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TMDL Meetings and Events

This page contains notices of general interest and event-related information on impaired waters/TMDLs.  The meeting and events list is updated monthly.

Current Meetings and Events

• The proposed site specific standard for the South Metro Mississippi River is on public notice February 8 to March 26, 2010. Public meetings will be held:

  • Thursday, Feb. 11, 2-7 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Southern Research Center in Waseca
  • Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2-7 p.m., at the St. James Hotel in Red Wing

The MPCA welcomes comments on the site-specific standard. Comments must be in writing and received by 4:30 p.m. on March 26. Submit comments to: Norman Senjem, MPCA - Southeast Region, 18 Wood Lake Drive SE, Rochester, MN 55904, phone 507-206-2655 or 800-657-3864, fax: 507-280-5513, email: norman.senjem@state.mn.us.

• Clean Water Council Meeting

Previous Meetings and Events

• Previous Clean Water Council Meetings
• Chippewa River Watershed Stakeholder Meeting: Wednesday, Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 1:00pm, McKinneys on Southside in Benson, 300 14th St S, Benson, MN 56215.  This first stakeholder meeting will cover portions of the turbidity TMDL that have been drafted to date.  For more information or to be included on the stakeholder committee, please contact Kylene Olson with the Chippewa River Watershed Project by phone at 320-269-2139 x116 or by email at Kylene.olson@charterinternet.com
• Pomme de Terre Public Meeting: November 23, 2009 at 6:00 pm at the Old #1 Southside Bar and Grill, 412 Atlantic Avenue, Morris MN 56267, to present the draft turbidity TMDL to the public and to receive input.
• Lac qui Parle Public Stakeholder Meetings:  Two public meetings are being held to introduce the TMDL project on November 24, 2009 .  The first meeting is from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm at the Canby Community Center, 110 Oscar Avenue North, Canby MN 56220.  The second meeting is from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Madison VFW, 711 2nd Street, Madison MN 56256.
• Big Sandy TMDL informational meeting: Friday, September 25, 2009, from 2-4 pm, Fireside Restaurant in McGregor, MN.
• April 14, 2008: West Fork Des Moines Public Meetings, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m. Displays and information will be available the first half hour of both meetings; formal presentations will begin at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively. First Meeting: 2:30 p.m., Location: Murray County Fairgrounds (gray 4-H building), South Broadway Avenue,  Slayton, MN. Second Meeting: 6:30 p.m., Location: Heron Lake Community Center, 312 10th Street, Heron Lake, MN. 
• January 24, 2007: Rock River TMDL public meetings. Two locations: Edgerton Ambulance Garage, 1000 South Main, Edgerton. Open House: 2:30 pm. Presentation: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Rock County Family Services Building, 2 Roundwind Road, Luverne, Open House: 6:30 pm, Presentation: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
• December 2007: Clearwater River Dissolved Oxygen & Fecal Coliform TMDL Public Stakeholder Meetings: Clearbrook Community Center; Clearbrook, MN. For exact meeting date and time, contact: Corey Hanson, Red Lake Watershed District, 102 Main Avenue North, Thief River Falls, MN 56701, 218-681-5800, coreyh@wiktel.net
• EPA's TMDL Workshop 11-15-07 – Presentations from EPA Region 5's training for state and local TMDL practitioners, held on 11-15-07 at the MPCA, on federal requirements and expectations for Minnesota's TMDLs. 
• June 3, 2007: Celebrate Lake Pepin