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Yage 1 of 2 Griffiths, Maureen From: Walters, Debra Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:48 AM To: Griffiths, Maureen Subject: FW: Elk River landfill expansion Please print Debra Walters District Manager dwalters@wm.com 612-270-2972 1Naste Management's renewable energy projects create enough energy to power over 1 million homes. From: Ketchum, Julie Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 3:41 PM To: Kellas, John; Walters, Debra; Johnson, Terry; Ayers, Michael Subject: FW: Elk River landfill expansion -----Original Message----- From: Hanson, Wayne GRE/MG [mailto:WHANSON@GREnergy.com] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 3:40 PM To: Ketchum, Julie Subject: FW: Elk River landfill expansion Rebecca asked that I send her an a-mail reviewing again why GRE supports the landfill expansion. -----Original Message----- From: Hanson, Wayne GRE/MG Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 3:36 PM To: Rebecca Haug (rhaug@ci.elk-river.mn.us~ Subject: Elk River landfill expansion As I indicated earlier the future operation of the Elk River Station (ERS) and the Elk River Resource Recovery Facility (ERRRF) is dependant on having an economical disposal method for the materials that are rejected from the ERRRF. Up to 70,000 tons of glass, sand and other non-burnable materials are rejected annually in the conversion of MSW to refuse derived fuel for the Elk River Station. This material is landfilled at the Elk River landfill. Trucking that material to the nearest landfill if the Elk River landfill is not available can cost the project about $15/ton or over a $1,000,000 a year. Since GRE is anot-for-profit organization, we do not have a margin built into this project to cover these additional expenses without increasing. our energy costs from the station and potentially making the station uneconomical to operate. GRE had voiced concerned earlier to the City of Elk River that we were concerned that the tons of MSW currently going to the RDF project would go to the Elk River landfill after the existing fuel supply contracts expired for the station and therefore the expansion of the Elk River landfill could be detrimental to the future of the Elk River RDF project. Waste Management Inc. has recently agreed to support the Elk River RDF project to the previous level of MSW delivered to the project. With these tons from WMI and the tons from the other haulers that have voiced support for the Elk River project, GRE is optimistic we will be able to keep the ERS and the ERRRF operating for many years to come. was selected earlier this year to represent the electric utilities of Minnesota on the MPCA Stakeholders process. This process was established by the legislature.to develop a solid waste management plan for the state-that has the lowest impact on greenhouse gas 9/1/2009_ .............. _ _. _ . .. _ .