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!I Ii , ? ~ ~ RESOLUTION NO. 85~125 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON ;RESOLUTION GRANTING THE MENGELKOCH COMPANY AN OFFENSIVE TRADES LICENSE AND AFFIXING CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF OPERATION WHEREAS. the City of New Brighton is responsible for the general safety. health. welfare and well-being of its residents and has established codes to aid in carrying out this responsibility; and WHEREAS. City Code Chapter 24 entitled Sewer Department Regulations and Chapter 15. Article VII. entitled Offfensive. Dangerous Trades. and Metropolitan Sewer Board Rules and Regulations for the Metropol itan Disposal System and the ; Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Regulations all apply to the operation of the Menge1koch Company as a rendering business; and WHEREAS. the City is aware and has been informed that certain 'deFiciencies the operation of the Mengelkoch Company have occurred in the past with respect to these codes. rules. regulations and standards; and WHEREAS. the deficiencies which previously existed in regard to disposal of sewage have. in the past. affected the safety. health. welfare and well-being or 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 ioffensive odors in the neighborhood; and WHEREAS. on January 15. 1985, a stack emission test, in conformance with American Society for Testing Materials Method : (ASTH) 0-1397-57. was performed on the emission from the stack or !the Mengelkoch Company plant facilities at 119-14th Street NE and such test indicated an average odor level of 38.0 odor units per cubic Foot, which is below the limit of 150 odor units allowed by 'APC-9. Further. that the test indicated a total emission rate of · 801,200 odor units per minute which is within the limit of one !mi11 ion odor units per minute allowed by APC-9; and WHEREAS. a second emission test was performed on June 18, 1985. which indicated an average odor level or 20.0 odor units per cubic foot and a total emission rate or 412.100 odor units per minute. These figures are less than the limit Or 150 odor units per minute allowed and less than one million odor units per :minute al lowed by APC-9; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Offensive Trades License of the Menge1koch Company 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 of operation so that all rendering plant air will be processed through a scrubber. except during periods of loading and unloading when loading doors may be open but these periOds shall be kept to a minimum. 2. The Mengelkoch Company shall continue to perform all obligations required of it by its agreement with the City of New Brighton dated January 25. 1977. and as ~ ;