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<br />Information gathered for this WHPP amendment provides the City with the basis for tracking potential <br />contaminant sources within the DWSMAs. Thus, the City has an opportunity to catalog and track potential <br />contaminant sources and stay informed of land use changes or potential future threats to the source <br />water aquifers. <br />The presence of privately owned wells within the DWSMAs provides potential pathways for contaminants <br />to reach the source water aquifer if they are not properly constructed, maintained, or, if unused, properly <br />sealed. Locations of wells identified within the DWSMAs during the PCSI are shown in Appendix C. <br />5.2Issues, Problems, and Opportunities Disclosed at Public Meetings <br /> <br />and in Written Comments <br />At the beginning of this wellhead protection planning process, the City of Ramsey sent a notification to <br />surrounding local units of government of its intention to initiate work on an amendment to its wellhead <br />and source water protection plan. After approval by the MDH in January 2019 (MDH, 2019a), Ramsey sent <br />information on the WHPAs, DWSMAs, and aquifer and well vulnerability to the local units of government <br />whose jurisdictions overlay some portion of the Ramsey DWSMAs. <br />The City held a public information meeting on March 19, 2019 to receive comments from the general <br />public regarding Part 1 of the WHPP amendment. The local units of government whose jurisdictions <br />overlay the DWSMAs were notified of the public information meeting. No comments on the Part 1 <br />Wellhead Protection Plan were received from the local units of government or the general public at the <br />Public Information Meeting. <br />City reviewers please confirm this is the <br />Commented \[JG1\]: <br />case. If comments were received a the meeting please provide <br />documentation. <br />As required by the Wellhead Protection Rules, the City provided local units of government whose <br />jurisdictions overlap the DWSMAs a copy of the draft Part 2 Wellhead Protection Plan amendment. <br />Written comments were received from __________________. Copies of the written comments received from <br />the local units of government are presented in Appendix E. ***NOTE TO REVIEWERS: This paragraph will <br />be updated as appropriate at the end of the LGU comment period*** <br />The City held a Public Hearing on the WHPP amendment at the September 24, 2019 Ramsey City Council <br />Meeting. The local units of government whose jurisdictions overlap the DWSMAs were notified of the <br />Public Hearing date, time, and location. No comments on the WHPP amendment were received at the <br />public hearing.***NOTE TO REVIEWERS: This paragraph will be updated if necessary after the public hearing <br />and before the plan is submitted to the MDH for approval*** <br />5.3Issues, Problems, and Opportunities Related to the Data Elements <br /> <br />Beginning with the delineation of WHPAs and DWSMAs (i.e., Part 1 of the WHPP) and continuing in this <br />document, the required data elements have been addressed. As discussed in Appendix C, available local <br />and regional information was used in compiling and assessing the data elements. Ramseyintends to <br />continue collecting data from the municipal wells as well as other applicable information from public data <br />sources, as it becomes available, during the life of this Plan. At a minimum, this Plan will be <br /> <br /> <br /> 17 <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />