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What City Officials Should Do <br />Congress is currently completing work on a revision of the Clean Water <br />Act. House and Senate members are meeting in Conference Committee to <br />put the finishing touches on a bill. Minnesota is lucky to have three <br />members of our Congressional delegation on the Conference Committee: <br />Oc D- D--renberger, FenreRentAt.Ive James Obsratar, and <br />Representative Arlan Stangeland. <br />Call or write Senator Durenberger and Representatives Oberstai and <br />Stangeland and ask tnem to suspend the permit requirements for separate <br />municipal storm sewers pending a better understanding of the task, the <br />need and the best approaches to controlling the storm water discharges <br />that need to be controlled. It makes little sense to start taking money <br />Out of the pockets of city residents if we don't know the extent of the <br />p-oblem or its sulution. City officials should also ask that our <br />Conferees continue to push hard for Minnesota's fair share of waste <br />water treatment constriction grant funds. There is a proposal to <br />change the allocation formula which would result in Minnesota losing <br />millions of dollars in grant funds to other states. <br />Addresses and phone numbers of our Conferees are: <br />Senator Dave Durenberger ' <br />353 hu-53ell Senate office Building <br />Washington, D.C. 20510 <br />202-224-3244 <br />Representative Arlan Stangeland <br />1519 Longworth Office Building <br />Washington, D.C. 20515 <br />202-225-2165 <br />Representative James Oberstar <br />2351 Raybura Office Building <br />Washington, D.C. 20515 <br />202-225-6211 <br />LJ <br />