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years to develop an effective program after the permit is <br />issued. This period of time coincides with the phased <br />development of the Ramsey Town Center site, which must <br />then include the provisions of the City SWPPP. The City <br />will assure that the provisions of its Program are properly <br />implemented within the Center as development proceeds. <br />17.5 Construction within the City of Ramsey is also subject to <br />the provisions of the NPDES Phase II General Storm <br />Water Permit for Construction Activity. This provision is <br />in addition to the construction control measure required <br />under the MS4 permit. <br />17.6 Relationship to Mississippi River TMDL One water <br />quality element of note in the mitigation plan is the need to <br />reduce the negative impact of a discharge to an impaired <br />water under the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) <br />program. The Mississippi River through the City of <br />Ramsey has been listed on the MPCA recommended <br />"303d" list as impaired relative to fecal coliform, PCB and <br />mercury. The PCB and mercury programs are regional in <br />scale and are the subject of regional MPCA and USEPA <br />remediation programs. The discharge of storm water high <br />in fecal coliform, however, is something that the City will <br />need to address. The implementation of nonpoint source <br />pollution control BMPs does not necessarily assure the <br />reduction of fecal coliform. The process for setting a <br />TMDL includes the initiation of a formal study that results <br />in recommendations for control of the pollutant causing <br />the impairment. MPCA has not yet begun this study for the <br />impaired Mississippi River reach; however, once this study <br />begins (currently scheduled for 2004-2006), the City will <br />cooperate to the best of its ability with the MPCA to <br />Permits were secured for past <br />projects and will be obtained for <br />future projects. <br />The MPCA study is currently <br />underway and it includes the <br />reach in Ramsey. Currently <br />Ramsey is not scheduled to <br />receive a waste load allocation <br />as the reach is classified as a <br />protection watershed. This <br />could change based on future <br />monitoring. The City will <br />continue to cooperate to the best <br />of its ability with the MPCA to <br />reduce the input of fecal <br />coliform to the River. <br />Permits were secured for past <br />projects and will be obtained for <br />future projects. <br />The Upper Mississippi River <br />Bacteria TMDL Implementation <br />Plan was completed in 2016 and <br />includes the reach in Ramsey. <br />The City of Ramsey did not <br />receive a waste load allocation. <br />The City will continue to <br />cooperate to the best of its <br />ability with the MPCA to reduce <br />the input of fecal coliform to the <br />River. <br />12 Mitigation Plan Update - 2018 September 2018 <br />