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Chairman , Resolutions Committee • <br /> October 4., 1984 <br /> Page 3 <br /> (e) I1 ) CLaims against or presented to the <br /> fund shall not be valid or paid in excess of <br /> the total money in the. Fund at any one time. <br /> Such claims become valid only when additional <br /> money is collected, appropriated , or otherwise <br /> added to the Furd. Should the total claims <br /> outs`ar.ding at any time exceed the current <br /> balance of the Fund , the President shall pav <br /> such claims , to the extent authorized under <br /> this section , in full in the order in which <br /> they were Finally deterrined . <br /> (3) Nc mone•! in the Fund shall. be a•,a i 1ab'_� <br /> �cr remedial ac--2c^ , ot.^.er tta- actions scec- <br /> ec in sunsec__cr. (c) o" this sect;or- , wi'^ <br /> .rPCnPCt tc federaliy --wred fac_, lities . <br /> • <br /> 42 U. S.C. 596: 1_ (emphasis in original and emphasis added) . <br /> The City has recuested EPA assistance from the Superfund to <br /> reimburse it for remedial action taken to construct its new <br /> water sucol:, and to orcvide funds for Future wet_ develcc- <br /> ment . On November 12 , 1952 , the MPCA, on behalf of the <br /> Cit,, filed ar. "Acticn Memorandum" with the EPA seek inc <br /> fundi^c for a remedial investigation of the acu; fer used _=s <br /> the City ' s water succly and reimbursement for costs ex=ended <br /> to provide ar alternative , ne n-contaminated water system. <br /> The EPA has provided funding for a regional hydrolegv study, <br /> but no Superfund money has been made available to assist the <br /> City, in remed-ing the damage to its water ' suoply. Because <br /> TCAAP is a possible source of the contamination. , the Suoer- <br /> fund is unavailable to the Citv_ for the cost of its remedial <br /> action. <br /> IIT_. Amendment to National Municipal Policv. <br /> Even though the EPA has not authorized use of Superfund <br /> money for the City because a federal facility is a possible <br /> source' of' the groundwater contamination affecting the City ' s <br /> wells, the Minnesota Department of Health has ordered the <br /> .City to take action to provide noncontaminated water to its • <br /> system' s users. , The City has taken or.* will take remedial <br /> action at a cost of approximately eight million dollars to <br /> eliminate the contamination of its wells. Such action <br />