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. ~ ~HILLS TCAAP Community Dialogue: Environmental Clean-up Focus July 10, 2002 7:00 p.m. Dialogue Notes Prepared by the City of Arden Hills on the site. The City Hall property has been deeded to the City without restrictions and with deed covenants which means if contamination was found the Army would still be responsible for cleaning up that contamination. The 39-acre parcel in the process of being transferred to Ramsey County for a joint Maintenance facility with the City of Arden Hills is currently occupied by Alliant Tech Systems who will soon be vacating that property. When Alliant vacates that property, a characterization of the property will be completed to determine if the property is appropriate for any future intended use. That property can be an industrial transfer with use restrictions since it is intended to be a maintenance facility. . Question: How will open space designated by the Vento Reuse Community be protected as open space if ownership is transferred to the City? The majority of the open space lies within the current licensure of the Army so whatever contamination remains there it is still under the responsibility of the Army. The parcel of open space that lies within the Rice Creek Corridor can be transferred in two ways: the GSA could excess and convey the property to the City which can then convey it to Ramsey County for parks space; or the GSA can convey it directly to Ramsey County and remove it from any excess that would go to the City. In either case, the remedial responsibility there would be handled in that transfer process and is still under the jurisdiction of the EPA and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). Question: What are the difftrences in roles of authority between the EPA and MPCA? The cleanup of a superfund site has to follow certain requirements. Some of those requirements are federal requirements and some of those are state requirements. Army Ammunition Plants are on the National Priorities List (NPL) as well as ranges. Most sites on the NPL now have a federal facilities agreement, which is a tri-party agreement between the Department of Defense (000), USEPA, and the state regulatory agency. The USPEA must have concurrence with a covenant or covenant deferral. In the case of a covenant deferral, a governor's concurrence also is required. The USEP A is responsible for setting the cleanup standards and making decisions for remedial activities at the site. The city has the ultimate role in determining use of the transferred land which is why the intention is to have a dual track process of working on the land transfer and planning at the same time. Question: What is a dual track process? The dual track process the City is involved in is the land planning exercise using the Vento Plan as the framework and the negotiation the City will engage in with GSA who is the disposal agent for this excess land. . Page 2 of 5