Agenda - Council - 04/09/1996 - Laserfiche WebLink

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2. Item ~h5 (Furnace Emissions and Monitoring): Alloy has not complied with the requirement to conduct an annual emissions test and provide the City with a copy of the report. The Planning Commission reviewed this issue and determined that it is not necessary for the City to be mom strict than MPCA. The Planning Commission has proposed mending Item #6 of the Conditional Use Permit to require Alloy to provide the City with copies of any inspections repons or tests performed at the site by regulator agencies. 3. Item #11 (Liquid Waste/HaT.ardous Wastes): In checking with Anoka County Environmental Services, Staff was informed that Alloy had not registered with them for a determination as to whether or not they require a hazardous waste generator license. On March 5 Alloy fled the necessary paperwork at Anoka County. Staff received verbal confirmation on April 3, 1996 from Dave Harmon at Anoka County that based on the information provided, Alloy is not required to have a hazardous waste generators license. Item #9 of the Findings of Fact should be amended accordingly. 4. Item #12 (Storage of Received Materials, Feedstock, Separated Materials, and Equipment): Exterior storage of materials has gone beyond the 30' x 50' area behind the building and is occurring on the total site. Mr. Schwartzman has assured the Planning Commission that the mount of enclosed space provided with the building expansion will enable him to comply with the 30' x 50' outside storage restriction. 5. Item #18: (Ash or Dross): It was clarified that the residue from the smelting operation is dross; not ash; all references to ash in the conditional use permit were changed to dross. The dross is being stored in one or two semi-trailers parked at the loading dock rather than in a building. As the trailers fill up, their contents are transferred to the shipper's axiler and transported off the site. The Planning Commission felt that the intent of the CUP is to prohibit storage of dross in a manner conducive to leaching into the groundwater and an enclosed trailer meets that intent. The Planning Commission proposes that the conditional use permit be amended to allow for storage of dross in trailers. The previous limit of no more than 35 tons of dross being stored on the site at any one time remains in affect" 6. Item #25 (Water Quality): Staff has been provided with a copy of Alloy's Permit No. MN G610000 to discharge stormwater associated with industrial activity issued by the Water Quality Division of MPCA. 7. Item #26 (Screening): There is a substantial amount of outside storage occurring and it is visible from 142nd, Ramsey Blvd., and Hwy. #10. As mentioned earlier, Mr. Schwartzman has stated that the building expansion will enable him to confine outside storage to a 30' x 50' area behind the building that will not be visible from the roadways. 8. Item #35 (Fire Lanes): It is staff's opinion that because of outside storage, clear fire lanes are not being maintained in the work yard. This too should be remedied with the construction of the additional indoor space. 9. Item #36 (Contingency Action Plan): Alloy has not filed a contingency action plan with the City. The Fire Chief has been asked to follow up on this. I0. Item #38 (Trailer/Vehicle Storage): Staff noticed two or three trailers on the site. Alloy indicates that these trailers are used to store dross and residual recyclables until shipping is warranted. As mentioned earlier, the Planning Commission has recommended amending the conditional use permit to allow for this use of trailers on the property. 11. Item #42 (Work and Storage Operations Enclosed): Requiring all operations and storage to be in an enclosed building conflicts with Item #26 that requires screening of outside storage and Item #12 that' limits outside storage to a 30' x 50' area. The Planning Commission has recommended eliminat/on of Item g42 from the conditional use permit. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I