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F. Contaminated Soils One of the issues facing potential developers of property these days is liability due to contaminated soils. Minnesota was one of the first states to address, through statutes, the liability issues associated with buying, selling, or developing property contaminated by hazardous substance. The Minnesota Land Recycling Act of 1992 provides statutory authority to quickly approve clean up of contaminated properties and provide land owners and lenders assurances, which minimize potential liability. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup (VIe) program can stream line the time and expense of clean up that may be required through a normal Super Fund process. The VIC program was established to provide standards for site investigation, provide Minnesota Pollution Control Agency review of the adequacy and completeness of investigation, and provide clean up plans to address identified contamination. Depending on the type and degree of contamination, the Milmesota Pollution Control Agency will provide various levels of assurance to voluntary parties completing response actions, property owners, financial institutions, and future property owners. The City and Ryan Companies have utilized the VIC program in the clean up of the former Midwest Great Dane site on County Road C and Prior Avenue. CSM Corporation is also utilizing this program to clean up the former Ettinger site on County Road C, west of Highway 35W. The Minnesota Petroleum Release Compensation Fund (PETRO Fund) program has been utilized at several gas stations in the community to clean up contamination from leaking underground fuel storage tanks. This program provides 90% reimbursement of eligible clean up costs, which include investigation, development of remediation plans, and clean up of contaminated soils and ground water. It does not cover the costs of tank removal or replacement, or clean up of non-petroleum tank leaks and spills. The City has also utilized tax increment financing to clean up contaminated soils. Soil clean up is an eligible cost according to State statutes. The City has utilized tax increment financing for soil clean up in the Twin Lakes area, as well as the Gateway Business Center. State statutes also allow the City to create a hazardous soil subdistrict within a tax increment district to assist in clean up. Within hazardous soil subdistricts, the City can capture the frozen base taxes, which normally go to all the taxing districts, to enable the City to carry out a clean up plan approved by the Minnesot(1 Pollution Control Agency. The City currently has created one hazardous soil subdistrict in the Twin Lakes area. Roseville Comprehensive Plan-2003 Update Environmental Protection - Page 4 of 7