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HF3466 • 2026
Mandatory environmental assessment worksheet requirements for drainage projects established, and rulemaking required.
Mandatory environmental assessment worksheet requirements for drainage projects established, and rulemaking required.
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Passed Legislature
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
Bill History
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2026-04-20
House
Author added Hansen, R.
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2026-02-19
House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Official Summary Text
Mandatory environmental assessment worksheet requirements for drainage projects established, and rulemaking required.
Current Bill Text
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A bill for an act relating to environment; establishing mandatory environmental assessment worksheet requirements for drainage projects; requiring rulemaking. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. new text begin MANDATORY ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET FOR PUBLIC DRAINAGE PROJECTS. new text end new text begin (a) The Environmental Quality Board must amend Minnesota Rules, part 4410.4300, to require an environmental assessment worksheet for any drainage project, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 103E.005, subdivision 11, that meets the following criteria: new text end new text begin (1) a drainage project with a drainage area equal to or exceeding five square miles located in the Minnesota River Basin hydrologic unit code 6 watershed including Minnesota major watersheds 22 to 33, as defined by the commissioner of natural resources; or new text end new text begin (2) a drainage project that alters the course, current, or cross section of: new text end new text begin (i) a public water designated under Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.101, subdivision 2; new text end new text begin (ii) an outstanding resource value water listed in Minnesota Rules, part 7050.0335; or new text end new text begin (iii) a lake or stream designated by the commissioner of natural resources as a trout lake or a trout stream under Minnesota Statutes, section 97C.005. new text end new text begin (b) The board may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section, and Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388. new text end