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By Jeann Linsley the proposal, and that he will consult with sewer system and is treated at the Pig's Eye
Staff Writer city attorneys and city council members to plant. But the city contends the suburbs
see whether legal action to halt the plan should share the cost since the flow origi-
The Metropolitan Council Thursday ap_ should be pursued. nates there.
proved a proposal to divide certain costs of Attorney John Bannigan, who represents The suburbs say St.Paul should pay for the
sewage treatment, with St. Paul paying 40 the suburbs, said he will consult with La- treated overflow because it is not their fault
percent and eight northern suburbs paying 60 timer to attempt to work out a compromise. the lake overflow goes into the sanitary sys-
percent. But it is unclear whether either will "I also will go back to the city councils in tern. Most cities route such stormwater into
accept the plan that was intended to bring each suburb," to see if they want to take the a different system, and do not figure it into
.he two sides together in a dispute over"lake issue to court,he said.
Overflow charges. the cost of sanitary sewage treatment.
St. Paul Mayor George Latimer told coun- lake overflow water — clean water frSt. Panow is aying the entire om The 40-60 split, devised by Metropolitan
it members the city may not go along with suburban lakes that drains into the city's Please see Sewer/2B
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