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Members of the Board: <br />TMDL Study Update <br />June 17, 2011 <br />By <br />Tom Petersen <br />I contacted Brooke Asleson of the MPCA on June 16, 2011 seeking an update on our <br />TMDL Study. <br />Brooke provided the following information: <br />The funding for the Study has not been secured as of this date. The MPCA has <br />not received a "budget" from the Legislature and the funding for the Study will <br />come from the Agency's Clean Water Legacy appropriation which is also pending <br />Legislative action. <br />If the Legislature appropriates funding for this project, funds may be delayed if <br />the State government "shuts- down" for a period of time. <br />The MPCA has asked EOR to develop a "Work -Plan" for the Study per MPCA <br />guidelines. The Work -Plan is due by September 1, 2011, assuming no delays <br />because of State government shut -down. If funds are appropriated for the project, <br />it is possible that a contract to perform the study could be awarded to EOR in <br />mid- September, 2011 with a formal Project start sometime in early October, 2011. <br />I suggest that we work with EOR and the MPCA on the "Work -Plan" to include <br />an aggressive civic and stakeholder engagement provision with in the work -Plan. <br />Brooke suggested August would be a good time to discuss this element of the <br />Work -Plan. <br />