STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTIETH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION

COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCES AND AGRICULTURE FINANCE
Chair, Representative Jean Wagenius

MINUTES

Representative Wagenius, Chair of the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Finance, called the meeting to order at 8:17 a.m., Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 in Room 5 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
Wagenius, Chair
Falk, Vice Chair
McNamara, Lead
Anderson, P.
Benson, J.
Bly
Clark
Erickson, R.
Fabian
Freiberg
Hackbarth
Hansen
Kahn
Kiel
Poppe
Torkelson
Ward, JoAnn

Members excused:
Dill
Hamilton

A quorum was present

HF349 (Anderson, P.) Bio-fuel blender pump cost-share grants money appropriated.
Rep Anderson moved HF349 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Omnibus Bill.

Chair Wagenius moved that HF349 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Finance omnibus finance bill.

Rep Anderson, P., explained his bill HF349.

Kevin Thoma, Executive Director - Minnesota Petroleum Marketers Association, testified in support of HF349

Ron Harnack - Minnesota Bio-fuels Association, testified in support of HF349 and answered questions for members of the Committee.

Jon Hunter - American Lung Association, testified on HF349 and answered questions for members of the Committee.

Chair Wagenius renewed the motion that HF349 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Finance omnibus finance bill.

HF349 was laid over for possible inclusion in the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Omnibus Bill.

HF595 the first engrossment (Poppe) Honey bee habitat program established, and honey bee habitat projects allowed on lands under conservation easements.

Rep Poppe moved HF595 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Finance Omnibus Bill.

Rep Poppe explained her bill HF595 and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Marla Spivak, Professor - University of Minnesota, introduced herself for the record, testified in support of HF595 and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Conrad Legatt - Minnesota Honey Producers, introduced himself for the record and testified in support of HF595.

Tim Rambow - Minnesota Honey Producers, introduced himself for the record and testified in support of HF595.

Charles Hendrycks - Minnesota Honey Producers, introduced himself for the record and testified in support of HF595.

John Jaschke, Director - Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, introduced himself for the record and answered questions regarding HF595 for members of the Committee.
See page four for action on HF595

Chair Wagenius moved HF684, HF1329, HF1372, and HF1373 be heard by the Committee and be laid over for possible inclusion in Clean Water Fund and Legacy bills.

HF684 (Fischer) Clean water fund money appropriated to protect water supplies and lakes in the northeast Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Rep Fischer explained his bill and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Richard Allyn - White Bear Lake Restoration Association, introduced himself for the record and testified in support of HF684.

Brian McGoldrick - White Bear Lake Restoration Association, introduced himself for the record and testified in support of HF684.

Bill Foussard - White Bear Area Chamber of Commerce, introduced himself for the record and testified in support of HF684.

Dr. Ali Elhassan, Manager, Water Supply Planning - Metropolitan Council introduced himself for the record and testified on HF684 and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Perry Jones, Hydrologist - U.S. Geological Survey, introduced himself for the record, testified on HF684 and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Mayor Jo Emerson - City of White Bear Lake, introduced herself for the record, testified in support of HF684.

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.

Chair Wagenius renewed the motion that HF684, HF1329, HF1372 and HF1373 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF684, HF1329, HF1372 and HF1373 were laid over for possible inclusion in the Clean Water Fund and Legacy bills.

HF1188 (Falk) Greater Minnesota groundwater management conference money appropriated.

Vice-Chair Falk moved HF1188 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

Vice-Chair Falk explained his bill HF1188 and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Craig Johnson - League of Minnesota Cities, introduced himself for the record and testified in support of HF1188.

Bob Tamman, Soudan, MN, introduced himself for the record and testified in support of HF1188.

Vice-Chair Falk renewed the motion that HF1188 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF1188 was laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF1189 (Falk) Baseline water quality monitoring money appropriated.

Vice-Chair Falk moved that HF1189 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

Vice-Chair Falk explained his bill HF1189 and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Vice-Chair Falk renewed the motion that and HF1189 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF1189 was laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

The meeting recessed at 9:46 a.m.
The meeting reconvened at 4:02 p.m. in Room 200 of the State Office Building.

HF581 (Hansen) Clean water fund use authorized to support local inflow and infiltration reduction programs, and money appropriated.

Rep Hansen moved HF581 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

Rep Hansen explained his bill HF581.

Patricia Nauman - Metro Cities, introduced herself for the record, testified in support of HF581 and answered questions for members of the Committee.

