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Minnesota Pollution ControlAgency <br /> 520 Lafayette Road, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155 <br /> Telephone (612) 296-6300 RECEIVE% - <br /> HAY 1 8 <br /> <br />May 15, 1989 <br /> <br />Ms. Liz Peterson <br />6845 Northwest Highway 10 <br />Anoka, Minnesota 55303 <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Peterson: <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Petroleum Storage Tank Release <br />Site: Custom Coaches <br />Site ID#: LEAK00001042 <br /> <br />This letter is in regards to our telephone conversation on May 9, 1989. You <br />were inquiring to see if the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) staff has <br />received and reviewed an engineering proposal presented by Warzyn Engineering. <br />We received it on May 8, 1989, and I reviewed it as soon as I received it. <br /> <br />It is our understanding that the site referenced above was purchased by you from <br />Vera McGregor. You purchased the site from her after the underground petroleum <br />storage tanks were removed. You were never the owner or operator of any tanks <br />located on site. Therefore, we do not consider you to be a responsible person <br />as defined in the the Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Act [Minn. Stat. ch. 115C <br />(1988)]. <br /> <br />You informed me in our telephone conversation that you plan to begin <br />construction this week of a slab-on-grade building over a suspected zone of <br />petroleum contamination. Unfortunately, you have not yet conducted enough of an <br />investigation of the area to tell us the exact extent of the contamination in <br />the area over which you plan to build. <br /> <br />Under these circumstances, the MPCA staff will not seek to prohibit you from <br />constructing your building, but you should be aware that there is at least a <br />remote chance that the building could have to be removed if the soils beneath it <br />proved to be heavily contaminated. Of course, the more contamination you can <br />remove from beneath the building in the course of construction, the more remote <br />the possibility that the building would have to be removed for pollution cleanup <br />reasons. <br /> <br />As for your legal liability regarding this contamination, the MPCA staff does <br />not at this time believe you are liable for the petroleum tank release under <br />Minn. Stat. ch. 115C (1988), and therefore nothing in this letter should be <br />construed as a request or order to take action under chapter 115C. However, <br /> <br /> Regional Offices: Duluth · Brainerd · Detroit Lakes · Marshall · Rochester <br />Equal Opportunity Employer Printed on Recycled Paper <br /> <br /> <br />