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. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Suite 300-Metro Square Building, St. Paul, Minnesota 55.101 October 24, 1983 T0: Metropolitan Waste Management Advisory Committee FROM: .Lynne Bly, Environmental Planning Department SUBJECT: Determination of Need for an~Environmental Impact Statement on the Waste Energy Systems Incinerator, Midwest Asphalt Corporation, New Brighton, Minnesota INTRODUCTION Midwest Asphalt Corporation has proposed to build a 200 ton-per-day modular incinerator on five acres of land in the Walburn Industrial Park in New Brighton (Figure 1). The facility would burn unprocessed solid waste and provide steam for sale to nearby industries. The proposed steamiine would follow the Minnesota Transfer Railway Company right-of-way, tunnel under Hwy. 8, and cross I-35E using the existing railroad bridge (Figure 2). The facility is expected to be operational by 1985. COUNCIL REVIEW AUTHORITY .Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQB) rules require an environmental assessment worksheet (EAW} on resource recovery facilities that handle more than 100 tons-per-day of solid waste (6 MCAR 3.038). The EAW and comments' from government agencies and the public. are used to determine whether or not an environmental impact statement (EIS) should be prepared on the project. ~. In the metropolitan area, the Metropolitan Council is designated as a respon- sibie government agency (RGU) for projects of this type. As an RGU, the ..Council must prepare an EAW, hold a public meeting and decide whether or not an EIS is required. on the project in question. The Council prepared the EAW on tfle New Brighton project and held a public meeting on Oct. il, 1983. Lts remaining task is to determine if an EIS should be required. The EQB rules provide guidance in making the EIS need determination. 6 MCAR 3.028 states "An EIS shall be ordered for projects which have t1~e potential for significant environmental effects." In deciding whether a project has the potential for significant environmental effects, the Council should consider: "1) fine type,. extent, and reversibility of environmental effects; 2) 'the cumulative potential effects of related or anticipated future projects;.. 3) the extent to which the. environmental effects are subject to mitigation. by•ongoing public regulatory authority; and