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REQUEST FOR ACTION fiver To Item Number Ma or & Ci Council 5.5. Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Administration April 4, 2011 Rebecca Haug, Environmental Administrator Item Description Reviewed by Request for a Negative Declaration on the Need for an EIS for Lori ohnson, Ci Administrator Plaisted Companies Sand & Gravel Mining Operation EAW Reviewed by Action Requested Staff is recommending adoption of the attached resolution declaring a negative declaration on the need for an EIS for the Plaisted Companies request. Background/Discussion Included in your packet is a copy of the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for the Plaisted Companies Sand and Gravel Mining Operation request. The purpose of the EAW is to describe the project and gather information to identify any potential environmental effects. The City Council for the City of Elk River is the Responsible Governmental Unit (RGU) charged with determining from the information gathered through the EAW process, whether or not this project has significant potential to cause irreversible environmental effects. If the Council feels there is a significant potential to cause irreversible environmental effects, they shall order an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) be prepared for the project. To make their decision the Council will consider the following information: the EAW itself, comments received on the EAW, and the responses to the comments received. The Council shall order an Environmental Impact Statement be prepared, if they determine that the impacts that may reasonably be expected by the project have the potential for significant environmental effects. The Council shall consider the impacts of the project under the following criteria: • type, extent, and reversibility of the environmental effects; • cumulative potential effects of related or anticipated future projects; • extent to which the environmental effects are subject to mitigation by ongoing public regulatory authority; and • extent to which environmental effects can be anticipated and controlled as a result of other environmental studies. Written comments were received from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), Sherburne Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT). This area is property which was included in the 1994 EIS Gravel Mining Study. N:\Public Bodies\City Council\Council RCA\Agenda Packet\04042011 \Plaisetd.docx