Agenda - Council - 07/24/1984 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT April 24, lgB4 BACKCROLJND The 1~80 Solid Waste Act (as amended) required that the Metropolitan Counties-' I) prepare an inventory of four possible locations for the establishment of sanltory landfills within the County; 2) prepare a report to the Metropolitan Council on haw 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; 0,) 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 Metropoliton Council: I) review ~d approve the County inventories; 2) complete the ~nventory for any county not having four approved sites (or exemption therefrom); 3) prepare a regional abatement plan (considering the seven county abatement reports); c~l (Zl) 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 Andaver/Coon Rapids). The Co~ty 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 volu~ne of solid waste generation would require approximately ~,500 acre feet of sanitc~7 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 al~tement implemented by these other counties and without any changes in the current pcrttern of waste hauling, we would expect this figure to increase to appaximately 1,000 tons per day in the ye~' 2000. This non-Anoka County generated waste would require an additional 9,000 acre feet of sanitary Iondfill capacity if solely landfilling were utilized for disposal. Historically we have been a landfill oriented society. Industry and care community planning have been oriented to the concept that it is necessary to move the solid waste out of the urtx~ area. Also, in years past, land has been more available for landfilling. The cast considerations applied in the operation in these facilities have been limited purely to the cost of the land ~ placing the solid waste on the land (spreading, compacting, and covering). The opercti6n~l cost did not include, nor have provisions been made for, long term environmental probl.em~,, manag .e.r.n. ent o.f these problems, prevention of m these prablems~ or financing for remedial octm~ cowed by these problems.