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Report Number 13-183 <br /> bitYNEW <br /> Agenda Section VIII-1 <br /> �rl Council Meeting Date July 23,2013 <br /> the city that works for you <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCILCONSIDERATION <br /> ITEM DESCRIPTION: Consideration of Letter of Support for delisting of former Northwest Refinery <br /> from state Superfund Program by MPCA. <br /> DEPARTMENT HEAD'S APPROVAL: Grant Fernelius, Director of Community Development <br /> ige <br /> CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL: <br /> No comments to supplement this report Comments attached <br /> Recommendation: <br /> Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the Mayor and City Manager to sign the attached Letter <br /> of Support for delisting of the former Northwest Refinery from the state Superfund Program by MPCA. <br /> Legislative History: <br /> None <br /> Financial Impact: <br /> None <br /> Explanation: <br /> The MPCA published a notice on July 1, 2013 that it intends to delist the former Northwest Refinery site, <br /> which is located in the New Brighton Exchange, from the state Superfund list. This process began in <br /> 1986, when the MPCA first enlisted the site in the program. Since that time,the MPCA, City and the <br /> responsible parties (Ashland Oil and MT Properties)have worked to remediate the site to certain clean-up <br /> standards. As part of this effort, the MPCA agreed to delist the site from the program, which will also <br /> help alleviate potential concerns of prospective developers about the stigma of building next to a <br /> Superfund site. Our environmental advisors have recommended that the City send a letter in support of <br /> the delisting process. A letter has been drafted and is ready for signature, assuming the Council approves <br /> the document on Tuesday night. <br /> Grant Fern s <br /> Director of Community Development <br /> Attachments <br />