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Mavor and Councilmembers October 10, 1985 Page 2 Negative aspects of the plant include wastes being hauled into the City from Hennepin and Anoka Counties which seems wasteful and unnecessary since New Brighton and nearby communities have sufficient wastes available. The hauling of New Brighton waste out of the countv and hauling Hennepin and Anoka County waste to New Brighton is energy wasteful. In addition extra truck traffic is destructive to roads. These trucks are packed tightly and generally exceed load limits. High load limits are the most destructive aspect leading to road failure. New Brighton will have a little knowledge and control of wastes brought into the city from outside the community. Garba~e trucks are frequently seen to be leaking liquid substances as they travel down the road hauling garbage longer distances only exacebates these problems. Since all solid waste is to be converted to ener~y and since New Brighton solid \laste cannot be burned in the local plant there Seell1S no advantage for New Brighton to accept the additional environmental problems from outside communities. The commission members have reviewed much literature pertaining to the potential danger of dioxius and particulate matter resulting from burning operations. It is our understanding that current literature cannot at this time pinpoint the impact to human health, but in lieu of continuing techological advances, this specific burning operation may later be found to have a negative impact to human health and the surrounding economic development. From a land use standpoint we question if this use of the land is the best for the locality. The intersection of two major interstate high- ways north of the CBDls of Minneapolis and St. Paul may have a higher use for commercial development than industrial use. He support the Council's request that the Planning Commission look at this question. If the Council sees fit to approve the proposed solid waste burning facility we recommend that the Special Use Permit include conditions relating to environmental monitoring and protection, including the following: 2. 3. 4. 1. That specific operating guidelines be included which would require the facility to be monitored by the City at least monthly. That the City hire a consultant to develop operational procedures that must be followed by the facility operators. That all expenses related to the monitoring activities be reflected in the permit fee. That the facilitv obtain a Hazardous Generator permit number from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It is inevitable that some hazardous waste will be intermixed with the incoming commercial wastes