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UMRBA Publications and Policies
UMRBA
publications include published reports, position statements,
resolutions, letters of comment, and Congressional testimony. Paper copies of some
online documents may be available. Please contact the UMRBA office
(651-224-2880) for further information or send requests to Margie
Daniels mdaniels@umrba.org.
(A fee for copying and shipping may apply.)
Federal Appropriations
Testimony of the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Association on FY 2008 Appropriations for the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (March 14, 2007) PDF
Testimony of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association on FY 2008
Appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (March 14, 2007)
Testimony of the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Association on FY 2008 Appropriations for the Department of the Interior
— U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey (March 30,
2007)
Testimony of the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Association on FY 2008 Appropriations for the Environmental Protection
Agency (March 21, 2007)
River Management and
Institutions
Comments on Corps of Engineers' draft
Operational Model for the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway
System River Council (January 20, 2006)
PDF
Comments on Corps of Engineers' concept paper
"Modified Institutional Arrangements for the Upper Mississippi River
System" (June 13, 2005)
PDF
Joint
Governors' Proclamation on Upper Mississippi River System Management
(April 1997) PDF
Forging a New Framework for the Future:
A Report to the Governors on State and Federal Management of
the Upper Mississippi River (1995)
PDF (2.2MB)
Management of the Upper Mississippi River
Basin: Current Issues and Future
Options (1994) PDF (6.6 MB)
Alternative Mechanisms for Formulating an Ecosystem Management
Strategy for the Upper Mississippi River (1994)
PDF
The Upper Mississippi River Basin Charter: A Strategy for
Protection of the Region's Water Resources - A Report to the Governors
of the Upper Mississippi River Basin States (1989)
PDF
(1.2 MB)
USACE Navigation and Ecosystem Program
Comments on Draft NESP Implementation Guidance
(April 18, 2008) PDF
Integrating NESP and EMP: A UMRBA Vision
for the Future of Ecosystem Restoration on the Upper Mississippi
River System (November 13, 2007)
PDF
Comments on Corps of Engineers August 14, 2007
draft Interim Report of the "Re-evaluation of the Recommended Plan:
UMR-IWW System Navigation Study" (September 20, 2007)
PDF
Letter
to OMB Regarding Navigation (February 28, 2006)
PDF
Comments on River
Council Operational Model (January 20, 2006)
PDF
Joint
Letter on 2005 Water Resources Development Act with Audubon and MARC
2000 (September 26, 2005) PDF
Joint
Press Release on 2005 Water Resources Development Act with Audubon and
MARC 2000 (September 23, 2005) PDF
Joint
Governors' Letter to Congressional Committee Leaders regarding WRDA
authorization (March 10, 2005)
PDF
Comments
on WRDA 2004 provisions regarding Navigation Capacity Improvements and
Ecosystem Restoration for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois
Waterway System (Section 2124 of S. 2773) (August 30, 2004)
Comments
on the Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement for the UMR-IWW System Navigation
Feasibility Study (July 16, 2004) PDF
Joint
Governors' Statement on the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway
System Navigation Feasibility Study (July 2004)
PDF
Testimony
at House Water Resources Subcommittee Hearing (June 24, 2004)
Testimony
for Senate Hearing in preparation for WRDA 2004 (March 31, 2004)
Comments
on Draft Memorandum of Record regarding Ecosystem Restoration Cost
Sharing Options (July 11, 2003)
Comments
on the May 10, 2002 Draft Interim Report for the Upper Mississippi
River and Illinois Waterways Restructured System Navigation
Feasibility Study (May 30, 2002)
PDF
States'
Perspectives on Refocused UMRS Navigation Study (February 27, 2002)
Water Quality
Upper Mississippi River Basin States CWP
Cooperator's Roundtable Summary (November 1-2, 2007)
PDF
UMRBA Comments on the Draft 2008 Gulf Hypoxia
Action Plan (December 31, 2007)
PDF
UMRBA Response to National Research Council
Report Regarding the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act
