Draft Minnesota Impaired Waters TMDL List For 2012

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has released the draft 2012 TMDL List and a schedule for upcoming public meetings and public notice period Public meetings will be held Rochester, Detroit Lakes, St. Paul, Brainerd, Duluth, Benson, and Mankato in December – January 2012. The formal 30-day Public Comment Period will beginning with a notice in the State Register on January 23, 2012 and February 27, 2012. All comments received during that period and MPCA responses will be forwarded to EPA, with the final draft 2012 TMDL list for EPA review and approval.

The Minnesota draft 2012 TMDL List (303(d) List) contains 2171 impairments that require TMDL studies; 511 of those impairments are proposed new listings. The Inventory of all impaired waters now totals 3,638, which includes impairments in need of TMDLs, those with completed TMDLs that have not yet been restored, and impairments due to natural sources.

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