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i I I ! I I SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT April 24, BACKC.~, O~D The IgBC) Solid Waste Act (as amended) required that the Metropolitan Counties: I) prepare an inventory of four possible locations for the establishment of sanitary landfills within the County; 2) prepare a report to the Metropalitan Council on how the County could reduce its dependence on landfills for the disposal of solid waste (abatement report); 3) prepcu, e an environmental impact statement on our inventory for purposes of site selection decision; 0,) select the site or sites if required by the Metropolitan Council development schedule; 5) obtain the sites4 and ~) amend the County solid waste master plan so as to be in compliance with the recjionol plan. I I I The solid waste act also required that the Metropolitan Councih !) review ~d approve the County inventories; 2) complete the inventory for any county not having four approved sites (or exemption therefrom); 3) prepcre a regional abatement pl~ (considering the seven county abatement reports); cr~ (/4) 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 G in Anclover/Coon Rapids). The County ha~ also prepared and submitted an abatement report. Currently Anoka County solid waste generation is crt the rate of m approximately 350 tons per day. It is expected that this county generated m waste volume will increase to approximcrtely 500 tons per dew by the year of 2000. This volume of solid waste generation would require approxi~ely m /~500 acre feet of s~nitary iondfil. I capacity if I.an.dfilling were utilized solely for the disposal of county generated mixed municipal wastes. In addition to I I I I county generated solid waste, Anoka County currently disposes of approximately 700 tons of mixed municipal waste generated outside of Anoka County. Without ~qy abatement implemented by these other counties and without any changes in the current pattern of waste h~uling, we would expect this figure to increase to appoximcrtely I~000 tons per ~ in the year 2000. This non-Anoka County generated waste would require on additional 9,000 acre feet of sanitary landfill capacity if solely landfiiling were utilized for disposal. Historically we have bccn a landfill oriented society. Industry and care community planning hove been oriented to the concept that it is necessary to move the solid waste out of the urban area. Also, in years post, land has been more available for Iondfilling. The cost considerations applied in the operation in these facilities have been limited.purely to the cost of the land m ond placing the solid waste on the land (spreading, compacting, and covering). The operational cost did not include, nor have provisions been made for, long term environmental problems~ management of these problems~ prevention of m these problems, or financing for remedial actions caused by these problems. 1984