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;✓EfROPCi:,nn Cuuii;;;i APt� COUNTY O F A N O K A Q!11Rh1AN S OFFICP Office of the County Board of Commissioners COURTHOUSE ANOKA. MINNESOTA 55303 421-4760 April 25, 1988 DAN ERHART - CHAIRMAN County Board of Commissioners The Honorable Gary Reimann Mayor, City of Ramsey 18008 'Waco Street W.W. Anoka, MN 55303 Dear Mayor Reimann: As Chairman of the Anoka County Board of Commissioners, I appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Environmental Information Document (EID) for Gateway North Industrial Airport. It is our understanding that the public hearing record for the EID is open until April 28. Site P in the City of Ramsey is one of three sites in the Anoka County landfill inventory established pursuant to Minn. Stat. Sec. 473.803. if these sites are to be preserved, the County Attorney's office recommends that the County comment on all processes which could restrict the availability of any site, including the EID process. Thus, it is requested that the following comments be included in the public hearing record. On page 2-11 of the EID, a reference is made regarding "the recent approval of Flying Cloud Landfill." It is our understanding that the proposed expansion of that landfill is still being considered by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), and that the landfill is not currently accepting waste. The MPCA could provide updated information to the City regarding the status of that proposal. Figure 2-7 should be modified to reflect the actual boundaries of landfill inventory Site P. Please see the attached map. On Pages 2-18 and 2-19 there is a discussion regarding the selection criteria for the Anoka County Landfill Site Inventory, including a discussion of intrinsic suitability. It should be noted that on October 28, 1981, the MPCA Board approved Site P as intrinsically suitable for use as a sanitary landfill, and that on September 23, 1982, the Metropolitan Council approved Site P as one of the landfill inventory sites for Anoka County. On pages 2-19 and 2-20 the City's airport safety zoning ordinance is discussed. It is our understanding that the ordinance was adopted in 1987 but rescinded by the results of the April 19 referendum election. The ordinance contained a statement that any expansion or new landfill would be prohibited. Yet, Minnesota Statutes Section 473.811 Subd. 4a states that