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Loctl government planning As a part of Ihe \VJylO planning proc,,-~s described under Minnesota Stalutes. section I03B.201, e~eh local government will be required 10 prepare a local wote.r management plan, eapilol improvcmcnt program and omcin"1 controls necc;.,;ary to implement the w~tershed plan. A5part of the local watcr management plan, the local government will need to define water quantity ~nd quality proteotion methods adequate to mee.t performance stnndards C$t:lblishcd in the watershcdi)lan. Lucal government.< will also bc required 10 amend their local comprehensive plans to reflect the COntents of the w,uershed plan. Local govemmen:.s will have two years 10 amend their comprehcn",jve plans from the time Ihe WMO planning process is complete. Under rules currcntly proposed by the Board af Water and Soil Resources (BWSR), W1v[Os have untill995 to complete lheir plans. The earliest local governments are required to revise their comprehen.-;ive plans is 1997. It could take several year>; beyond 1997 10 implement local government plans. The second pkce oflegislarion is Minnclo(a Statutes, section 473.157, that requires the Metropolitan" Council to prepare a water resources plan Ihat includes management objective., and target pollution loads for wutersheds in the metropolil<1n area. From this plan WMOs will advise local govcmments of their larget pollution loads. Local governmenll will revise their 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 target pollution load, for watersheds tribut.:try to the Minnesota River. 11,;, is a priority because of the urgency 10 meeltne fPAlMPCA reduction goal of ~O percent by 1996. T3rgetpollution loads for Bcvens, Carver, Chaska and Sand Creek watersheds wii! be de~eloped hy 1992. Pollution loads for other watersheds in the Minnesota River Basin will be developed by mid-I993. The Council will also be actively pursuing the development of target pollution loads for all watersheds in the Twin Cities Melropolitan Area. The Minne,ota POllution Control Agency In accordance with the Clenn Water Act, Section 319, the MPCA is"charged wilh developing a statc- wide stralegy for addressing nonpoint pollution. This plan is ~ four year plan developed ;n 1990 ~nd is periodic.ally updated as ncw information becomes nvailable. TIlis strategy both largels and prioritizcs problem 2reas and develops a management plan for addressing these problcm areas. The mnnagement plan looks at both a voluntary and a regulatory approach to ~ddr=ing problems. The stute plan i.s also required to develop various approachcs to funding problem solutions from federal state and local sources. The Board of Water and Soil Resources The Board of Water and Soil Resources is the primary slalc agency responsible Cor s~rface water planning ~nd is the lend ngcncy responsible for carrying out rn<lny of the administrative aspects of the recently passed Welland Conscrvation Act of 1991, better known as the "no-net loss" Iegislalion. 111e acl provides landowners with thrce options for preserving or enhoncing wctlands: the wetland preservation areas optien; thc permancnt wetland prcserves option; and the wctland cstablishrncnt and re.,;loralion program. If a land use practice requircs. thc taking of a protectcd wetl3nd tlloO legislation rcquires " 1:1 and r. 2:1 mitigotion of wetlands in rural and urb<ln arcns rcspectively_ I ~ I I I I I I II I I I I I I I .. I