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St. Paul, Minn.
– The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is proposing to add two
contaminated sites to Minnesota’s Superfund list. By adding the former
Exclusive Cleaners site in Worthington (Nobles County) and the Spring Park
Municipal Wells site in Spring Park (Hennepin County) to the list, state
funding will be available to investigate and clean up these sites.
The MPCA
announced the proposed additions in the June 23, 2014 issue of the “Minnesota
State Register.”
The
contaminants of concern at both the Worthington and Spring Lake sites are
chlorinated solvents, which can adversely affect health, particularly the
immune system and developing fetuses, and may pose risks from long-term
exposure.
The MPCA
invites members of the public to submit written comments on these proposed
additions to the state Superfund List. Written comments must be received no
later than 4:30 p.m. on July 24, 2014. They should be submitted to Crague
Biglow, MPCA Remediation Division, 520 Lafayette Rd. N., Saint Paul, MN
55155-4194.
A fact sheet
that details the investigation and actions that have already been taken at the Exclusive
Cleaners site, 101 Second Ave. in Worthington, is at http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/view-document.html?gid=21328 .
The MPCA
wants to add the Worthington site to the state Superfund list so it has funding
to research the extent of vapor intrusion; install mitigation systems, if
needed; and determine the groundwater cleanup actions that need to be taken.
A fact sheet
about the contamination at the Spring Park Municipal Wells site, 4333 Warren
Ave. in Spring Park, is at http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/view-document.html?gid=21327.
The MPCA
wants to add the Spring Park Municipal Wells site to the list so state funds
are available to investigate the contamination source, solve the municipal
drinking water contamination issue, and remediate the contamination.
A fact sheet about Minnesota’s Superfund
Program is available
on the MPCA website.
Broadcast version
The Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency proposes to add two contaminated sites to Minnesota’s
list of state Superfund sites.
The public
has until July 24 to comment on the addition of these two sites.
The sites are
the Former Exclusive Cleaners Site in Worthington and the Spring Park Municipal
Wells Site in the western Hennepin County city of Spring Park.
Listing the
sites will make state funding available to investigate the sites and for
cleanup.
Information
on the Minnesota’s Superfund Program is available on the M-P-C-A website.
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