE LANDFILL; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 1.5 	(a) $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the closed landfill investment 
1.6 	fund to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency for a grant to St. Louis County 
1.7 	under the solid waste capital assistance grants program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.8 	115A.54, for a new municipal solid waste landfill that will accept new waste and previously 
1.9 	processed waste from other landfills in the closed landfill program and prevent perfluoroalkyl 
1.10 	and polyfluoroalkyls substances (PFAS) and other contaminants from entering Lake Superior. 
1.11 	Money appropriated under this section may be used for property acquisition, permitting, 
1.12 	design engineering, construction, and construction engineering and administration for the 
1.13 	new landfill and for equipping the new landfill. The amount appropriated must be matched 
1.14 	by an equal amount of nonstate money and is available until June 30, 2024.
1.15 	(b) The base amount for this appropriation is $4,000,000 in fiscal years 2024, 2025, 
1.16 	2026, and 2027, and $0 for fiscal year 2028 and later.