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• • • MPCA PROPERTY ACCESS AGREEMENT WITH (Property Owner) 1. Purpose of Agreement. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is enhancing its ambient groundwater monitoring network in Minnesota. The attached fact sheet describes this groundwater monitoring network ( "network "), which will help provide information about the quality of Minnesota's groundwater and identify trends in water quality. The MPCA is assessing groundwater in this region. As part of the groundwater assessment, the MPCA is installing wells to obtain water samples for analysis. 2. Parties. This agreement is between the MPCA and (the "Property Owner "), who owns property located at (the "Property") where the MPCA would like to install a monitoring well. The MPCA is authorized to enter any property, public and private, for the purpose of conducting surveys under Minn. Stat. § 115.04, subd. 3. 3. Consent_to access. The "Property Owner" hereby consents to participation in the network and authorizes the MPCA, its employees and agents, to enter the Property for the purpose of: 1) installing a permanent groundwater monitoring well at the location shown on attachment 1; and 2) collecting groundwater samples from the monitoring well according to the schedule set forth below. 4. Notice. The MPCA will notify the Property Owner of the name of the environmental consulting firm that will be managing the monitoring well installation at least two weeks before the installation. 5. Location of well. The MPCA's consultant will coordinate the monitoring well installation with the Property Owner to ensure that a mutually agreeable location on the Property is identified. See the attached "Proposed Well #73" location summary sheet. 6. Permits, required actions. The MPCA will be responsible for obtaining all permits and providing notices to utilities related to the installation. The MPCA's consultant will coordinate all contractors involved in installation, including locating all utilities prior to well installation and completing all Minnesota Department of Health permits required to install the well. 7. Well installation. The Property Owner understands and agrees that the well installation will require three separate site visits. All buried utilities will be located during the first site visit. This will take approximately 1 -2 hours to complete and will be done prior to the well installation. The well will be drilled during second site visit, which will take approximately one working day to complete. The well will be prepared for water sample collection during the final site visit. These preparations involve pumping water from the well and monitoring its quality. These activities will take one -half day to complete and will be performed no sooner than 24 hours after well installation. See the attached "Typical Well Construction" diagram. 8. Sampling; notice of sampling. After installation, the MPCA will sample the monitoring well once a year. Sampling will involve pumping water from the well, collecting field measurements of the water, and collecting samples for later laboratory analysis. Sampling will take between 1 to 2 hours to complete. The MPCA or its consultant will notify the Property Owner at least 48 hours before entering the Property for the purpose of well installation or sampling. 9. Hours of work. All work under this access agreement will be conducted during regular business hours (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM) unless the MPCA or its consultant receives written permission by the owner or his/her agent to conduct work during different hours.