Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Committee
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Note: Meetings are listed by date with the most recent meeting at the top. If there is a television recording of the meeting links to that format will be available below.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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Agenda: The DE for HF976 will include the agriculture finance and policy bills.
HF976 (Wagenius) Omnibus Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance and Policy Bill.
HF1679 (Wagenius) Water use fees modified, and money appropriated.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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Agenda: The DE for HF976 will include the agriculture finance and policy bills.
HF976 (Wagenius) Omnibus Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance and Policy Bill.
HF1679 (Wagenius) Water use fees modified, and money appropriated.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, April 4, 2013
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Agenda:
HF641 (Wagenius) Clean water fund and parks and trails funding provided, agricultural water quality certification provided for, restoration evaluation provisions modified, public water access site standards required, Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission established, and previous appropriation extended.
HF1679 (Wagenius) Water use fees modified, and money appropriated.


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House Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Committee
01:53 - Gavel, comments and consideration of HF1679 (Wagenius) Water use fees modified, and money appropriated.
04:14 - Discussion of Clean Water Fund & Parks and Trails Fund recommendations included in the delete-all amendment to HF641 (Wagenius) Public water access site design and best management practice funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, April 4, 2013
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Agenda: Clean Water Fund Parks and Trails Bills to be added
HF641 (Wagenius) Clean water fund and parks and trails funding provided, agricultural water quality certification provided for, restoration evaluation provisions modified, public water access site standards required, Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission established, and previous appropriation extended.
HF1679 (Wagenius) Water use fees modified, and money appropriated.


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House Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Committee
01:53 - Gavel, comments and consideration of HF1679 (Wagenius) Water use fees modified, and money appropriated.
04:14 - Discussion of Clean Water Fund & Parks and Trails Fund recommendations included in the delete-all amendment to HF641 (Wagenius) Public water access site design and best management practice funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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Agenda: HFXXXX Water Pricing and Permitting HF641 Clean Water Fund and Parks and Trails, Overview
HF1527 (Bernardy) School trust lands director costs required to be paid from the minerals management account, and money appropriated.
HF778 (Persell) Road easements exchange provided for; forest management investment account and State Timber Act modified, and money appropriated.
HF865 (Sundin) Product stewardship programs provided for.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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Agenda: Waters Bills to be added

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, March 21, 2013
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Agenda:
HF1235 (Fritz) Farm business management programs money appropriated.
HF961 (Benson) Biomonitoring of children and disadvantaged communities provided to assist with water quality management, and money appropriated.
HF1191 (Clark) Mobile air monitoring laboratory money appropriated.
HF740 (Erickson) Omnibus Lands Bill.
HF876 (Erickson) School forests provided for.
HF1185 (Falk) Elk license auction established to control elk causing damage or nuisance, and money appropriated.
HF1561 (Falk) Lac Qui Parle Lake in Chippewa County public access site money appropriated.
HF151 (Hansen) Pesticide education and training program modified.
HF1434 (Hansen) Metropolitan regional parks operation and maintenance funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1438 (Newton) Mineral management cost payment prohibited from permanent school trust fund land proceeds, and money appropriated.
HF436 (Wagenius) Wastewater treatment system project ranking criteria provided.
HF1100 (Wagenius) Water supply management and environmental assessment worksheet requirements related to water use modified, and groundwater appropriation provisions modified.
HF1402 (Ward) Perfluorochemical level study money appropriated.
HF1022 (Ward) Watercraft surcharge established.
HF728 (Torkelson) Floodplain management money appropriated.
HF949 (Fabian) Consolidated conservation land drainage projects undertaken by local drainage authorities participation and payment of assessments required.
HF1057 (Hackbarth) Trail program contributions provided for, and all-terrain vehicle provisions modified.
HF731 (Dill) Natural resources commissioner authority modified, water-related service provider training exemption provided, Matthew Lourey Trail extended, fees modified, state park permit exemption created, duplicate cross-country ski pass provided for, wildlife rehabilitation permit exemption provided.
HF742 (Dill) Omnibus Game and Fish Policy Bill.
HF906 (Hansen) Silica sand mining model standards and criteria development required, silica sand technical assistance team established, administrative rules required, and money appropriated.


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House Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Committee
04:53 - Gavel.
08:11 - HF1235 (Fritz) Farm business management programs money appropriated.
43:02 - HF949 (Fabian) Consolidated conservation land drainage projects undertaken by local drainage authorities participation and payment of assessments required.
1:16:53 - HF728 (Torkelson) Floodplain management money appropriated.
1:21:08 - HF1191 (Clark) Mobile air monitoring laboratory money appropriated.
The committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, 26 minutes.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, March 21, 2013
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Agenda: Continuing bills to be laid over from morning agenda

