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http://www.twincities.com/ramseycounty/ci_24389797/if-pollution- around current and former structures, and removal of asbestos-wr Worthington said the county has addressed all those concerns. "The contract between the county and Bolander goes well beyond t the FFA (federal facilities agreement)," she said, "and includes and releases associated with the former rail lines running acros Environmental experts also caution that the military standards f development, which in turn allow far more contamination than the work remains. "What you'll find is fairly dramatic acceptable concentration di said Brent Jorgensen, an Oregon-based pollution-control expert w which is not affiliated in any way with the TCAAP site. "It is s cleanup to meet residential standards. However, it's very expens Depending upon the type of contamination, the 397 acres have bee certain contaminants, is more forgiving than what the state of M The Met Council's 2011 stadium report noted that "lead cleanup l site-specific standard were established at 1,200 milligrams per uses of the site, the state would allow no more than 700 mg/kg f for residential development. More recently, the Army began using the lead cleanup standard of state standard. The difference is much less dramatic for acceptable levels of so the federal standard is tougher than the state standard. Shanna Schmitt, a geologist with the MPCA, said the state Brownf and cleanup being done by Bolander and Wenck. Once finished, the site will be taken off the federal Superfund completion. "Therefore, the expected level of cleanup will meet our standard environmental assurance for cleanup." Frederick Melo can be reached at 651-228-2172. Follow him at twitter.com/FrederickMelo. Page 5 of 5Nov 01, 2013 03:23:12PM MDT