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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - 3 - the county has designated a buffer strip approximately 250 feet wide which abuts County Rd. 57. Ramsey's Comprehensive Plan shows the planned uses of this buffer strip as the same as for,the site itself; the plan indicates sani- tary landfill for the northern half of the site and industrial for the southern half. Sunfish Lake is located immediately east of County Rd. 57. There is a small residential development one-half mile southeast of the site and a few additional residences around the lake. The proposed site would utilize the access road and office from the existing landfill. The 95-acre fill area would be developed using the area fill tech- nique. Estimated capacity is 2,850 acre-feet (4.5 million cubic yards). Two potential final uses were identified for the site: either an extension of the public park/recreational area planned for the existing landfill, or recla- mation of the site for industrial development. PROJECT REVIEW Criteria and guidelines are provided in the WMA against which the Council must review the county landfill inventories. Each site must be evaluated for con- sistency with the criteria and policies in the Council's Solid Waste Policy Plan and with respect to the statutory criteria. These include: o Land use and land use controls; o Existing and future development patterns; o Environmental impacts; o Protection of agriculture and natural resources; 0 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. Analysis of the proposed site with respect to these eight areas follows. Land Use and Land Use Controls The Ramsey site is currently zoned for industrial use, as is the adjacent landfill as well as the area to the south and west (see Figure 2). The City of Ramsey's long~range plan for the site is parkland for the northern half and industrial for the southern half. Land east of the site across County Rd. 57 is planned as urban residential. North of the site the zoning and planned use are for low-dens'ity residential. All residences are at least 1,000 feet from the proposed fill area. The Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have expressed concern over proximity of the site to the Gateway North Industrial Airport because of the potential for creating a bird hazard. There is no his- tory of conflict with the existing landfill, a point noted in correspondence between the Fish and Wildlife Service and the MPCA.