Seven orders.
Before noon.

The Office of Resource Revenue Transparency (ORRT) is hereby established within the Office of the Governor, operating under the authority of Minnesota Statute 15.0593. The ORRT shall track, record, and publicly disclose every dollar of mineral severance revenue, waste heat energy credit, and natural resource royalty that flows through any executive branch agency.

All revenue receipts shall be published on a publicly accessible state website within 30 days of receipt. No exceptions. Disclosures shall include the source, amount, receiving agency, and intended disposition of every transaction. The ORRT shall publish a quarterly summary report accessible to any Minnesota citizen without registration or fee.

The ORRT shall serve as the interim transparency mechanism pending passage of the Minnesota Resource Sovereignty Trust Act. From Day One of this administration, no resource revenue shall move through any executive agency without a corresponding public record. This office is operational immediately upon signing of this order.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Department of Commerce are hereby directed to designate Duluth Complex nonferrous mining permit reviews as their highest internal administrative priority, effective immediately. All nine confirmed Duluth Complex deposits shall receive concurrent priority review. Sequential processing is discontinued.

Each Commissioner of the MPCA, DNR, and Department of Commerce shall submit to the Governor's Office a written backlog review report within 60 days identifying every pending Duluth Complex permitting action, its current status, the responsible staff, and the projected completion date. No new administrative delay shall be introduced without a written justification signed personally by the relevant Commissioner.

The Department of Commerce shall establish a dedicated Waste Heat Recovery Fast-Track Desk within 30 days of this order. All applications for waste heat recovery system installation at Iron Range facilities shall receive priority processing. The Desk shall coordinate with facility operators and the Rev It Up financing program to eliminate financial and administrative barriers to deployment.

State agencies are directed to actively coordinate with federal counterparts under Executive Order 14241 (January 20, 2025), which designated domestic mineral production a national priority. The NorthMet project, already designated a federal priority on the permitting transparency dashboard, shall receive maximum state-side cooperation to meet the published federal completion target.

The Governor's Resource Stewardship Council (GRSC) is hereby established under MN Stat. 15.0593. The Council shall include seats for ecological and conservation organizations, supply chain ethics organizations, Iron Range tribal nation liaisons, labor union representatives, Iron Range community representatives, and mining industry operators. The Council operates under a public charter. All meetings are open to the public. All minutes are published within 14 days of each meeting.

Formal invitations shall be issued to all organizations participating in the Agenda Minnesota Eco Outreach process, including organizations that have publicly opposed Duluth Complex development. Opposition to development does not disqualify an organization from Council participation. Every disagreement expressed through the Council process is a matter of public record before any permit is issued.

Tribal nation liaisons representing the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, and other affected tribal nations hold designated seats on the Council. Tribal consultation pursuant to treaty rights and federal trust responsibilities is a governance requirement, not an invitation, and shall occur before any state agency action affecting treaty-protected resources.

All nine confirmed Duluth Complex deposits shall enter simultaneous parallel expedited review by the DNR and MPCA. Sequential processing — which allows one project to delay all others — is discontinued. Each deposit shall have a dedicated review team, a published timeline, and a Commissioner-level responsible official.

Any pending permit action for a Duluth Complex project that has been in administrative review for more than 24 months without a decision shall receive a written status determination within 90 days of this order. The determination shall either advance the application to the next required stage, identify the specific legal impediment, or refer the matter to the Governor's Office for resolution.

Nothing in this order shall be construed to authorize any state agency to violate federal environmental law, override a pending federal or state court order, or waive any legally required public comment period. This order directs the elimination of administrative delay without legal basis — not the elimination of legally required process.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) Office of Aeronautics and the Minnesota National Guard are hereby directed to initiate formal coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Guard Bureau to begin the dual-use designation process for Range Regional Airport. A joint state-federal working group shall be established within 60 days of this order.

MnDOT shall prepare and submit a formal Airport Improvement Program application for the Range Regional Airport runway extension to 10,000 feet. The application shall be based on the existing Range Regional Airport Master Plan and Airport Layout Plan. The state's 5% cost-share commitment — approximately $2.25 million on a $45 million project — shall be identified in the next state budget submission.

MnDOT and the Department of Employment and Economic Development shall prepare a formal request to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for international passenger and cargo processing designation at KHIB, to be submitted concurrent with the AIP application. This administration will not operate a vending machine airport as the logistics gateway for a trillion-dollar mineral economy.

The Department of Commerce is directed to designate waste heat recovery at Iron Range industrial facilities as a Tier One priority under the Energy Conservation and Optimization Act and the Rev It Up revolving loan program. Applications from Iron Range facility operators for ORC installation financing shall receive priority processing and below-market interest rate consideration.

The Department of Commerce shall submit a formal recommendation to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission within 90 days directing that Iron Range waste heat generation be designated a priority class for grid interconnection with favorable standby rate terms. The PUC's rate structure shall not function as a barrier to the deployment of zero-fuel-cost energy recovery.

The Department of Commerce and the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board are directed to initiate a joint feasibility study for tetrahedrite thermoelectric generator deployment using Duluth Complex mine waste tailings as feedstock, based on the peer-reviewed findings of Santos et al. (2025), Materials 18(6):1375. The study shall be completed within 12 months of this order and published publicly.

The Minnesota School Protection Corps (MSPC) program is hereby authorized as a state initiative pending passage of the MSPC Act by the legislature. The Department of Public Safety and the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs are directed to begin program design, including certification pathway development, POST Board coordination, and district pilot selection, within 30 days of this order.

The Department of Public Safety is directed to prepare and submit a FY2027 COPS Hiring Program application designating the MSPC as the recipient program, with school deployment track designation and veteran hiring priority commitment. The application shall be submitted within 60 days of the COPS Office opening the FY2027 solicitation window.

The Governor directs the POST Board — whose 14 non-ex-officio members are appointed by the Governor — to convene a veteran certification pathway working group within 45 days of this order. The working group shall identify existing reciprocity provisions applicable to qualifying military law enforcement experience and develop an accelerated certification track for veterans entering the MSPC program.

The Department of Public Safety shall identify 20 pilot school districts — representative of urban, suburban, and rural communities — for Year One MSPC deployment upon legislative passage. The pilot shall test the certification pipeline, the COPS funding mechanics, and the district cost-sharing structure before statewide rollout. Target: 300 veterans employed in Year One.