HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.a. Request by SKB Environmental to Amend their IUP to Allow for Construction and Operation of Recycling Facility SUMMAR� ROSEN4OUI\IT EXECUTIVE
PLANNING COMMISSION
Planning Commission Meeting Dates: April 22 and May 27, 2014
Tentative City Council Meeting Date: June 17, 2014
AGENDA ITEM: Case 14-24-IUP Request by SKB
Environmental to Amend their Interim Use AGENDA SECTION:
Permit to Allow the Construction and Public Hearing
Operation of Recycling Facility
PREPARED BY: Eric Zweber, Senior Planner AGENDA NO.
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ATTACHMENTS: Location Map APPROVED BY
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to Continue the Public Hearing to the May 27,
2014 Planning Commission Meeting.
ISSUE
SKB Environmental, Inc. (SKB) owns and operates an industrial, construction and demolition waste
landfill at 13425 Courthouse Blvd. On November 19, 2013, the City approved a new five (5) year
interim use permit (IUP) for their landfill that included plans for an enclosed recycling/transfer
facility. Since that approval, SKB has proposed a recycling facility that will remove non-ferrous metals
from municipal solid waste (MSW) ash at the landfill. Their proposal includes an outdoor drop off
area where trucks would drop MSW ash and then the ash would be brought into the facility with a
front end loader. This outdoor drop off was not considered in their 2013 IUP and therefore SKB is
requesting an amendment to their IUP to allow this outdoor activity.
SUMMARY
SKB has proposed an outdoor drop off area next to their proposed recycling facility to have their
trucks dump the MSW ash and then front end loaders would bring the ash into the facility. SKB has
proposed a trench drain and 4 inch surmountable curb to contain the leachate (rain water that falls on
the MSW ash). SKB has not provided sufficient information to clarify that this design is able to
handle the leachate from a significant rainfall event and does not have any secondary containment
system proposed if the system fails or is overtopped. Dakota County staff has expressed these same
concerns, as well as concerns about the dust suppression and the likelihood of trucks tracking the ash
into the proposed gravel parking lot. City staff is coordinating a meeting with Dakota County and
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MnPCA) staff to discuss these issues with SKB. City staff
recommends that tonight the Planning Commission open the Public Hearing, take any testimony from
audience members, and then motion to continue the Public Hearing to the May 27th Planning
Commission meeting.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff cannot recommend approval of the amendment of the SKB IUP as proposed; additional
information is needed. Staff recommends opening the Public Hearing, take any comment from the
audience, and motion to continue the Public Hearing to the May 27th Planning Commission meeting.
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