MN HF3316

Modifies Minnesota Statutes section 103G.287, subdivision 2, regarding groundwater appropriation permits and their relationship to surface water resources.

Changes the standard for regulating groundwater appropriations from "potential" impacts to surface waters to only those "proven to have negative" impacts, requiring demonstrable evidence of harm.

Adds specific protections for designated trout streams by requiring groundwater appropriations proven to have negative impacts on trout stream habitat to comply with applicable provisions in section 103G.285.

Applies surface water protection standards to groundwater appropriations only when negative impacts are proven rather than when impacts are merely potential.