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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 June 24, 2008 ��1�� Ms. Karen Mossberg Metropolitan Council Environmental Services uvdy � 3565 Kennebec Dr. � �U�l� Eagan, MN 55122 . C�TY�FD�i'OI�O RE: Storage T'ank Release Investigation and Corrective Action Site: Proposed Lift Station, 2259 Shadywood Dr., Orono, Hennepin County 55391 Site ID#: LEAK 17265 Dear Ms. Mossberg: Notice �f T2eleace 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. The 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 al-ter the release, unless specifiically 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 timc of the discharge or release or if the persoi� was an owner or operator of the storage tanks and/or tank facility at the time the release occurrcd. 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 with the enclosed MPCA fact sheets. The site investigation must fully define the extent and magnitude of the soil and/or ground water contamination caused by the release(s)/contamination. 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 below), 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 information, http://www.pca.state.mn.us/programs/lust�.html. For sites contaminated by pollutants other than petroieum, the N1PCA requests that you or your consultant contact the MPCA project manager listed to discuss the investigation and reporting timeline that will be required for your site. 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 tire or explosion hazards, to be high priority for staff review. If one or more of these situations apply to your petroleum or non- petroleum fiacility, 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, excavation, or borehole, you must notify the MPCA within 24 hours a��d IMMEDIATELY begin interim fi-ee product recovery (refer to guidance documents). If you have any question with regard to whether your site is "high priority" please contact the MPCA project manager fisted below. `�� St.Paul � Brainerd � Detroit Lakes � Duluth � Mankato � Marshall � Rochester � Willmar 150 YEARS of STATEHOOD