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MN HF3458

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/12/2024

Primary Sponsor

Sandra Feist

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Origin

House of Representatives

93rd Legislature 2023-2024

AI Summary

  • Prohibits disposal or storage of waste tailings from nonferrous metallic mineral mining aboveground within the Rainy River headwaters watershed
  • Prohibits storage of reactive waste rock from nonferrous metallic mineral mining aboveground in the watershed
  • Prohibits use of heap leaching mining processes for nonferrous metallic minerals in the watershed
  • Prohibits nonferrous metallic mineral smelting within the watershed
  • Defines the Rainy River headwaters watershed as hydrologic unit code 09030001 in the Lake of the Woods basin per Minnesota Rules
  • Effective the day following final enactment

Legislative Description

Rainy River headwaters watershed nonferrous mining activities prohibited.

Last Action

Authors added Agbaje and Hicks

4/18/2024

Committee Referrals

Environment and Natural Resources Finance & Policy2/12/2024

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