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April 28, 1988 Page Two Metropolitan Council on the proposed zoning ordinance. Those written comments raise among other things, legal and policy issues created by the conflict of the proposed airport expansion project with solid waste management planning which are not adequately addressed in the Draft EID. Enclosed as Exhibit A and incorporated herein are copies of written comments filed by WMMI dated July 29 and March 13, 1987, comments filed by Anoka County dated March 6, 1987 and comments filed by the Metropolitan Council dated July 29, 1987 on the airport safety zoning ordinance. With this background in mind, WMMI has the following specific comments on the Draft EID: 1. The Draft EID fails to consider ade~cuately the nstrated need for a vertical expansion of the Anoka Regional fill and the incompatibility of the project with the Certificate of Need issued Tor the expansion. While the Draft EID refers to the vertical expansion, it contains no mention of the need for additional landfill capacity to be filled by the expansion. At pages 2-11 and 2-14 the Draft EID states: "An application for vertical expansion has been made and an EIS on that expansion is underway by the Metropolitan Council * * * This land use compatibility conflict [between aircraft operations and landfill operations] can be mitigated by allowing the existing landfill to close in accordance with the currently approved capacity schedule." However, the document contains no discussion of the decision by the Metropolitan Council to issue a certificate of need for the expansion. The certificate of need for the expansion was renewed in late 1987 to provide that the expansion can go forward if it is commenced prior to March 4, 1989. The environmental information document contains no reference to the conclusions and findings of the Metropolitan Council with regard to the limitations on available landfill capacity in the metropolitan area (and in particular in the northern tier counties thereof) which led it to conclude that the expansion of the landfill should be permitted.