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'ity of <br /> <br />Item 16.1. <br /> <br />Memorandum <br /> <br />iver <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />STEPHEN ROHLF, BUILDING AND <br />ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ~/2. <br /> <br />MARCH 20, 2000 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />RENEWAL OF CONDITIONAL USE <br />PERMIT AND SOLID WASTE <br />LICENSE TO OPERATE A SOLID <br />WASTE FACILITY BY THE ELK <br />RIVER LANDFILL/P.H. <br />CASE # CU 00-4 <br /> <br />1. Request <br />The Elk River Landfill is requesting approval for the renewal of their conditional use <br />permit and solid waste license. The same issues are addressed in both the license and <br />conditional use permit. <br /> <br />Attachments· Vicinity map. <br />· Site map and "Explanation of Request" by the Elk River Landfill. <br />· A memo from Matt Ledvina, City Environmental Consultant, dated, 2/21/00. <br />· Solid Waste Facility License and Conditional Use Permit for the Landfill. <br /> Language that is proposed to be deleted has been underlined and language <br /> proposed to be added is in bold type. The legal description of the affected <br /> property is "Exhibit A" attached to the CUP. <br /> <br />3. Background <br />The landfill started operation in 1972 on forty acres. Gravel deposits on the site were <br />removed and the resulting hole was filled with solid waste. This original cell was unlined <br />or had no means of recapturing leachate (rain water or run-off that is contaminated from <br />coming in contact with the waste). <br /> <br />Regulation of the landfill was done only through Sherburne County and the Minnesota <br />Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). In 1987, the city successfully negotiated with the <br />owners of the landfill. They agreed to subject themselves to city regulation in return for <br />being allowed to expand. The landfill site now consists of approximately 140 acres and <br />the city has control of a solid waste license and conditional use permit on the operation. <br />These permits are required to be renewed every four years. <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />