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, \)? ,J-.- 300 Metro Square Building, 7th Street and Robert Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 Area 612, 291-6359 December 29, 1980 TO: Local Officials and Residents of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area . Enclosed for your information and review is a copy of a preliminary report that contains the criteria the Metropolitan Council proposes to use to select six candidate sites in the Twin Cities Area for the disposal of sewage sludge and sewage ash, grit and screenings. The report also contains estimates of the amount of sewage sludge that will be generated by sewage tre3tment plants in the Region in the years ahead. A description of how this estimate was developed is included. The 1980 State Waste Management Act requires the Council to select at least two sites in the Region for the land disposal of treatment plant waste--one for sludge an~ one for sewage ash, grit and screenings (such as sticks or stones). The law requires the Council to select six candidate sites that are generally suitable for land disposal by July 1, 1981. .. After the six candidate sites are chosen, detailed environmental impact statements will be prepared for each location. Then, based on environmental impact assessments, public comments, particularly those of at'fecteEi communities, and Minnesota Pollution Control A~ency permit conditions, the Council will select at least two final sites by October 1982. The enclosed preliminary report, Choosing Sewage Sledge Dispos~1- Sites: Criteria and Volume, has been prepared to co~municate the Council staff's current thinking and-to stlmul&te public discussion of the question. The Council will hold three information meetings in late January to hear pub~ic reaction to the criteria and slUdge tonnage estimates. Th~ schedule of meetings is as follows: - January 27, 7:30 p.m., Shakopee High S~hool auditorium, 1 0 t h and L ew is. - January 28, 7:30 p.m., Rosemount Middle School, 3135 143rd St., Rosemount. - January 29, 7:30 p.m., Coon Rapids City 3all, 1313 Coon Rapids Blvd. NW. An Agency Created to Coordinate the Planning and Development of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Comprising: ADoka County 0 Carver County 0 Dakota County 0 Hennepin County 0 Ramsey County 0 Scott County 0 Washington Count7 D3-d