SF 4275

02/24/26  REVISOR  CKM/CH  26-07412       as introduced
  SENATE
  STATE OF MINNESOTA
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION  S.F. No. 4275
  (SENATE AUTHORS: KUNESH)
  DATE       D-PG  OFFICIAL STATUS
  03/09/2026      6572 Introduction and first reading
  Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to environment; requiring rulemaking to require environmental impact
1.3statement for large animal projects.
1.4    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5Section 1. MANDATORY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR
1.6    LARGE LIVESTOCK PROJECTS.
1.7(a) The Environmental Quality Board must amend Minnesota Rules, part 4410.4400, to
1.8    require that construction of an animal feedlot facility with a capacity of 10,000 or more
1.9    animal units or the expansion of an existing animal feedlot facility to a total cumulative
1.10   capacity of 10,000 or more animal units requires the preparation of an environmental impact
1.11   statement.
1.12(b) The commissioner may use the good-cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes,
1.13   section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section, and Minnesota
1.14   Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section
1.15   14.388.
1.16EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and
1.17   applies to applications submitted on or after that date.
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