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Committee debates helium and gas development bill amid concerns about tribal consultation, temporary permits and expedited rulemaking
Summary
Senate File 25-30, a bill to set a permitting and rulemaking framework for gas resource development (including helium), drew extensive testimony March 27 as lawmakers and stakeholders debated tribal consultation, temporary permits and whether the DNR should use expedited rulemaking.
Senate File 25-30, presented by Senator Robb Hochschild, would establish statutory authority and a permitting framework for gas resource development following last year’s discovery of helium in northern Minnesota. The bill aims to move certain rulemaking responsibilities and to create a process for temporary permits while the DNR and other agencies complete permanent rules.
Conservation advocates led by Aaron Lehi of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy told the committee they could not support the bill as drafted, citing unaddressed recommendations from the Gas Technical Advisory Committee (GTAC) and inadequate protections for…
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