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DRAFT <br />CITY OF LAKE ELMO <br />COUNTY OF WASHINGTON <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />RESOLUTION NO. Q006 _. C) aS <br />A RESOLUTION RELATING TO PRIVATE WELLS <br />IN THE WEST CENTRAL LAKE ELMO AREA <br />WHEREAS, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, in conjunction with the <br />Minnesota Department of Health, has taken water samples from approximately 239 private <br />residential wells in the west central portion of the City of Lake Elmo (the "WCLE Area"); <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the private well water sampling in the WCLE Area indicates that the <br />following perfluorochemicals ("PFCs") are present in some of the private wells: <br />A. Perfluorooctane sulfate ("PFOS") and perfluorooctanic acid ("PFOW) have <br />been detected in nineteen (19) private residential wells at levels in excess of <br />the health base values ("HBVs") set by the Minnesota Department of Health; <br />and <br />B. PFOS and PFOA has been detected in sixty four (64) residential wells at <br />levels that do not yet exceed the HBVs set by the Minnesota Department of <br />Health; and <br />WHEREAS, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reports that, based upon animal <br />studies, concentrations of PFOS have been shown to adversely affect liver and other organs; <br />high concentrations of PFOA over a long period of time may also cause cancer in animals <br />(still under review); and that developmental affects have been seen the offspring of rats <br />exposed to PFCs; and <br />