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Public hearing: bill would study siting small solar on cleared pivot corners in critical groundwater areas
Summary
House Bill 3346 was presented at public hearing to allow siting of small-scale clean energy (solar) on EFU (exclusive farm use) land corners that are dry due to critical groundwater area restrictions; testimony came from rural farmers, electric cooperative representatives and solar industry advocates. The committee held Q&A; no action taken.
Co-Chair Mark Owens opened the public hearing on House Bill 3346, which sponsors described as a narrowly targeted bill to allow siting of small clean-energy installations on cleared corners of pivot-irrigated fields in critical groundwater areas where irrigation can no longer occur.
Rep. Owens said the bill focuses on limited parcels—small field corners of roughly 5–8 acres that are typically cleared, flat and already served by three-phase power for pivot irrigation—and stressed the bill is not intended to open EFU lands…
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