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III. The Watershed Planning Process. 1. The surface water management plan is to be prepared by Dec. 31, 1985 for all minor watersheds wholly or at least 90 percent within the Metro Area. 2. The plan is to be prepared by a WMO; that is a watershed district, a joint board or the county, which may delegate the responsibility to a soil and water conservation district or a city or a town. 3. The boundaries of the planning area must be reviewed by the Water Resources Board prior to beginning the planning. 4. The plan must set forth a management plan for the quantity of surface water as well as the quality of the water. The plan is also to provide a CIP and a mechanism for implementation. In addition, the WMO must state in its plan the standards and schedules for amending the local comprehensive plan. 5. The watershed plan is submitted to all governmental units in the watershed for their review and comments. In their comments, cities and towns are to spell out what amendments to their comprehensive plan can be anticipated for the local plan to be in conformance with the watershed plan. 6. The watershed plan and local comments are then submitted to the county . or counties which approve(s) or disapprove(s) projects in the CIP requiring county funds. Disputes among counties are to be resolved by the Water Resources Board. 7. The plan and comments are reviewed by the Council after the counties have acted on the plan. The watershed plans are to be reviewed in the same manner and with the same authority as for local comprehensive plans prepared under the MLPA. At the same time, the Council is to make comments on the apparent conformity with metropolitan systems of any anticipated amendments to the comprehensive plans. 8. The plan is then submitted to MPCA and DNR for review and comment and then to the Water Resources Board which may disapprove if the plan does not conform to the requirements of the law. However, the 'WRB may__ no longer prescribe a plan for a watershed. 9. Once the plan has been found in conformance, the WMO has 120 days to adopt the plan. 10. The plans of Ch. 112 watershed districts can be implemented directly by action of the board of managers rather than by petition, a very notable change which should provide for more orderly implementation. IV. The Local Planning Process 1. The local units of government are to prepare a local water management plan once the watershed plan has been adopted, using standards and schedules set in the watershed plan. 2. The county can be used to prepare the plan as under the MLPA. 64