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House Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Committee
04:53 - Gavel.
08:11 - HF1235 (Fritz) Farm business management programs money appropriated.
43:02 - HF949 (Fabian) Consolidated conservation land drainage projects undertaken by local drainage authorities participation and payment of assessments required.
1:16:53 - HF728 (Torkelson) Floodplain management money appropriated.
1:21:08 - HF1191 (Clark) Mobile air monitoring laboratory money appropriated.
The committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, 26 minutes.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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Agenda: HF595 More Bill Additions to Come
HF349 (Anderson) Bio-fuel blender pump cost-share grant money appropriated.
HF1188 (Falk) Greater Minnesota groundwater management conference money appropriated.
HF1189 (Falk) Baseline water quality monitoring money appropriated.
HF684 (Fischer) Clean water fund money appropriated to protect water supplies and lakes in the northeast Twin Cities metropolitan area.
HF1329 (Fischer) Clean water fund money appropriated to protect water supplies and lakes in the northeast Twin Cities area.
HF1372 (Fischer) Water development management area funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1373 (Fischer) Metropolitan groundwater management conference funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF581 (Hansen) Clean water fund use authorized to support local inflow and infiltration reduction programs, and money appropriated.
HF971 (Hansen) Minnesota Public Drainage Manual updated, and money appropriated.
HF1277 (Hansen) Shoreland ordinance incentive grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF737 (Hansen) Clean water fund expenditures authorized, reporting requirements modified, Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Act modified, certification of wastewater laboratories provided for, sanitary districts provided for, obsolete rules repealed, and money appropriated.
HF1423 (Hansen) Coal tar product use and sale prohibited, and money appropriated from the clean water fund.
HF819 (Murphy) Public Facilities Authority grant programs reorganized, and small community wastewater treatment grants provided for.
HF1439 (Newton) Permanent school trust land costs limited, and money appropriated.
HF1571 (Newton) Anoka County; water resource management practices money appropriated.
HF1530 (Erickson) Isle; Malone Bridge replacement funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF968 (Kiel) Red River of the North monitoring program funding provided, and money appropriated.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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Agenda: Continuing bills to be laid over from morning agenda

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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Agenda: Continuing bills to be laid over from morning agenda

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, March 14, 2013
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Agenda: Bill additions or subtractions possible
HF207 (Lillie) Outdoor heritage funding provided, restoration evaluation requirements modified, land acquisition requirements established, and money appropriated.
HF1472 (McNamara) Watercraft surcharges increased, and St. Anthony Falls locks and dams restrictions required, and money appropriated.
HF349 (Anderson) Bio-fuel blender pump cost-share grant money appropriated.


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House Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Committee
03:45 - Gavel.
04:42 - HF207 (Lillie) Outdoor Heritage Fund money appropriated.
1:26:47 - HF1472 (McNamara) Watercraft surcharges increased, and Saint Anthony Falls locks and dams restrictions required, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Agenda: Bill Additions/Subtractions Possible
HF1113 (Wagenius) Environment and natural resources trust fund money appropriated, Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources provisions modified, and land acquisition with trust fund money requirements modified.
HF322 (Erickson) Minnesota Agriculture Education Leadership Council extended.
HF311 (Dill) Minnesota forests for the future program money appropriated.
HF349 (Anderson) Bio-fuel blender pump cost-share grant money appropriated.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, March 7, 2013
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Agenda: Budget Overview: Parks and Trails
HF116 (Johnson) St. Paul; Pig's Eye Regional Park funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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Agenda: Triclosan and Clean Water Fund

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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Agenda: Public Comment on Budget Follow up Questions on Groundwater and the Budget

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, February 28, 2013
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Agenda: Budget Overview: Department of Agriculture

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, February 28, 2013
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Agenda: Continuation: Budget Overview, Department of Agriculture, AURI, Board of Animal Health

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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Agenda: Continuation: Budget Overview, DNR, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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Agenda: Continuation. Budget Overview: DNR

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, February 21, 2013
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Agenda: Continuation: Budget Overview: Department of Natural Resources

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, February 21, 2013
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Agenda: Continuation: Budget Overview: Department of Natural Resources

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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Agenda: Budget Overview: Department of Natural Resources

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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Agenda: Continuation: Budget Overview: Department of Natural Resources

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, February 14, 2013
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Agenda: Met Council, MN Geologic Atlas, MDH

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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Agenda: Continuation: Budget Overview, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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Agenda: Continuation: Budget Overview, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, February 7, 2013
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Agenda: Budget Overview: MPCA

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, February 5, 2013
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Agenda: Continuation of budget overview: Board of Water and Soil Resources

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, February 5, 2013
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Agenda: MN Zoo and MN Conservation Corps

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, January 31, 2013
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Agenda: Budget overview: Board of Water and Soil Resources

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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Agenda: Informational meeting on air pollution, fine particulate matter and ozone

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Joint meeting of the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Committee and the Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy committees
01:30 - Gavel.
02:04 - Informational presentation on air pollution, fine particulate matter and ozone and their affects on prenatal brain development and asthma.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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Agenda: Meeting on groundwater, continuation from Thursday, January the 17th

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, January 17, 2013
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Agenda: Speakers from the DNR, USGS, MNGS and Met Council address groundwater.

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Joint meeting of the House Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance & Legacy committees
00:45 - Gavel.
02:00 - Presentation on the status of Minnesota groundwater by the Department of Natural Resources.
45:10 - Presentation by the U.S.
Geological Survey.
1:02:03 - Presentation by the Metropolitan Council.
1:11:30 - Presentation by by the Department of Natural Resources.
Runs 1 hour, 36 minutes.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Agenda: Welcome, Member/Staff Introductions and Overview of upcoming meetings