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I I I SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT April 24, BACKGROUND The 1980 Solid Waste Act (as amended) required that the Metropolitan Counties: I) prepare on inventory of four possible locations for the establishment of sonitory landfills within the County; 2) prepare a report to the Metropolitan Council on how the County could reduce its dependence on landfills for the disposal of solid waste (abatement report); 3) prepare an environmental impact statement on our inventory for purposes of site selection decision;/~) select the site or sites if required by the Metropolitan Council development schedule; S) obtain the sites~ and 6) amend the County solid waste master plan so as to be in compliance with the regional plan. The solid waste act also required that the Metropolitan Council= I) review and approve the County inventories; 2) complete the inventory for any county not having four approved sites (or exemption therefrom); 3) prepare a regional abatement plan (considering the seven county abatement reports); (~d (/~) prepare a regional development schedule. Anoka County has an approved landfill inventory consisting of three sites (Site D in Oak Grove, Site P in Ramsey and Site Q in Anclover/Coon Rapids). The County has also prepared and submitted an abatement report. Currently Anoka County solid waste generation is at the rate of approximately 350 tons per day. It is expected that this county generated waste volume will increase to approximately 500 tons per. day by the year of 2000. This volume of solid waste generation would require approximately ~,500 acre feet of sanitary landfill capacity if landfilling were utilized solely for the disposal of county generated mixed municipal wastes. In addition to county generated solid waste, Anoka County currently disposes of approximately 700 tons of mixed municipal waste generated outside of Anoka County. Without any abatement implemented by these other counties and without any changes in the current pattern of waste hauling, we would expect this figure to increase to appoximately 1,000 tons per day in the year 2000. This non-Anoka County generated waste would require an additional 9,000 acre feet of sanitary landfill capacity if solely, landfiiling were utilized for disposal. Historically we have bach a landfill oriented society. Industry and core community planning have been oriented to the concept that it is necessary to move the solid waste out of the urban area. Also, in years past, land has been more available for landfilling. The cast considerations applied in the operation in these facilities have I:c=n limited purely to the cost of the land and placing the solid waste on the land (spreading, compacting~ and covering). The operati6nal cost did not include, nor have provisions been mode for, long term environmental problems, management of these problems, prevention of these problems, or financing for remedial actions caused by these problems. 1984