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Mr. Shawn Napier December 10, 2009 Page 2 Task 3 - Application Preparation WBC will prepare a Stillhouse Road Landfill MSD application for submittal to the TCEQ. The application will present the site history, limits of known contamination, contamination trends, area geology, hydrogeology, groundwater quality and resources, water well data, alternative water supply information, and a draft or final City ordinance supporting the MSD area groundwater prohibition. Task 4- Public Notice Activities WBC will complete the public notice activities required by the TCEQ at or before the MSD application submittal. The noticed parties include the City, the area public water supply provider that owns a groundwater supply well within 5 miles of the MSD area, and each owner of a private water supply well within 5 miles of the MSD area. The noticed parties have 60 days to file comments with the TCEQ regarding the proposed MSD. The TCEQ cannot deny or certify the MSD application until 60 days after the notice mailing. Following the public notice mailing, WBC will submit the MSD application to the TCEQ. Task 5- MSD Support Services Under this task, WBC will travel up to two times to a City office to provide technical support for the MSD initiative. These visits may be used to brief City personnel or council members on the MSD requirements and project status. Task 6- Groundwater Monitor Well and Piezometer Plugging Following the TCEQ approval of the Stillhouse Road Landfill MSD, WBC will arrange for a Texas-licensed well driller to plug all existing on-site and off-site groundwater monitor wells and piezometers related to the landfill subsurface investigations - as authorized by the TCEQ. The driller will remove all surface materials and all well casing materials that can be pulled from the surface. All removed well materials will be disposed of by the City at the City's expense. The City will provide a backhoe and operator at its own expense to facilitate the well plugging activities. In addition, the City will complete well location restoration activities at its own expense. Schedule Assuming the City accepts this proposal by December 31, 2009, WBC will submit a TCEQ response action schedule letter to the TCEQ by January 9, 2009. The letter is intended to provide a schedule to Arten Avachian of the TCEQ for moving the landfill OiCI7I" OF P.ARSWROPOSAL 13009'uNSD PROPOSAL'v12SD PROPOSAL 12-09.DOC ` im ~ ~ 'i.l