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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 19, 2008 3 <br />Report from Representative Julie Bunn and Senator Kathy Saltzman <br /> <br />Representative Julie Bunn and Senator Kathy Saltzman recapped the 2008 legislative <br />session by summarizing a variety of activity that was done during the sessions. <br /> <br />They discussed in some detail the bonding bill for the Washington County landfill clean <br />up and setting standards for citing landfills throughout the state. Representative Bunn <br />explained that a portion of the landfill area could be used for park and the landfill may be <br />covered with various prairie grasses. In addition, the PCA is exploring the use of gases to <br />generate electricity on the site. <br /> <br />Council Member DeLapp stated the council voted saying that it did not want the “dig and <br />line” process put into effect instead the council asked that the garbage either be trucked <br />away or burned. <br /> <br />Senator Saltzman explained the cost and timing of burning the garbage is unknown and <br />trucking it away would cost three to four times more. There is no willing community that <br />will accept the garbage. <br /> <br />Information from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) on the PCA decision <br />and process for remediating the Washington County Landfill of PFC contamination. <br /> <br />Shawn Ruotsinoja, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) official explained the <br />process for “dig and line”, a process that will have the agency dig up the garbage in the <br />landfill, line a section of the landfill, and replace the garbage. This process was approved <br />during the 2008 legislative session. <br /> <br />Jeff Lewis, manager of the MPCA landfill remediation division, stated that the decision <br />on the remediation option for the Washington County landfill rested with the PCA. There <br />is no appeal process in the decision that the MPCA has responsibility for cleaning the <br />landfill and the chosen process will go forward. <br /> <br />Peter Tiffany, senior engineer MPCA, described the three liners that will be used in the <br />“dig and line” process making it the only landfill in the state that will have such a lining. <br /> <br />Jim Blackford, 9765 45th Street, called for sanctions against 3M, which is one source of <br />the contamination in the groundwater. He believes 3M should take more responsibility <br />and be required to state when company officials knew about the contamination. <br /> <br />Council Members DeLapp and Smith stated that this option is not a permanent solution to <br />the contamination problem. <br /> <br />Council Member Smith specifically asked about the protection provided by the three <br />layers. <br />