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2. (11) Acceptable and Prohibitive Waste. The license breaks these into two parts and also breaks <br />them apart for each facility as each facility has different requirements. <br />Conditional Use Permit <br />1. Throughout the CUP, the names of the facilities are changed and nonessential background <br />information is deleted. <br />2. (9) (02) An operating fee has been added. This fee, which GRE has agreed to, is similar to the <br />"expansion fee" agreed to by the Landfill, and replaces annual payments made previously by the <br />owners of the RDF plant pursuant to a 1990 Agreement that will be terminated by the CUP. The <br />operating fee is $0.75 per ton of mixed solid waste (MSW) received at the Resource Processing Plant. <br />The fee goes into effect on January 1, 2012, and will be paid to the city based on 2011 actuals and <br />then annually by the end of January each year. <br />3. (13) City License Renewals. In recognition of GRE's willingness to pay an operating fee, the CUP <br />includes language from the 1990 Agreement protecting GRE from the city imposing significant <br />changes to the license. <br />4. The facility is permitted to burn a maximum of one thousand fifty (1,050) tons per day of refuse <br />derived fuel (RDF), using a 12-month rolling average, and may burn a set amount of Tire Derived <br />Fuel (I'DF). Currently, the facility is only burning about half of its permitted amount. GRE is <br />working on securing additional RDF. <br />The CUP will be permanent, as provided by state law, but can be amended upon application by the <br />Permittee. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS <br />During the Planning Commission meeting, Commissioner Anderson had questions regarding what would <br />happen if GRE were to sell the Resource Processing Plant (RPP). Staff informed him that the CUP goes <br />with the property. He also had a question regarding the landscaping around the RPP since it is adjacent <br />to the 171St Area and had questions relating to traffic flow and if processed material would be charged the <br />operating fee. Staff was able to explain to him that the landscaping was reviewed by staff. Tim <br />Steinbeck, Manager of the Elk River Resource Recovery Project, explained that occasional RDF is <br />brought to the Elk River facility from Newport and occasionally RDF from the Elk River site is brought <br />to the Newport location and this material would not be charged the operating fee as that fee relates tons <br />of MSW received. <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />Planning Commission Staff Report <br />Action Motion by Second by Vote <br />Follow Up <br />N:\Public Bodies\City Council\Council RCA\Agenda Packet\O1-17-2012\GRE CUP.docx <br />