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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION <br />PUBLIC HEARING <br /> CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> ANOKA COUNTY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The Ramsey Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing on Tuesday, <br />November 20, 1990 at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W., Ramsey, <br />Minnesota regarding Mr. Glen Rychner's request for a conditional use permit to establish an <br />aluminum processing and recycling center. <br /> <br />Members Present: <br /> <br />Chairman Gerald Zimmerman <br />Commissioner Bradley Thorud <br />Commissioner Ben Deemer <br />Commissioner Terry Hendriksen <br />Commissioner Charles LaDue <br /> <br />Also Present: <br /> <br />City Engineer Steven Jankowski <br />Consulting Engineer Merland Otto <br />Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik <br /> <br />Members Absent: <br /> <br />Commissioner Michael Terry <br />Commissioner David Bawden <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Chairman Zimmerman called the public hearing to order at 7:35 p.m. <br /> <br />CITIZEN INPUT <br /> <br />Sharon Dahlgren - 6328-143rd Lane N.W. - stated that she is concerned with the proposed <br />proximity of Mr. Rychner's facility to Hunter's Hill. Sharon stated that even though there are <br />controls on equipment used in facilities like Mr. Rychner's, there is still the potential to release <br />pollution. Sharon stated that she feels there is a need for aluminum recycling, but she doesn't feel <br />it is appropriately located so near a residential area. Sharon also noted that she is concerned with <br />the release of dioxins, furans and metals. <br /> <br />Mr. Dan Karst, Danny's Aluminum Processing - 14050 Basalt Street N.W. - was present and <br />stated that he would like to reserve his comments until later in the meeting. <br /> <br />Mr. Glen Rychner stated that his aluminum melting operation will be similar to that used by <br />Danny's Aluminum. Mr. Rychner described the process as one of the furnaces operating at a <br />temperature of 1500 degrees. Any oily residue on the aluminum placed in the furnace would be <br />heated to that temperature. The oily contaminants would then proceed from the melt chamber into <br />an afterburner chamber where they are combined with oxygen which then destroys any VOC's <br />remaining. Beyond that, the aluminum is melted and baled into 1000 pound or smaller ingots. <br />The aluminum smelting operation is not to be considered the same as an incinerator. The purpose <br />of putting material in the furnace is not to thermally destroy the material like is the purpose of an <br />incinerator. The aluminum is being put into the furnace which melts the material and separates the <br />irony aluminum and puts it into ingots for reuse. Mr. Rychner stated that at his existing facility he <br />is currently using used oil to fuel the furnaces and he has an EPA permit to do so. In his proposed <br /> <br />Public Hearing/P&Z/November 20, 1990 <br /> Page 1 of 4 <br /> <br /> <br />