Funding for study of critical materials in the waste stream provided, and money appropriated.

A bill for an act

relating to environment; appropriating money for a study of critical materials in

the waste stream.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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APPROPRIATION; CRITICAL MATERIALS STUDY.
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$....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of

the Pollution Control Agency to study critical materials in the waste stream. For purposes

of this section, "critical materials" means materials on the final 2023 Critical Materials List

published by the United States Secretary of Energy in the Federal Register on August 4,

2023, as amended, as required under section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020. By October

1, 2028, the commissioner must submit the results of the study to the chairs and ranking

minority members of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over environment

policy and finance. The study must include at least:

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(1) an estimate of the type and volume of products containing critical materials that enter

Minnesota's economy;

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(2) the amount of critical materials recovered from products through recycling or by

using technological processes to extract and remove critical materials from waste streams

with the goal of reconstituting them in a pure form that can be reused; and

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(3) an estimate of the volume of products containing critical materials present in the

waste stream in the state.

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