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City of Orono <br />Surface Water Management Plan <br />BOLTON &MENK,INC. <br />CONSULTING ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS <br />ORONO - SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN <br />Table of Contents <br />Executive Summary ......................................................................................................... i <br />1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 <br />1.1 Purpose ............................................................................................................................ 1 <br />1.2 Study Area ....................................................................................................................... 1 <br />1.3 Land Use Overview and Philosophy ................................................................................. 2 <br />1.4 Land Use, Comprehensive Plan and Special Areas and Considerations .............................. 4 <br />1.5 SWMP Structure .............................................................................................................. 6 <br />2 Physical Environment ............................................................................................. 7 <br />2.1 Climate ............................................................................................................................ 7 <br />2.2 Geology ........................................................................................................................... 7 <br />2.3 Topography and Soils ....................................................................................................... 8 <br />2.4 Surface Water Resources .................................................................................................. 9 <br />2.5 Impaired Waters ............................................................................................................. 10 <br />2.6 Monitoring and Data Collection ...................................................................................... 11 <br />2.7 Groundwater Resources .................................................................................................. 11 <br />2.8 Ecological Resources ...................................................................................................... 12 <br />2.9 Potential Pollutant Sources ............................................................................................. 14 <br />3 Regulatory Setting ................................................................................................ 15 <br />3.1 State-Wide Regulation .................................................................................................... 15 <br />3.2 Local Regulation ............................................................................................................ 16 <br />3.3 City of Orono ................................................................................................................. 17 <br />3.4 Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) .............................................................. 18 <br />3.5 Hennepin County............................................................................................................ 19 <br />3.6 Three Rivers Park District............................................................................................... 19 <br />3.7 Metropolitan Council ...................................................................................................... 19 <br />3.8 State Board of Soil and Water Resources (BWSR) .......................................................... 20 <br />3.9 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) ................................................................ 20 <br />3.10 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) ....................................................... 20 <br />3.11 Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) ........................................................................ 20 <br />3.12 Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQB) ............................................................. 20 <br />3.13 Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) ........................................................ 21 <br />3.14 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ................................................................ 21 <br />3.15 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) ........................................................................ 21 <br />3.16 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ......................................................... 21 <br />3.17 Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) ............................................................ 21 <br />3.18 U.S. Geological Survey .................................................................................................. 21 <br />3.19 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ........................................................................................ 21 <br />3.20 Water Resource Agreements ........................................................................................... 21 <br />4 Major Issues, Goals, and Policies.......................................................................... 23 <br />4.1 Surface Water Management ............................................................................................ 23