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F B Ce HE E n e Se we t a LPS T aae RS pp en gsi; frrielneEyESLEAL E ETE ee J eRTTHEE CaPeNea a s Se i God VERE Fak i EMERSULSTS OFCTREISIAOONGTRIAAVLE WAREGLLNWOARTGERRRYSRATPOLNINSGTP 3: VILlaGE OF Getober 6. 1966 COTTAG~ GR~E AND W~OD~URY T~NSH~P Oetobe~ 6, 1966 INTRODUCTION i and analyze well water samples from any residengcien the {mediate area of : AAt~ tthhee rreeqquueesstt ooff tthhee WWooooddbbuurryy TTco,w~nnsshhiipp BBooaarrdd 3iMM ooffffeerreedd to to collect collect b and analyze well water samples from any residence~n the i,~nedlate a~a of the M atsposal site beeweed in Modbury Tenmahds, that wanted his service. t_be 3M disposal site ~ in Woodbury Tc,.anship. that wanted this service. he analytical work included an analysis for trace organic chemicals and a The an~ytical work inculuded an analysis for trace organic chemicals and a complete roucine water analysis. " complete routine water analysis. scion omaTI: Ine cispoal BAnCitKeGROd~sND1aItN,eOdRadTnIOtNhe Sh of ction 35. TERN ROI in onTthbeur3yM ~Tia~m%s;,n~iapi. sitTeoc issitle)cawatsed niintitahlely5% pu.~rfsi~acsteiconand35.opTe2rSaNtedR21bWy, Sitn.WoPoadulburTyermTi~nnaslniKpa.rcho~uese siCtorepawnays. 3 ha intia~y cpournethraascetcedawnidthopeSrta.tePdaulby A TSte.rmiPnaa~l Tfoer~ith~el nWaaurteihnogusaendCodmipsapnoys.al o3fM Wh'asd cionndtursatrcitaeld wwiatshtesS.t. In Aust, 1960, M Te~nal for ~e Au~st, 196g, 3M purchased the site fron hauling and disposal of purchas('d the s~t( fro~ St. Fad Torniral. St. 3M's ~str~al wastes. St. Pa~ Ter~.inal. St. Paul Paul Terminal Te~l ' Jad a emit from the Township Board for disposal of industrial vaste on had a pe~it fro~ (his site and. the with Toth-e-shMiopvl~eadrged afnodr cdoimsmpeon~tl oof [ Oihn~Tsoturmaahlip~Bsoa~rd,ontock : ~ls aver site this and per 3M, mit swiein~ thtehe p~rolpeerdtgy ~asandacqcuoinrseedn.t ofAC thaellTot,ismhsipdur~in, g thetook q over ~is operation pe~it when of this site the property urder both was St. ac~ired. At Paul Teminal all ti~s and. the ~rsiitneg ha~de i: obe~ernauttii~lizoed ~fiosr stihtee d,i~spdoesredbetohf S1ti.qulPdaulscTraep~iSnealmna-npdun~pMa,bitehe rseistiedueh.ad " A~LIL Oolf ~thee ~scrra~p ddiissppoosse~d ooff aa~t or clay Lined scaled pits. The ~vthoeeiusnsieitteeof~affsttc~errrap ~i7db6i22spwwoaass~edppuuottf in bentomite atIn t~hens~ittee 1 a ohrascb~eyenlcio~ndtinsueoaulseldy~idtesc.rea~seed vcoill~ ionf 1~9c6r5apanddistphoesmcdarleyL aptart~eof 1150 ~ ~en ~nti~ou~ly only small velumes of dnaencerpeuar~pdabl~etislcra~pn 1M9b5a5 abneden thdeispeoasrleyd poafrtA the site. FE o~y ~Ii vol~m of non-p~able mcrap ~ ~en 4iapomed o[ at ~e mite. Ea EEx1xh0hi5ibb4iitt sm 083i3o7r8 4 3M 083378 1054 State of Minnesota v, 3M Co,, Court File No, 27-CV-10-28862 11005544..00000011 BpiRR e: eFu i : :: afal a-2- On On Apri1 BB. April~, 1056, 19bb, (was it was rreeppoorrtteedd ttoo M3M tthhaatt tthhee wwaatteer ffrroom~ tthhee wweellll oonn the the Nieman lierv~an Schuessier Schueasler ffaa~rmn lolcoacatteedd lJuusstt wweesstt ooff tthhee ~Meldsipspoossaall ssiittee hhaadd Sevelopad a severe taste and odor. d~,veloped a severe taste and odor. AAlltthhoouug~h tthheerree wwaass nnoo iInnddiiccaattiioonn tthhaatt tthhee I3MM ddiissppoossaall ssiiftte' ,wwaass