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For information on the Clean <br />Dater Partnership Program, <br />contact Cathy Latham at 651 / <br />297-8383. <br />For information on malformed <br />frogs, contact Greg Gross at <br />651/296-7442. <br />For information on tanks and <br />spills, contact J'teve Lee at 6.i1/ <br />297-8610. <br />For information on TMDLs, <br />contact Hoiaard Markus at <br />651/296-7295. <br />ment over regulation of farms." <br />The statement also directed the <br />agencies as follows: <br />• MPCA to review <br />guidelines for determin- <br />ing when to require air- <br />quality modeling in <br />association with envi- <br />ronmental assessment <br />worksheets (EAWs) so <br />the process "makes <br />sense and isn't overly <br />costly to farmers." <br />• EQB t0 reVlew lts <br />proposed rule to deter- <br />mine if the 300 animal- <br />unit threshold for <br />sensitive areas should <br />be raised. <br />• EQB, working with <br />MPCA and the Minne- <br />sota Department of <br />ggricultaare, to develflp <br />an alternative EAW that <br />would be used to <br />expedite new or ex- <br />panded feedlot projects. <br />The directive states the <br />alternative should not <br />reduce the amount or <br />quality of information <br />needed to make accu- <br />rate environmental <br />determinations. <br />~~trl' ~ 1 <br />s® rc) <br />'Total naazi u daily loads <br />('I' I.s) <br />5750,000 for the biennium was <br />appropriated to the MPCA for <br />total maximum daily load <br />studies, which are studies of <br />pollution sources in impaired <br />stream segments. IVew annual <br />base funding of 5500,000 is <br />provided for this program. <br />Clean Water Pa ers ip <br />Prog m <br />The agency's funding for grants <br />to local watershed partners <br />received an additional 52.7 <br />million for the biennium. 110 <br />funding for stafT was provided, <br />however. <br />alfforaned frogs <br />A total of $600,000 was appro- <br />priated to the agency to con- <br />tinue working on research into <br />the potential causes of mal- <br />formed frogs over the next <br />biennium. <br />S 115 <br />ississippi 'ver spill <br />response <br />$250,000 is appropriated .from <br />the Petrofund to MPCA to <br />purchase and distribute oil-spill <br />response equipment to fire <br />departments along the Mlssls- <br />sippi River between the head- <br />waters and the city of <br />Minneapolis's g-water <br />intake. CA will provide <br />training to the fire departments. <br />The River Defense ]`tetwork <br />will conduct networking ses- <br />10 <br />