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I I I i I I I August 17, 1984 Mr. Terry Miller Waste Management of MN, Inc. 14370 Sunfish LaKe Boulevard P.O. Box 67 AnoKa, Minnes6ta 55303 Cont,,-ol Acjency I I i i I I I I I I ! De~r Mr. Miqler: The purpose of this letter is to notify you of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.(MPCA} staff's intention of proposing your landfill for inclusion on the State's Permanent List of Priorities (Minnesota superfund list) and to briefly describe to you what this means. The Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act, Minnesota Laws, 19~3, Chapter 115B (ERLA of State superfund) requires the MPCA to establish a permanent list of priorities among releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants. The MPCA s~aff believes that your landfill nas a release or threatened release of hazardous substances,.pollutants or contaminants based upon the ground water monitoring data from your landfill or the types of wastes that have been disposed of at your landfill. . Being listed on the State superfund list 'does not necessarily mean that a landfill owner or operator is violating any regulation or is required to undertake any immediate action. Inclusion of your landfill on the State superfund list does mean that an investigation of the impacts of your landfill on the environment will be required by the MPCA in the future. Also being included on the State superfund list serves as a notice to you as a responsible party for the landfill that if you are unwilling or unable to do the investigatory or clean up work needed at the landfill when asked to by the'MPCA, the MPCA may conduct the necessary investigatory or clean up work and then seek · to recover reimburs~nent of our costs from the responsible partylies) once the work is completed. , ~ Before the State superfund list is established, the MPCA is required to publish the proposed list in the State Register and allow 30 days for comment by the public. The MPCA staff will send you a copy of the notice requesting public comment on the proposed State superfund list so that you will have 30 days to comment on the inclusion of your landfill on the State superfund list. Phone.6_12/296-7718 1935 West County Road B2, Rosevil~e, Minnesota 55113-2785 Regional Offices · Dulu',h Dr~;nerd:Detroit Lakes, Marshall Rochester ) Equa~ Opportunity Employer