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' :pater BilllBoard <br />From the <br />Department of <br />Natural <br />Resources <br />applying for, and obtaining, the written permit of <br />the commissioner. <br />The effective date of this legislation was May 25, <br />1995. <br />For further information contact Bruce Gerbig at <br />the DNR, Division of Waters, at 612-296-0515. <br />fety <br />(DNR)... <br />i tr ill <br />Chapter 218, the Omnibus Water Bill, contains <br />both minor changes to correct oversights that <br />occurred when the Legislature undertook the <br />major recodification of water laws in 1990 and <br />several new changes. <br />The correction changes include language <br />relating to the authority of the commissioner of <br />DNR in instances when. counties fail to adopt <br />county shoreline ordinances and procedures <br />relating to the review of municipal shoreland <br />ordinances, language correcting the definition of <br />ordinary high water level in reference to public <br />water wetlands, language addressing <br />cooperation and enforcement matters with other <br />state agencies and federal agency cooperation, <br />and corrections to references relating to the <br />enforcement of the DNR commissioner's orders. <br />New authority was granted to the DNR to issue <br />state general permits to governmental <br />subdivisions for classes of activities having <br />minimal impact upon public waters and <br />amending the permit fee structure to allow these <br />types of projects for the minimum $75 permit <br />application fee. Additional language also allows <br />the DNR to delegate permit authority to <br />watershed districts or water management <br />organizations that have elected to assert local <br />authority over protected waters. Amendments <br />relating to water appropriation permits clarify that <br />increases in pumping capacity or major changes <br />in installations are not allowed without first <br />Dam safety provisions were also amended by 1) <br />directing the DNR to submit a dam safety project <br />priority list every two years instead of annually; <br />and 2) authorizing the DNR to pay the entire cost <br />of removing non-state dams in certain <br />circumstances. The first change will make <br />submission of the dam project priority list <br />coincide with the major capital bonding sessions. <br />The second change will facilitate the removal of <br />locally or privately owned dams that present a <br />public safety hazard or are preventing restoration <br />of an important fisheries resource. <br />For further information contact Mel Sinn, DNR, <br />Division of Waters, at 612-2.96-4806. <br />ouny oloic atlas and <br />r ion I hydro solo is <br />aSS@SSCY1@ntS <br />The 1995 Legislature added $850,000 from the <br />General Fund to the DNR Division of Waters <br />base to support acceleration of geologic and <br />hydrogeologic mapping. The DNR. Division of <br />Waters and the Minnesota Geological Survey <br />(MGS) will divide the funds between them to <br />make the best use of the talents of each agency. <br />The Division of Waters staff will continue to be <br />responsible for completing the hydrogeologic <br />and groundwater sensitivity portions of these <br />projects, building on the geologic mapping of the <br />glacial deposits and bedrock by MGS staff. <br />Nearing completion are the Fillmore County <br />Geologic Atlas, Rice County Geologic Atlas, and <br />6 <br />