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r Mr. Gerald Toberman Page 2 June 5/ 1995 If you are not legally responsible for the release, but hold legal or equitable title to the property where the release occurred, you may volunteer to take corrective action. Responsible persons and volunteers who take corrective action may be eligible for reimbursement for a major portion of the costs of corrective action. The legislature has established the Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Account to reimburse responsible persons and volunteers. The account is administered by the Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board (Petro Board) which is part of the Department of Commerce. Final decisions regarding the amount of reimbursement are made by the Petro Board. All questions about eligibility and reimbursement should be directed to the Petro Board at 612/297-1119 or 612/297-4203. Request to Take Corrective Action The MPCA staff is requesting you to take the steps necessary to investigate and clean up the release in accordance with the enclosed MPCA fact sheets. The MPCA requires that you conduct a site investigation to define the full extent and magnitude of tiie soil and/or ground water contamination caused by the release. A report which details the results of the investigation or concludes that excavation was sufficient to address the release for cleanup (Excavation Report and/or Remedial Investigation/Corrective Action Design) must be submitted to this ofiice within 10 months of the date of this letter. Please refer to MPCA fact sheets for information pertaining to the degree of investigative work necessary at petroleum release sites. Sites with free product, drinking water supply impacts, fire or explosion hazards, or >;roi»nd water impacts which pose a significant threat to public health or the environment, are considered high priority for staff review. If one or more of these situations apply to your site, a Remedial Investigation/Corrective Action Design (RI/CAD) report must be submitted within 90 days. In addition, if you know or discover that there is free-floating petroleum in a well, excavation, or borehole, you must notify the MPCA within 24 hours and IMMEDIATELY begin interim free product recovery. If you have not already done so, the MPCA recommends that you hire a qualified consulting firm registered with the Petro Board that has experience in conducting petroleum release site investigations and in proposing and implementing appropriate corrective actions. A list of registered contractors is available from the Department of Commerce. The MPCA reserves the right to reject proposed corrective actions if the requirements of the site investigation have not been fulfilled. Please note that, under Minn. Rules pt. 2890.0075, subp. 2, you must solicit a minimum of two competitive proposals on a form prescribed by the Petro Board to ensure that the consulting costs are reasonable. Questions about bidding requirements should be directed to Petro Board staff.