Public Meeting Inflow & Infiltration

Notice of Public Meeting

Proposed Guidelines for Grant Program for Capital Improvements to

Public Infrastructure to Reduce Inflow and Infiltration (I/I)

Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 3:00 p.m.

Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) will conduct a public meeting to provide information and receive public comment on how to allocate $4 million in grant funds (that were appropriated as part of the adopted 2012 State Bonding Bill) to municipalities within the Council’s jurisdiction. In addition, this grant program is expected to include some unspent monies from a similar 2010 appropriation.

Background

To be eligible for a grant, a city must be identified by the Metropolitan Council as a contributor of excessive I/I.

Grants from this appropriation are limited to 50 percent (maximum) of the cost to mitigate I/I in a publicly owned municipal wastewater collection system. If more grant money is requested than available, the Council has developed a proposed allocation method. Dates of eligible spending and dates for the award process are also proposed.

The proposed guidelines will be presented at the public meeting for public review and input, and are available at: http://www.metrocouncil.org/environment/ProjectTeams/I-I-Home.htm

Meeting Details

•3:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 10, 2012

•Metropolitan Council, LLA Conference Room (lower level)

•390 N Robert St. (SE corner of Robert and 6th Street), St. Paul, MN 55101

All interested people are encouraged to attend the hearing and/or submit written comments. Upon request, the Council will provide a reasonable accommodation to people with disabilities.

Comments may be submitted:

•By mail: Chuck Reimer, 390 N Robert St., St. Paul, MN 55101

•By fax: Chuck Reimer at 651-602-1477

•Electronically: data.center@metc.state.mn.us

•On the Council’s Public Comment Line: 651-602-1500 (TTY: 651-291-0904)

To be included in the record, written comments must be received by 4:00 p.m. Friday, July 20, 2012.

July 5

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