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Committee Reviews 3M Settlement
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March 6, 2018
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March 6, 2018
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35:03Now PlayingThe State of Minnesota reached a $850 million dollar settlement with 3M for natural resource damages caused by perfluorinated chemicals, referred to as PFCs. The Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance Committee reviewed agreement at a meeting Monday, March 5.
Acccording to Kirk Koudelka, Assistant Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the settlement will provide $720 million dollars immediately to help provide clean drinking water for residents of Afton, Cottage Grove, Lake Elmo, Newport, St. Paul Park, Woodbury and other east metro communities. The efforts would include treating existing contaminated wells and connecting homes with private wells to municipal drinking water systems. Funds also would be used to improve fish and wildlife habitat in the Mississippi and St Croix Rivers.
"This money should be used for the drinking water and aquifer issues," said Senator Karla Bigham, DFL-Cottage Grove, who represents the communities impacted by the levels of PFCs in the water. She cited improved water quality as a higher priority than efforts to eliminate PFC contamination in fish and other wildlife.
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