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STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />,I <br />'1 <br /> <br />i · WATER RESOURCES BOARD <br />i m,~,,, ~9~-2e,mo ' 555 Wabasha Street <br /> Room 206 <br /> ,. St. Paul, Minnesota_j. <br /> 55102 <br /> <br />.I <br /> <br />April 26, 1983 <br /> <br />RECEIVED - <br /> <br />Mr. Robert M. Hutchison <br />Director, Environmental Services <br />County of Anoka---- -.. .............. ~ ...... <br />Anoka, Minn. 55303 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Hutchison: <br /> <br /> Thank you for your letter of April 19, 1983 regarding the Metro Surface <br />Water Management Act. You asked how minor watershed boundaries can be changed <br />and whether watershed management organization boundaries need to coincide with <br />minor watershed boundaries. <br /> <br /> The minor watersheds referred to in tile Act were delineated by the <br />Department of Natural Resources. The DNR,will correct errors in these minor <br />watershed boundaries if they are brought to DNR's attention. Proposed boundary <br />changes can best be shown on a topographic map or storm sewer map. The map <br />should be sent to the DNR - Division of Waters accompanied by a letter describing <br />the surface drainage patterns in the area and requesting the DNR to correct the <br />minor watershed boundary. I'd recommend that any proposed changes be brought- <br />to the DNR's attention as soon as possible by getting in-touch with Jim Thornton, <br />Joel Schilling or Wayne Edgerton, <br /> <br /> Section ~73.876, Subd. 7, states that watershed boundaries shall'be <br />"substantially coterminous" with an aggregation of contiguous minor watershed <br />units. The Water Resources Board encourages communities to place watershed <br />management organization boundaries as close as possible to actual watershed <br />boundaries. However, if a community along the outer edge of the metro area, or <br />outside the metro area, wants to include all or part of a minor watershed unit not ' <br />affected by the Act in a watershed management organization, I don't think anyone <br />would object. In fact, I expect the Water Resources Board will encourage this in <br />cases where a small portion of a secondary watershed unit fails outside the <br />jurisdiction of the Act. <br /> <br />If I haven't adequately answered your questions, please-let me knox,,. <br /> <br />CC- Joel Schilling <br /> <br />Mel Sinn <br />Acting Executive Director- <br /> <br /> <br />