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103B.313 PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
    Subdivision 1. Notice of plan revision. The local water management plan authority shall
send a notice to local government units partially or wholly within the planning jurisdiction,
adjacent counties, and state review agencies of their intent to revise the local water management
plan. The notice of a plan revision must include an invitation for all recipients to submit priority
concerns they wish to see the plan address.
    Subd. 2. Submitting priority concerns to planning authority. Local governments and state
review agencies must submit the priority concerns they want the plan to address to the plan
authority within 45 days of receiving the notice defined in subdivision 1 or within an otherwise
agreed-upon time frame.
    Subd. 3. Public information meeting. Before submitting the priority concerns scoping
document to the board, the plan authority shall publish a legal notice for and conduct a public
information meeting.
    Subd. 4. Submittal of priority concerns scoping document to board. The plan authority
shall send the scoping document to all state review agencies for review and comment. State
review agencies shall provide comments on the plan outline to the board within 30 days of receipt.
    Subd. 5. Board review of priority concerns scoping document. The board shall review
the scoping document and the comments submitted in accordance with this subdivision. The
board shall provide comments to the local plan authority within 60 days of receiving the scoping
document, or after the next regularly scheduled board meeting, whichever is later. No local water
management plan may be approved pursuant to section 103B.315 without addressing items
communicated in the board comments to the plan authority. The plan authority may request that
resolution of unresolved issues be addressed pursuant to board policy defined in section 103B.345.
    Subd. 6. Requests for existing agency information relevant to priority concerns scoping
document. The state review agencies shall, upon request from the local government, provide
existing plans, reports, and data analysis related to priority concerns to the plan author within 60
days from the date of the request or within an otherwise agreed upon time frame.
History: 2003 c 128 art 1 s 89

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