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mm LAKE RESTORATION, INC. <br />Professional Lake Weed Control <br />“Since 197T <br />July 23, 1997 <br />Gene Hugoson, Commissioner <br />Minnesota Department of Agriculture <br />90 West Plato Boulevard <br />St. Paul, MN 55107 <br />Re: Notification of lake weed treatments <br />'xhis letter is in response to a letter addressed to you on July 21, <br />1997 from Michael P. Gaffron of the City of Orono. The following <br />is the process currently followed for notification for lake weed <br />treatments. <br />1. Customers are sent a letter outlining the time frame in which <br />treatments will be made. <br />2. If a request is made to be notified by phone that is also done. <br />3. At the time of treatment large, bright orange signs are posted <br />at the ends of the treatment areas. All approved aquatic <br />herbicides and algaecides do not have any swimming restrictions. <br />Lake users can swim the same day that treatment is made. <br />Restrictions only apply to the area treated. <br />It is very difficult to identify in advance the exact date of <br />treatment. This is due to growth of the lake weeds and weather <br />restricting treatment dates. A large treatment as contemplated by <br />the City of Orono in the attached article or the lakewide alum <br />treatment completed in 1996 on Long Lake in Orono would be even <br />more difficult to provide exact date of treatment notification. <br />Thousands of lake properties are treated each summer for control of <br />eurasian watermilfoil, native aquatic plants, and algae. The <br />current process of notification has worked very well. <br />cc: Michael P. Gaffron <br />Greg Buzicky, MDA <br />Mark Zabel, MDA <br />Paul Liemenadt, MDA <br />Duane Shodeen, MDNR <br />Mike Halverson, MDNR <br />David Wright, MDNR <br />620 Hamel Road Hamel, Minnesota 55340 (612) 478-9421