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INSPECTION REPORT- CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT COMPLIANCE DANNY'S ALUMINUM PROCESSING, INC. 14050 BASALT ST. N.W. December I, 1992 Persons Present: Dan Karst, .Ir., owner, Danny's Aluminum Processing Sylvia Frolik, Zoning Administrator, City of Rmmsey Dan Bra)', Code Enforcement, City of Ramsey With one exception, the terms of the conditional use permit for Danny's Aluminum Processing, Inc. apply to Lot 1, Block 4, Gateway North Industrial Park. One term in the conditional use permit applies to Lots 2 and 3 of Block 4. The following report will apply to activity on Lot 1. Activity on Lots 2, 3 and ,4, as it relates to this conditional use permit or the zoning regulations, will be addmss~ at the end of this report. Afterburners were to have been installed on each melt furnace no later than March 15, 1991. Them are two melt furnaces. The first afterburner was installed in the Fall of 1991. Under the baghouse operation, the facility was determined by MPCA to be exempt from requiring an Air Quality Permit. Each time there is a change in equipment, a new application has to be made to MPCA to determine if the facility is still exempt from requiring an Air Quality Permit. The second afterburner cannot be installed until M_PCA has approved the first afterburner. Mr. Karst made application to MPCA to review the afterburner installation. He claims he had verbal approval for the afterburner and following that when he called to !nquim as to where the written response was, he was informed that them was a changeover m staff and the paperwork was misplaced. Mr. Karst mapplied and it was determined that the submittal was incomplete. Mr. Karst hired a differet firm to redo his application; he received that report the week of November 30 from his consultant; he will review the application, sign it and forward it to MPCA. 2. Disassembly of en~nes and transmissions is prohibited. The disassembly of engines and transmissions is being conducted on 'the site within the building. The collection of waste oil does not require any permits but does require a management plan subject to Anoka County's approval; Mr. Karst has that. The use of solvents for cleaning parts does require a Hazardous Waste Generators License from Anoka County, which Mr. Karst has. Disassembly of feedstock is permitted only within opaquely screened areas or within building. The disassembly of feedstock is being conducted within the building and in the yard. The screening of the yard operations is supposed to be screened by a 4 foot landscaped berm topped with chain link fence and evergreens. The ever~o'reens are dying rather than flourishing and the effectiveness of the s~eening that was installed is diminishing. Storage of materials which are used in or result from the processing operation is permitted on site providing that the stockpiles are properly contained and screened from adjoining properties and city streets. The st~kpiles of separated matehals appeared to be reduced in height from what I viewed on the property in May of 1992. However, as stated in Item #3 above, the row of ever~eens that were planted to provide screening from the street are dying and the