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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL 300 Metro Square Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 December 18, 1980 MEMORANDUM TO: CAB Facilities Study Committee FROM: Jim Barton SUBJECT: End of Year Progress Report MWCC ADOPTION OF 201 FACILITIES PLAN The MWCC adopted in September the 201 Facilities Plan. This plan has been forwarded to the Metropolitan Council for review and response. Of interest to CAB is the timing proposed in the 201 Facilities Report which has created some concern. Specifically, this includes a 1982 date for initiation of plans and specifications for CAB, with a completion date for the facility by 1985. Procedurally, what will happen is that the Metropolitan Council will respond to the facilities plan through amendments to the Water Quality Plan which we have'discussed earlier. The schedule for submitting these amendments to the Council and their adoption is as follows: 208 Advisory Committee completes review of amendments January March Adoption of amendments for public hearing purposes (allowing for a 60-day local response) Public hearing May Council adoption June In January the CAB Study Committee will be given an opportunity to review the proposed amendments prior to their becoming part of the public hearing document. STATUS OF THE METROPOLITAN TREATMENT PLANT The Metropolitan Council.and MWCC have been negotiating with PCA and EPA on a consent decree which, among other things, would specify water quality standards--or at least a portion of the standards--which would have to be met by the Metropolitan Treatment Plant.. The Council is expecting a response in January to the current draft that is being reviewed. To date, some movement has been made relative to standards which appear to be more reasonable than earlier standards proposed. As with any negotiating process, it is