MN HF4423

Appropriates $6,350,000 from the general fund in fiscal year 2023 to the commissioner of natural resources for the Canisteo Flood Mitigation Project, with $850,000 designated for operation and maintenance available until June 30, 2063.

Funds are to be used for acquiring land or easements and permitting and constructing publicly owned infrastructure to mitigate threats from rising water at the Canisteo open pit mine complex.

Commissioner must enter into a lease for the project that allows for amendment or termination if the project is no longer needed or if mining operations are fully permitted to resume on the property.

Any remaining appropriation funds after substantial project completion must be used to engineer, design, and construct water mitigation infrastructure at the Hill Annex open pit mining complex.