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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2123
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<br />STATE OF MINNESOTA
<br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY
<br />CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON
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<br />RESOLUTION GRANTING GORDON RENDERING COMPANY AN OFFENSIVE
<br />TRADES LICENSE AND AFFIXING CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF OPERATION
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<br />II
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<br />WHEREAS The City of New Brighton is responsible for the
<br />general safety, health, welfare and well-being of its -
<br />res idents and has established codes to aid in carrying out
<br />this responsibility, and
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<br />WHEREAS City Code Chapter 24 entitled Sewer Department
<br />Regulations and Chapter 15, Article VII, entitled Offensive
<br />Trades, and Metropolitan Sewer Board Rules and Regulations
<br />for the Metropolitan Disposal'System and the Minnesota
<br />pollution Control Agency Standards all apply to the operation.
<br />of Gordon Rendering Company as a rendering business, and
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<br />WHEREAS The City is aware and has been informed that
<br />certain deficiencies in the operation of Gordon Company's old
<br />plant have occurred in the past with respect to these codes,
<br />rules, regulations and standards and could occur with the
<br />new plant, and
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<br />WHEREAS These deficiencies when they have occurred, have
<br />affected the safety, health, welfare and well-being of The
<br />City's residents in that they have caused plugging of the
<br />sanitary sewer and lift stations, interference with sanitary.
<br />sewer service to others, dumping of raw sewage on the open
<br />ground and/or have often resulted in offensive odors in the
<br />neighborhood, and
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<br />WHEREAS on August 15, 1978 stack emissions test, in
<br />complete conformance with ASTM Method D-1391-57, were
<br />performed on the emissions from the stack of the scrubber
<br />servingLthe Gordon Rendering Company plant of facilities
<br />at 19-14th Street N.E. and such tests indicated an average
<br />odor level of 136 odor units per cubic foot, which is below
<br />the limit of 150 odor units allowed by APC-9, and
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<br />WHEREAS the test of August 15, 1978 also indicated a
<br />total emission level of 4.1 million odor units perjrninute
<br />which exceeds the one million odor units per minute allowed
<br />by APC-9, and
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<br />WHEREAS it was determined that the problems that existed
<br />were basically maintenance oriented and that corrective
<br />action was taken, and
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<br />WHEREAS on October 23. 1978, stack emission tests, in
<br />complete conformance with American Society for Testing
<br />Materials Method D-1391-57, were performed on the emmissions
<br />from the stack of the scrubber serving the Gordon Rendering
<br />Company plant facilities at 19 14th Street N.E.and such
<br />tests indicated an odor level of less than 2 odor units per
<br />cubic foot and a total emission of 84,000 odor units per
<br />minute.
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