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~~~~~r Z . <br />Conditional Use Permit and Solid Waste Facility <br />Narrative <br />1. Application Requirements Not Affected by Requested <br />Renewal <br />Great River Energy (GRE) is requesting the renewal of the Solid Waste License and a <br />review of the Conditional Use permit for the Energy Recovery Station. Deb Nelson <br />communicated with Rebecca Haug, Elk River Environmental Administrator, who agreed <br />that many of the aspects of the application were not necessary. We have determined <br />that the following aspects will not change from the current conditions and therefore have <br />not included discussions of them in this application: <br />• Landscape Plan <br />• Utility Plan <br />• Tree Preservation Plan <br />• Grading/Drainage Plan <br />• Drainage Calculations <br />• Building Elevations <br />• Floor Plans <br />• Wall and Freestanding Sign Plans <br />• List of items/equipment/materials associated with Outdoor Storage <br />• Wetland Delineation <br />• Wetland Mitigation Plan <br />• EAW/EIS Requirements <br />If the City has any questions or concerns about the above aspects, please contact us <br />immediately and we will address them. <br />2. Description of Operations <br />The Elk River Campus is located in the northwest corner of the intersection of US <br />Highways 169 and 10. The campus consists of office buildings, warehouses, <br />transmission substations, the Elk River Energy Recovery Station (ERS) a waste to <br />energy plant, and the Elk River Peaking Station. Under State law, the peaking station is <br />exempt from local conditional use permits and so it is not covered by the existing <br />conditional use permit. <br />Elk River Energy Recovery Station is an electric power generating station burning RDF <br />as a primary fuel, TDF or tire derived fuel, and wood or wood waste as secondary or <br />alternate fuels. A single alternate fuel may be co-fired with the RDF or a combination of <br />the alternate fuels may be co-fired with the RDF. None of the alternate fuels are fired <br />without concurrently firing RDF. The RDF burned at this facility is currently produced <br />from the recently acquired processing facility, also in Elk River, several miles away. All <br />fuel arrives at ERS in semi trailers and is unloaded in the enclosed RDF receiving <br />building to the east of the plant. The facility produces approximately 40 megawatts of <br />S:\Legal\Environmental\ERS\City of Elk River\City of ER - Cond.UsePermit\2010Renewal\ER CUP Renewal <br />Narrative.docx <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />