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Date Submitted: 06/26/2025 <br />Name: Betsy Garcia <br />Subject: Soil Contamination and Floodplains <br />Comment: Thank you for compiling the AUAR report. <br />1) It is my understanding the Lino Lakes Flood Plain Administrator is responsible <br />for assuring compliance with FEMA guidelines & local ordinances regarding any development of land on <br />the current Robinson Sod Farm. <br />Because my property abuts this sod farm just to the east, I want to assure the proposed mitigation <br />interventions will protect my land from any flooding. Additionally, what communication will be <br />provided identifying the specific interventions, and to whom would I report any negative sequelae related <br />to flooding that could possibly occur as a result of the interventions in the future? <br />2) i am concerned regarding contaminated soil on the sod farm which already has or will occur during <br />mitigation secondary to fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals. These have been used for years on the <br />sod farm, and would like to know what EPA approved testing or other methods will be done to determine <br />levels of toxic pollutants, harmful particulates or emissions from the helicopter crash, farm vehicles and <br />machinery. Would the testing include Nitrogen Oxides, Hydrocarbons, Greenhouse gases, ammonia and <br />other identified agriculturally related particles that contain substances linked to respiratory or potentially <br />cancer related harm to humans and wildlife. How will these findings be proactively communicated to <br />residents? <br />Lastly, it would have been beneficial and prudent for our Lino Lakes residents to receive a synopsis of <br />your very well organized and extensive findings in layman's terms, including avoidance of professional <br />jargon. We are far from experts in your field and in conversations with neighbors who read or tried to read <br />the AUAR report, it was impossible for them to understand or interpret findings, especially technical data <br />reports. Thus, it was not possible to reply to a report when you don't understand it in the first place. . <br />Address: N/A <br />Page 578 of 617 <br />