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Redevelopment City of Roseville\Roseville HRA 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 55113 RE: Roseville Twin Lakes Corridor Agreement Dear Ms Bennett: On behalf of the City of Roseville (the City), you requested me, on behalf of the staff of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup (VIC) Unit to respond to the question of "why the city must wait for redevelopment to occur to address contamination or why can't the city or MPCA force the cleanup of a contaminated Site" . You also asked the MPCA staff to "address petroleum versus hazardous substance cleanup and to clarify if a higher standard of cleanup is required for residential rather than commercial uses". These are very good question(s) and the answer is a rather complex one. VIC and VPIC The MPCA typically addresses the majority of brownfields contaminated sites within the City in one oftwo separate, but related remediation programs. The first being the VIC program which addresses hazardous substance releases and is authorized by the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA) under Minn. Stat SS l15B. The second is the Voluntary Petroleum Investigation and Cleanup (VPIC) program which addresses petroleum releases and receives it's authority from Minn. Stat S S l15C the Petroleum Release Act. Coordinated Approach Many Voluntary Cleanup Sites have both petroleum and hazardous substance releases, which require involvement and a coordinated approach between the VIC staff and the V oluntary Petroleum Investigation and Cleanup (VPIe) staff. When a Site is addressed under either of these programs the MPCA staff use a risked based approach and assurances are issued which typically address the existing and, if known, proposed land use scenano. Addressing Changing Land Use