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The Honorable Thomas G: Gamec, Mayor <br />Page Two <br /> <br />the possibility that these loads may have contained contaminated material, the <br />Division of Solid Waste contacted Art Dunn, Environmental Specialist with <br />Anoka County advising him of the situation. In further conversations between <br />Bob Hutchinson of Anoka County, Terry Miller of the Anoka County landfill <br />and MPCA's Solid Waste Division staff, it was determined that the material <br />hauled to the landfill on November 6 should be removed because of the like- <br />lihood of it containing some contaminated material. The removal was done <br />on November ll, 1980 and the material was taken back to the fire site where <br />it was sampled to determine if indeed it did contain some materials <br />contaminated with pesticide. We are currently waiting for the results <br />of the sampling. In the meantime all of the material with the exception <br />of that which was brought back from Anoka and Minneapolis has been removed <br />from the site and disposed of in accordance with the MDA and MPCA rules. <br /> <br />In regard to your statement concerning the MPCA's relationship with local <br />governing bodies, the MPCA's position has been and will continue to be that <br />these bodies are an integral part, of the governing structure in-the state <br />and the MPCA has in the past and will in the future-continue to keep. open-the ~ <br />lines of communication with_them to the maximum:extent possible.- In addition, <br />your :assessment that the MPCA is trying to ,ride rough shod, over the local <br />government is absolutely wrong. This is borne out by the fact that-within' <br />hours of discovering that perhaps some contaminated material had been hauled <br />to the Anoka County landfill, the Solid Waste Division had contacted Anoka <br />County and advised them of the situation. Additionally, numerous conversations <br />between the MPCA staff and Anoka County officials discussing the matter and <br />resolution of the situation were held on a continuing basis until the material <br />was excavated and removed from the landfill on-Tuesday, November ll, 1980. <br /> <br />If you have any further questions regarding this issue or any other issues, <br />please feel~free to call Robert Dullinger of my staff at (612) 296-7367. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Terry <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />TH:RWD:rbj <br /> <br /> <br />