Minutes - Council - 10/25/1982 - Special

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In the discussion that followed, the following points were made: When you incinerate, you end up with 5-10% of total volume in ash. As far as trucking hazardous waste is concerned, part of licensing involves trained driver and having equipment on board to handle spills. The Waste Management Board is looking for areas with good access and some industrial development for hazardous waste sites. They have come up with 28 areas that are reasonable for further study. Councilmember Reimann stated that the Board must have overlooked the access factor when they considered Ramsey as a site for further study. He also stated that the Metro area should be considered because they have the best transportation facilities and generate the most hazardous waste. Sharon Decker stated that the Board is looking at many areas in the course metro area. Councilmember Reimann stated that the farther you transfer hazardous wastes, the more apt you are to dump or spill before reaching destination. For instance, the transfer station located in Arizona, how much waste is dumped in the desert before it reaches the final processing site in California? Sharon Decker explained that a manifest process has been developed to control comings and goings of loads. Councilmember Reimann stated that Council's concern is that Ramsey has a landfill with problems and the City does not need more problems. He further stated that he is against having a collection point in Ramsey unless there are some very definite pluses for the City of Ramsey. Mayor Gamec stated that the City is getting more information from the Waste Management Board on this issue than it did on the landfill matter. Councilmember Van Wagner asked how the Waste Management Board is connected with the Metro Council. Kathy Moore explained that Waste Management and Metro Council are both State agencies, but the Metro Council deals more with counties. She further stated that the Waste Management and Metro Council are in contact with each other for an exchange of information, but the Metro Council is not involved in siting process for waste management facilities. Council recessed at 8:59 P.M. Mayor Gamec called the special meeting back to order at 9:13 P.M. Mr. Reiner stated that the types of plants that would be located in Minnesota would not be able to take care of nuclear wastes. At this point, any wastes that could not be handled, would still have to be shipped out of State. Sharon Decker explained that there is not an overwhelming interest, on the part of firms, to locate in Minnesota because the market is not that large. Companies are impressed that the State of Minnesota is taking an active lead though. Waste Management would like to see a facility in Minnesota because 'Sp C/October 25, 1982 Page 2 of 3