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Page 27 . POPHAM, HAtK, SCHNOBRICH , KAUFMAN b DOTY, LTD. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency March 6 , 1980 4 ,030 pounds of phosphorous per year discharge from the plant , an estimated 1 , 750 pounds from the surface water runoff for a total of 5 , 880 pounds that were entering from the Painter Creek watershed , but that the actual measurement was only 1 ,860 pounds at the gauge which proves that only 329� of the phosphor- ous in the watershed district reached the lake. Therefore , appendix D which is based on estimates is obviously incorrect . Mayor Van Nest stated that for all of these reasons , the City of Orono would do what it could do in front of the Metropolitan Council , the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, the Environ- mental Quality Board , the PCA and the EPA to prevent the installa- tion of the interceptor across rural Orono. Ne indicated that in the event that we were not able to stop the interceptor in an administrative manner , then the city would seek an injunc- tion from the courts under the Environmental Rights Act to insure that the environment would not be damaged as is proposed by the construction of the interceptor. Mayor Van Nest noted that it was a mistake ta have brought the Maple Plain plant within the MSSR line in the first place , but that you cannot solve one mistake with the creation of another mistake. Some- one has to say no and to protect the rights of the public . Mayor Van Nest noted that as to any present odor problem in Maple Plain that that is caused because of the excessive infiltration not because of the phosphorous which will be solved without an interceptor. Alan Larsen stated that he was going to think about the issues raised and would review the prior Harza study and the applica- bility of a land application of the effluent . Mayor Van Nest indicated that the City of Orono had executed an agreement with the City of Medina in regard to taking the effluent from Medina-Morningside and piping that into the existing interceptor in Long Lake to solve that problem at the local level instead of spending millions of dollars of taxpayers ' monies to drive an interceptor all the way across rural Orono. The City of Orono can control the use of this new sewer installation because a hydraulic limitation prevents any new growth other than what is planned. The MPCA staff indicated that they would review these comments and would like to review their conclusions with the City of Orono prior to the final action on their part.