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I <br /> I <br />I <br /> i <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />_BI~ GOODRICH, crr'Y <br /> <br /> MAI~K BANWART, COMMUNITY DE~LO~ DIRECTOR <br />~BR~CE HOEKE, RRE CHIEF <br /> <br />~F&B SITE, WEST HtGHWAY 10 <br /> PI~: 2¢.32-25-21-0001 <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />,SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Dear Mr. <br /> <br />A winter ode ~ b~n, with snow cover, in pits, addresses only the issue of fire safety. <br />address the tiiti~ation of fire hazard at that site: (i.e... <br /> <br />It does no! <br /> <br /> 2 <br /> <br />PCA Rules~ <br />7005.07~1 <br /> <br />PCA RuleS:1 <br />7005.07~B <br /> <br />S~raped or plowed fire break between the railroad right of way and the existing <br /> fall, running fire hazard abatement. <br />piles for dry grass <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Mjitigation of fire hazard in standing dead, standing live remaining plantation, <br />tl~rough thinning, crown fire breaks, and removal Of dead fuel. <br /> <br /> Jrthermore, it does not address the concern of alternative abatement of the <br /> )nsiderable volume to be burned, for example, two kinds of equipment would <br /> ,~em to permit substantial or complete disposal of the existing windrows of <br /> iaterial without burning: the SEPPI "wood mulcher" or the ROYER "woodsman" <br /> .~re flail hammer machines designed to reduce such windrowed material to small <br /> ftactured pieces suitable for land spreading and biodegradation. <br /> <br />:l~n addition, the application for open burning does NQT address the air quality <br /> sPaCt of which would emitsubstantial and unknown volume of <br /> open <br /> burning <br /> a <br /> h particulates ("smoke"), carbon monoxide and other by-products of pine wood <br /> JocmbUstion. The large and estimated volume of wood to be burned will impact <br /> al air quality contributing to residential elevated health risk, so that a <br /> ~uisance and potential liability would be created. <br /> <br />Also, I W°~Id I~ubmit, because of the proximity to Ramsey Industrial Airport and the proposed <br />volume ~::~voo~l to be disposed of, the smoke hazard makes it prudent that such permit process be <br />approvod ~¥ ?e Commi~ionor (~C~ ~ules: 700S.OTSO (H)). <br />In sho~ ~he ~very large volume of piled material makes this an extraordina~ application. <br />PleaSe ~d~e t~at fire hazard abatement at this site would generate additional material to that <br />already ~i~ed. '~Standing dead and live malerial removed for fire breaks and fuel reduction <br /> could <br /> <br /> <br />