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Item6.2. <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br /> <br />Stephen Rohlf, Building and Environmental Administrator <br />March 15, 2004 ~ <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Solid Waste Facility License Renewal and Conditional Use Permit <br />Amendment for Elk River Landfill CU 04-01/P.H. <br /> <br />Request <br />Renewal of Solid Waste Facility License (SWFL) and Amendment to Conditional Use Permit <br />(CUP) for the Elk River Landfill <br /> <br />Attachments <br />The following attachments are included with this memo: <br /> A vicinity map showing the location of the facility <br /> Site map for the facility <br /> The current CUP and SWFL for the facility <br /> <br />Review <br />Both the SWFL and CUP for the Elk River Landfill have very similar language, but legally <br />they serve different functions. A SWFL from the city is required to be renewed and, <br />therefore, may be more easily modified if needed. In this particular case, however, <br />modifications to the language in the CUP are being proposed; therefore, a public hearing for <br />this permit is a requirement and both permits will be considered at your meeting. <br /> <br />In the attached CUP and SWFL, language that is proposed to be deleted has a line through it <br />and language proposed to be added is shaded. The City Attorney and city's Landfill <br />Consultant have reviewed the Landfill's CUP and SWFL and concurrence with staff's <br />proposed changes, which for the most part are housekeeping. The Landfill is also in <br />concurrence with the proposed changes. The Landfill is proposing an expansion to their <br />municipal solid waste facility in Elk River in the near furore. This proposed expansion is not <br />of issue with this renewal, which only deals with the current operation. <br /> <br />Issues <br /> <br />Odor - City staff has received complaints regarding odor associated with the <br />Landfill. The odor observed is not a garbage smell, but rather methane. One <br />possible explanation is an escape of gas due to the increased gas well drilling that has <br /> <br /> <br />