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<br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />BY:Xerox Telecopier 7021 5- 3-94 9:29 <br /> <br />6122969707" <br /> <br />612 241 2366:# 2 <br /> <br />News Release <br /> <br /> <br />Minnesota Pollution Control Agency <br />~20 Lafayette Road North, St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-4194 <br /> <br />~~. <br /> <br />Printed on rac:yclld paper with at <br />Ieut 10% fib.,. from paper <br />recycled by conaumera. <br /> <br />R IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 1994 <br /> <br />Contact: Scott Hvidsteri (612) 297.1607 (voice) <br />(612) 282.5332(!11? <br />Toll free 1-800-657-3864 (voice/TrY) <br /> <br />!4PCA B.ESPO~OS jO U.S. SUEREME COU8IJ2fC'S(QNjt&MSYilNCINERATQR ASti <br /> <br />The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) responded to a u.s. Supreme Court <br />I' g today declaring that munidpal solid waste (MSW) incinerator ash is not exempt from <br />federal hazardous, waste rules. -The nillng came aftei the Court heard the City of Chicago <br />I " <br />' " <br />versus the Environmental Defense .Fund 'case regarding whether or not ash from the City of <br />ClUcago's Northwest waste-to-energy facility ,was subject to federal hazardous waste rules. <br /> <br />The MPCA said that it is working with the Minnesota Attorney General's Office to study the. <br />Su~reme CoUIf s niling and opinion to ~etermine its effect on Minnesota's MSW ash disposal <br />ruies, its 12 MSW incinerators and the 9 MSW ash-onIy landfills in the state. ' <br /> <br />I Whlle MPCA Commlssioner Charles W. WIlliIllIlS said that the Court's ruling may have far- <br />relching Impact on ash disposal in Mlnnesota, he emphasized that the waste Is currently being <br />mJnaged and disposed of saIe1y and in an environmentally protective manner In Minnesota. <br /> <br />'13ven though we have not yet determin~ the effect of this ruling on the state's solid waste <br />incinerators and landfills, we are confident that we have been managing incinerator ash <br />I ' <br />re~onsibly and in a way that protects our state's environment and the health. of its dt:i.zens:' <br />saia Williams. 'We also have ~veral years of experience and data that show that leachate from <br />landfills is actually well below federal hazardous waste values.", Leachate is created when <br />and melting snow seep through buried waste. <br /> <br /> <br />illiams'pointed out that the state's MSWash disposal rules are stringent and provide for <br />en . onmentally protective liner and leachate collection systems that collect and treat leachate <br />so at is cannot affect the environment. In fact, he added~ if incinerator ash shows a high level <br />of 1 aching potential, Minnesota's rules require an ash landfill with a liner design consistent <br />wi a federal hazardous waste landfil11iner. <br /> <br />(more) , <br />