Resources and Links

NPDES Phase II Construction Resources


Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Resources:
MPCA Stormwater Program and Contacts

Minnesota Stormwater Web Site
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/stormwater/index.html

NPDES Phase II General Construction Permit
www.pca.state.mn.us/water/stormwater/stormwater-c.html

Pollution Complaints
www.pca.state.mn.us/complaints.html

Links to Special Waters Listed in Appendix A:
See Appendix A in the General Stormwater Discharge Permit
www.pca.state.mn.us/water/stormwater/stormwater-c.html

Lake Trout Lakes
Link to Minn R 7050.0470
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/arule/7050/0470.html

Trout Lakes
Link to Minn R 6264.0050 (see subp 2)
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/arule/6264/0050.html

Trout Streams
Link to Minn R 6264.0050 (see subp 4)
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/arule/6264/0050.html

MPCA's Special Waters List
This is a preliminary list released by the PCA that includes all the waters listed in Appendix A of the Permit.
www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/wg-strm1-05.pdf

MPCA TMDL Waters Mapping Program
This program was created to help Minnesota project owners identify waters with TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Loads) restrictions in the vicinity of their projects
Click here for instruction on how to use the mapping program
Link to TMDL Waters Mapping Program

SWPPP Design Check List
SWPPP Design Check List (word doc 42.5kb)

Link USGS 7.5 Minute Maps (required for SWPPP)
www.topozone.com

Estimating Soil Loss
Universal Soil Loss Equation

This tool is easy to download and use for calculating sheet and rill erosion from your construction site and expected reductions with the use of erosion and sediment control BMPs.
http://www.co.dane.wi.us/landconservation/uslepg.htm

NPDES Phase II Agencies

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Stormwater Division

www.pca.state.mn.us

Minnesota's 45 Watershed Districts

www.mnwatershed.org

Minnesota SWCDs
Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Directory


Other Resources



Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Minnesota Stormwater Manual

Metropolitan Council
Urban Small Sites BMP Manual

2007 Seeding Manual
Minnesota Department of Transportation,
Office of Environmental Services

Minnesota State Agencies:
Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR)
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR)
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT)
MNDOT Environmental Services

MNDOT Standard Specifications Home Page

Local Water Quality Agencies and Organizations:
Minnesota Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts

Storm Water Management Technology:
Center for Watershed Protection
LID Design Page
EPA Urban and LID Links
EPA Urban Storm Water BMP Study
Dakota County Low Impact Development Resource Page

Greenway Planning:
www.greenspacedesign.org/splash.html
DNR Metro Greenways Program


Water Resource Protection
Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO)

meca@mnerosion.org