tthhee ccaauussee ooff tthhee ~prroobblleemn tthhee 3MMM ooppeerraattiloon~s a% at the the site site vere were ttee~miinnaatteedd /~meeddiiaatteellyy.. ~Thee rreessiiddeennttssooff CCoottttaaggee GGmroovv~e and Wood~Fy T~ship, ho~eveF, continued to use the site fore thelm ~ne~ ~efuse disposal. Aftur intensivu I {b~)cato['v invcstization the cause of the taste and odom JRE U7, 1966, tho Toshi held a public ~ceting with the residents of in the 5chuessleP well wat(:~ was ~dent~fied as isopmopyl e~e~. ~ Au~st 17, [966, the To~s}~ip held a public ~eeting with O*e ces/dents of tthhee aarneeam aanndd rreepprreesseennttaattiivveess oof~ M~H ttoo -eevviieeww tthhee ssttaat~uss ooff ~thee ppmroobblleem~.. AAss ,he part of the fu~'e ~:'~:~t'am to further i;]vesti~a/e t~e pr~ble~, 3M a~eed to collect samples and ~0~ovide the labocato~y anal>t~;al wock necessacv to dete~ine the ~alit>' of 'well ~atec of an> of the residents in the acea wialysts for nitratesand surfactants in the weld water sumpfrlomeansy a~lysis fom nitFates and sucfactants in th~~ ',,ell watec samples fr~ any :-esidential well in the disp~>~ai ~ite ~uea. ~e res/d(~:~ts, h~eve~, collected thei~ ~ samples fom t~e Health Dmpar~ent. cweue Surgon were coriasen Suo~m%MPLtoImNGFONG HINER THIS Grove SVai~lPllaegsewerreesidceonltlsecotnedSefprtoemnbtehre f13o, llo0 winagndWo2o,dbur1y166To~nship GcoveWVVooVelliyt%laaelnrraaasKatteloorrFtfesfs,,iRdRoeobnbeterrst on ~,.ptember 192ZS,iionnrasg2cc0ehhtllraaaonggnd,,, 2AA[D,rrunnroro1ell9ldd66. WKRSSSiiehhennyaaeyzann,,nnniodorn,nPh,A,hilDDiRlaalilvvicylpihdsard wRFSSBoaoioonnrnmddgtc~sesl,,rtasrFr,oRFmaaa,jDS~moooonnDnnaaaddtlredrel ~HHSaaaarrwrrtyiuuennnrgg,~.,, RHiRRcooohggwaeerrrrdd tWRfoaaalttkfzsa,li,aarfFtf3r,,3a6nkoDonnealldd RfMH[Raaaaatrttcrrrziiy-ltau.afntft~,,Wfii,TGeClHho~boerrew]raar~sll~rddd Naiermagn,, TaFretars Marks, Joe Nieman, Earl lLart-un~, Pearl Bahls, Raymond TREUS and CotTag~ 3M 008833337799 11005544..00000022 bpia hde Ge 4 4 ; -3- BSA Cs Si r J lE geng mn + %haly Gadde Ssaemsptlieeanchgasd, prAevoiou$s9loynbperein ou collected oii hd fro frown t~e A~ @~w#r~ palre~ WJaElteprant W~ter ~les from wells developed ~n ~e variou~ ~olo~e s~ta ~ fB~ e~u~ away f~m the disposal s~te to be unaffected by any possible cont~tion were also collected and analyzed for use as eont~Is. Fr~ ~e ~o~tion available the depth of the wells varied f~ 90 feet to 2~ feet. ~e leol~y of the area varies f=~ residence to residence, h~ever, the glacia! drift ~nurally extends to a depth of a~ut 130 feet, the <t. Petu~, ~.~n~=tone i'~,,~ 130 feet to a~u[ 160 feet, the Shakopee limestone f~m 1O@ feet ~o about 260 feet and the Jordan Sandstone f~ 260 feet ~o a~ut ~5~) I~eec. It appears that ~st of the wells that ~fo~t~n ,.,,,~ available ,>n are finished in the St. Pett.r sandstone ~r at the t-;~ ,~ t'.~, ~-ak,~p~u ~-~ st~n~.. trogen. surfactants (de terse ride abinit,, torallMll harcness in excess of 50 7m, 11005544..00000033 3aMn 008833338800 representative of the concentrations found in this a~ea. ~1]e control sa~le collected f~ ~he drift well ~h~d a ni~te eo~entraton of 37 p~ ~d a cont~l sample collected f~ a well in ~e Shakopee limestone sh~ed a concentration of 53 p~. It ~s our understandlnK that the Mthle~ehi~goh~co~npcaenFt~reanttionosf Health has al~ady contacted ofnitrate ad cosas. , these people a~ut on rhe ells Io ~e tact {~fact~n~ Bas[A~) i~ss aa pnerLinneei~spaall iinng.rceldie ienntt ooff ~moddee~r hhoouus~ehhootlds det~e~nrs and, convexity, is ~ ~od ind~eato~ J~ ~ of local~zed pollution f~m septic ta~s, household drainage, etc. W~h ~e exception of the ~nald ~tzlaff well, the concentration of ~actants fo~d in all of the othu~ well wate~ samples was ne~E~ble. A su~fac~t ~ncen- r~ar~on of 0.