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1.0 Interim Use Application Summary 1.1 Introduction Elk River Landfill, Inc. (ERL), awholly-owned subsidiary of Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc., owns and operates a landfill under Minnesota Solid Waste Permit Number SW-74. ERL is also licensed and permitted by both Sherburne County and the City of Elk River ("City"). The existing 164-acre landfill is located along U.S. TH 169 on 476 acres of land located in the NW '/4 of Section 3, T33N, R26W, and the SW 1/4 of Section 34, T34N, R26W, Sherburne County, Minnesota (see Drawing titled "Site Plan- Entire Property"). The remainder of the property (312 acres) provides a buffer surrounding the property. ERL is permitted to accept Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), demolition and construction debris, yard waste for composting, industrial waste in accordance with a MPCA-approved Industrial Solid Waste Management Plan, and processing facility rejects from the Elk River Resource Recovery Facility. On June 16, 2006, the Elk River City Council granted a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to ERL for the construction of a new office building at the landfill, immediately west of the existing gas to energy plant. As part of that CUP approval, one of the conditions was that an existing red metal skinned building (storage/maintenance building) was to be removed in its entirety. In a follow-up action on July 16, 2007, a Conditional Use Permit for an addition to the new office building and to retain the western 3,100 square feet of the red skinned building was approved by the City of Elk River. As part of that CUP approval, one condition was that the remaining portion of the existing storage/maintenance building was to be removed by December 31, 2009. The new office building was constructed on the parcel of land (designated parcel number 75- 103-2105) at the landfill that also contains the previous storage/maintenance building as well as the landfill gas to energy plant and other landfill related infrastructure (see drawing titled "Detailed Site Plan") The building used for storage/maintenance previous to the new building construction remains at the site and is integral in the operations at the landfill. The building now T:\0742\1410\Interim Use Application Summary.doc 1-1