PFBA in Groundwater
Public Information Session Agenda

Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007
Woodbury Lutheran Church
7380 Afton Road

5 to 7 p.m. - Open house
7 p.m. - Presentations
8 to 9 p.m. - Open house continues

1. Welcome (7 p.m.*)
     Clint Gridley, City Administrator

2. Introductions (5 minutes)
     Tannie Eshenaur, community health educator, Minnesota Department of Health

• Meeting procedures
• Agenda

3. Background and context (5 minutes)
     John Linc Stine, environmental health division director, Minnesota Department of Health

4. Brief overview of PFBA (5 minutes)
     Jim Kelly, health assessor, Minnesota Department of Health

• What are perfluorochemicals, specifically PFBA?
• Drinking water guidelines for PFBA
• Options for risk reduction

5. Summary of water sampling (10 minutes)
     Ginny Yingling, hydrogeologist, Minnesota Department of Health

• General geology
• Groundwater
• PFCs in the environment
• Well sampling strategy
• Next steps

6. Source investigation (10 minutes)
     Doug Wetzstein, supervisor, Superfund unit, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

• Brief history of disposal sites
• Corrective actions
• Future plans

7. Questions and answers, comments and wrap-up
     Tannie Eshenaur, community health educator, Minnesota Department of Health

• Closing remarks
• Next steps/timeline

* Please note that all agenda times are estimates.

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