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Local government planning As 0 p:1rt of the \\l1vfO planning proclCSS described under Minnesot3 Statutes. scction I03B.20l. cach local government will be required to prepare a local woler management plan. capitol improvement program and o[[jcin-J controls neces,;nry to implement the watcrshed plan. Asp'nrt of the local Water manogcmcnt plan. the local government will need to define water quantity nnd qua lily protection methocll oclc'luatc tQ meet pc"rfonnance standards cstablished in the walcrshcdj,lon. Local government.< will also be required 10 omend their loco! comprehensive plans to reOeet tbe contents o[ the wiltershed plan. Local govcmmen:s will have two years to amend thcir eumprehcn'ive plans from the time the WMO planning proCeSS is complete. Under rules currently proposed by the Board o[ Water and Soil Re50urces (BWSR), WlvlOs have until 1995 to COmplete their plans. The earliest local governments are required to revise their compreheru;ive plans is 1997. It could lake set'era! years beyond 1997 to implement local government plans. The.\econd piece oflegislarion is Mjnne.~ola Statutes, section 473.157, that requires the Melropoliran - Council to prepare a water resources plan that includes management objective.s ond t~rgel pollution loads [or watersheds in the metropolitan arca. From this plan WMOs will advise local governments of their target pollution loads. Local governments will revise theit stormwater management plans to include implementation steps that assure the target pollution loads arc met. The Metropolitan Council has set as a priority developing the tnrget pollution lo~ds for watersheds tributary to the Minnesota River. 11,i., is a priority because of the urgency to meet the EPA/MPCA reduction goal of 40 percent by \996. Target pollution loads [or Bevens. Carver, Chaska and Sand Creek watcrsheds '!Iii! be de~eloped by 1992. Pollution loads [or other watersheds in the Minnesota River Basin \vill be developed by mid.I993. TI,e Council will also be actively pursuing the development o[ target pollution loads [or all watersheds in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. The Minnesota POllution Control Agency In accordance with the Clean Water Act, Section 319, the MPCA is- charged with developing a state- wide strategy for addressing nonpoint pollution. This plan is a four year plan developed ill 1990 und is periodically updated as new in[ormation becomes available. TIlis strategy both targets und prioritizes problem areas and develops a management plan [or addressing these problem areas. The management plan loob at both a voluntary and a regulatory approach to >!ddressing problems. The state plan is also required to develop various approaches to funding problem solutions [rom federal state and local sources: The_ Board of Water and Soil Resources The Board o[ \Vater and Soil Resourccs is the primary state agency responsible tor surface watcr plonning and is the lead agency responsible [or carrying out many of the administrative aspects of tbe recently passed Wetland Conservation Act o[ 1991, better known as the "no-net 10ss'legislation. TIle acl provides landowners with three options [or preserving or enhancing wetlands: the wetland preservation areas option; the pcrmanent wetbnd preservcs option; and the wetland establishment and r~..$tora(ion program. If a land use prlletice requires_ the taking o[ a protected wetland the Iegislalion requires a 1:1 and r. 2:1 mitigation of wetlands in rur"1 ,1nd urb<Jn arens respectively_ I J I I I I I I I . I I I I I I I