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contamination problem. EPA and State Superfund dollars were allocated through an official Record of Decision to design and construct such a system; and WHEREAS, the initial timetable for completion of the $1. 1 million permanent GAC system was the summer of 1987; and WHEREAS, numerous delays at EPA and MPCA have resulted in the scheduled completion date being delayed until mid-August, 1989 , at approximately double the original estimated cost. The City also has serious doubts that the EPA/MPCA will actually meet this much-delayed completion date; and WHEREAS, in the City' s efforts to find alternative solutions to this problem, its has taken several actions:. *commenced litigation in early. 1986 naming as defendants the U. S. Army and other responsible parties. *retained experts to determine the- exact source of the City' s water contamination problem. These experts have concluded that the major source of contamination is emanating from TCAAP. *presented these conclusions to the U.S. Army and the- Army has refused to accept any responsibility for St. Anthony' s water contamination problem. WHEREAS, the City of New Brighton, in response to the same contamination has ordered temporary carbon filtration for its wells and will be installing a permanent GAC system also to be completed late in 1989 ; and WHEREAS, on March -2 , 1988 , the MDH advised the City that TCE levels in Well #4 .had risen to concentrations ranging up to 15 ppb and Well #5 to concentrations ranging up to 6.6 ppb. They further advised that the recommended allowable limit (RAL) of TCE which was previously 27 ppb had been replaced by a federal Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for TCE of 5 ppb, which was adopted in a July 8 , . 1987 Federal Register and which standard would be effective� in Minnesota on January 9, 1989. They also advised that if the" level of TCE exceeded 5 ppb based on the average of 4 consecutive quarterly results, the City would be in violation of the. MCL and under legal obligation to remedy the situation; and WHEREAS, with the City possibly being in violation of Federal MCL Standards effective January 9 , 1989 , and with the permanent plant scheduled for completion no earlier than mid-August of 1989 , it is imperative for the City to take reasonable and prudent actions to protect the safety and welfare of its citizens and to attempt to make reasonable efforts to comply with applicable Federal laws. In light of previous major delays in the design and construction of the permanent Granular Activated