Lake Pepin Watershed TMDL - Work Groups
Several work groups have been organized to assist the MPCA in developing and implementing the Lake Pepin Watershed TMDL. Work groups provide various levels of input and have specific roles and responsibilities. The following factsheet provides additional information:
Lake Pepin Watershed TMDL Organizational StructureCurrent work groups include:
Additional work groups and/or subgroups may be formed to address specific aspects of the Lake Pepin project. The Project Schedule provides a brief synopsis of expected work group involvement at various points throughout the process.
Stakeholder Advisory Committee
Roles and Responsibilities
The Stakeholder Advisory Committee is a team of 42 people from around the state representing various organizations. The group helps shape the Lake Pepin TMDL by participating in the development of the Lake Pepin TMDL Work Plan, choosing potential members of the Science Advisory Panel, reviewing contractor proposals based on the completed work plan, and making contractor recommendations to the MPCA. In addition, the Stakeholder Advisory Committee assists with the TMDL by providing information concerning pollutant sources and recommendations relating to load allocations and related policies. The Stakeholder Advisory Committee has input throughout the TMDL process, from work plan development to study to implementation.
Structure and Membership
Planning Committee: (3 MPCA + 3 Stakeholder Advisory Committee members)
The Planning Committee is responsible for logistics and team updates.
Member Organizations:
- Conservation and Citizen Organizations
- Audubon
- Clean Water Action Alliance
- Friends of the Mississippi River
- Izaak Walton League
- Lake City Marina
- Land Stewardship Project
- MN Center for Environmental Advocacy
- Mississippi River Citizen Commission
- The Nature Conservancy
- Sierra Club
- Upper Mississippi River Basin Association
- Sector Representatives
- Builders Association of the Twin Cities
- MN Corn Growers
- MN Farm Bureau Federation
- MN Farmers Union
- MN Pork Producers Association
- MN Public Works Association
- MN Soybean Association
- MN Wastewater Operators Assoc
- Government Agencies and Associations
- Association of Minnesota Counties
- Chamber of Commerce
- Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities
- Environmental Protection Agency
- League of Minnesota Cities
- Metropolitan Council
- National Park Service
- MN Association of Small Cities
- MN Association of SWCDs
- MN Association of Watershed Dist
- MN Board of Water and Soil Resources
- MN Department of Agriculture
- MN Department of Natural Resources
- MN Department of Transportation
- MN Pollution Control Agency
- Prairie Island Indian Community
- University of Minnesota
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- WI Department of Natural Resources
Project Updates
- Not available at this time.
Science Advisory Panel
Roles and Responsibilities
The Science Advisory Panel assists the Stakeholder Advisory Committee and the MPCA in selection of quantitative modeling approaches for the Lake Pepin TMDL. The Panel also responds to scientific questions raised by the Stakeholder Committee and/or the MPCA throughout the term of the project. Whenever possible, the Science Advisory Panel responds to questions with a consensus opinion. If unable to reach consensus, they explain the lack of agreement or lack of clarity in the science. The Science Advisory Panel develops sub-groups as needed to examine and make recommendations regarding specific scientific, technical and/or socioeconomic issues.
Structure and Membership
Planning Committee: (3 MPCA + 3 Stakeholder Advisory Committee members)
The Planning Committee is responsible for logistics and team updates.
Member Organizations:
- Metropolitan Council
- MN Department of Agriculture
- MN Department of Natural Resources
- MN Pollution Control Agency
- MN River Basin Data Center
- Natural Resource Conservation Service
- Science Museum of Minnesota
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- US Geological Survey
- University of Minnesota
- WI Department of Natural Resources
Project Updates
Not available at this time.
River Basin Teams
Roles and Responsibilities
The Lake Pepin watershed includes five major basins: the Minnesota River Basin, the Upper Mississippi River Basin (upstream of the Anoka dam), the St. Croix River Basin, parts of the Lower Mississippi River Basin (including the Vermillion and Cannon River Watersheds) and the Metro Region (urban and suburban land draining to the Mississippi River from Anoka, Minnesota to Prescott, Wisconsin). The Lake Pepin TMDL will establish load and wasteload allocations for each of these areas. Basin Teams, led by MPCA Basin Coordinators, will provide input at specific points in the process.
For more information and project updates, contact an MPCA Basin Coordinator.
- Lower Mississippi River Basin Coordinator
- Metro Region Basin Coordinator
- Minnesota River Basin Coordinator
- St. Croix River Basin Coordinator
- Upper Mississippi River Basin Coordinator
