Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2889

E "Minnesota Surface Water Protection and Restoration Act", + providing for
achievement and maintenance of surface water quality standards; +defining
certain terms; providing for coordination and cooperation among the +pollution
control agency, the state and local government units; specifying +certain
implementation goals and policies; prescribing priorities for +identifying and
restoring impaired waters; requiring the PCA to set priorities for +developing
and approving total maximum daily loads for submission to the +federal
environmental protection agency (EPA); specifying certain general +duties and
authorities of the PCA for administration purposes, prescribing +procedures for
TMDL approval, requiring an implementation plan; creating the +impaired waters
coordinating council to advise the PCA on administration and +implementation and
to foster coordination and cooperation, specifying certain membership
representation requirements; requiring council recommendations to the+ governor
on the appropriation of funds and biennial reports to the legislature+ on funded
activities; providing for public and stakeholder participation and +for
scientific review, specifying certain education strategies +development and
implementation requirements; increasing the franchise tax on +corporations and
the individual income tax rates; appropriating money to the PCA for +statewide
assessment of surface water quality and trends, for development of +TMDLs, for
certain restoration and prevention measures and for grants to public +agencies
associated with individual sewage treatment system (ISTS) upgrade and
replacement (mk, ja)