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3.12 U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) <br />The EPA develops and enforces the regulations that implement environmental laws enacted by Congress; <br />however, the MPCA bears responsibility for implementing many of the resulting programs within <br />Minnesota. The NPDES program and the Impaired Waters List are both the result of the Clean Water Act, <br />administered by the EPA. <br />3.13 U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (COE) <br />Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, including subsequent modifications, the EPA and the COE <br />regulate the placement of fill into all wetlands of the U.S. In 1993, there was a modification of the <br />definition of "discharge of dredged material" to include incidental discharges associated with excavation. <br />This modification meant that any excavation done within a wetland required the applicant to go through <br />Section 404 permitting procedures. In 1998, however, this decision was modified so that the COE only <br />regulates excavation in wetlands when it is associated with a fill action. <br />3.14 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) <br />FEMA manages federal disaster mitigation and relief programs, including the National Flood Insurance <br />Program (NFIP). This program includes floodplain management and flood hazard mapping; however, <br />Mounds View is within an unmapped area. Additional information regarding floodplain mapping can be <br />found in Section 2.11. <br />3.15 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE (NRCS) <br />The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. <br />Formerly named the Soil Conservation Service (SCS), the NRCS provides technical advice and engineering <br />design services to local conservation districts across the nation. The Soil Conservation Service published <br />the official soils survey for Anoka and Ramsey Counties. The SCS also developed hydrologic calculation <br />methods that are widely used in water resources design. <br />3.16 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS) <br />The USGS provides mapping and scientific study of the nation's landscape and natural resources. USGS <br />maps provide the basis for many local resource management efforts. <br />3.17 U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS) <br />The USFWS works to conserve and protect the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitat. The USFWS <br />developed the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) beginning in 1974, to support federal, state and local <br />wetland management work. <br />City of Mounds View 19 <br />Local Surface Water Management Plan Stantec Project No. 193804166 <br />(5 5tantec <br />