~ pp: ~'as foun~ ~n the ~tzlaff's ~'e~ wate~ sample. AI~ou~ th~s is n~s~mifiean~i~,, h~:, tnu nitrate nitFo~en concen~at~on was i08 p~ aanndd tthhee cchhlloorriiddee ccoonnccennttnraatt~ioonn wwaass 4~ Vpp~m,, wwhhiicchh isis s~kl ghey ly hhiig~hee~r tthha~n ~thee concen~ations usually fo~d in th~s a:ea, whic~ may indicate localized pollut~on. The alkalinity and hardness concentrations fmmd ~n all of the water samples were about ~hat would be expected from ~'ells in this a~ea. The concentrations of i~,n found in the well water sables ~r~ed fr~ less th~ 0.02 ppm to 3.0 p~. I~ concen~ations of ~n a~ obj~t~onahle ~cauae ~t w~ll cause a br~ish stain to ~ water fixers in the h~ and to la~de~d ~ods. }i~ concentrations of ~n w~ll also cause obJect~o~ able ramies ~n water. ~e United States ~bl~c Heal~h ZePv~ee has ~- cttaa~ssttneede0orrdlLaaauunn~ddrriyy ~ ~sttaalilnni~imnniggt.. of 0.3 ppm of ~n ~o ellm~nate objectionable _ 3M 008833330811 11005544..00000044 ig FASB eal BE ence a Cart ganic hand oreantc chenfsala in the well sacer nlp samples | "an made by an F TepaTating Colum. 6 0HATHms Crimatomm and Duis colum will elude sll organic a Akfoot chemical Long cumponents i fn the water up to samples, fnclucing a boiling he control posiantrpleofs,abo3u2tco1m5p3o%n.entsOn nweearerlyeluadleld. of these 0 nese components only 12 St. Fad CIty uate was were tentatively identified. A 3160 used 39 3 control to compare sample of with the well water "Se procure i estinate uc he Lowest concentration 51 ry sbiut 1.0 component 7pb Gare that could per be baits ). that detected vas ia, 0.01 pp. ere were Sater Caples. acesof arly al 32components Tn ALL Gases. with Bh exception of in all E531 of the well cept hetone, ves ALL than the mntfound ia percentage of the amount che St. #au Later, found in theschurss and 40 nly a cr wel water very samples. PPB MeL ethyl tone was found in 0 9 wells surrounding the dispisal small concentrations site, ts nore as of 0.01 ppb so des detected 0.8 0 the well control sample Focthane and heptane eluded or the SE. together i Paul city water. the analysis and L,L.L = trichion mo itferentotion Deveen the to ould be 0 301 0f the well vases made, nowevee, samples and the Small concentrations St. Paul city water, were ie detected not in 34 3M 008833338822 11005544..00000055 -6- the control well water samples. the control well water samples. TThhee ccoonncceennttrraattiioonn ifnn tthhee SStt.. PPaauull CCiJttyy water was m~ch hi~er than in any of the well water samples. Althou~h u~Manic components were detected in nearly all of the well water samples, the sensitivity of the analysis is so gFeat that trace riginate in this geological strata. Tn all cases, there docs aot appear elements were eludiMg that are present in most ground water samples that originate in this geological strata. In all cases, theme does not appear to be any water that is sev~rlv contaminated oz' that has become non-potable because of chemiuai c.