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Enviro-Chem Inc. <br />21821 Industrial Blvd. <br />Rogers, MN. 55374 <br /> <br /> <br />To the City of Elk River: <br /> <br />Enviro Chem Inc. has an interest in the property that is available at 11074 179th St NW, <br />Elk River, MN 55374. Enviro-Chem would need an amended ordinance to practice <br />business at the available property. Enviro-Chem Inc would like to know if the City of Elk <br />River would be willing to entertain the idea of amending the zone to fit Enviro-Chem <br />Inc’s business practice? <br />We have supplied a short background in this letter and have also attached our company <br />audit packet as well for review. <br /> <br />Enviro-Chem Inc was started in 1980 by Roger Meyer in recycling practices for the <br />printed circuit industry. By 1990 Enviro-Chem Inc continued as one of the largest Circuit <br />Board recyclers in the Midwest. In 1984 ECI built our Headquarters in Rogers MN <br />equipped with furnaces and incinerators for precious metal reclaim. In 1994 we opened <br />our second facility at 20005 County Rd 81 Rogers, MN. This is a 14-acre site with two <br />12,500 sq ft facilities. This opened as our Shredding division. <br />In 2010 Roger Meyer retired from Enviro-Chem Inc, from there his two sons Todd and <br />Brian continue to run it. We pride ourselves on being a family-owned business as most <br />of the employees on our staff have exceeded 10 plus years of being employed with <br />ECI. <br /> <br />Site: ECI plans for site would be used as a processing site. This would include incoming <br />materials from accounts to be separated and sorted to their commodity. After packaging <br />materials would be sent over to our two existing sites to be recycled or shipped directly <br />to one of our downstream partners. The material would mostly be electronics that could <br />be reused or need to be recycled. The site would have 15-20 employees, 6 existing <br />employees and a potential hiring of 12-15 more. We have a long list of hazards that are <br />not accepted that will continue. No outdoor use is needed besides parking of 2 dock <br />trucks and 4 semi-trailers. All practices on the site would be relocated to indoors only. <br />In 2 years, Enviro-Chem would like to move our shredding operation into the facility as <br />well. Enviro-Chem has already looked at technologies of dust collection systems for <br />permanent indoor use eliminating any environmental impact outdoors. We are a no <br />landfill policy company within all our recycling practices. <br /> <br />How Enviro-Chem feels we could benefit the city: We have interest in running a city only <br />program where residents could recycle all their household electronics at next to no cost. <br />These style programs have proven beneficial in eliminating E-waste in our landfills. <br />For 44 years we have been operating at the highest industry standards without incident. <br />We practice a vast environmental standard which has allowed us to partner with some <br />of the largest companies in the world. We also have Government contracts that call for <br />high security demands. <br />Page 21 of 27