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Committee debates sewage‑sludge provisions; agencies raise jurisdictional concerns; amendment fails on tie vote and bill withdrawn
Summary
Chair Hansen moved an A1 amendment to House File 2280 that would add provisions on sewage sludge, manure application, and fertilizer-container handling; the MPCA and MDA testified with jurisdictional and fiscal concerns, and the amendment failed on a 7–7 division.
Chair Hansen moved an A1 amendment to House File 2280 to add provisions addressing sewage sludge, manure application, record retention and related handling and storage; the committee then heard testimony from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) expressing concerns about jurisdiction and existing rule authority.
Tom Johnson, government-relations director for the MPCA, told the committee that MPCA already regulates sewage sludge and manure application under existing rules (citing sewage-sludge rules and feedlot rules) and that the agency was concerned the amendment would duplicate…
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