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• Voluntary Investigation & Cleanup (VIC) Site: The Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup (VIC) Program is a non - petroleum brownfield program. VIC provides technical assistance to buyers, sellers, developers or local governments seeking to voluntarily investigate or clean up contaminated land. Properties often enter the VIC program in preparation for sale, financing or redevelopment. Voluntary parties that complete investigation and / or cleanup activities under Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) oversight can receive liability assurances that protect them from future Superfund liability. In some cases, the MPCA may use institutional controls as part of the overall site remedy and notify interested parties of any property use conditions or restrictions. • Landfill, Open: Open landfills are landfills that are still accepting waste. This includes facilities that accept household garbage, industrial waste, and debris from construction or demolition. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) requires that landfills are designed to bury this garbage in a controlled manner and reduce potential impacts on the environment. Many landfills have wells installed so that groundwater can be monitored for any contaminants that might leak into the ground. • Landfill, Closed: Closed landfills are landfills that are no longer accepting waste. This includes landfills that are privately owned and managed, as well as those that are owned or managed by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and are part of the formal Closed Landfill Program. The Closed Landfill Program manages qualified closed landfills throughout Minnesota, and conducts cleanup work and maintenance at those sites. At some of these landfills, landfill gasses may be captured and used to create energy. • Landfill, Permitted by Rule: A landfill that is permitted by rule is not required to obtain an individual solid waste permit if it meets certain eligibility criteria. However, it must comply with waste management rules and regulations. Landfills may be permitted by rule if they have a small capacity and/or operate for a short period of time. Some yard waste composting facilities, recycling facilities and energy recovery facilities are also permitted by rule. • Contaminated Soil Treatment Facilities: Contaminated soil treatment facilities are places that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has approved or permitted to take petroleum - contaminated soils from leak sites and provide treatment through a number of different processes. The processes include thermal treatment (usually by roasting soils at high temperatures), composting, or thin- spreading soils and allowing natural microorganisms to biodegrade the petroleum. • Leak Site: Leak sites are locations where a release of petroleum products has occurred from a tank system. Leak sites can occur from aboveground or underground tank systems as well as from spills at tank facilities. A leak can result from an accident or from activities that occur over a long time. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Petroleum Remediation Program staff investigates potential leaks and work to minimize or clean up contamination at those sites. • Petroleum Brownfield: Petroleum Brownfield sites are places that may have been contaminated with petroleum due to a past or current leak. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Petroleum Brownfields program staff assess the risk associated with petroleum contamination at these sites and then provide technical assistance to help get the site cleaned up, developed, and / or transferred to a new owner. • Tank Site: A tank site is a place with an underground or aboveground storage tank of a certain size on the premises. One tank site may have multiple tanks, and these tanks may contain food products, petroleum products, or other substances. Tank sites include gas stations, bus companies and trucking companies, as well as factories that process sugar beets, ethanol, pulp and paper, or chemicals. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) requires monitoring and City of Lino Lakes SWMP 1 February 8, 2013 Draft 1 50