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I i I I I I I I I - 9 - Transportation and Other Services and Facilities Appropriate to Land Disposal Access to the site is excellent. Primary access is provided by either Bunker Lake Blvd. or by State Hwy. 242. No road upgrading would be required. Fire protection service is readily available. Service would be provided by the Coon Rapids Fire Department. Response time would be five to 10 minutes. The site is within 10 miles of Mercy Hospital in the event emergency medical care were needed. Patterns of Solid Waste Generation The proposed site is in close proximity to major areas of waste generation in Anoka County: the cities of Anoka and Coon Rapids, and suburban development in Blaine and Andover. Access is excellent for Ramsey, Fridley and Columbia Heights and also for rural northern communities via Hwy. 65. Virtually all of Anoka County is within a 15-mile economically feasible hauling distance of the site. The county has proposed that the site have an available disposal capacity of 4,500 acre-feet (7.2 million cubic yards). Without taking into account recy- cling and recovery opportunities, it is estimated that Anoka County alone will have a landfill capacity demand over the next 20 years in excess of 5,200 acre- feet. Thus, the site's proposed capacity is consistent with locally needed capacity. F._acility's Proposed Final Use The county has indicated that the site would be developed as parkland. This use is consistent with local plans and with the adopted master plan for Bunker Hills Park. Quality of Other Potential Sites Anoka County's landfill siting effort began with identification of site selec- tion criteria. Relevant provisions of federal and state regulations and the Region's Solid Waste Policy Plan were enumerated. Each criterion was rated as ........ to whether it represented a high, moderate or low restriction on a site's ability to sustain a landfill with minimum environmental degradation. Exclusion criteria included steep slopes, surface water, floodplains, wetlands, groundwater near the surface, or areas of the existing following land uses: airport, residential, industry and highways. On a county-wide basis, resources were then mapped to show areas to be excluded, those highly limited, moderately limited and slightly limited, as well as areas believed acceptable. This information was used as a first level or coarse screening. Large areas of the county shown as generally exhibiting less limitation were then singled out for more detailed evaluation. Primary and secondary search areas were identified encompassing virtually all of the central part of the county. The siting criteria were again applied to the search areas based on more detailed information. Existing and platted residential development was eli- minated, as were poorly drained soils, highly productive agricultural soils, parks and areas in or near water bodies. This phase of the siting effbrt re- sulted in identification of 15 possible search areas. In addition, a site in Ramsey was added following a demonstration that it satisfied adopted county