Agenda - Council - 09/22/1992 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Messages for Sylvia ~rolik Page 1 Date: l:;ri, MSr[13, ~992 at n:14 PM Re: DannY's ~iu~n um To: Sylvia F, mlik@Mail Box On M.,a~_ h 5, ! .fgcei~ed a complaint from an unidentified caller regarding dense, black smoke emitting from Danny s Alumi~, um~e. ssing at 14050 Basalt Street on the evening of March 4. I called Danny Karst on March 5 bUt he~aslnot in and did not call me back. I called again on March 6; he was not in; he returned my call but I waS~nOt inl I returned his call but he was not available. I then told his secretary that I would call again on Modd~,' y, 1~1~ arch 9. However, I got busy and did not call him back until March 12. Karst stated thai he got a message from me on March 5, he knew there must have been a complaint from the day before· H¢~lUe~ ~ ~ltioned his night, staff and they went. over all their records and activities for the evening of March 4 ang~;o~ld'~ot come up w~th a reason for anything to be other than normal. The employees did question how r~m~ne could see smoke when it was so foggy out that evening. The only thing they think it might have B~ w~ when the aluminum is dumped onto a cement slab outside the building for cooling purposes..Ivy;, Kars! stated that it could not be a malfunction of the baghouse because it is not in use at this 6me. Per th¢ir.~n:~t, they are on an afterburner, which if tested satisfactorily by MPC. A, will be increased to two afmrbum~. IV~. Karst noted that they went to an afterburner after receiving verbal approval from PCA. Then there W~ ~ ch~geover in staff at PCA and he never received his final permit for the afterburner. When he caned t_oo _ fot it, PC& found the pape .rwork, however the new staff want a chance to review the application. ~.I~...t stated that they were not concerned and told him he continue his operation with the afterburner, la,UA ~ be out soon to test the afterburner. I reminded ~ that he was supposed to clear buses off of his extra lot or apply for a CUP amendment and site plan expa~.ora !He did apply for CUP and Site Plan almost a year ago in accord with current CUP. However, °no~ he g~t through P&Z, he withdrew it from going to Council for various reasons. I told him that he either ~ to 91ear off that lot or let me forward the CUP and' Site Plan to Council. Mr. Karst stated that because of th~ n~w ~ ~0,ompetitor in the area, he has fallen on hard financial rimes but is continuing to clear buses off adjacent 10t.I lvlrI Karst stated he would call in a couple of weeks to set up a tour of the facility for me and Mr. Schro, der, '.: