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Agenda Section: 9. 1 14 11,D8REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Number: 91-51CSTAFF REPORT Report Date: July 19, 1 q91 � Council Action: ❑ Special Order of Business CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE July 22, 1991 ❑ Public Hearings ❑ Consent Agenda CJ(Council Business Item Description:Ci ty Participation in the Oakgrove Landfill "Potentially Responsible Party" Group Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) SUMMARY; In March of this year, the City received notification from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the Oakgrove Landfill had been listed as a Superfund site by the EPA. The City was asked to respond to a list of questions regarding the possible transportation of materials to the Landfill by the City during the time the site was operational. The matter was referred to Mark Karney who responded that the City of Mounds View, to the best of its knowledge, had not transported any hazardous materials to the Landfill. In May, the City of Mounds View received a second notice from the EPA, again requesting a response to questions regarding the City's possible transportation of materials to the Oakgrove site. Mark Karney met with both Ric Minetor and Mike Ulrich and determined that, to be the best knowledge of City staff, the City had not transported materials to the site. Several weeks ago, Mr. Karney was informed of a group of cities, businesses and other entities which had been named by the EPA as "Potent34ly—Respen-s ib e—Pnrties" (PRPs) to the—contamination of the Oakgrove Landfill. These PRPs have formed in reaction to being named as "Transporters" to the Landfill and informed by the EPA that unless they agree to clean up the site themselves, the EPA will clean it up and sue them for three times the cost of the clean up. Mr. Karney informed the Council at the meeting in June that he would be attending one of the PRP meetings to determine if participation in the group would be beneficial to Mounds View. This week, Dave Childs informed me that, while searching through -- Oakgrove trip tickets, tickets from New Brighton, Arden Hills, Mounds View, Fridley and Blaine were found. He couldn't remember if the tickets noted what had been hauled, but some of the tickets (all of Arden Hills tickets) are dated June, 1975 and list "brush" RECOMMENDATION;