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I ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Suite 300 Metro Square Building, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 MEMORANDUM March 12, 1982 TO: 'Metropo I it an Council FROM: Environmental Planning (Lynne Takemoto) SUBJECT; Preliminary Evaluation of Anoka County's Candidate Landfill Site Inventory, Site D, Oak Grove Township Metropolitan Council District 12. Metropolitan Council Referral File No. 10246-4 INTRODUCTION Anoka County has submitted to the Metropolitan Council for review a proposed landfill site in Oak Grove Township. The site is one of four proposed by the county as candidate sanitary landfill sites as required by the Waste Management Act (WMA). The site has been certified by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) as intrinsically suitable for use as a solid waste landfill. A fifth site for demolition debris has not yet been certified by the MPCA. AUTHORITY FOR REVIEW The WMA (Minnesota Statutes, Section 473.803, Subd. la) requires each of the metropolitan counties to adopt, for submittal to the Metropolitan Council, an inventory of four proposed sites in the county suitable for disposal of mixed municipal solid waste and one proposed site suitable for demolition debris. No site may be adQpted by'the county as part of its inventory unless the MPCA has certified the site asintrinsically suitable for its intended use. The Council is required to review each site for consistency with its Solid Waste Management Policy Plan and to evaluate candidate sites in accordance with guidelines set forth in the WMA. Sites approved by the Council remain in the county's inventory. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The proposed site lies just east of the existing Oak Grove Landfill. The site is on County Rd. 22, approximately 4.5 miles west of Hwy. 65. Figure i shows the general site location as well as proposed boundaries. Those portions of the site expected to be used as landfill are shown, as is a surrounding buffer area. Anoka County has proposed a fill area of 80 acres and buffer (both on and off the site) of approximately 190 acres. At present, the site is essentially undeveloped. Portions of the site are cultivated. Adjacent to County Rd. 22, the site is wooded with a mature oak grove. There are six residences near the site and a total of 90 residences within a mile radius. There are six dedicated park sites near the site.