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District plans to amend its Watershed Management Plan

Posted: 02/08/18


The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District is undertaking a major amendment of its Watershed Management Plan in response to 1) requests from the District's Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and 2) the updating of water governance documents by most of the municipalities within and adjacent to the District. The Plan amendment will focus on the Standards in Section 3 and the Implementation Program in Section 4 of the current Third Water Management Plan. The Plan amendment process will comply with Minnesota Rules 8410.0140 and Minnesota Statue 103B.231, subdivision 11.

The District released the draft Statement of Need and Reasonableness (SONAR) February 7, 2018.  The SONAR explains the District's rationale for the changes made to the Plan through the Amendment Process.  The most recent version of the SONAR (May 2018) can be found below.

The schedule for the Plan consists of TAC meetings and communications with the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR), as follows. Completed meetings and communications have links to documents that describe the events.

Proposed Draft Plan Amendment

Public hearing and Manager's workshops presentation

Comments received and responses

Stakeholder/Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meetings

BWSR communications/timeline

  • Submit Petition with Redline Draft to BWSR for 60-day review: July 5, 2017
  • Respond to Comments, Host Public Hearing and Update the Plan: September - October 2017
  • Host Public Information meetings: February - March 2018
  • Reconvene Public Hearing and Update the Plan: April - May 2018
  • Submit Final Draft to BWSR for 90-day Review: May-June 2018
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