1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the environment; requiring a report by the Pollution Control Agency 
1.3 	on new public wastewater treatment facilities that do not meet water quality 
1.4 	discharge standards; requiring bids for new wastewater treatment facilities to 
1.5 	include information on operating costs during the first five years of operation; 
1.6 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 115.447; proposing coding for new 
1.7 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 115.447, is amended to read:
1.10 	115.447 TRACKING REPORT FOR NEW WASTEWATER FACILITIES.
1.11 		Subdivision 1. Annual report required. The Pollution Control Agency shall 
1.12 	annually prepare a report tracking the location and capacity of each new wastewater 
1.13 	treatment system requiring a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System or State 
1.14 	Disposal System permit built after May 1, 2000. The annual report must also provide the 
1.15 	total number of new systems built after that date. The commissioner shall submit the 
1.16 	report to ~~the chairs of~~ the legislative committees with jurisdiction over environmental 
1.17 	policy and finance, and publish the report on the agency's Web site,by February 1 of 
1.18 	each year. The agency shall also send a copy of the report to all known businesses that 
1.19 	provide performance bonds to engineering and contracting firms that provide services for 
1.20 	municipal wastewater treatment facilities in Minnesota.
1.21 		Subd. 2.New facilities not meeting water quality discharge standards. The 
1.22 	report required under subdivision 1 shall include information on new public wastewater 
1.23 	treatment facilities requiring a national pollutant discharge elimination system or state 
1.24 	disposal system permit that do not meet water quality discharge standards during the first 
1.25 	five years of operation. For each facility that does not meet the discharge standards, the 
2.1 	agency shall provide information on the location of the facility, the owner of the facility, the 
2.2 	engineering firm that designed the facility, and the contractor who constructed the facility.

2.3 	Sec. 2. [115.449] PUBLIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES BID 
2.4 	REQUIREMENTS.
2.5 	A bid for an engineering contract to construct a public wastewater treatment facility 
2.6 	requiring a national pollutant discharge elimination system or state disposal system permit 
2.7 	shall include a detailed estimate of all operation and maintenance costs of operating the 
2.8 	facility for the first five years of operation.