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The City of Ramsey will require the issuance of a conditional use permit prior to the development of the compost facility. This process involves making a submittal and presentation to the City Planning and Zoning Committee. The Planning and Zoning Committee will develop permit conditions and make a recommendation to the City Council regarding the issuance of a permit. The City Council will then accept, reverse or modify the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Committee making a final determination on the project. Approval of the compost facility from Anoka County by the County Board will also be required. Prior to County Board action the composting project must be presented to several different committees starting with the Environmental Services Committee. At the committee level concerns regarding the project will be addressed and license conditions will be determined. Following review of the project by various committees a recommendation to the County Board will be developed. The County Board will then act on the recommendation by accepting, reversing or modifying it. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) through the solid waste rules requires only a notification regarding the operation of a yard waste compost facility. The information requested with the notification includes location, design capacity, contact person, type of waste to be accepted and product distribution. Permitting of yard waste compost sites is not currently required by the MPCA. 2.7 Markets Both commercial and private customers will be allowed to pick up the finished compost at the site for a nominal charge. The remaining compost will be used as a mulch and a topsoil conditioner on the adjacent landfill buffer areas and for the landfill cover. As a result, it is not expected that a surplus of composted material will be stored on site. If more compost is produced than can be used at the Anoka Landfill site then area farmers will be contacted to take the surplus. 7