HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 247-22 - Resolution - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances MOU
RESOLUTION
Authorizing execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of
Rochester and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for the Statewide
Monitoring of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances.
WHEREAS, Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are a known class of
environmental contaminants with thousands of unique chemical structures which are
persistent in the environment, bio-accumulative, and are in widespread use in industrial,
commercial, and household applications; and
WHEREAS, municipal wastewater treatment facilities are a receiver of PFAS and can be a
conduit for the discharge of PFAS into the environment; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has regulatory authority over
the City of Rochester’s (City) sanitary sewer collection system and water reclamation plant
and exercises that authority through the issuance of a National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination Discharge (NPDES) wastewater permit to the City; and
WHEREAS, the MPCA has established goals to identify and reduce PFAS in the
environment through implementation of its 2022 PFAS Monitoring Plan; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to collaborate with the City and approximately 90 other Cities with
wastewater treatment plants in Minnesota, the MPCA has asked that the monitoring be
completed outside the City’s NPDES wastewater permit, through the use of the
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU); and
WHEREAS, by signing the proposed MOU, the City is agreeing to completing the actions
specifically identified in the MOU which includes but is not limited to:
1. Drafting and submitting a PFAS Sampling Plan;
2. Collecting two quarterly influent samples with the potential to collect two additional
quarterly influent samples;
3. Inventorying potential sources, developing a PFAS Pollutant Management Plan,
and working with dischargers to the City’s collection and treatment system to
reduce PFAS in wastewater influen t; and
WHEREAS, the MOU is a voluntary agreement and can be nullified by either party at any
time.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester
that execution of the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Rochester and the
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for the Statewide Monitoring of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl
Substances is authorized.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2022.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2022.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)