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SF5131 • 2026
Environmental and natural resources trust fund appropriation for a demonstration project to treat landfill leachate for PFAS, chloride, and other contaminants
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Introduction and first reading
Environmental and natural resources trust fund appropriation for a demonstration project to treat landfill leachate for PFAS, chloride, and other contaminants
A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money from the environment and natural resources trust fund for a demonstration project to treat landfill leachate for PFAS, chloride, and other contaminants. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; REGIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO TREAT LANDFILL LEACHATE. new text end new text begin $5,500,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the environment and natural resources trust fund to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency for a grant to Lyon County to protect groundwater from contamination by constructing a regional demonstration project at the Lyon County Regional Landfill to treat landfill leachate for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), chloride, and other potential contaminants. This is a onetime appropriation. new text end