Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Project Manager: Eric Kilberg, 651-296-8643 Information Officer: Nancy Miller, 507-280-3590 Toll-free: 1-800-657-3864 Rochester, Minn. -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking comments on an Environmental Assessment Worksheet prepared for a proposed addition to Rochester's sanitary sewer system. The EAW is open for public comment until Aug. 31, 2005. The city of Rochester proposes installation of approximately 9,900 feet of 66-inch relief sanitary sewer. It would supplement the existing 48-inch sewer line, originally called the Main Trunk Line, which would remain in place. The relief sewer would be constructed in the Zumbro River corridor from the 13 = Street NW / North Broadway intersection to just east of the 3rd Avenue NW / 37th Street NW intersection. The existing Main Trunk Line has a maximum capacity of approximately 37 million gallons per day. The supplemental line would have a maximum capacity of 53 million gallons per day. The proposed project would address inadequate capacity issues within the existing sewer service areas. The EAW provides basic information about how a proposed project could potentially affect the environment. Interested parties may comment on the EAW during the 30-day public notice period from Aug. 1 to Aug. 31, 2005. Written comments submitted by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, become part of the public record. The EAW and written public comments help to evaluate the proposed project's potential for significant environmental effects, and to determine if the project warrants an Environmental Impact Statement, a more comprehensive environmental review. Copies of the Elford-Fullerton Sanitary Relief Sewer EAW are available at the following locations:
· Minnesota Pollution Control Agency St. Paul Office, 520 Lafayette Road N (or call 651-297-8510 to have a copy mailed)
· Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Rochester Office, 18 Wood Lake Drive SE
· Rochester Public Library, 101 Second Street SE
· Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Web site at http://www.pca.state.mn.us
Forward specific questions and comments on the Elford-Fullerton Sanitary Relief Sewer EAW to Eric Kilberg, MPCA Regional Division, 520 Lafayette Road North, St. Paul, MN 55155. Kilberg can also be contacted by phone at 651-296-8643 or toll-free at 1-800-657-3864, and by e-mail at eric.kilberg@pca.state.mn.us. Questions and comments can also be faxed to 651-297-2343.