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'r "" ~ . . .. ~r~ I RESOLUTION NO. 2279 I STATE OF MINNESOTA I COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON , I I I I RESOLUTION GRANTING THE MENGELKOCH CO. AN OFFENSIVE TRADES LICENSE AND AFFIXING CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF OPERATION. I, WHEREAS The City of New Brighton is responsible for the general safety, health, welfare and well-being of its residents I, and has established codes to aid in carrying out this responsibili y, 'I and WHEREAS City Code Chapter 24 entitled Sewer Department Reg- ulations and Chapter 15, Article VII, entitled Offensive Trades, and Metropolitan Sewer Board Rules and Regulations for Control Agency Standards all apply to the operation of the Mengelkoch Co. as a rendering business, and WHEREAS The City is aware and has been informed that certain I deficienc,ies in the operation of the Mengelkoch Co. have occurred in the past with respect to these codes, rules, regulations and I standards, and I WHEREAS, The deficiencies which previously existed in regard to disposal of sewage have, in the past, affected the safety, health, welfare and well-being of the City's residents in that such deficiencies cause plugging of the sanitary sewer and lift station, interference with sanitary sewer service to others, dumping of raw sewage on the open ground, and emission of offensiv odors in the neighborhood, and I WHEREAS On January 23, 1979, stack emission tests, in complet I conformance with American Society for Testing Materials Method I D-1391-57, were performed on the emissions from the stack of the Mengelkoch Company plant facilities at 119 14th Street NE and I such tests indicated an average odor level of 42 odor units per I cubic foot, which is below the limit of 150 odor units allowed II by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Regulation APC-9. Further, , that the test indicated a total emission level of 840,000 odor I units per minute which is within the limit of one million odor I units per minute allowed by APC-9, and WHEREAS A second emissiofistestwas performed on August 8, 1979 which indicated an average odor level of 37 odor units per cubic foot and a total emission level of 820,000 odor units per minute. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Offensive Trades License of the Mengelkoch Co. for the premises at 119 14th Street NE be granted under the following conditions: ! 1. All doors and windows shall be kept closed during periods I of operation so that all rendering plant air will be processed through a scrubber or burned, except during periods of loading and unloading when loading doors I may be open but these periods shall be kept to a minimum. I 2. The Mengelkoch Co. shall continue to perform all I obligations required of it by its agreement with the I City of New Brighton dated January 25, 1977, and as I I amended by a subsequent agreement dated December 12, : 1978. I I I I I I