Archive: Permit Development Materials

Minnesota’s Discharge Permit Development

Permit Related Documents

• Proposed Permit. The public comment period on the proposed ballast water discharge State Disposal System (SDS) general permit ended July 30, 2008.
  • Overview of Ballast Water Discharge General Permit
  • Proposed Ballast Water Discharge SDS General Permit
  • Technical Fact Sheet for Ballast Water Discharge SDS General Permit
    
    
• Vessel Discharge Permit: Working Draft Language (April 10, 2008)

Comments Received on the Proposed Permit

• Canadian Shipowners Association, 7-30-08
• Clean Water Action, 7-30-08
• Duluth Seaway Port Authority, 7-29-08
• FEDNAV, 7-28-08
• Government of Canada, 7-30-08
• Grand Portage Band, 7-30-08
• Iron Mining Association, 7-29-08
• Izaak Walton League (McCabe Chapter), 7-30-08
• Lake Carriers Association, 7-30-08
• Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, 7-30-08
• National Park Service, 7-30-08
• National Wildlife Federation, 7-30-08
• North Star Community Development, 7-28-08
• Polish Steamship Company, 7-23-08
• Save Lake Superior Association, 7-29-08
• Shipping Federation of Canada, 7-30-08
• Trout Unlimited (Minnesota Council), 7-30-08
• U.S. Great Lakes Shipping Association, 7-28-08
• WI DNR, 7-29-08

Stakeholder Involvement in Program Development

Stakeholder Meetings

• September 23, 2008, Board Packet for the Ballast Water General Permit
  • Ballast Water General Permit Board Presentation, September 23, 2008, Mary Jean Fenske and Jeff Udd
    
    
• April 15-16, 2008 Meeting Agenda
  • April 15,16, 2008 MPCA Vessel Discharge Permit Informational Meeting; presentation by Mary Jean Fenske and Jeff Stollenwerk
  • Vessel Discharge Permit: Working Draft Language (April 10, 2008)
    
    
• March 3-4, 2008 Meeting Agenda
  • March 3-4, 2008 MPCA Vessel Discharge Permit Informational Meeting; presentation by Jeff Stollenwerk, Mary Jean Fenske, and Dave Kortan (MPCA)
    
    
• February 15, 2008 Stakeholder Letter
  
  
• November 5, 2007 Meeting Agenda
  • Minnesota’s Efforts on Ballast Water: Past, Present, and Future; presentation by Jay Rendall (DNR) and Jeff Stollenwerk (MPCA)

Stakeholder Comments on Program Development

Written comments received by the MPCA during the informal phase of program development are shown below.

• Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, 3-19-08
• Canadian Shipowners Association, 4-23-08
• Duluth Port Authority, 5-5-08
• FedNav, 3-12-08
• FedNav, 4-30-08
• Glass, 4-30-08
• Government of Canada, 5-5-08
• Grand Portage Reservation Tribal Council, 4-30
• Iron Mining Association, 4-30-08
• Lake Carriers Association, 4-29-08 and 5-1-08
• Save Lake Superior Association, 4-21-08
• North Star Community Development Corporation, 4-17-08
• NPS, 4-30-08
• NWF, 4-30-08
• Ohio EPA, 4-30-08
• Polish Steamship Company, 4-29-08
• Shipping Federation of Canada, 5-1-08
• Trout Unlimited, 4-30-08
• US EPA, 4-30-08
• US Great Lakes Shipping Association, 4-15-08
• US Great Lakes Shipping Association, 2-21-08
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 5-5-08