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<.') r-, ~ Cl 0) 00 . AWRBJ:AC PIVE MINUTE ACTIVITY REPORT state ot Missouri June 5th-6th, 1991 The Second Missouri River Constituency Meeting, scheduled July 22nd, 1991, will have as a focal point a contribution by the Missouri Attorney General. This is of primary importance as litigation continually looms as a problem in the Missouri River Basin. Three significant points are involved in the total package of Missouri River Management: 1) the Annual Operating Plan, 2) the Master Plan (providing for operation policies), and 3) litigation issues. Hazard Mitigation based on a disaster declaration in May of 1990 is moving forward as 25 grant applications are being considered for submittal to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Grant applications total $925,000 of which $425,000 would be from the FEMA Grant Program. In Missouri the public assistance program and other related programs are administered through the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). However, the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program is administered through the Department of Natural Resources, Robert Clark of the Water Resources Program is the state Hazard Mitigation Officer. Mr. R.D. Ross is the Governor's Authorized Representative, and is in the Department of Public Safety. The Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water commission Filtration Plant, in northeast Missouri, was a focal point on April 19th when the groundbreaking ceremony occurred. More than 300 people attended and the Governor was the featured speaking giving a note of support for the project that has been underway from planning to groundbreaking for 30 years. This track record had an expression of need, finding ways to achieve legal status, engineering feasibilities, and financing. The largest known voter approval of any water project and perhaps any bond issue project in the history of the State was given to the wholesale water project. The approval margin was 93.9%. The Rolla Groundwater Study is being initiated. The study will determine what affects the pumping of water in and around Rolla will have on the water levels, contamination potential, and resource availability. The study is scheduled to start shortly after July 1, 1991. In the Upper Mississippi River Basin area, the Environmental ,Management Program received full funding of $19.455 million for FY 1992. This is the first year that the full funding was recommended by the President and Congress. As a side note and for comparison of state participation in FY 1990 the states estimated cost for the Environmental Management program were approximately $830,000.