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I <br />! <br />I <br />I <br />! <br />I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />~S ~ D-2, O~SE t9 Of' QTJNC~ ~ l~'l'~ 8-27-85 <br /> <br />~yor and Co~ct2~bers <br /> <br />CiW Ad~i~strator <br /> <br />Alleged hazardous waste violation ~egard~n9 Waltek, Inc. <br /> <br />In reference to the Council meeting of August 13, 1985, I ha~e acoopplished the <br />following in regards to this alleged violation of Minnesota rules regarding <br />hazardous waste, <br /> <br /> 1) I met with the MPCA on Monday, Aigust 26, 1985 to go over their <br />problem with Waltek regarding the alleged violation of hazardous waste. The <br />~he following persons were in atte _r_~ance at this meeting: <br /> <br />a) Natalie Haas, District 1 Anoka (bunty Ccmmissioner <br />b) Assistant Anoka Gounty Attorney <br />c) Bob Hutchison, Director of Environmental Services, Anoka County <br />d) Ramon Burk, Representative of Waltek <br />e} Arnold Cox, Bamsey City Councilmember <br />f) Ainais Silis, Representative of MPCA, Regulatory __cc~_pliance <br /> Section <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Mr. Sills of MPf~ reviewed with those in attendance the Notice of Violation <br />that had been issued by the MPCA Regulatory O~mplianoe Section against Waltek. <br /> <br />Enclosure (1) contains a copy of the NotiCe of Violation that was issued <br />against Waltek. It should be noted that the alleged violation does not cite <br />them for dumping hazardous waste, but only for improper storage of said <br />material. <br /> <br /> Conclusion - The PCA explained their Notice of Violation against Waltek. <br />I Waltek stated their position on the issue. The County and City stated that <br /> they wanted to see it resolved but not in the manner that the PCA was <br /> p~oposing. ~he Assistant County Attorney advised Waltek to engage a local law <br /> firm to assist them in resolving the alleged hazardous waste violation. <br />I However, we keep us on I can see where <br /> did <br /> ask <br /> Waltek <br /> to <br /> informed <br /> this <br /> issue. <br /> we can have other like violators of this same law unless something is done <br /> about it. ~e gove~t creates laws that people want for p~otection and they <br />Iengage people to enforce these laws, however, how do you get all the people <br />informed about these laws and the seriousness of th~ if you violate the law. <br />The natural thing with any law is to place a severe penalty to be levied on <br /> Ithose who violate them and that is the problem here. ! think right now the <br /> Waltek situation will be resolved satisfactorily, but there has already been a <br /> heavy oost involved in this one instance. We are going to have to develop a <br /> better way to keep the s~all business better informed on the laws governing <br /> this issue. <br /> <br />-I iGS:pjc <br /> <br /> <br />