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:ADMIN 1000 (Rev. 1/78) $ F-0000~01 Environmental Quality Board DEPARTMENT STATE OF MINNESOTA TO : FROM : SUBJECT: Minnesota City Clerks I,.~ ~ ..--', ~' p0 296-2319 Tom Rulland, Manager '~'-A ~ ?// PHONE: Environmental Quality Board '~,~ '' ~ ~i'/ Proposed Revisions to the Minnesota Environmental Review Process 19 January 1981 DATE: During December your city received from the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQB) a copy of the proposed changes to the state's Environmental Review (EIS) process. These revi- sions have been drafted in response to amendments made by the state legislature to the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act. Included among the proposed rule revisions are mandatory Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) categories. Before the EQB prepares the final draft of the EIS rules, it would like to determine what the workload effect would be on local government units. To assist it in making that determination, would you please review the proposed mandatory categories and estimate the n~mber of actions which might occur in your city for which preparation of an EAW or EI$ would be required. The estimates should cover a period of time of one yea~. For your convenience, enclosed is a listing of actions for which a city could be responsible for preparation of an EAW or EIS. The listing identifies the category. To determine the thresholds and details of the categories please refer to pages 15 to 27 of the rules. If you need a copy of the rules or an interpretation of the categories, please contact Ken Kadlec (612-296-8253) or me (612-296-2319). Upon completion of the form, please return it to the address at the top of the form. In preparing the estimates, you might review the number of pro- jects which were actually proposed in past years and identify those which would have'required preparation of an EAW or EIS had the proposed rules been in effect. I also recommend that you contact the city engineer, the city planner, the planning com- mission and other individuals in the city who may be able to pro- vide you with assistance in developing the estimates. I ask that your estimates be based on your judgement of what is likely to occur, not on what is the worst case possible. In order for the information to be considered by the EQB staff as they prepare the final draft of the EIS rules, please return the enclosed form by February 9, 1981. /sip Enclosure