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ct~~u egues~ <br />There will be two actions with this item: <br />~ . Solid waste Facility License <br />2. Conditional Use Permit <br />These are both subject to the proposed language changes which either have a stril~ethrough or are <br />highlighted in the attached CUP and license. <br />Staff and Planning Commission support a recommendation to approve the amendment to GRE's Solid <br />waste Facility License and the Conditional Use Permit with the modifications proposed by city staff. <br />a~ck~und1 ascu~si~n <br />Great River Energy OGRE} is requesting approval to burn alternative fuels at the Ells River Station to help <br />ensure the future economic viability of the project. The alternative fuels would be ti~•e-derived fuel <br />TDF},wood, and wood waste. These fuels would be used in conjunction with refuse-derived fuel <br />~RDF}. <br />GRE's Solid waste Facility license and CUP both need to be amended to allow burning of alternative <br />fuels. GRE is evaluating purchasing Resource Recovery Technologies ~RRT} processing facility and <br />landfill. RRT currently provides the RDF to the GRE's Ells River Station. Currently, there is a short <br />supply of municipal solid waste, which results in higher operational costs. Allowing GRE to burn the <br />alternative fuels will help reduce the operating costs. <br />GRE conducted test burns of TDF earlier this year. The City's Environmental Consultant, John Lichter <br />and ~ have reviewed the test results. The emissions tests did not reach any of the permitted limits. As <br />indicated in John's letter dated Qctober i, 2009 there is no technical reason to deny the CUP since GRE <br />uses state-af~the-art controls and emissions monitoring devices. <br />The existing Minnesota Pollution Cont~•ol ~.gency ~MPCA} air emissions permit for• GRE does allow <br />TDF to be used at a rate not to exceed 200 tons per day ~tpd} in any 24-hour period and 100 tpd on a 30- <br />day rolling average. However, the MPCA air emissions permit does not allow the Elk River Station to <br />burn wood or wood waste. Staff recommends that GRE be allowed to burn wood and wood waste <br />s;~Council~Rebecca~GR~ 1019 09.doc <br />