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<br />Planning Commission Minutes <br />April 10, 1990 <br /> <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />EXPLOSIONS.. .Mr. Kaas addressed this issue. Mr. Kaas indicated that <br />they are inspecting the loads to determine what is causing the <br />explosions. He indicated that letters have been sent to haulers <br />explaining what types of waste the plant will allow. NSP is concerned <br />regarding this issue. <br /> <br />Steve Rohlf felt this was the most serious issue with NSP. He <br />indicated that staff is pleased that fire suppression waters associated <br />with these explosions and fires have been retained. The City's concern <br />would be the safety of the citizens. Staff stated that better training <br />for NSP's employees who sort through solid waste prior to its being <br />processed is important. Mr. Rohlf reviewed with the Commission concerns <br />and issues regarding NSP. These concerns are listed in his memo dated <br />3/12/90 to the City Council. Staff is recommending that the City <br />consider requiring periodic checks of loads coming into the NSP <br />facility. <br /> <br />MEDICAL/INFECTIOUS WASTE...Glen Kaas reviewed this issue with staff and <br />the Commission. Mr. Kaas indicated that NSP feels that this issue is <br />not a public health concern, but an occupational exposure and safety <br />concern for NSP employees. He indicated NSP is very concerned with this <br />issue. <br /> <br />r-- <br /> <br />Cindy Axness (Environmental Department for NSP) stated that this has <br />been a very big concern of theirs. They felt it was more of an employee <br />concern than a community concern. Ms. Axness indicated that not all the <br />waste NSP receives is infectious. A lot of the medical waste they <br />recei ve is not any more capable of causing an infectious disease than <br />the other garbage in the waste stream. Staff indicated there should be <br />some type of procedure to prosecute those who are delivering illegal <br />waste. Ms. Axness stated these types of violations are hard to enforce. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />John Lichter, Bruce A. Liesch and Associates, felt that the problem is <br />that it is more cost effective for medical institutions to mismanage <br />their waste. It costs a lot of money to take this waste to medical <br />incinerators, and if they can get by with covering it up, they are <br />going to keep covering it up unless we aggressively pursue them. <br /> <br />After discussing this issue, it was the consensus of the Commission <br />that they would like staff to look into this problem and set some sort <br />of mechanism to encourage compliance. <br /> <br />EMPLOYEE TRAINING...Glen Kaas addressed this issue. Mr. Kass indicated <br />that plant employees have received initial training in hazardous waste <br />and infectious waste, which is updated annually. <br /> <br />CITIZEN DROP-OFF...Mr. Kaas addressed this issue. The Commission <br />suggested that a periodic advertisement be placed in the paper to <br />inform the public of services and fee structure. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />HOT LOAD AREA...Mr. Kaas indicated that they were requesting an <br />additional hot load area on the west side of the facility. <br /> <br />