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dam-l FW: MN State Senators File Hydro Review Bill
Subject: MN State Senators File Hydro Review Bill (will Wisconsin be next?)
At the request of concerned Minnesotans, State Senators Ellen Anderson, Jane
Krentz and John Marty this week introduced Senate File No. 2453 (the hydro
review bill). The bill is simple: it merely requires that out-of-state
hydroelectric facilities meet the same environmental reporting requirements
as in-state facilities.
What You Can Do
1. Thank the Senators for introducing this bill and express your support.
2. Contact your own State Senator (and Representative) and ask them to
support the bill.
3. Ask the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources to hold a hearing
during THIS YEAR'S legislative session (which is a short one!).
4. Ask your conservation organization, tribal government and faith community
to endorse and support the passage of this crucial environmental
legislation.
5. Tell your friends in Minnesota...and please distribute this email.
Senator Ellen Anderson (DFL/St. Paul): 651-296-5537;
sen.ellen.anderson@senate.leg.state.mn.us
Senator Jane Krentz (DFL/May Township): 651-296-7061;
sen.jane.krentz@senate.leg.state.mn.us
Senator John Marty (DFL/Roseville): 651-296-5645;
sen.john.marty@senate.leg.state.mn.us
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources: 651-296-1113
State of Minnesota
Eighty-First Legislature
SENATE AGENDA
Sixty-Eighth Day
Tuesday, February 1, 2000
12:00 Noon
TWELFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills
The following bills were read the first time and referred to the committees
indicated ...
Senators Anderson, Krentz and Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 2453: A bill for an act relating to the environment; requiring an
environmental impact
statement for the purchase of additional power derived from a hydropower
generation facility; amending
Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 116D.04, subdivision 2a.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Thank you for any time and help you can offer.