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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />on-site incineration equipment; without a small part of the facility <br />devoted to testing that equipment, Atlas cannot continue to produce <br />state-of-the-art equipment. Atlas wants to develop it's manufacturing <br />business in Ramsey and a small portion of that will be research and testing <br />which involves same small contract incineration activity. Atlas chose <br />Ramsey because of the large 16.76 acre parcel available, reasonable land <br />prices, availability of trained people from AVTI, proximity to roads and <br />utilities, and Ramsey's desire to grow. Atlas is also requesting tax <br />increment revenue participation in the project. Atlas knows that the <br />manufacture of incinerators is an emerging growth industry; because of <br />that, it is anticipated that such facilities will result in spin-off <br />industries. <br /> <br />Commissiner Gorecki - Inquired as to what part of the plant would be used <br />as the testing facility. <br /> <br />Val Carver - Atlas Incinerators - Stated that the first contract burn <br />incinerator is in about a 400 square foot area. All of the ash would be <br />handled inside of the building, covered and hauled away in trucks. In the <br />future, there would be a second incinerator installed in the customer <br />service area. When the company is operating at full capacity, there will <br />never be more than two incinerators located in this building. The types of <br />materials proposed to be burned are cardboard, paper, floor sweepings, <br />some industrial products, biologically contaminated products, hospital and <br />pathological waste. <br /> <br />Commissioner Gorecki Inquired if the ash will be dumped in the landfill <br />on Sunfish Lake Blvd. <br /> <br />Mr. Labat stated that Atlas is in constant contact with MPCA and just this <br />year legislature has said that every municipal incinerator owner is going <br />to have to store their ash for the next 2.5 years until a proper disposal <br />location is determined. Atlas is proposing to burn 38 tons per day maximum <br />with a 90% or greater reduction; this is a small amount of ash and it does <br />not concern Atlas to have to wait until the regulators determine where the <br />ash should be directed. The only reason Atlas does in-plant burning is to <br />generate a revenue stream for research and development and to show <br />customers how the equipment works. <br /> <br />Commissioner Holm - Inquired if Atlas would be willing to pay a fee similar <br />to the tipping fee paid by Waste Management of Minnesota to the City of <br />Ramsey for refuse brought into the landfill. <br /> <br />Val Carver - Replied that the volume and weight of incoming materials at <br />1he landfill is miniscule compared to the amount of incoming refuse at the <br />landfill but Atlas would be willing to pay a proportionate rate. <br /> <br />Commissioner Gorecki - Inquired as to why Atlas finds it an advantage to <br />operate in Minnesota. <br /> <br />Mr. Labat stated that Atlas does not want to leave the area because it has <br />tailored key people who have already located in the relocation search area. <br />Minnesota's regulations are as strict as any other state's and stricter <br />Planning & Zoning/Economic Development Commissions/April 27, 1988 <br /> <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />