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 TCE which was previously 27 ppb had been replaced by a federal 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