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ANOKA COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT MINNESOTA Bunker Lake Anoko. Minnesota lelephone: (612) 757-4221 June 28, 1984 TO: Ram,,~ey Residents Coalition, Inc. :'c/O Susan Beale t~8~.il Sunfish Lb. Blvd. Raml~ey, MN. 55303 FROM,: Ano]~a Soil & Water Conservation District ~P.L Rudolph, District Conservation Aide. RE: Ram?y Landfill Expansion Project Soils Evaluation. As: Per ~our request on June 21, 198~ for a soils evaluation of the Ramsey Landfill Expansion areas, I have prepared a brief report. Ail areas outlined and s0ii descriptions are approximate and soils information have been taken from the An~ka County Soils Survey Manual. Inctude~ with this letter is a color coded map of the soils and a brief soils list land description sheet. Also individual soils interpretations sheet with rz~ a~erisks to mark especially important categories with relation to the landfill p~oJect. The ar~as colored in Red are basically wet soils. Those soils that have a naturaliwa~er table of +2 feet to 5 ft. depth. They are for the most part either wet o~gGni~, soils or wet coarse sand soils. Wet organic soils if contaminated can c~uee ~urface and ground pollution due to the fact that these marshy or swamp iarea~ act as a sponge for the surrounding higher ground areas. Contaminates would probably collect in these areas due to run-off. r A%~ this point mention should be made of the existing wetlands that lie witb~in the sxte abd those that lie in close proximity to the site. Wetlands #118W in the south~e~st ~orner of the southern expansion site, #667W that lies in the north- western ar~a of the southern site, #657W in the southeast corner of the northern expansion ~ea, all appear on the DNR "Protected Waters Inventory" map. These areas 'may ~upport a host of wildlife. It is not in k~eeping with Soil & Water conserVatign District policy to fiji such wetlands or unnecmssar~ly pollute them thus ¢.ausiSg the potential for widespread ground water c~ntamination and surface water: ~ont.,kmination to surrounding bodies of water. It is necessary to note that Grass: ~ake~or (Sunfish Lake) lies within approximately 200 feet to the East of the southern expansion .area. The Rum River is within close proximity to the East. Sever~ "p~otected wetlands" lie to the southwest, east and northeast all within appro~imat~ly 600 feet of less of the expansion areas. Potential for widespread cont.amr ~inat~on of surface water seems inevitable. i AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER r ~ ~