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Item 6.1.-6.2. MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: DATE: Stephen Rohlf, Building and Environmental Administrator February 9, 2004 5' ~'- SUBJECT: Solid Waste Facility License Renewals and Conditional Use Permit Amendments for NRG CU 03-37/P.H. and GRE CU 03-38/P.H. Background In the late 1980's when the City of Elk River originally permitted NRG (NSP at the time) to process refuse derived fuel (RDF) and GRE (UPA at the time) to burn RDF, it considered them two components of the same process. A third component of the process is transportation (refuse to NRG, rejects from NRG, RDF to GRE and ash from GRE). This component is also covered in their permits. Because they are so interrelated, NRG's and GRE's conditional use permits and solid waste facility licenses cross-reference each other and need to be reviewed in conjunction with each other. Request - Renewal of Solid Waste Facility Licenses and Amendments to Conditional Use Permits (CUP) for NRG and GRE Both NRG's and GRE's CUPs and Solid Waste Facility Licenses have very similar language, but legally they serve different functions. Solid Waste Facility Licenses from the city are required to be renewed and, therefore, may be more easily modified if problems arise. Because the renewals have become a somewhat routine process for the facilities in question, during their last renewal 0anuary 2000) the permit life was extended from two years to four years. The city routinely reviews CUPs for solid waste facilities at the same frae as their licenses, although renewal is not required. In this particular case, hoxvever, modifications to the language in the CUPs are being proposed; therefore, a public hearing for these permits is a requirement. The City Council will consider both the CUPs and Solid Waste Facilit37 Licenses for these facilities. Attachments The following attachments are included with this memo: ~ A vicinity map showing the location of both facilities ~ Site maps for both facilities