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'1 <br /> <br />'1 <br /> <br /> I <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />-14- <br /> <br />recovery facility. This is a high technology approach to solid <br />waste disposal not previously used in Minnesota. <br /> <br /> The Waste Management Act requires the MPCA to certify sites <br /> <br />for sanitary and demolition landfill use, not resource recovery <br />facility use. The criteria adopted by the Agency for the <br />evaluation of the intrinsic suitability of landfill sites are not <br />designed to evaluate resource recovery facilities. The change in <br />the County's proposal cannot, in the MPCA staff's opinion, justify <br />a change in the recommendation of the Director concerning the <br />site's suitability for sanitary landfill use. <br /> <br /> The Director, in certifying Site Q as intrinsically <br /> <br />unsuitable for sanitary landfill use, expresses no opinion with <br />respect to any future application for a permit at Site Q to <br />construct and operate a resource recovery facility at that site. <br />Site R <br /> <br /> The concerns that were raised with respect to Site R that are <br />relevant to intrinsic suitability relate to: 1) the existence of <br /> <br />wetlands on the proposed site; and 2) groundwater conditions and use. <br /> Wetlands <br /> <br /> Questions were raised as to whether areas on the site are <br />"wetlands." As discussed in Ms. Olson's September 2, 1981 letter <br />to Hearing Officer Jensen, (Olson letter) an area is not <br />considered a wetland unless it is 2~ acres in size in an <br />incorporated area or 10 acres in size in an unincorporated area <br />and is included in DNR's wetland inventory as type 3, 4 or 5 <br /> <br /> <br />