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• Chairman , Resolutions Committee October 4 , 1984 Page 2 .. publishf-d by EPA cursuant , to the Comprehensive Environmental Response , Compensation and Liability Act ( "CERCLA" ) . Based on studies done by MPCA and EPA, the Citv has concluded that operations ir. %Pw ?righton at the Twin Cities Armv Ammuni- tion P'_anr_ ("TCAAP" ) are the probable sources of the aquifer contamination. T- date , the State and Federal vovernmer.ts have assisted the City by providionc information concerning the -possible sources of contamination and. the alternative water supplies available to the City. . That assistance , although grPatl;: apereciated by the City, does rot provide an overall sc.- lutlor. . II . Sucer`_und vcne•! �navai !able tc Ci*-• The Com.nrehensi�•e Environmental Resccnse , Comoensa*_ion and rc: was enacted '-v Ccncress in 19EG `_o acnleyv' . -e xev 0C eCt_yP_ -- to �=C_lltate the cr=cr cleanu= of ::azcaT-'- Cu's dl:mr-sites Vii:' rroviding a means of financinc_ bcth cover':- • mental and priva_t.e -espor.ses a•r.d_ by placing the ultimate fi iar.c_al burden ucen these rP=c_ onsible for the dancer. Under CERCLA, a criyate party ( includinc a municicality) may ao- 1 %, for fundinc _`rpm the Hazard--us Substance Response Fund (Sucer:und) establishes by Secticn 201 eF CERCLA, or it ma': proceed or its ewr tc take reso_ ense action and seep: reim- bursement `rc-i tl:e =esconsible parties pursuant tc Ser_t:c^ 10^ (a) c_` Section of CERC:,A establishes the manner in which :ncne,:. in the Suerfund ma,...- to used r.c remedy_ hazardous wasrP problems . It reads , in pertinent cart , as `_oll ws : (a) The President shall use the monev in the Fund for the following purposes : (1 ) payment of governmental response costs incurred pursuant to section 9604 of this title , including costs incurred pursuant to the Intervention on the Figh Seas Act; (2) pavment ,' of any claim for necessary re- sponse costs incurred by any other person as a result of carrying out the national contingency plan established under section 1321 (c) of Title • 33 and amended by section 9605 of this title: Provided, however, - -That such costs must be approved under said plan and certified by the responsible Federal official. . . .