Agenda - Council - 07/12/1982 - Special

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I I I ! I i I I I I I I t i I I I Pa~e 3 July 2, 1982 The sites have been reviewed for consistency with the Council's Solid Wast'e Manaqement Development Guide/Policy Plan and evaluated in accordance with quidelines set forth in the state Waste Management Act. The sites were analyzed with respect to the followinq: o Land use and land use controls; o Existing and future development patterns; o Environmental impacts; o The protection of agriculture and natural resources; o Transportation and other services and facilities appropriate to land disposal; o Patterns of solid waste generation; o The facility's proposed final use; and o The quality of other potential sites. The recommendation to approve or disapprove an indiv'idual site is based on the ability of that site, on balance, to comply with the guidelines set forth in the Waste Management Act and the policies and criteria of the Council's Solid Waste Manac~ement Development Guide/Policy Plan. The following is a summary of the evaluations and recommendations prepared by the Council's staff for each county's inventory. The site locations are identified on the attached map. ANOKA COUNTY Coon Rapids/Andover (Site This proposed sanitary landfill site is located south of County Rd. 116, within and adjacent to Bunker Hills Regional Park. There is some residential and industrial development to the west and south of the site. Access is good. Underlying soils are highly permeable; a double liner and leachate collection system have been proposed b.y the county to protect the surficial groundwater. Bedrock aquifers are protected by an overlying till layer and a confining bedrock layer. The staff recommends approval of Site q for the disposal of mixed municipal solid waste.