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~/ <br />Elk REQUEST FOR ACTION <br />.~ <br />River <br />TO ITEM NUMBER <br />Ma or & Ci Council 7.1 <br />AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY <br />Public Hearings January 17, 2012 Rebecca Haug, Environmental <br /> Administrator <br />ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By <br />Request by Great River Energy (GRE) for Conditional Use Cal Portner, Ci Administrator <br />Permit & License for Energy Recovery Project, Case No. CU REVIEWED BY <br />11-20 Peter Beck, Ci Attorne <br />ACTION REQUESTED <br />Staff and the Planning Commission support a recommendation to approve a new Solid Waste Facility <br />License for GRE. <br />Staff and the Planning Commission support a recommendation to approve a new Conditional Use Permit <br />for GRE. <br />BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION <br />The applicant is requesting to combine the existing Conditional Use Permits (CUP) and Licenses for the <br />RDF Plant located at 10700 165`" Ave NW and the GRE Power Plant located at 17845 Highway 10 into a <br />single CUP and a single license for an Energy Recovery Project to consist of a Resource Processing Plant <br />(formerly referred to as the RDF Plant), an Energy Recovery Station (the GRE Power Plant), and the <br />movement of vehicles between these facilities. <br />In the late 1980's when these facilities were first permitted, the facility at 10700 165` Ave NW was owned <br />and operated by a different company than GRE. GRE finalized the purchase of this facility on Apri129, <br />2010, and the facility reopened under GRE ownership on May 3, 2010. GRE is now requesting that the <br />CUPs and licenses for its facilities be combined. <br />Staff has prepared a new CUP and a new License for the combined project.. The new CUP and License <br />are substantially amended from the prior CUPS and Licenses in order to reflect the current operations at <br />these facilities and to be consistent with state law and more recent CUPs and Licenses for other solid <br />waste facilities in the city. In previous CUPs and licenses, both expired every two years. The new CUP <br />will only need to be amended if GRE proposes significant changes to the facility and requests an <br />amendment. The License will continue to be renewed on a three-year cycle. <br />Some of the notable changes to the license and CUP axe as follows: <br />License• <br />Throughout the license, the names of the facilities are changed and nonessential background <br />information is deleted. <br />rerESFe ~r <br />N:\Public Bodies\City Council\Coundl RCA\Agenda Packet\01-17-2012\GRE CUP.docx ~~~~~~ <br />