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Additional cover letter - from John Cannon of Camp Dresser & McKee, dated April 15, 1997, which includes revisions to the Long Term Development Plan originally submitted Revised draft conditional use permit and license Elk River Landfill's proposed "Long Term Development Plan", dated April, 1997 SIGNIFICANT ISSUES Revised MPCA permit - Since the city's permits reference approvals given in MPCA's permit it is critical that changes to MPCA's permit are reviewed and approved by the city. The draft conditional use permit and license reference the most recent plans, deadlines, and documents submitted to MPCA by the landfill. MPCA, or Sherbume County for that matter, may modify their permits, but those changes shall not be implemented by the landfill unless the city is in agreement. Approval by the city shall mean staff for minor issues of a more technical nature and public hearing in front of the Planning Commission and City Council for major issues affecting land use. Corrective action - The first cells developed at the landfill were unlined and, consequently, have resulted in ground water contamination. Methane gas has also migrated pass the landfill's boundaries. Besides assuring that the landfill is currently operating in an environmentally correct manner, the other major goal of the city's permits is to get the ground water contamination corrected prior to it leaving the landfill's site. The landfill has and will continue to install active gas venting to control methane gas migration. This venting system also works in conjunction with the final cover system to reduce the extent of volatile organic ground water contamination. The City's conditional use permit and license contain language requiring coordinated monitoring of gas and ground water so the results of the active gas venting can be properly analyzed. The City's conditional use permit and license also contain language regarding remedial actions to be taken in addition to active gas venting if this action does not produce the desired result. Hours of operation - The current hours of operation for the landfill according to the city's permit [paragraph 6, subparagraph (09)] are from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The landfill is requesting permission to receive waste outside of these hours. The waste would be required to go through the normal approval process, but because of some unique circumstance can not be delivered during normal hours. An example would be clean-up adjacent to a busy highway where the clean-up takes place at night to avoid peak traffic. This issue came up after the Planning Commission's review of this renewal. However, on a case by case basis approved by the Building and Zoning Administrator staff feels this is a reasonable request and is recommending it be approved. Lanfi197