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I L•RRWMO Meeting Minutes May 22, 1991 Page 3 WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT Steve Kollodge, General Manager, and Bruce Weaver, Site Engineer, of the Ramsey Waste Management landfill, was present to explain their proposed wastewater disposal system. As noted during the April 17, 1991, LRRWMO meeting, Waste Management has already received a permit, #MN 0060259, from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (PCA), to discharge, install and operate such a wastewater disposal system without requesting a review from this board. As an update, it was noted correspondence was sent out, under the signature of Chairman Schrantz, following the April 17, 1991, meeting, requiring Waste Management to submit information for a project review and apply for an LRRWMO permit, which includes submission of a $500 permit application fee. Steve Kollodge presented a history of the landfill, from its purchase from the City of Anoka to the present date. He indicated in 1983 -84 the contamination was detected. In 1985 Waste Management signed a consent order with the PCA to clean up the ground water contamination. Waste Management reportedly assumed all responsibility for the clean up. Mr. Kollodge indicated the consent order was the legal document on which the consent order was the legal document on which everything else was based. Following the consent order there were reportedly ten to twelve reports that came out. Aerial photographic maps of the landfill were presented, from which the Waste Management representatives indicated the areas of groundwater contamination and the south /southeast flow of contaminated groundwater. Mr. Kollodge reported, as a part of the consent order, a system of barrier wells are to be established along the perimeter of the landfill, approximately fifty feet deep. In order to capture the contaminants that have already moved south from the landfill, additional wells will be installed eighty to one hundred twenty feet deep. These various wells were depicted on-the aerial map. A treatment facility has been proposed to treat the contaminated water. Mr. Kollodge stated, once treated, the groundwater will go into a pipeline, into a City of Ramsey storage area, and on into the Mississippi River. Engineering plans for all the wells, the pumping system, and treatment facility have reportedly been drawn up and approved by the PCA. Mr. Weaver indicated while the plans for the treatment facility were not currently available, they would be happy to address the concerns of the LRRWMO.