mercury
total maximum daily load stakeholder process
MEI’s Mercury Total Maximum
Daily Load Stakeholder Process was an effort to find ways
to reduce the amount of mercury in Minnesota’s waters.
Critical to managing any pollutant is determining an acceptable
amount of that substance in the environment – its
total maximum daily load (TMDL) – and implementing
a plan for meeting that goal. The EPA approved the mercury
TMDL for the state in March 2007, and Minnesota needed
to formulate a plan for meeting that target to satisfy
the requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act.
What MEI has done:
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) retained
MEI to convene stakeholder meetings that provided input
culminating in recommendations for a workable plan. Stakeholders
include representatives from mining and other industries,
electric power utilities, the MPCA, DNR, recreational
fishing interests, tribal interests, environmental advocacy
organizations and others. Additional concerned parties
provided feedback on the draft plan before the project’s
completion and publication of its recommendations in July,
2008. This statewide approach to managing mercury was
unprecedented and could become a model for other states
struggling to formulate a mercury TMDL implementation
plan.
Click here
for links to the recommendations to the MPCA and for other
background information.
Who Funded this Project?
Northern Environmental Support Trust
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Rochester Public Utilities
Xcel Energy
Minnesota Power
For more information, contact Jack
Hogin.
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