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m I I I I I I I I STATE OF MINNESOTA WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD 123 THORSON BUILDING 7323 58TH AVENUE NORTH CRYSTAL, MINNESOTA 55428 December 21, 1982 OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION I I I I I BOARD MEMBERS: DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT ;~ DISTRICT 4 RECEIVEIIo ., CHAIRMAN I~LEPHONE: DEC2 3 ~Ie.,'IETRO AREA (612)536-0816 OUTSTATE 1-800-652-9747 ANOKA COU~t~ OoMu., TO: Local government officials in Twin Cities Metropolitan-area communities with "proposed areas" for hazardous waste processing facilities FROM: Robert G. Dunn, Chairman_,/ On December 17, 1982, the Minnesota Waste Management Board proposed an area or areas within your community for inclusion on the state's "Inventory of Preferred Areas" for hazardous waste pro~essing facilities. The December 17 action was the latest step in the Board's continued search for preferred areas for hazardous waste processing'facilities in the Twih Cities Metro area. On April 22, 1982 the Board designated eight areas outside the Twin Cities as preferred areas for hazardous waste processing facilities. The Board is required by law to issue an Inventory.of Preferred areas for hazardous waste incinerators, chemical.waste treatment plants or transfer/storage facilities (temporary collection and storage facilities) for hazardous industrial wastes. In April, the Board also voted to continue and intensify its search for "preferred areas" in the seven-county Twin Cities Metropolitan area, the source of an estim- ated three-fourths of the state's total volume of hazardous wastes. In September-- using criteria which emphasized compatible land use, avoidance 6f residential areas, transportation access, availability of city services and other factors-- the Board designated 28 "pr'eliminary areas" in the Twin-Cities area. Following that designation the Board conducted numerous public information meetings' in or near the "preliminary areaS." Also during this time Board staff members worked with city staffs ahd elected officials. Each of the preliminary areas were also reviewed by various state agencies. Based on thel information gathered from these sources the Board and its staff reviewed each preliminary area- using the following factors: existing industrial develRpment and planned development; the availability of sewer and water service; transportation access; proximity to restC dential development; soil and aquifers; protection of city wells and intakes; and proximitJ~ to natural areas, parks and historical site~. All of these siting factors were applied to the various areas in this review without any ranking or priority. As a result of this process the Board is now consideri-ng 16 "proposed areas" for hazardous waste processing facilities in 15 Twin Cities-area communities. The state' will not site or operate such facilities, but will designate preferred areas where it will encourage private developers to acquire land, obtain the necessary Pollution Control Agency permits and operate such facilities. The 16 proposed areas will be the subjects of formal public hearings,:.tO be LAURENCE HUNTER. Hastings KEITH KUITERS. Clarks Grove WILLIAM KIRCHNER. R~cht~lrl MILTON KNOLL. JR. White Bear Lake DISTRICT 5 . LOUISE KUDERLING. Minneapolis DIST. RICT 6 THOMAS RENNER. Elk Riv~. DISTRICT ~' ALLAN EIDE. Hitlerdal DISTRICT 8 DAVID HARTLEY. Hermantown