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The City is concerned about finding funding sources for implementation of this Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program. All levels of government in Minnesota are under a cloud of revenue shortfalls. Thus, new unfunded mandates such as the NPDES Phase II program will be financially burdensome to implement. We urge you to consider this as the NPDES Phase II program evolves. The City also wishes to address Permit item C of Part IV (Section 303(d) listings and Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) implementation plans). Implementation plans have not been developed for the lakes (Bald Eagle, Peltier, George Watch, Marshan and Centerville) and creeks (Clearwater and Hardwood) in the City that are included in the US Environmental Protection Agency's July 8, 2002 proposed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) list (under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act). In the remainder of this letter, the City will explain its reasoning for proposing TMDL de- listings of George Watch, Marshan and Centerville Lakes and describe its minimal contribution to the overall storm water allocation to the remainder of the TMDL listings of in the City. About 40 percent of the City's total land area is comprised of lakes and national wetlands. The wetlands are widespread and these areas often help mitigate excess storm water runoff peak flows. The City lakes generally fall into two categories; Natural Environmental and Recreational. The Natural Environmental lakes are primarily located in the Chain of Lakes Regional Park area and include Peltier, George Watch, Marshan, Rice, Wards, Sherman, Cedar, Amelia, Randeau and Wilkinson Lakes. Recreational lakes include Otter, Centerville, Reshanau, Baldwin and Bald Eagle lakes. They are used for a variety of recreational uses such as swimming, boating, fishing and water skiing. Centerville, Bald Eagle, Peltier and Reshanau are considered game fishing lakes. Centerville and Bald Eagle Lakes are managed fisheries and stocked annually with Walleye and Muskellunge. Each of these Lakes has significant rough fish populations and Centerville Lake is aerated to prevent game fish winter kill.