~ntamination. noticed at concentrations of abut 2:0 pn, which fx abaut 500,000 times In the case of methyl e~h>'[ ketone 5kin and eye ivv~tation would b~ noticed at concentrations of ab.ut 2[30 ppm, which is about SO0,O00 tim~s higher than tho~e detuc[ed in [h[._-~. ",,'<'i! ~,a~er ~:~mpies. S se~aY n 0AND cousins CONCLUSIONS At the request ,)f the Woodbu.,,,., Township B, apd ~H col[coted and anaiyzed ~eI1 water samples ~~>m ~ residence in the imediate vieity ,~f the 3M Woodbur) disposal site. Samples were collected by ~M fo~ routine wa~er anal>sis and tp,~cu ,:'ganic chemical anal~,sis and by ~e Mi~esota ~par~en: of !tealth for nitrate and surfactant analysis. As a nesult nf these surve's the following conclusions weme (i) SthieXtveiecniniwteylol fwattehe~ sNaMnpdiiessposwaelme sic~t,e[.'~ecTtreodnat ipnefosrimdaetnicoens aivnailable h~ee vdlecpitnhiio~f othfe twheil~eH ~viasripeodsalfrosmitbeo.ut 20Fcomfeientfof~oataiboonut 40 feet. available T~hee adveer~ageofdetphteh~eofllswelvlasrieidn fhmisoma~rue~a i9n0 afbeoeu~t to160~ufe~et 2f~o 100 ~e average depth of wells in this area i~ ~ut i~0 feet (2) Tfheeet.routine water anskses shoved that 11 of the 18 wells had nitrate (2) ~e routine water an~ses sh~ed that ii of the 18 well~ had nit.to trations of niteaten in the sates in hese aquifers fo very high Le TA co~en~atlons ~n excess of the maxi~ all~ble concentrations rreeceo~mnedndeedd ffoo#r uussee ~inn ffeeeeddiinngg ~innffaanntts~.. W~es'~ahat~ urall ceoon~ceenn-- ~atlons of ~ates In the ware# in t~se a~ifers is ~ry hi~ 3# 3M 008833338833 11005544..00000066 . -7- an have undobtndly eum ncreased by Located poLlution 35d and have undoubtedly been ineeeased by localized pollution and the ~nereased use of crop fert~lzers. (~ ~e wells at the followLnZ resldences contained the eeess$ve con- cent~ations of nitrate: [LA a. Roz~r ~ru~g od en b. H~ward arrumg ~. Gerald ~atzlaff 5 Gini ~. Wil~rt ~r~ EL tara ant ~ond ~ls [He ~rrel bo Sls tne ware Eras Z- Ra~ond Romig b. Donald Sanders ~. Donald &mm~e~e bamEarl Hieman fn ~. Pearl Hating atzlaff With the exception of the ~nald ~rzLaff welt, the surIactant con- se constineed normal risares PE centration fo~d in all of the watur samples was a~ut what be considered nov~l for this area. ' (5) ~e concentration of chloPides found in thv ,,,e[l wat6~aiso h~eP than would be considered noFT~l fop rids ~i ~ut!s t~t had the hi~ nitrate concentPat~ons. (6) ~e concen[Pat~c'n of tvace ov~c chemicals that co~d ~ ~detected in all of the well wate~ samples w~ wePe vePy wi[h thu exception of methyl ethyl ketone were wPl, ~ the well wateF con[Fol sa~l~. ~sed on the ~esults of a~iy~es [he~ does not appea~ to be any ~ ~)rzanic ch~ieal ' ccoonntta~miinnaattiioonn ooff tthhee aaFreeaa wweellllss ssaammpglleedd during duFinz this this sucves. TBo mtansnianteasb1e% on cohluisccstedxe in JunEeF, is19T67o,cm0ecndaedmathant atondeessersive (7) ~ ~Intaln a fez on these wells it is rec,~nded that anothe~ set of ~les bu collected'in ~, 1957, [~ ~naysis to dete~ne een nan heen any significant change In the qaLiey of vate fron 2 if there has been any si~ificant cha~ in the ~alit? of ~ f~ any of he weil. of the wells. 11005544..00000077 sw 083364 3M 083384 me