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~~~ ,~ December 15, 2000 _„ ~ ~ t• Ms. Karen Chandler Barr Engineering Company 4700 West 77"' Street Minneapolis, MN 55435-4803 RE: 60-day Comments on the Draft Grass Lake Water Management Organization Watershed Management Plan Dear Ms. Chandler: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) staff have reviewed the October 2000 draft of the Watershed Management Plan for the Grass Lake Water Management Organization (GLWMO). MPCA staff would like to commend GLWMO for putting together a thoughtful and comprehensive watershed management plan that will be used in the years ahead to protect and restore the water resources within it's boundaries. Thank you for the opportunity to review the Plan. MPCA staff would like to offer the following comments: Table 5.1 -For category I lakes the water quality guidelines for desired use call for a minimum summer secchi depth of at least 1.0 meter with a 1.6 meter average. Lake Owasso for example, currently has a secchi depth of around 3 meters. The guidelines seem to allow for quite a bit of degradation in the category I lakes, can you explain this? The draft plan suggests a number of Best Management Practices. What specifically does GLWMO require the city to do as opposed to what GLWMO will do? It is important to note that in 5.10, section 3, that GLWMO will develop a report card/checklist to inform the cities and the public regarding the progress toward meeting goals and expectations. MPCA staff think that this kind of feedback has been missing and this is an excellent plan of action. The draft plan tends to jump around. It would be helpful if the plan set up specific things GLWMO is to do and specific things the cities are to do. For example, when and how are the cities to set goals for category III and IV water bodies? 520 Lafayette Rd. N.; St. Paul, MN 55155-4194; (651) 296-6300 (Voice); (651) 292-5332 (TTY) St. Paul • .Brainerd Detroit Lakes Duluth Mankato • Marshall Rochester Willmar; www.pca.state.mn.us Equal Opportunity Employer Printed on recycled paper containing at least 20 % fibers from paperrecycled by consumers.