SF3311 Summary

• Prohibits agencies from imposing, requiring in permits or contracts, or enforcing policies, guidelines, interpretive statements, or similar pronouncements that have not been properly adopted as rules under Minnesota's rulemaking procedures.

• Clarifies that certain fee increases for training, certifications, and permits require legislative approval under section 16A.1283.

• Extends the compliance timeline for municipalities and industrial permit holders constructing treatment works to comply with new or modified effluent limitations to no sooner than 16 years after facility begins operating.

• Modifies permitting efficiency reporting requirements from annual to semiannual reports due February 1 and August 1, with expanded data on permit completion rates by category and reasons for delays.

• Requires the Pollution Control Agency commissioner to analyze Wisconsin's Green Tier Program by February 1, 2021, and seek federal approval for state implementation plan revisions prohibiting ambient air quality standards in permits for existing facilities with unchanged emissions.