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-166- This statement overemphasizes the impact of a leaking underground storage tank on public water supply wells. Also, the ;~most controlled land use" in a wellhead protection area is a site-specific and debatable issue that may be taken up in the development of each wellhead protection plan. Each City in consultation with the MDH establishes its priority for address potential contaminant sources within its WHPA/DWSMA. ' Recommendations (of the commenter): 12. Reference to underground storage tanks should be removed from the discussion of WHPA. Discussion of wellhead protection should emphasize that the process is specific, and tailored, to land use conditions within each WHPA/DWSMA. The development of the City's wellhead prot,ection plan and priority of contaminant sources should be left up to the City in consultation with the MDH. 13. The statements regarding wellhead protection in this section should be combined with other wellhead protection statements, found throughout the document, and placed in the Water Use section/item. Response: The issue of underground storage tanks is relevant to the RTC site and was not removed completely from the text. The document has been changed to reflect all other aspects ot' this comment. See response to comment 8.1. Comment 8.27: The three departments that reviewed this document have attempted to provide a thorough review of the AUAR for the Ramsey Town Center. Realistically, there will be changes to the plans to consider and many more levels of detail to review as the development progresses. Many of these changes and details will have the potential to impact the County infrastructure. Because of this, we ask that the City and the developer continue to work closely with the County on the issues raised in this review. Our mutual goals wilt be best met if we continue working with each other in these early stages of the development plans, and if we plan to continue coordinating our efforts through the build-out of the Ramsey Town Center. Toward that end, we invite the City and developer to meet ~vith the County at your earliest convenience to begin discussions of our comments and the issues raised in this letter. Response: As stated in the response to Comment #8.1, the City intends to work closely with the County on all of the issues of joint concern. Co~me/~! #9. The U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service (NPS) submitted the following comments, based on its statement that the '~...proximity and the potential for RTC connections through the MNILRA corridor and to the Mississippi River itsetf, certain components of the RTC planning process could have a direct impact on the MNRRA corridor": 34-[8