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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I To: Re: Ramsey City Council and Staff Update on the Processing Area Task Force The Waste lvlanagement Board has written a Report which will be presented to the 1984 Legislature. The Report forms the technical ba:~is for the policies and decisions in She Hazardous Waste i,~jnagement Plan. The Plan will be the "action" document whi. ch wi].], recommend a preferred management system for .h~zardous waste. It also will identfy what legal, institutional, ref~ulatory or other ac%ions are necessary to implement that preferred management plan. Since April the Task Force has involved itself with reading Chapters 1~-6 of t~e Report, discussing their content, making comments, and suggesting changes, additions~ clarifications and deletions. These contributions will be considered for incorporation into the final Report by the WM Board. u ri~inal assumptions made when the Waste Kanage~mnt Act was created might have changed as we are discovering lhrough reading and discussin2 and the Task Force feels this should be reflected with difinitiveness in the Report. Discussions on topics included in the first six chapters range from: does Minn. generate--enough waste to warrant facility development, Superfund Bill, small generator exemptions, manifest and disclosure, local codes and regulations, hazardous waste cateffories (narrowed to 14), treatment procedures, types of fs.cilities, waste oil - hazardous or not, processing vs. disposal and costs incurred, regulatory agencies' roles in the management of hazardous waste, and state operation vs. private industry. The th'rust ~f the WM Act and the Plan is towards development of alternatives of land disposal. The goal of the Plan is to idenlify the types and amounts of waste generated in Minu. through the year 2000 and how to handle those wastes technically and operationally. The next 2 meetings of the Task Force will deal with alternatives for Final Disposal, Po) icies amd Impementation ?rograms, i~itiga'tion and Compensation - a draft report dated 2-15-83. The future for the Task Force will bring issues closer to home, if you will. At present discussions have not dealt wi~h specifics but as we get into the Plan stage closer communication wi].], be neces~ary on our part in order for Ramsey's position to be considered. Every effort will be made to keep the Council and Staff up-dated. Submitted June 23, 1983 Jean Schlueter, Councilmember