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FY2024 INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES Community Project Funding MN-04 Request Form The S u bco m rn ittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will accept Community Project Funding requests for the following accounts. Please choose one of the following accounts for your project request: Environmental Protection Agency ❑ State and.TribaI Assistance.:Grarits (STAG) — Clean Water State Revolving Fund ® State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) — ❑r[hking Water State Revolving Fund Contact name: Gretchen Artig-5womley Contact email address: gretchen.artig-swomley@gemlakemn.org Contact phone number-.651-260-97.42 Organization names City of Gem Lake ❑rganization address: 4200 Otter Lake Road Brief description of the.project: The project includes design and construction of a new water supply system to provide safe drinking waterto numerous residents because of recently discovered contamination of local private.wells. With the majority of the City's residents served by private wells, a new water -distribution system to be supplied by neighboring. communities is proposed to ensure those affected by the recently discovered. water quality issue can be: provided a Safe, reliable potable water service. Sampling performed recently by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and Minnesota ❑epartment of Health (M©H) detected 1,4-dioxane, a likely human.carcinogen, in several private wells in Gem Lake. The. MPCA has been providing residents with bottled. water, which is appreciated, but is a short- term solution. Safe drinking water is of paramount importance for all Minnesota residents. While the cause of the contamination has not been narrowed to one source, the residents of Gem Lake are not responsible for it, nor did they contribute to the issue. This is very much an unexpected issue and is a burden for the residents from a health and safety perspective, but .also from a financial perspective. The cost to complete a water distribution system for the