UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN ASSOCIATION
7831 EAST BUSH LAKE ROAD NO 302, BLOOMINGTON, MN 55439 www.umrba.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: COORDINATE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

COORDINATE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBER STATES.

GENERAL SERVICES - POLICY RESEARCH, ISSUE ANALYSIS, MEETING COORDINATION, POLICY STATEMENTS, AND FACILITATING EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AMONG GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. QUANTIFIABLE OUTPUTS INCLUDE 4 MULTI-TOPIC UMRBA QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND REPRESENTATION OF UMRBA ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR AMERICA'S WATERSHED INITIATIVE (12 MEETINGS), THE INTERSTATE COUNCIL ON WATER POLICY (20 MEETINGS), AND THE NATURAL WATERWAYS FOUNDATION (3 MEETINGS). REPRESENTED UMRBA AT MANY REGIONAL AND NATIONAL NAVIGATION-, FLOOD RISK-, AND ECOSYSTEM-RELATED MEETINGS, INCLUDING MEETINGS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CITIES AND TOWNS INITIATIVE MEETINGS, THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, NATIONAL WATERWAYS CONFERENCE, NATIONAL INTEGRATED DROUGHT INFORMATION SYSTEM'S NATIONAL DROUGHT FORUM. TRACKED APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND COMMUNICATED STATES' POSITIONS ON IMPORTANT LEGISLATION AND RELATED POLICY. CONDUCTED ANNUAL DIVERSION CONSULTATION. INITIATED DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW UMRBA WEBSITE.

OIL POLLUTION ACT PROJECT AND HAZARDOUS SPILLS - DATA COLLECTION, MAPPING, AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPILL RESPONSE PLANS AND PROTOCOLS; INCLUDING COMPLETION OF THE WISCONSIN STATEWIDE INLAND SENSITIVITY ATLAS (ISA) UPDATE AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINNESOTA ISA UPDATE AND INCIDENT ACTION PLAN FOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER POOLS 20 AND 21 AND THE WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR SUB-AREA CONTINGENCY PLAN. FINALIZED THE SPILL RESPONSE PLAN FOR THE ST. CROIX NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAY, INCLUDING OUTREACH TO KEY CONSTITUENTS THROUGHOUT THE RIVERWAY. LED THE UMR HAZARDOUS SPILLS COORDINATION GROUP IN CONDUCTING TWO INTERAGENCY MEETINGS, IN CO-SPONSORING ONE RIVER-BASED RESPONSE TRAINING, AND IN HOLDING NOTIFICATION DRILLS. SERVED ON A NATIONAL COMMITTEE IN PLANNING FOR THE ANNUAL CLEAN WATER CONFERENCE.

ECOSYSTEM - COORDINATED STATES INVOLVEMENT IN ECOSYSTEM-RELATED PROGRAMS AND OTHER EFFORTS AND PROVIDED STAFF SERVICES FOR A FEDERAL/STATE INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE. HOSTED SEVERAL INTERAGENCY MEETINGS AND CONFERENCE CALL MEETINGS. PROVIDED EXTENSIVE WRITING AND REVIEW IN DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM REPORTS AS WELL AS MEETING-RELATED SERVICES. FACILITATED THE UMR WATER LEVEL MANAGEMENT REGIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE BY CONVENING 2 IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND SEVERAL CONFERENCE CALLS.

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