1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 618 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.1694, is amended by adding a
1.4subdivision to read:
1.5    Subd. 3. Staging and permitting. (a) A plant that proposes to use natural gas
1.6as a primary fuel and is located on a site designated as an innovative energy project
1.7site under subdivision 1, clause (3), is accorded the regulatory incentives granted to an
1.8innovative energy project under subdivision 2, clauses (1) to (3), and may exercise the
1.9authorities therein.
1.10(b) Following issuance of a final state or federal environmental impact statement for
1.11an innovative energy project that was a subject of contested case proceedings before an
1.12administrative law judge:
1.13(1) site and route permits and water appropriation approvals for an innovative energy
1.14project shall also be deemed valid for a plant meeting the requirements of paragraph (a)
1.15and shall remain valid for a period of four years from the date the final required state or
1.16federal preconstruction permit is issued; and
1.17(2) no air, water, and other permit issued by a state agency that is necessary for
1.18the construction of an innovative energy project shall be the subject of contested case
1.19hearings, notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, chapters 7000.1750 to 7000.2200.
1.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
1.21Amend the title accordingly