mercury
total maximum daily load stakeholder process
MEI’s Mercury Total Maximum
Daily Load Stakeholder Process is an effort to find ways
to reduce the amount of mercury in Minnesota’s waters.
Critical to managing any pollutant is determining an acceptable
amount of that substance in the environment – its
total maximum daily load (TMDL) – and implementing
a plan for meeting that goal. The EPA has approved the
mercury TMDL for the state, and Minnesota must now formulate
a plan for meeting that target to satisfy the requirements
of the Federal Clean Water Act.
What MEI is doing:
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has retained
MEI to convene stakeholder meetings that will provide
input culminating inrecommendations for a workable plan.
Stakeholders include representatives from mining and other
industries, electric power utilities, the MPCA, DNR, recreational
fishing interests, tribal interests, environmental advocacy
organizations and others. Additional concerned parties
can provide feedback on the draft plan near the end of
the project. This statewide approach to managing mercury
is unprecedented and could become a model for other states
struggling to formulate a mercury TMDL implementation
plan. The project is scheduled to conclude in March 2008,
when a final set of recommendations will be given to the
MPCA.
For more information, contact Kabby
Jones .
Who Funds this Project?
Northern Environmental Support Trust
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Rochester Public Utilities
Xcel Energy
Minnesota Power
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