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DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP i MINNkAPULIS PILIMHURY CENTER SOUTH NEW RAi( WASHINGTON.P.0• 220 SOUTH SIXTH STREET 1,�IiVl3Pl LONLION MINNF.AP01.IA, MINNESOTA 33402-1498 ynfinLiz HMU.rNre_s TELEPHONE: (612) 340-26OU I<I,Nn KONG. FAX: (612) 340-2868 DES MOINES uli.itlJi:3 RUCHF*TeA 1{lI1SOULA L:LISTA MESA GREAT FAL6 March 21, 1996 Mr. Dale Trippler Project Manager Minnesota Pollution Control Agency PREPARED FOR PURPOSES OF 520 Lafayette Road SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 Re: Schnitzer Iron and Metal Site Dear Mr. Trippler: I am writing on behalf of the Village of Saint Anthony regarding the Schnitzer Iron and Metal Site. The Village received notice from the MPCA that it may be a potentially responsible party (PRP) for purposes of response actions which may be required to clean up contamination at the Schnitzer site. The MPCA has identified weigh ticket records for the period 1979 to 1983 suggesting that the Village sent 5,116 pounds of lead batteries for recycling to the Schnitzer site. The available records'indicate that the total amount of lead contributed by all PRPs for the same period was 329,012 pounds, although this number will change with the identification of additional PRPs. The Schnitzer site was in operation as a scrap metal processing facility from 1937 until 1983, but records of battefy shipments are apparently not available except for the period 1979 to 1983. The Schnitzer property was purchased by the University of Minnesota in 1987. Despite the escrow of significant funds when the property was acquired, no cleanup or response actions have been completed at the site. The MPCA has identified 23 parties who allegedly contributed in excess of one percent of the total known lead materials shipped to the site. Another 58 parties are considered de minimis, having contributed less than one percent of the total known lead to the site. An analysis of the PRP list indicates that a number of small municipalities, including the cities of Apple Valley, Centerville, North St. Paul, Shoreview and • White Bear Lake have been identified as de minimis parties.