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<br />MEMO <br /> <br />DATE: August 18, 2000 <br /> <br />TO Honorable Mayor and Council <br /> <br />FROM: Jim March <br /> <br />RE : Interceptor Sewage Spill <br /> <br />............................................................................ <br /> <br />Since the last Council meeting, I have had several phone conversations in regards to the <br />interceptor sewage spill. I had a conversation with Paul Dietz (Met Council) who \vas the <br />on-call responder when the spills occurred. He indicated both spills occurred on the <br />weekend, but they were still cleaned up within a few hours. Both combined spills <br />amounted to approximately 32,000 gallons. Fifteen thousand gallons of sewage was <br />recovered. <br /> <br />The spills did not occur immediately adjacent to the creek. I spoke to Mike Meyer (Met <br />Council Sr. Scientist) in regards to the spills. He was responsible for the testing that <br />occurred after the spills. He indicated that t\velve tests were taken in ten different spots. <br />The fecal levels were elevated until a week after the spill. The levels were back to <br />. . - . ~ . - <br />oacKgrounu levelS WlImn one weeK. <br /> <br />I have also spoke again to Mary Hays (MPCA). She plans to visit the site on August 21 st. <br />She also plans to conduct some of her own tests next week. The MPCA will be meeting <br />with the Met Council next week to discuss appropriate response protocol for spills. They <br />will be specifically discussing this interceptor break to see if this scenario warrants <br />modifYing their current practices and policies for notifying agencies of sewage spills. <br />