HF3512 Summary

• Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission must develop a plan to promote statewide public ice facilities including ice centers with matching grants, giving priority to proposals from multiple local government units, renovation projects, and facilities in the metropolitan area.

• Grant caps established at $250,000 for new facilities and $200,000 for rehabilitation or renovation grants, with priority given to indoor air quality improvements including zero emission ice resurfacing equipment and ventilation systems with electronic indoor air monitoring devices.

• After January 1, 2013, grants cannot be issued unless applicants include capital expenditures for indoor air quality improvements enabling compliance with indoor air quality standards, or provide documentation from the health commissioner that the facility is in compliance.

• Department of Health must incorporate into its rulemaking standards for carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide concentration limits in indoor ice arenas with one-hour limits and five-year reviews, requirements for electronic monitoring data availability, and corrective measures for elevated concentration levels.

• Department of Health must submit annual reports by August 1 starting in 2012 to legislative committees documenting on-site inspections, air quality violations, enforcement actions, approval certificates refused or suspended, and variances granted, with information also posted on the department's website.