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Local gON'Crnmenl planning * ; As a part of the WMC planning process described under Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.201, each local gov-eminenl will be required .to prepare a local water management plan, capital improvement procram and official controls necessary to implement the watershed plan. As part of the local water management olan, the local government wll need to define water quantity and quality protection methods adequate to meet performance standards established in the watershed plan. Local governments will also be required to amend their local comprehensive plans to reflect the contents of the watershed plan. Local governments will have two years to amend their comprehensive plans from the time the WMO planning process is complete. Under rules currently proposed by the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR), WMOs have until 1995 to complete their plans. The earliest local governments are required to re^/ise their comprehensive plans is 1997. It could take several years bevond 1997 to implement local government plans. Tne second piece o.^ legislation is Mi.nnesota Statutes, section 473.157, that requires the Metropolitan Council to prepare a water resources plan that includes manage.mcnt objectives and target pollution loads for watersheds in the metropolitan area. From this plan WMOs will advise local governments of their target pollution loads. Local governments will revise their stormwater manage.ment plans to include implementation steps that assure the target pollution loads are meL The Metropolitan Council has set as a prioritv ’ developing the target pollution loads for watersheds tributary to the Minnesota River. Tnis is a priority because of the urgency to meet the EPA/MPCA reduction goal of 40 percent by 1996. Target poUution loads for Beve.ns, Can-er, Chaska and Sand C'eek watersheds will be developed by 1991 Pollution loads for other watersheds in the Minnesota River Basin will be developed by mid-1993. Tne Council wU also be actively pursuing the development of target pollution loads for all watersheds in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency In accordance with the Qean Water Act, Section 319, the MPCA is charged with developing a state wide strategy for addressing nonpoint pollution This plan is a four year plan developed in 1990 and is periodically updated as new info.'mation becomes available. This strategy both targets and prioritizes problem areas and develops a management plan for addressing these problem areas. Tne management plan looks at both a voluntary and a regulatory approach to addressing probic.ms. The Slate plan is also required to develop various approaches to fu.nding problem solutions from federal state and local sources. The Board of '^'ater and Soil Resources • mm mmmm ^ W • w ■ w aw* ____itlypassed Wetland Conservation Act of 1991, ________________—---------- act provides landowners with three options for preserving or enhancing wetlands: the wetland preservation areas option; the permanent wetland preserves option; and the wetland establishment and restoration program. If a land use practice requires the taking of a protected wetland the legislation requires a 1:1 and a 2:1 mitigation of wetlands in rural and urban areas respectively.