Legislature considers fix on PFA funding
Last fall, a group of nine environmental organizations filed a lawsuit last fall challenging the sale of $98 million in appropriation bonds authorized in the 2018 bonding bill, effectively stopping the sale of those bonds. Included the $98 million in [...] Read more
Governor’s Task Force on Wild Rice releases final report
Earlier this month, the Governor’s Task Force on Wild Rice released its final report of recommendations on maintaining and protecting Minnesota’s wild rice plants and waters. The final report lists a host of recommendations for preservation of wild rice, as [...] Read more
Funding recommendations include projects in several MESERB member cities
In December, the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) voted to recommend 68 projects for funding to the 2019 Minnesota Legislature, including several projects in MESERB member cities:
- Fairmont: $175,000 to build experimental treatment system to reduce nitrates in its
MPCA to host industrial stormwater compliance webinar Jan. 9
Want to know how other facilities successfully comply with industrial stormwater permit requirements? The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is hosting a webinar that will highlight the importance of regulatory interactions and how best management practices can be changed to improve [...] Read more
Planning a water infrastructure project? Don’t forget to respond to PFA
The Public Facilities Authority (PFA) is gathering information for a legislatively required report on estimated grant funding needs for the Water Infrastructure Fund (WIF) and Point Source Implementation Grant (PSIG) Program. To be eligible for those programs, projects must be [...] Read more
Professor presents new approach to managing nutrients in wastewater
On Tuesday, MESERB attorneys Elizabeth Wefel and Gretel Lee attended a lecture on wastewater management by Dr. Jeremy Guest, a professor of civil and environmental engineering. In his lecture, titled “Returning Nutrients to Agriculture: The Role of Cities in a [...] Read more
Legislative Water Commission approves legislative priorities
Last week, the Legislative Water Commission (LWC) met and adopted its legislative priorities for 2019. Several of the priorities may be of particular interest to MESERB members, including a proposal to create a planning process to prepare statewide water policy [...] Read more
Point Source Implementation Grant application list posted; uncertainty continues
The Public Facilities Authority recently posted the list of FY 2019 applicants for the Point Source Implementation Grant (PSIG) program. Multiple MESERB members are on the list, which indicates the projects that will be eligible to receive PSIG grant funding.[...] Read more