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fA W Minnesota Pollution Control A en MCtOr • e current or former owner or operator must An owner or operator need not be a Minnesota � p ' e�d but the site rust be located document all expenditures (totalling at least 1 o,oo o) business to use � the state. in reasonable investigation and cleanup costs,as well � } as any payments received or coverages for all What criteria must he met for owners and/or applicable insurance associated with the investigation operators of drycleaning facilities to receive and cleanup of the site(or ass ign.the 11 CA these r , reimbursement for investigation and cleanup insurance rights). The owner or operator is e eases responsible for the first 10,000 in costs. In evaluating the reimbursement request,the MPCA will The criteria include: consider MTCA guidance, current professional the contamination at the m must have resulted practice, sound professional judgment,and the range p from current or former drycleaning operations; of prices currently in effect for similar activities and 4 services. if non-drycleaning operations are determined to he contributing sources to the contamination, then only owners or operators are eligible to apply for c o g the p ortion of cosh allocated to the drycleaning reimbursement when the 1 1P A has dete='ned that operation contamination will be reirnburseda response action is necessary and has approved a P the cleanup activities must have begun on or after response-action plan. July 1, 1995-I if the owner or operator of the drycleaning facility the cleanup must be conducted b the fanner or declines to conduct the investigation and cleanup of a current owner or operator of the drycleaning fae i lity; release at a site, the NTCA will assess the site, priontze the site, and conduct an investi gatlon and i the owner or operator had to have cornpl ed with all Once the UT has incurred state or federal lags and regulations regarding y necessary cleanup.disposal of drycleaning solvents m effect at the time costs �respect to the site that are final or exceed l o,000, the agency will request payment from the of the release, owner or operator of 10,00 o (or less, if it is the investigation and response actions, as well as the ed that no father investigation or cleanup the reviewed dete�nn � costs submitted for reimbursements must activities are needed). The drycleaning facility owner and approved by the CA, or operator must also assign all a pp licable insurance the response action at the site must include cleanup coverages to the NT CA on='ssioner. activities. Sites where only investigation activities have been conducted are not eligible for . � investigation confirms the 'hat facilities are not eti�ble for reimbursement reimbursement. If the site investig need for cleanup, he investigation activities would from the Dr cleaner Fund? p} g then also be eligible for reimbun ment. Sites where cleanup is not necessary,as determined by the MTCA, D leanin facilities located on a U.S. military . assessing the � g are not eligible for reimbursement. In � base need for a response action,the UTCA will evaluate c"ties or other • vent vI� guidance Uniform services, linen supply fa iii the quality of�e investigation,relevant l documents, cent profesSiOnal Practice and drycleaning operations serving businesses or iris�titutioris! reasonable exercise of professional judgment; and ; Coin-operated drycleaning operations; law Drycleaning services at prisons or other penal `nstitutions; • r Environmental Cleanup Page � cle�r�e�-fund. Help I� � p