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MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY Marshall Office 504 Fairgrounds Road I Suite 200 1 Marshall, MN 56258-1688 1 507-537-7146 800-657-3864 I Use your preferred relay service I info.pca@state.mn.us I Equal Opportunity Employer June 18, 2025 VIA EMAIL Zack Carlton City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, Minnesota 55330 zcarlton2elkrivermn.gov RE: Oakwater Ridge — Environmental Assessment Worksheet Dear: Zack Carlton Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for the Oakwater Ridge project (Project) located in Sherburne County, Minnesota. The Project consists of the Oakwater Ridge residential/commercial development on approximately +248 acres west of US Highway 10/169 and east of the Mississippi River in the City of Elk River, Sherburne County, Minnesota. The Project will include 536 single-family residential homes and a commercial parcel (likely consisting of a multi -tenant retail strip and a gas station). The Project will include several internal roadways, a river overlook, an open space recreational area, a future trail, a green corridor and stormwater features. Regarding matter for which the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has regulatory responsibility and other interests, the MPCA staff has the following comments for your consideration. Wastewater • The information pertaining to the Elk River Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) in Section 12.a.iii(3) is not accurate and could be deleted from this section because the proposed development will not discharge to a surface water. Wastewater information is appropriately provided in a previous Section 12.a.iii(1) because the proposed development will discharge wastewater to a publicly owned treatment facility. • The EAW indicates that an identified portion of the sanitary sewer has been determined by the City to be sized to handle added flow from the Nature's Edge Business Center 3rd Addition development. It is not clear whether the City of Elk River has determined that there is capacity in the sewer system for the wastewater design flow from the proposed Oakwater Ridge development. • A figure should be provided that shows the location of the major sewer system features in the Project area that are described in the EAW. • A table should be provided to identify the wastewater design flow estimates for each of the residential and commercial development types and information should be provided on the composition of the wastewater that will be generated.