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M]NFfl'i.";(/EA POI.,I,[rI"ION CONTI~O], Af;ENCY <br /> D~vilJ. on o£ Solid Wn:;te <br /> Fm'orce;nent :~ce Lion <br /> <br />Status of Migration of McLh~e <br /> Anoka $~itary L~fJ 1l (~W-9~) <br /> <br />September 23, ].980 <br /> <br />it,:,cc,~t migration of methane gas from the /~oka :Saqit~u~y La~]dfi].] to adjacent <br />pr.op~,rty is beilqg investigated ~d a mcorwncnded course of action is bcing <br />developcd by ~ol<a Cowry, M~esota Dep~tment of Health, U.S. Depamtmemt of <br />A~,,ric~flt. ure (North-Centr~ Forest E~eriment Station), Waste Iq~qagement, Inc. <br />(operator of the ].adfi].l) ad ~CA. ~.he recommendations L~d discussion will <br /> presented to a speci~ meting of the R~sey City Co~cil on Monday, <br />~eptember 15 at 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />]. Di 5cussion; <br /> <br /> 'WF~o. te Management, Inc. has operated a 160 acre landfill in the City of <br /> <br />lNF-~,se>', Anoka CouNtry (Mir~esota Solid Waste Disposal Facility Pe~wnit SW-94) <br />~;inee 1972. Prior to that time (since 1967) the site was operated more or <br />]e'~--,:s ~LS a dump by another operator. In ~972, the City of Ramsey approved <br />subdivision of m~ area adjoining the west side of the landfill. Subsequently, <br />l~omes were built on five lots in~nediately bordering the site on the west <br />.~.ide, within 150 ft. of refuse. By 1975, development of the area~adjoining <br /> <br />tl~e landfill as originally approved by the city was essentially complete. A <br /> <br />vege. t,utive screen consisting of several rows of Norway pines shielded the <br />£~ve !:poperties f~mm the landfill. <br /> Recognizing gas migration to be a possible problem in an area v,d_th <br />adjoJp. Jng development, Waste Mana2.ement desigv~ed m'~d had installed, at its <br /> <br />ov~ expense, a mechanical gas collection and venting system along the entire <br /> <br />v,,c,.stem] perimeter of the landfill at a cost in excess of $[,0,£/~). The <br /> <br />t',urT~ose of the system was to collect combus;t, ible g~mes (prJmm~ily meth:.,ne) <br /> <br /> <br />