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� Minnesota Pollution Control Agency � 520 Lafayette Road North � St.Paul,MN 55155-4194 � 651-296-6300 � 800-657-3864 � 651-282-5332 TTY � www.pcastate.mn.us December 31, 2008 RF�Ei�� Ms. Susan Stoker JA c/o Stephen Purdum N �b ?�� 21599 Mishawaka Road C/j�, Grand Rapids, MN 55744 °FO/�OryO RE: Storage Tank Release Investigation and Corrective Action Site: Susan Stoker Property, 465 Spring Hill Road, Orono, Hennepin County 55323 Site ID#: LEAK 17481 � Dear Ms. Stoker: Notice of Release � The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency(MPCA) has been informed that a release has occurred or contamination has been encountered from storage tanks and/or storage tank facilities that you own and/or operate. T`he MPCA appreciates your timely notification so this site can be handled in an efficient manner. Legal Obligations Federal and state laws require that persons legally responsible for storage tank releases notify the MPCA of the release and/or discovery of contamination, investigate and, if necessary, clean up the release(s)/contamination. A person is considered legally responsible for a petroleum tank release if the person owned or operated the tank either during or after the release, unless specifically exempted under the��law. For releases of other substances, a person is considered legally responsible if the substance discharged was under the control of the person at the time of the discharge or release or if th�e person was an owner or operator of the storage tanks and/or tank facility at the time the release occurred. If you believe that you are not legally responsible for this storage tank facility release, please contact the project manager listed below. � Request to Take Corrective Action The MPCA requests that you take steps to investigate and, if necessary, clean up the release(s)/contamination in accordance �vith the cnclosed MPCA fact sheets. The site investi�ation must fully define the extent and magnitude ot�the soil and/or ground water contamination eaused by the release(s)/coniamination.. For petroleum release sites, the MPCA has facts sheets that will help you or your consultant properly investigate the release and report the results to the MPCA. Unless your site is considered "high priority" (see belo�v), you must submit a report to this office which details the results of the investigation or concludes that excavation was sufficient to clean up the release within 10 months of the date of this letter. The MPCA reserves the right to reject proposed corrective actions if the requirements of the site investigation have not been fulfilled. Refer to the following web site for related guidance documents and infonnation, http://www.pca.state.mn.us/programs/fust�.html. For sites coe�taminated by polluta;�ts othcr than �etroleum, tl�ie �'[PCA �equests il�at you or your consuitant contact t}�e MPCA project manager (iste� to discuss the investigation and CepQ?'TlIla timeline tha± will be required for your sitP. The MPCA considers sites with "free product" (free-floating petroleum), that have affected or that threaten to � affect drinking water supplies, sites where pollutants are being released to surface waters such as lakes or wetlands, sites where petroleum or other vapors have been detected within structures or that pose fire or explosion hazards, to be high priority for staff review. If one or more of these situations apply to your petroleum or non- � petroleum facility, a Remedial Investigation/Corrective Action Design report(refer to guidance documents) must be submitted within 90 days. The MPCA reserves the right to reject proposed corrective actions if the requirements of the site investigation have not been fulfilled. In addition, if you know or discover that there is free product in a well, ercavation, or borehole, you must notify the MPCA within 24 hours and IMMEDIATELY begin interim free product recovery (refer to guidance documents). lf you have any question with regard to �vhether your site is ``high priority" please contact the MYCA project manager listed belo�v. � � St.Paul � Brainerd � Detroit Lakes � Duluth I Mankato � Marshall � Rochester � Willmar !��1"f��1:� <�i�I�.�l I�J IOpII