NPDES Annual Report DocumentsNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) is a program created in 1990 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect water quality through the regulation of the discharge of pollutants to lakes, streams, wetlands, and other surface waters. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is the local authority responsible for administering this program. Under this program, specific permits are issued to regulate different types of municipal and industrial activities. The MPCA issued the existing Municipal Separated Storm Sewer System NPDES Permit to the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, as co-permittees, on December 1, 2000. This annual report is a requirement of the NPDES Permit. The following are Adobe Reader files. You can view the Annual NPDES Report on 2009 Minneapolis Stormwater Management Program & 2008 Activities here: |