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Senate hears environmental omnibus with $103M LCCMR list, permits amendment draws narrow vote
Summary
The Minnesota Senate took up the environmental omnibus, Senate File 20-77, which contains the LCCMR recommended project list (about $103 million) and a community grants program; a narrow vote adopted a bipartisan permitting-reform amendment.
Senators opened a lengthy floor discussion on the environment and natural resources omnibus, Senate File 20-77, which packages the LCCMR recommendations and several other appropriations and policy items.
The bill as presented to the floor contains five articles: (1) a balanced environment and natural resources budget aligned to a stated target; (2) the LCCMR recommendations — the floor presentation identified approximately $103 million from the Environmental Trust Fund for 124 projects around the state; (3) the new Environmental Trust Fund community grant program (an annual lottery-proceeds appropriation described on the floor as $28 million per year for community projects in overburdened and underserved census tracts); (4) a modest set of…
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