Permitting Reform Needed for Success of SAF Production in MN

Minnesota legislators now have timelines in place for moving bills through the committee process. The first deadline is April 4th for action on bills in the chamber it originated. April 11th is the deadline for major appropriation and finance bills. The second deadline coincides with the annual Easter/Passover break. Minnesota Corn Growers Association Executive Director Adam Birr said his organization is taking a guarded approach to the session with the nearly even split between the two parties. Permitting reform is one of the issues being monitored in St. Paul. “We’ve done a couple hearings now on sustainable aviation fuel in both the state House and Senate and the permitting thing comes up,” said Birr. “We know what we need to produce the fuel in Minnesota and with our current permitting system, it makes it hard to scale up that production in a quick manner.”