October 19 Zoom Meeting

Topic: PPCC October 2021 Meeting
Time: Oct 19, 2021 06:45 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

6:45pm time to say hi

7:00pm meeting

The application submitted for the MN Point project seems to be incomplete. Note the omission of the sections on loadings; this is directly related to the PPCC’s recommendation that state water quality standards are met.

2.Analysis of alternatives to project design that avoid or minimize degradation (This does not include the Preferred Alternative discussed below)

Describe your analysis of at least two prudent and feasible alternative project designs that would avoid or minimize degradation and avoid or minimize net increases in loading of pollutants or other causes of degradation to surface water (such as wetlands, lakes, stream, etc.). The analysis of each alternative must include a description of how impacts to surface waters are avoided and/or minimized; information on any design considerations and constraints; expected performance, construction, operation, and maintenance costs; and reliability for each alternative. Minn. R. 7050.0280, subp. 2

3. Preferred alternative project design Describe the analysis of your preferred alternative project design that avoids or minimizes net increases in loading of pollutants or other causes of degradation. The analysis must include a description of how impacts to surface waters are avoided and/or minimized; information on any design considerations and constraints; expected performance, construction, operation, and maintenance costs; and reliability for each alternative. In addition, the analysis must verify that the preferred alternative is the least degrading prudent and feasible alternative for surface water. Minn. R. 7050.0280, subp.2

4.Water quality parameters of concern List the water quality parameters of concern for the project.
Examples: Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Mercury (Hg), Temperature, PCBs, etc.

10. Loading and degradation to surface waters For all surface waters where physical alterations are proposed, describe all anticipated net increases in loading and other causes of degradation expected in each surface water when your preferred alternative project design is fully implemented. Example 1: Filling of a wetland that causes another wetland to backup and inundate, (the inundated wetland can be on or off the project site). Example 2: A discharge from the project site that increases flow to another surface water on or off the project site. Example 3: Impervious surface increases in a subwatershed to the extent water quality becomes degraded.