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26 <br /> <br /> The numerical estimates of landfill needs (AND RESOURCE RECOVERY) <br /> presented in this section are based on (AVERAGES FOR NATIONAL AND <br /> REGIONAL GENERATION RATE~) the Council's Land Dis os <br />~ that was adopt ~ -- ¥..~ ........ .P al ~apacities <br /> fA GEU~--~7-r -----~T--=~ ~--//" uu-M-~ ~O~' They are intended ~ n~,,~ <br /> ...... ~u, 9uluance (BUT SHOULD NOT BE USED TO PLAN AN6 6~S~&~''~e <br />SPECIFIC PROGRAMS OR FACILITIES BECAUSE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL <br />AVERAGES MAY DIFFER FROM LOCAL CONDITIONS. FURTHERMORE, THE <br />ESTIMATES WILL BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS MORE DATA IS COLLECTED AND <br />RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY IS IMPROVED.) to the Council and counties in <br />~ for resource recover and-~ecycl'in ~ete'rmining <br /> ~ ~ ~ g ~nd t~-~ <br />Region~ ?6-6u~e needs for landflll facilities. - <br /> <br /> Existing Land Disposal System <br /> <br /> The Region relies primarily on 11 sanitary landfills to dispose of <br /> its solid waste (see Figure 2). Ten of these Sites are privately <br /> owned and one is owned by a municipality. All are permitted by the <br /> Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), and are located in four <br /> of the Region's seven counties: Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin'and Scott. <br /> <br /> (AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1, BETWEEN 1972 AND 1977, THE QUANTITIES OF SOLID <br /> WASTE DUMPED IN AREA LANDFILLS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY STEADY. THEY <br /> AVERAGED ABOUT 4,400 TONS DAILY, OR APPROXIMATELY 3.85 POUNDS PER <br /> PERSON.) Table 1 identifies the rate at which each landfill is being <br /> filled and~r~ininq papa~--~y. At--~r~sent receiving rates <br /> (quantities'of landfilled solid waste reported to the MPCA), the <br /> Region's landfills are using about (1,900) 2,800 acre-feet of space a <br /> year. (IN DECEMBER 1977,) Currently, there (WERE) is approximately <br /> (16,000) 13,242 acre-feet of remaining permitted landfill capacity. <br /> Anoka, Dakota and Hennepln counties have most of the remaining <br /> permitted landfill capacity. It is estimated that the Region's <br /> permitted capacity will fill up in about (SEVEN-AND-A-HALF) five <br /> years (FROM DECEMBER 1978), if the population, quantity of so--~ <br /> waste generated, and permitted capacity of landfill sites in the Area <br /> remain the same .(see Figure ~). <br /> <br /> Changing these conditions, however, could increase or decrease the <br /> amount of time it would take to fill the remaining landfill <br /> capacity. It is important to note that landfill sites in the Area <br /> may have more space that is permittable, and thus, the Region's <br /> potential landfill capacity may also be greater. Three landfills, <br /> for example, have proposed expansions of their disposal capacities. <br /> T--h~ ?equest fbr expansions ~re presentI~y ln~e review process and <br /> .are .subject to MPCA, Councik and county a~-~ loca~ government <br /> approvals. If a~ved the n~ew capacity w.i~ll provide the Region <br /> to.two years--~__f a-~'~-~lonal d~spo~al capacity (see ~i~ure 3--). up <br />Future Land Disposal Needs <br /> <br />Estimates of future quantities of solid waste, and other measures of <br />solid waste, vary for the Region. The Council is trying to improve <br />the reliability of this data. Currently, the best way to determine <br />future land disposal needs is to apply the rate of population growth <br />to the rate of per capita generation of solid waste. Recently, the <br />U.S. Environmental Protection Agency noted cities are reporting that <br /> <br /> <br />