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June 6,2001
Mr. David R.Busch
President
DRB#8 LLC
900 Second Avenue South,#I 100
Minneapolis,MN 55402-3397
RE: Washington Scientific III
2605 West Wayzata Boulevard, Long Lake
MPCA Project Number VP 10022
No Association Determination
Dear Mr. Busch:
This letter is in response to your request for a determination under Minn. Stat. § 1 I5B.178 that certain
actions proposed to be taken by DRB#8 LLC at the Washington Scientific III site, located at the address
referenced above(the Site),will not constitute conduct associating DRB#8 LLC with the release or
threatened release of hazardous substances, pollutants,or contaminants at the Site for the purpose of
Minn. Stat § 11513.03, subd. 3(4)(1998).
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency(MPGA)staff in the Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup
(VIC)Unit has reviewed the documents submitted for the Site(the Site Documents).
The Washington Scientific Industries Inc. (WSI)facility is a contract manufacturer for precision metal
components. In 1987, WSI identified chlorinated solvents in the soil and ground water at the Site on the
south portion of its facility during the construction of a parking lot expansion. In 1988, WSI installed a
ground water pump-out system as a remedy under the MPCA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA)Program. The Site was transferred from the RCRA Program to the MPCA VIC Program for
regulatory oversight as the Washington Scientific 11 site(MPCA Project Number VP 1002 1)on
August 10, 1998. On July 24, 1999,the MPCA approved a pump-out system shutdown proposal by WSI
contingent upon installing additional downgradient monitoring wells and initiating a long term
monitoring plan.
The Site Documents describe soil and ground water investigations that have occurred at the Site since
1987. Attachment B in Table 1 summarizes the soil and ground water compounds that have been
identified during the course of these Site investigations(the Identified Release). The MPCA and WSI
intend to continue to work cooperatively to address the Identified Release under MPCA Project Number
VP 10021.
Based upon a review of the information provided to the MPCA VIC Program,and subject to the
conditions set forth in this letter,a determination is hereby made pursuant to Minn. Stat. § I I5B.178,
subd. 1 that the proposed actions(Proposed Actions)as described in a meeting on May 24,2001,with the
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ATTACHMENT B
TABLE 1: DESCRIPTION OF THE IDENTIFIED RELEASE
Washington Scientific III Site
MPCA Project Number VP 10022
Contaminants Identified In Soil Contaminants Identified In Ground
Water
1,1-Dichloroeth lene Bromoform
1,2-Dichloroethane Carbon Tetrachloride
1,1-Dichloroethane Chloroethane
Cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene Chloroform
Trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene Dichlorodifluoromethane
Trans-1,3-Dichloro ro ane 1,1-Dichloroethane
Cis-1,3-Dichloro ro ane 1,2-Dichloroethane
Methylene, Chloride 1,1-Dichloroethene
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane Cis-1,2-Dichloroethene
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethylene Trans-1,2-Dichloroethene
1,1,1-Trichloroethylene Ethyl Benzene
1,1,2-Trichloroethylene Methylene Chloride
Vinyl Chloride 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethene
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
1,1,2-Trichloroethene
Trichlorofluoromethane
Vinyl Chloride
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