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<br />r I -'\) <br />( II <br />fl~ <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM 5.2. <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />FROM: STEVE ROHL~MINISTRATOR <br /> <br />DATE: MAY 10, 1994 r"'f <br /> <br />SUBJECT: FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />STATEMENT ON MINERAL <br />EXCAVATION <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS <br /> <br />Staffs proposed final Environmental Impact Statement <br />Letter from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) dated <br />4/4/94 <br />Letter from Minnesota Pollution Control Agency dated 4/6/94 <br />Written correspondence from Bruce Pearson (resident from Ridgewood) <br />Letter from United Power Association dated 3/31/94 <br /> <br />e INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Staffs proposed Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on mineral <br />excavation is basically responses to the comments received on the Draft <br />Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). A summary of each of the <br />comments from the various parties and agencies is found in the final EIS in <br />bold type and the City's response follows. Besides the written comments that <br />are included with this memo, the final EIS responds to the citizens comments <br />from the March 21, 1994, public hearing held by the City Council, comments <br />from the Elk River Planning Commission, and a verbal comment from <br />County Environmental Officer Dave Lucas. <br /> <br />The responses to the comments received in the DEIS are actually the middle <br />section of the final EIS. Preceding those responses are a group of summaries; <br />one for each section of the DEIS. Adding these summaries is in response to <br />the DNR's first comment. <br /> <br />The back section of the final EIS is information regarding a pumping test <br />that was conducted at the end of March, 1994. This pumping test was <br />conducted to verify assumptions made in the DEIS regarding the aquifer in <br />the study area and what impacts gravel washing operations may have on it. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />P.O. Box 490 · 13065 Orono Parkway · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />