Agenda Item 9.2 - Groundwater Monitoring Well

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7. Permits, required actions. The MPCA will be responsible for obtaining all permits and providing notices to utilities related to the installation. The MPCA's consultant will coordinate all contractors involved in installation, including locating all utilities prior to well installations and completing all Minnesota Department of Health permits required to install the wells. These permits and notices will be available to the Property Owner upon request. 8. Access related to well installation; notice. The Property Owner understands and agrees that the well installations will require three separate site visits. All buried utilities will be located during the first site visit. This will take approximately 1-2 hours to complete and will be done prior to the well installations. The wells will be drilled during second site visit, which will take approximately one working day to complete. The wells will be prepared for water sample collection during the final site visit. This involves pumping water from the wells and monitoring its quality. These activities will take one-half day to complete and will be performed no sooner than 24 hours after well installation. The MPCA will require its contractor to provide notice to the Property Owner at least 48 hours before each of these activities is scheduled. The Property Owner is welcome to observe these activities. 9. Access related to sampling; notice of sampling. After installation, the MPCA will sample the monitoring wells once a year. Sampling will involve pumping water from the wells, collecting field measurements of the water, and collecting samples for later laboratory analysis. Sampling will take between 1 to 2 hours to complete. The MPCA or its consultant will notify the Property Owner at least 48 hours before entering the Property for the purpose of sampling. The Property Owner is welcome to observe the sampling. 10. Hours of work. All work under this access agreement will be conducted during regular business hours (Monday thru Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM) unless the MPCA or its consultant receives written permission from the Property Owner to conduct work during different hours. 11. Disturbance of property. The well installations and sampling will be performed by the MPCA in a manner which minimizes interference with the Property Owner's use of the Property. If the MPCA's activities disturb any portion of the Property, the MPCA will restore the property to as close to its original condition as is reasonably possible under the circumstances. 12. Sampling results. The MPCA shall provide copies of the results of all sampling conducted on the Property to the Property Owner after test validations. The data collected from the monitoring wells on the Property will be public information. 13. Liability. The MPCA will be liable for injury to or loss of property or personal injury or death caused by any act or omission of any employee of the State of Minnesota in the performance of the work described above, under circumstances where the State of Minnesota, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant, in accordance with Minn. Stat. § 3.736.