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    This database allows for searching of mandated reports that the Library is expecting or has received since 2003, with selected mandates prior to 2003 included. Searches by committee only cover 2019 to the present. Each year, the Legislature mandates reports and studies to be completed by state agencies or other governmental entities. Legislative Reference Library staff track these mandates and obtain copies of the reports for our collection in order to provide long-term access. All mandated reports that the library has acquired are searchable through our catalog. For more information, see Mandated Reports. Please notify Library staff with questions or concerns.


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    Topics: Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations

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    Last Date ReceivedMandate DescriptionItem TitleAgencie(s)Session LawStatuteNext Due DateSubjects Committee/Agency Jurisdiction
    Details Study to identify the contribution of covered products to litter and water pollution in Minnesota that includes: (1) analysis of historical and current environmental impacts and human health impacts of littered covered materials and their associated toxic substances in the environment; (2) an estimate of the cost of cleanup and prevention; and (3) recommendations for how to reduce and mitigate the impacts of litter in the state Minn. Pollution Control Agency 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 116 Art. 5 Sec. 25 01/01/2032 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Environment/Natural Resources - Solid Waste & Recycling
    Details Report on the biofertilizer innovation and efficiency pilot program, including information about the grant awards, nitrogen application rates, technologies and products capable of reducing nitrogen application rates, and environmental outcomes Minn. Dept. of Agriculture 2025 Minn. Laws Chap. 34 Art. 3 Sec. 38 Subd. 4 01/01/2028 Agriculture - Chemicals
    Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations         		Agriculture Finance
    Agriculture Policy
    Details 02/03/2025 Detailing activities for which money from the environmental response, compensation, and compliance account (i.e., Superfund) has been spent during the previous fiscal year Minnesota's Contaminated Sites Biennial Report Minn. Dept. of Agriculture
    Minn. Pollution Control Agency         		115B.20 Subd. 6 01/31/2027 Environment/Natural Resources - Hazardous Materials/Waste
    Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details Final feasibility assessment of adaptive phosphorus management for the Red River of the North, addressing applicable water-quality targets for phosphorus loading; including an allocation of phosphorus between point and nonpoint sources; and identifying cost-effective nutrient reduction implementation strategies Red River Basin Commission 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 116 Art. 1 Sec. 4 Subd. 3 06/30/2026 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Environment/Natural Resources - Water Resources         		Agriculture
    Environmental Policy and Finance
    Details 02/10/2025 Report detailing the purchase of deicing salt by state agencies, excluding the Minn. Dept. of Transportation, and strategies to meet the state's salt reduction goal that by no later than January 1, 2030, state agencies will reduce the purchase of deicing salt by 25 percent from the level reported in the report published by February 1, 2025. State Salt Purchase Report and Reduction Goal Minn. Pollution Control Agency 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 116 Art. 2 Sec. 19 Subd. 2 116.2021 Subd. 2 02/01/2026 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Governing/Government-State - Agencies         		Environment and Natural Resources Finance
    Environment and Natural Resources Policy
    Details 02/10/2025 Report detailing the purchase of nitrogen fertilizer by state agencies and strategies to meet the nitrogen fertilizer reduction goal that by no later than January 1, 2030, state agencies will reduce the purchase of nitrogen fertilizer by 25 percent from the level first reported in the edition of this report published February 1, 2025. State Nitrogen Fertilizer Purchase Report and Reduction Goal Minn. Pollution Control Agency 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 116 Art. 2 Sec. 20 Subd. 1 116.2022 Subd. 1 02/01/2026 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Governing/Government-State - Agencies         		Environment and Natural Resources Finance
    Environment and Natural Resources Policy
    Details 01/28/2025 Report on the use of compliance protocols over the preceding year 2024 Compliance Protocol Report in accordance with Minnesota Statute 116.07 Subd. 4n(f) Minn. Pollution Control Agency 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 116 Art. 2 Sec. 13 116.07 Subd. 4n(f) 01/15/2026 Environment/Natural Resources - Air & Climate Issues
    Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations         		Environment and Natural Resources Finance
    Environment and Natural Resources Policy
    Details 02/22/2022 Toxic pollution prevention evaluation report Toxics and Pollution Prevention Evaluation Report Minn. Pollution Control Agency 115D.10 12/31/2025 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 02/28/2012 Toxic pollution prevention evaluation report Pollution Prevention Evaluation Report Minn. Pollution Control Agency 115D.10 12/31/2025 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 02/22/2022 Report on pollution prevention activities required in chapters 115A, 115D, 325E and 115A.1320 Toxics and Pollution Prevention Evaluation Report Minn. Pollution Control Agency 2012 Minn. Laws Chap. 272 Art. Sec. 63 115A.121 12/31/2025 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 11/14/2024 Annual report on the cleanup and development activities undertaken for the grants made in that and previous fiscal years. Contamination Cleanup and Investigation Grants Annual Report Minn. Dept. of Employment and Economic Development 116J.555 Subd. 2(b) 11/01/2025 Environment/Natural Resources - Hazardous Materials/Waste
    Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 07/08/2025 Annual permitting efficiency report Environmental Permitting: MPCA's Annual Permitting Efficiency Report Minn. Pollution Control Agency 2011 Minn. Laws Chap. 4 Art. Sec. 3 116.03 Subd. 2b 08/01/2025 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations Environmental Policy and Finance
    Governor
    Details 07/01/2025 Study of creating an online real-time water quality monitoring network in Minnesota, including barriers to implementing this multiagency program, and the design of a website and the cost to deploy stream flow and nitrate monitoring equipment in the state Creation of an Online, Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring Network in Minnesota Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 116 Art. 1 Sec. 3 Subd. 22 06/30/2025 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Environment/Natural Resources - Water Resources         		Environment
    Natural Resources
    Details Report the results of the previous calendar year's monthly testing of the source water at the state fish hatcheries in Altura, Lanesboro, and Peterson for nitrates and pesticides, including neonicotinoids Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 116 Art. 3 Sec. 43(a) 97C.202(a) 02/15/2025 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Environment/Natural Resources - Water Resources
    Fishing         		Environment and Natural Resources Finance
    Environment and Natural Resources Policy
    Health Policy and Finance
    Details 02/04/2025 Report with recommendations on establishing a market for carbon credits, ecosystem services credits, or other credits generated by farmers who implement clean water, climate-smart, and soil-healthy farming practices. Credit Market Report Minn. Dept. of Agriculture 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 127 Art. 38 Sec. 72 02/01/2025 Agriculture - Pollution
    Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations         		Agriculture
    Details 02/03/2025 Report with legislative recommendations: (1) the use of intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in electronic or other internal components of upholstered furniture under the state's 2025 prohibition; (2) the use of lead and cadmium in internal electronic components of keys fobs under the state's prohibition; (3) the use of lead in pens or mechanical pencils under in the state's prohibition; and (4) the use of intentionally added PFAS in firefighting foam used in fire suppression systems installed in airport hangers in the state's prohibitions; and on whether extensions should be allowed for the uses of the chemicals named above. Recommendations for Products Containing Lead, Cadmium, and PFAS Minn. Pollution Control Agency 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 116 Art. 2 Sec. 31 01/31/2025 Consumer Protection
    Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations         		Environment and Natural Resources Finance
    Environment and Natural Resources Policy
    Details 01/22/2025 Report of results from the petroleum tank release cleanup program, with recommendations for legislation. Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Response Report Minn. Pollution Control Agency 2023 Minn. Laws Chap. 60 Art. 3 Sec. 29 01/15/2025 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations Environment and Natural Resources Finance
    Environment and Natural Resources Policy
    Details 01/21/2025 Report providing specific and actionable recommendations -- including any legislation needed to implement strategies or fee mechanisms, and not including recommendations for further reports or studies -- for: (1) strategies or fee mechanisms the state may use to require companies that manufacture, use, or release perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to pay for the cost of providing safe drinking water to people that have had their private and public water sources contaminated by PFAS; and (2) strategies or fee mechanisms the state may use to require companies that manufacture, use, or release PFAS to prevent or remove PFAS from influent waters entering municipal wastewater facilities so that treatment of effluent is not required; or pay the cost of treating and disposing of the PFAS from municipal wastewater facilities effluent PFAS Removal Report Minn. Dept. of Health
    Minn. Pollution Control Agency         		2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 116 Art. 2 Sec. 29 01/15/2025 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations Capital Investment
    Environment and Natural Resources Finance
    Environment and Natural Resources Policy
    Health Policy and Finance
    Details 01/15/2025 Recommendations for statutory and policy changes to facilitate gas and oil exploration and production in this state and to support the issuance of temporary permits issued under the temporary framework in a manner that benefits the people of Minnesota while adequately protecting the state's natural resources Gas Resources Technical Advisory Committee (GTAC) Recommendations and Statutory Language for Permitting Gas Resource Development Under a Temporary Regulatory Framework Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources - Minnesota Gas and Oil Resources Technical Advisory Committee 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 116 Art. 3 Sec. 55(e) 01/15/2025 Energy Issues
    Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations         		Environment
    Details Report that includes: (1) the amount transferred to each community health board from the proceeds of civil penalties resulting from Minn. Pollution Control Agency permit violations during the previous two years; and (2) any Minn. Pollution Control Agency services provided to the community health board or community residents during the project funded by the transfer, and the cost of those services (for consideration by the Legislature for future appropriations that address reimbursement of the amount of the transfers and the cost of services provided). Minn. Pollution Control Agency 2023 Minn. Laws Chap. 60 Art. 8 Sec. 1 16A.151 Subd. 2(j) 09/30/2024 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Governing/Government-State - Agencies         		Environment and Natural Resources Policy
    Details 05/26/2022 Report on the best estimate of the agency of the total volume of water and air pollution that was emitted in the state in the previous calendar year Pollution Report to the Legislature Minn. Pollution Control Agency 116.011 04/01/2024 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 02/16/2024 Report from PFAS Manufacturers Fee Work Group's review of options for collecting a fee from manufacturers of PFAS in the state. Fee Collection Options for PFAS Manufacturers in Minnesota Minn. Pollution Control Agency 2023 Minn. Laws Chap. 60 Art. 3 Sec. 30 02/15/2024 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations Environment and Natural Resources
    Details 02/05/2016 Report on the outcomes of the pilot program for alternative forms of environmental review Report on Pilot Program for Alternative Form of Environmental Review Minn. Pollution Control Agency 2012 Minn. Laws Chap. 150 Art. 2 Sec. 4 01/15/2016 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 02/27/2015 Annual report detailing the recipients, projects, and the amount of pollution reduced by the implementation of conservation programs by local governments Clean Water Fund Appropriations Annual Report to the Legislature Minn. Board of Water and Soil Resources 2013 Minn. Laws Chap. 137 Art. 2 Sec. 7(d) 03/14/2015 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 12/30/2013 Report on the commissioner's activities in the area of landfill cleanup under MS115B.39 to 115B.43 Minnesota Closed Landfill Program Annual Report Minn. Pollution Control Agency 1994 Minn. Laws Chap. 169 Art. 1 Sec. 7 Subd. 10 115B.412 Subd. 10 12/01/2014 Environment/Natural Resources - Hazardous Materials/Waste
    Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 11/15/2010 Report describing a long-range plan and program for achieving the goals of the agency MPCA Strategic Plan Minn. Pollution Control Agency 116.10 11/15/2012 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 11/22/2000 Report describing a long-range plan and program for achieving the goals of the agency Minnesota Environment 2000 Minn. Pollution Control Agency 116.10 11/15/2012 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 11/22/2002 Report describing a long-range plan and program for achieving the goals of the agency Reports Meeting the Long-Range Planning Requirements of Minn. Stat. 116.10 (not actual title) Minn. Pollution Control Agency 116.10 11/15/2012 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 10/13/2011 Report that includes the number of environmental assessment worksheets completed in the previous fiscal year, total staff hours spent and average and median number of hours spent per completed EAW FY 2011 Legislative Report on Environmental Assessment Worksheets: A Summary of Environmental Assessment Worksheets Completed by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in FY 2011 Minn. Pollution Control Agency 2009 Minn. Laws Chap. 37 Art. 1 Sec. 3 Subd. 1 10/01/2011 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 04/05/2005 Joint report on streamlining and coordinating county reporting requirements County Environmental Reporting Requirements Minn. Dept. of Natural Resources
    Minn. Office of Environmental Assistance
    Minn. Pollution Control Agency         		2003 Minn. Laws Chap. 128 Art. 1 Sec. 163(b) 01/15/2004 Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 02/10/2012 Semi-annual report on the grants awarded and appropriate supporting information describing each grant made pursuant to Minn. Stat. 116J.554 Contamination Cleanup Grant Program FY 2012 Cycle I Report Minn. Dept. of Employment and Economic Development 116J.555 Subd. 2(b)   Environment/Natural Resources
    Environment/Natural Resources - Hazardous Materials/Waste
    Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Details 04/05/1999 Performance report that includes agency's mission, goals and objectives, measures for goals and objectives Protecting Minnesota's Environment: A Progress Report Minn. Pollution Control Agency 15.91 Subd. 2   Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Governing/Government-State - Agencies
    Details Report on funds transferred to a community health board that were recovered via civil penalty from violations of a Minn. Pollution Control Agency permit, describing: (1) the process of community engagement employed to solicit community input regarding the use of the funds; (2) the purposes and activities for which the funds were used; and (3) an account of expenditures. Minn. Pollution Control Agency 2023 Minn. Laws Chap. 60 Art. 8 Sec. 1 16A.151 Subd. 2(i)   Environment/Natural Resources - Pollution Laws/Regulations
    Governing/Government-State - Agencies         		Environment and Natural Resources