Subdivision 1. Contents. The state board shall prepare, in consultation with the districts and appropriate agencies, a program plan to accomplish its duties. The state board shall use the program plan in decisions to allocate funds to districts. The state board shall emphasize the determination of priority areas where erosion, sedimentation, and related water quality problems appear most in need of control and the development of the comprehensive public information program.
Subd. 2. Informational hearing on plan. To develop the program plan, the state board may request existing pertinent information from state agencies and may conduct hearings.
Subd. 3. Coordination with state resource plans. The program plan shall be coordinated as closely as possible with the statewide framework water resources plan, the statewide water quality management plan, and other statewide resource plans.
Subd. 4. Review and revision. The state board shall review and revise the program plan at intervals it deems appropriate.
History:1990 c 391 art 3 s 22