Rep Hansen renewed his motion that HF581 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF581 was laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF971 (Hansen) Minnesota Public Drainage Manual updated, and money appropriated.

Rep Hansen moved HF971 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

John Jaschke, Director - Board of Water and Soil Resources, introduced himself for the record and answered questions regarding HF971 for members of the Committee.

Rep Hansen renewed the motion that HF971 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF971 was laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF968 (Kiel) Red River of the North monitoring program funding provided, and money appropriated.

Rep Kiel explained her bill and moved HF968 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

Charles Fritz - International Water Institute, introduced himself for the record and testified in support of HF968.

Rep Kiel renewed her motion that HF968 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF968 was laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF819 (Murphy, M.) Public Facilities Authority grant programs reorganized, and small community wastewater treatment grants provided for.

Rep Kahn moved HF819 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

Jeff Freeman, Director - Public Facilities Authority, introduced himself for the record and answered questions for the Committee regarding HF819.

Rep Kahn renewed her motion that HF819 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF819 was laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF1439 (Newton) Permanent school trust land costs limited, and money appropriated.

Chair Wagenius moved HF1439 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Finance omnibus finance bill.

Rep Newton explained his bill HF1439 and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Rep O'Driscoll testified in support of HF1439 and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Dave Schuller, Lands Coordinator Division of Forestry - Department of Natural Resources, introduced himself for the record and answered questions from members of the Committee regarding HF1439.

Chair Wagenius renewed her motion that HF1439 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Finance omnibus finance bill.

HF1439 was laid over for possible inclusion in the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Finance omnibus finance bill.

HF1571 (Newton) Anoka County; water resource management practices money appropriated.

Chair Wagenius moved that HF1571 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

Rep Newton explained his bill HF1571 and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Chair Wagenius renewed her motion that HF1571 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF1571 was laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill

See HF595 on page one
HF595 Poppe (the first engrossment) renewed her motion that HF595 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF595 (the first engrossment) was laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF1423 (Hansen) Coal tar product use and sale prohibited, and money appropriated from the clean water fund.

Rep Hansen moved that HF1423 be laid over for possible inclusion of the financing in the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Finance omnibus finance bill.

Rep Hansen explained his bill HF1423 and answered questions from members of the committee.

Tiffany Forner, Natural Resources Technician - Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, introduced herself for the record and testified in support of HF1423.

Eric Evenson, Administrator - Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, introduced himself for the record and testified in support of HF1423.

Mark Burch, City Engineer - City of White Bear Lake, introduced himself for the record, testified in support of HF1423 and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Craig Johnson - League of Minnesota Cities, introduced himself for the record and testified in support of HF1423.

Greg Bourquin - Upper Midwest Sealcoat, introduced himself for the record, testified in support of HF1423 and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Kirk Koudelka, Assistant Commissioner - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency introduced himself for the record and testified in support of HF1423.

Rep Hansen moved that HF1423 be laid over for possible inclusion of the financing, in the Environment, Natural Resources, Agriculture Finance Omnibus Finance bill.

HF1423 was laid over for possible inclusion of the financing, in the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Finance omnibus finance bill.

Rep Falk moved adoption of the Minutes for March 12th and 14th. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE MINUTES WERE APRROVED.

The meeting recessed at 5:38 p.m.
The meeting reconvened at 6:02 p.m. in Room 5 of the State Office Building.

HF737 the second engrossment (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.

Rep Hansen moved that HF737 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

Kirk Koudelka, Assistant Commissioner - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency introduced himself for the record and testified in support of HF737.

Rep Hansen renewed his motion that HF737 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF737 the second engrossment, was laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF1277 (Hansen) Shoreland ordinance incentive grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

Rep Hansen moved HF1277 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

Rep Hansen explained his bill HF1277 and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Rep Hansen renewed his motion that HF1277 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF1277 was laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF1530 (Erickson, S.) Isle; Malone Bridge replacement funding provided, and money appropriated.

Rep Hackbarth moved HF1530 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

Rep Erickson, S, explained her bill HF1530.

Tim Korby, City Manager - Isle, MN, introduced himself for the record, testified in support of HF1530 and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Linda Dahlan, City Council Member - Isle, MN, introduced herself for the record and testified in support of HF1530.

Rep Hackbarth renewed his motion that HF1530 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

HF1530 was laid over for possible inclusion in the Legacy bill.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:28 p.m.




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Representative Jean Wagenius, Chair



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Nanette Moloney, Committee Legislative Assistant