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Minnesota 3M PFC Settlement: Conceptual Drinking Water Supply Plan Project Idea Form

Background

  • The State of Minnesota’s 2018 Agreement and Order (Agreement) with the 3M Company (3M) establishes the 3M Grant for Water Quality and Sustainability Fund (Grant). The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will use the Grant for projects that are reasonable and necessary to achieve the purposes of the Agreement. For more information, see https://www.pca.state.mn.us/waste/3m-and-pfcs-2018-settlement and https://3msettlement.state.mn.us/.
  • As the first and highest priority of the Agreement (Priority 1), MPCA and DNR will use the Grant for projects that enhance the quality, quantity, and sustainability of drinking water in the East Metropolitan Area. For more information on Priority 1, see the Agreement (https://www.pca.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/c-pfc2-11f.pdf).
  • To address Priority 1, MPCA and DNR are developing a Conceptual Drinking Water Supply Plan (Plan) to provide clean, sustainable drinking water to the communities in the East Metropolitan Area. The Plan will identify a series of projects (at a conceptual level) to improve drinking water quality and/or quantity, to be later refined in future project implementation plans (which will include details on the engineering and design).
  • To support the development of the Plan, MPCA and DNR are requesting conceptual project ideas to be submitted for consideration. Conceptual project ideas can be either general types of projects or more specific projects for consideration, with as much or as little detail as possible. For example, a conceptual project idea may be:
    • “Connect the Cherry Creek Neighborhood to municipal water”, with the specific details of the project (e.g., engineering/design) to be determined later
    • "Create a community drinking water system hooking up properties in a neighborhood to one well and a treatment system that services the entire neighborhood"
    • "Create a drinking water system that connects multiple communities."
  • Conceptual project ideas should be aimed at improving drinking water quality and/or quantity, and be consistent with Priority 1 of the Agreement. Examples of project types may include, but are not limited to:
    • Creation or relocation of wells (municipal or individual)
    • Treatment of existing water supplies (municipal or individual)
    • Connecting residences to municipal water supplies.
  • At this time, we are not taking conceptual project ideas related to: recreational use projects, habitat improvements projects, and administrative or communication projects.
  • For more information on the Plan, see: https://3msettlement.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/Draft%20Conceptual%20Drinking%20Water%20Supply%20Plan.pdf.

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