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9. L,and Use. Describe current and recent past land use and development on the site aJ~d on adjacent lands. Discuss the compatibility of the project with adjacent and ntearby land uses; indicate whether any potential conflicts involve environmental matters. Identify any potential environmental hazard due to past land uses, such as soil contamination or abandoned storage tanks. T1I1,e Site consists of three parcels: a northern parcel consisting of approximately 8 acres of vacant land; a middle parcel consisting of approximately 12 acres of wooded vacant land; and a southern parcel consisting of approximately 14 one-acre residential lots, 13 of which support homes and associated residential structures. The northern parcel supported a farmhouse (likely with well and cesspool) and barn with surrounding fields from 1940 to 1959, and a trucking facility (with a well, cesspool, and six wlderground storage tanks for petroleum products) from 1959 to 1982/1983. The trucking facility was demolished and the tanks were removed in 1983. Since demolition of the buildings, the parcel has been vacant, except for some construction debris piles (likely related to demolition of the buildings) and soil stockpiles (placed there by the City of Roseville). It appears that the middle parcel has always been vacant. During the grading work for construction of the I-35W and Highway 36 interchange in the late 1960s, excess soil from the gI'ading work was reportedly placed in the marshy area of this parcel. Some debris piles (some with a few empty 55-gallon drums) are currently present on this parcel. Since 1941, the southern parcel has consisted of residential lots. From 1941 to 1964, 13 homes wlere constructed on 14 residential lots. Since most homes were constructed prior to installation of the sewer and water mains, each resident is likely to have had a water well and cesspool or septic tank. Since the late 1950s and early 1960s, the vicinity of the Site has been developed as a mixed residential and light industrial/commercial area. Surrounding businesses included trucking operations, printing facilities, construction contractors, moving companies, compressed gas distributors, and offices. The proposed development, as a landscaped commercial office park, is compatible with adjacent commercialllight industrial uses. Underground storage tanks with petroleum products were once present on the northern parcel. Available records indicate that the tanks were removed in 1983. Sampling of soil and perched water at the parcel was conducted by Warzyn Engineering, Inc. in 1990. Except for one dEitection of xylenes in one soil sample (at a concentration well below Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) residential screening levels for soil), analytical results did not indicate the presence of petroleum constituents in the soil and water samples. Barr Engineering Company (Barr) sampled soil and perched water at the approximate locations of the former tanks in March 1997. Tw'o near-surface soil samples in the area of the former trucking facility had diesel range organic compounds at levels (92 and 172 mg/kg) exceeding the MPCA screening level for residential land use. Soils in these areas will be excavated and properly disposed of when the site debris is removed. Tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene were detected in a sample from the perched groundwater near the north boundary of the site. These volatile organic compounds may not be a result of former property use. Further investigation will be performed to determine whether information on potential releases to groundwater from ad~acent properties exists. Additional groundwater investigations will be performed if needed. 2362468 \48185-ltrMN 4