Environment and Natural Resources Committee Jurisdiction

The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources has jurisdiction over all bills relating to the environment or to the state's natural resources.

State Agencies

• Natural Resources, Department of: 84.01
• Pollution Control Agency: 116.02
• Environmental Assistance, Office of: 115A.055
• Environmental Quality Board: 116C.03
• Land Exchange Board: 94.341; Constitution Article XI, §10
• Mississippi Headwaters Board: 103F.367
• Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board: 115C.07
• Board of Water and Soil Resources: 103B.101
• Zoological Board, State: 85A.01
• Great Lakes Commission: 1.21
• Minnesota Resources, Legislative Commission on: 116P.05
• Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission: 1.33
• Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Legislative Advisory Commission: 1.34
• South Dakota-Minnesota Boundary Waters Commission: 103B.451
• Forest Resources Council: 89A.03
• Governor's Nuclear Waste Council: 116C.711
• Voyageurs National Park, Citizens Council on: 84B.11
• Listed Metals Advisory Council: 115A.9651, subd. 5
• Water Supply Systems and Wastewater Treatment Facilities Advisory Council: 115.741
• Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Technical Advisory Task Force: 1.35
• Facility Siting Policy Development Committee: 116C.842
• Environmental Trust Fund Citizens Advisory Committee: 116P.06
• Individual Sewage Treatment System Rules, Advisory Committee on: 115.55. subd.1
• Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Local Advisory Committee: Laws 1996, Ch. 407, sec. 32, subd. 4
• Watershed Districts, Advisory Committees: 103D.331

Confirmations

• Department of Natural Resources: Commissioner
• Office of Environmental Assistance: Director
• Environmental Quality Board: 5 members
• Environmental Trust Fund Citizens Advisory Committee: 11 members
• Pollution Control Agency: Commissioner and 8 members
• Board of Water and Soil Resources: Chair

Other Laws

• Mosquito Abatement
• Off-Highway Vehicles
• Reinvest in Minnesota
• Tax-Forfeited Lands