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Ms, Deb wal~er~ <br />Februar}~ 3, ?0 ~ 0 <br />Page ? <br />zo~~ed Solid V~raste Facilities, However, the application curre~~tly pending befo~•e the City is not a~~ <br />applicatiol~ to expand the solid waste disposal area and leas not been noticed to the public as such, <br />The pending application could be a3l~ended to Include a request to expand the solid waste disposal <br />area witI~in the landfill property, but a request for such axe an~e~~d~r~ez~t would have to include all of <br />tl~e required submission i~laterials, a~~d notice to the public world lave to ve republished and <br />ren~ailed sa that the public has been pro~~ided fair at~d reasonable notice of tl~e p~~oposed expansion. <br />The landfill's current CUP and license expire on Februa~~y l7, x.010, The pending application fo~• a~~ <br />amended CUP and license are scheduled to be heard by the Elk River' PIa~ln~ng Cola~~n~sslon on <br />February 9, ?010, and the Elk River City Council on February ~ 6, col o. Unless the City is notified <br />b~~ file la~~dfill in writil~g that the pending application is being withdrawn o~• amended, the hearings <br />befo~•e the Plan~ling Commission and tl~e City Council on the pendixag application ufill proceed as <br />scheduled. <br />Mr. Perry's Ja~~uary ~S, 201D letter objecting to the buffer requi~•ement and proposing a ~,~71,300- <br />cubicyard expansion of the landfill had attached to it one schematic drawi~ag slowing the <br />expansion area, but included no other plans or materials that would de~aaonstrate low tlae <br />expansion area would ~be screened, nor where the infrastructure to suppo~~t s~.~cla an expansion., <br />such as service roads, wells, stoma water ~~.anagenaent, etc., would 'be locate. Nor is there any <br />mention i~. Mr. Pen'y's letter as to v~Thether the N~in~aesota Pollution Control Agency, the <br />Responsible Crovernnaental Unit for environmental review of an~r significant expansion of a <br />laxadfzll, lags ~~e~liewed ox evaluated the potential enviro~ur~e~~tal effects of this proposed <br />expansion, or° reviewed or approved this expansion proposal. ~f there is an environmental ~`eview <br />process ~a~andated by the Mi~uaesota En~rironnae~atal Policy Act that iaas not beexa conapieted, the <br />City of Ells River is prohibited from granting a~a anaezadn~e~at to tlae CUP or license alloying that <br />expansion, <br />Therefore, to the extent that Mr, Perry's letter constitutes a written request to a~~end the pending <br />application to eliminate the ?o0-foot buffer zone and to i~~cz~ease tl~e capacity of the Ia~~df ll by <br />Z,~71,300 cubic yards, this letter is to notif}~ the landfill, pursua~~t to Minnesota Statutes ~ 15.99, that <br />this request to a~~end tl~e applicatio~~ is i~aco~~~plete for failure to submit the following materials <br />zequired to evaluate such a~~ application for expansion: <br />A co~~npleted Applicatio~~ Forz~n and Application Fee. <br />labels for Property owners within ~5o feet of the Landfill Prope~~ty; obtained fro~x~ <br />the Sherburne County Tax Division, <br />A typewritten narrative describing tl~e expansion proposal. <br />The following playas and additional info~~~natioz~; <br />Gradi~ag Plan <br />