(December 13, 2007) PDF
2007 Water Quality Program Report:
Protecting Water Quality Through Interstate Cooperation (October
2007)
PDF
Joint Governors' Statement on Water Quality
Protection for the Mississippi River (August 2, 2007)
PDF
Issue Paper: Sediment-Related Water Quality Criteria for the
Upper Mississippi River (February 2007)
PDF
Organizational Options for Interstate
Water Quality Management on the Upper Mississippi River
(December 2006)
PDF
Upper Mississippi River Fish Consumption
Advisories: State Approaches to Issuing and Using Fish
Consumption Advisories on the Upper Mississippi River (2005)
PDF
Upper Mississippi River Water
Quality: The States' Approaches to Clean Water Act Monitoring,
Assessment, and Impairment Decisions (2004)
PDF
(3.1 MB)
Statement
on the Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act, H.R. 961
(September 23, 2003)
Comments
on the Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act, H.R. 3480
(February 27, 2002)
Comments
on the Upper Mississippi River Basin Conservation Act, H.R. 1800
(August 7, 2001)
Comments on Draft Action Plan for Reducing, Mitigating, and Controlling
Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
(August 31, 2000) PDF
Comments on Upper Mississippi River Basin Sediment and Nutrient Study
authorization in the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (August 24, 2000)
PDF
Comments on the Upper Mississippi River Basin Conservation Act, H.R. 4013 (July 12, 2000)
Comments on Proposed Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and
Management Regulation
(January 14, 2000)
Comments on Integrated Assessment of the Causes and Consequences of
Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
(December 17, 1999) PDF
Report of the 1993 Flood-Related Water Quality Monitoring Workshop
(1995) PDF
Upper Mississippi River Water Quality Initiative: Report of the Toxic Pollution
Workshop (1993) PDF
Upper Mississippi River Water Quality Initiative: Report of the Sedimentation
Workshop (1993) PDF
How Clean is the River? An
Examination of the Water Quality of the Upper Mississippi River
(1989) PDF (4.2 MB)
Hazardous Spills
Pilot Monitoring Station at Lock & Dam 15: Project Evaluation
Report (June 2007) PDF
Net Environmental Benefits Analysis,
Upper Mississippi River, Pool 12 (June 2006)
PDF
Upper Mississippi River Spill Response
Plan and Resource Manual (Public Access Version)
PDF (1.2MB)
Comments
on the May 2006 Public Review Draft of the Upper Mississippi River
Comprehensive Plan (July 14, 2006)
PDF
Comments
Regarding Emergency Action Plan Evaluation in Upper Mississippi River
Comprehensive Plan (May 25, 2005)
Position
Regarding Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Plan (May 14,
2003)
Comments
on draft Project Management Plan for the Upper Mississippi River
Comprehensive Plan (August 22, 2002)
PDF
Comments
on Flood Loss Reduction Act of 2001, H.R. 2021 (August 22, 2001)
Resolution Requesting Reconsideration by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency of the Interpretation of the Term “Structure” (December 11, 1998)
Comments on the Army Corps of Engineers’ March 1995 draft Floodplain
Management Assessment
(May 25, 1995) PDF
Comments on the Draft Report of the Interagency Floodplain Management
Review Committee (June 6,
1994)
PDF
Position on Flood Response and Recovery after the 1993 Flood (September 1, 1993, with addenda)
Water Supply and Diversions
Upper Mississippi River Basin States CWP
Cooperator's Roundtable Summary (November 1-2, 2007)
PDF
Resolution
Regarding NEPA-Related Activities Associated with Devils Lake Project (May 13, 1998)
Resolution
Regarding Devils Lake Outlet and Inlet (September 24, 1997)
The Upper Mississippi River Basin Charter: Principles for the Management
of Upper Mississippi River Basin Water Resources and Notification and
Consultation Process Guidelines (1989)
PDF
Commercial Navigation
Resolution Opposing Proposed Increases in the Inland Waterways Fuel
Tax and Supporting Justified Infrastructure Investment (December 11, 1998)
Invasive Species
Resolution
Regarding Ballast Water Management Policy
(August 7, 2001)
Nonfederal Hydroelectric Development and Licensing: A Perspective from the Upper
Mississippi River Basin (1991) PDF
(2.0 MB)
Acronyms
List of commonly used acronyms on the Upper
Mississippi River (April 4, 2008)
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