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April 20, 1961 FIELD LETTER OF MESSRS. R. C. COLLINS AND ALLAN MILLER c c : Mr. J . A . Brown S u b j e c t : Woodbury Land F i l l Dump Fred E dlund, 3M C o ., r e q u e s te d a m ee tin g to d is c u s s th e la y o u t o f the t r e n c h e s a t th e Woodbury l a n d f i l l dump. T h is m e e tin g was h e ld on th e afternoon o f A p ril 20th at the s i t e . Present a t th is m eeting were Fred E d lu n d , R.C. C o llin s and A1 M ille r o f 3M Co. and E. Ryan and Mr. Arend o f the S t . Paul Terminal Warehouse. The v a r io u s arrangem ents were d is c u s s e d and i t was p o in te d out th a t i t would be much b e t t e r t o have the tr e n c h e s t o th e e a s t o f th e p r e s e n t h o u se . H owever, t h i s would e n t a i l c o n s id e r a b le road b u i l d in g , e t c . and Mr. Ryan s ta te d th a t th ey would p r e fe r to keep th e ir o p er a tio n in the low area w hich h as now b een d e v e lo p e d . S t . P a u l T erm in al Warehouse would p r e f e r to take advantage o f the low hollow so th a t a b u lld o z e r could e a s ily r e f i l l th e tr a n c h e s . T h is , to u s , seemed li k e a v ery m inor problem and th e r e fo r e , i t was recommended th a t th e tren ch es be c o n str u c te d in a n o rth so u th manner and e x te n d in g from th e p r e se n t tra n ch es to the w e s t, x h elr g en era l plan is to co n str u c t th e se tren ch es about 3 b u lld o zer-b la d es wide and 12 t o ll|. f e e t d e e p . The s i d e s ____ w i l l be s lo p e d t o c u t down th e slum page. T heir p resen t plans are th at each trench w ill la s t ap p roxi m ately th ree months each . V a rio u s m ethods were d is c u s s e d on how to p r o t e c t our company from l e g a l a c t io n r e s u l t i n g from th e p o l l u t i o n o f th e ground w a te r . Mr. Ryan had th e f e e lin g th a t in t h is lo c a t io n th a t th e ground w ater m ig ra tio n wes tow ards th e S t . C roix R iv e r . The underground m ig r a tio n was d is c u s s e d in g e n e r a l and p o in ted out to him t h a t in t h is p a r t ic u la r lo c a t io n th e w a ter w ould move in a s o u t h e r ly d i r e c t i o n d i r e c t l y tow ards C o tta g e Grove and would ultim ately reach the M is s is s ip p i R iv er. 3MA00335913 2 A p ril 20, 1961 F ie ld L e t t e r o f M essr s. h .C . C o llin s and A lla n M ille r Mr. Arand s u g g e s te d t h a t when th e y had one tr e n c h co m p leted from th e dumping o f th e w et w a ste m a t e r ia l o f th e l a s t th r e e m onths, t h a t i t may be a good idea to put a sh o rt shallow h ole 50 to 75 f e e t from th is in a d o w n -slo p in g manner t o s e e i f we a r e g e t t i n g any s u b s u r fa c e p o l l u t i o n . T h is we f e l t would be a v e r y good id ea and en cou raged them th a t su ch a b orin g would be very in t e r e s t in g . A f t e r th e m e e tin g a d i s c u s s i o n was h e ld w ith Mr. Fred Edlund snd we d i s c u s se d our p r e v io u s recom m endation o f th e depj> o b s e r v a t io n w e l l o f a p p r o x im a te ly 100 f e e t in d ep th w ith porous c a s in g . Mr. Edlund i s c o g n iz a n t o f th e im portance o f t h i s w e ll and as soon as the le g a l m ane/uvers o f the a c q u is it io n o f th e p r o p e r ty , e t c . t h i s w k ll w i l l be d is c u s s e d in more d eta il. A Thermo-Fax copy was l e f t w ith Mr. Edlund on th e w a te r p o l l u t i o n problem i n C o lo ra d o . Mr. Edlund was g o in g t o read t h i s o v e r and g iv e us a c a l l on the phone to d isc u s s the s u b je c t. Mr. Ryan was v e r y a p p r e c i a t l t i v e o f our s u g g e s t io n s and r e q u e s te d our a s s i s t a n c e f u r t h e r as t h e la n d f i l l dump p r o g r e s s e s . RCC/eb 3MA00335914