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<br />N:\Proposals\Orono\Lead Service Line Inventory Assistance 20240129\Orono_LeadServiceLineInventoryAssistance.docx <br /> <br />January 29, 2024 <br /> <br />Adam Edwards, P.E. <br />City Administrator / City Engineer <br />2750 Kelley Parkway <br />Orono, MN 55356 <br /> <br /> <br />RE: Lead Service Line Inventory Assistance <br /> City of Orono, MN <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Edwards, <br /> <br />Bolton & Menk is pleased to submit the following proposal to begin the required lead service line <br />inventory process to satisfy the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) lead and copper rule revisions <br />as administered by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). As you know, Bolton & Menk has the <br />experience and qualifications to provide this service to you. Our proposal outlines the tasks necessary <br />to complete this implementation and migration. <br /> <br /> Project Understanding <br />The lead and copper rule revisions require all public water systems serving 25 people or more to <br />complete an inventory of all water service lines in their system. This inventory is due to the Minnesota <br />Department of Health (MDH) by October 16, 2024. A short summary of this requirement is as follows: <br />1. All service lines must be included, whether public or privately owned, from the main in the <br />roadway to the water meter inside individual properties. <br />2. Each service line needs its location identifier, material classification, and identification process <br />documented. <br />3. Material categories are: <br />a. Lead <br />b. Non-lead (plastic, brass, copper) <br />c. Galvanized requiring replacement (galvanized that is or was ever downstream of lead) <br />d. Unknown <br />4. MDH and EPA will accept project records, property owner supplied documentation, and <br />individual property inspection records as documentation of material type. <br />5. Based on current rules, replacement of all lead, galvanized, and unknown services will be <br />required at some point after the 2024 deadline for this inventory. To avoid required service <br />replacements it is advantageous for the city to accurately complete this inventory. <br /> <br />The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is contracting with consulting engineers to provide <br />technical assistance for Public Water Systems (PWS) to complete their lead service line inventory. The <br />maximum grant through this program is $75,000 and only eligible to consultants pre-approved by MDH. <br />MDH is currently processing work orders for communities with less than 300 connections. We <br />understand that MDH intends to process communities with 300 to 1,000 connections soon and that <br />259