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MINUTES OF THE ARDEN HILLS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 25, 1988, 7:00 p.m. - Village Hall CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Acting Mayor Hansen called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. . ROLL CALL The roll being called the following members were present: Acting Mayor Nancy Hansen, Councilmembers Thomas Sather and Jeanne Winiecki. Absent: Mayor Robert Woodburn and Councilmember Gary Peck. Also present: Attorney James Lynden, Public Works Supervisor Robert Raddatz, Clerk Administrator Patricia Morrison and Deputy Clerk Catherine Iago. CLOSED MEETING; LABOR NEGOTIATIONS Council discussed labor negotiations at a closed meeting between 7:00 and 7:30 p.m. APPROVE MINUTES Winiecki moved, seconded by Sather, that Council approve the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting of January 11, 1988, as submitted. Motion carried unanimously. (3-0) , BUSINESS FROM FLOOR None. KEM MILLING CO.: 1988 AGREEMENT and Kem Milling Company Council was referred to a letter from Attorney Lynden, 1-23-88, regarding several alternatives for consideration by Council relative to the agreement between the Village for operation of the rendering plant. Jerry Liefert and Scott Parr, representatives from Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, were present to discuss the Kem Milling Permit and the standards MPCA would incorporate in the permit. . Liefert advised he would respond to inquiries sent by the Clerk Administrator, in her letter dated 1-13-88; also that he would be writing the permit for the rendering plant in Arden Hills, as well as the two rendering plants in New Brighton. He stated that Scott Parr would be addressing the items which relate to enforcement. Liefert noted that there were seven questions posed by the Council and responded as follows: I. What is the commitment level of your agency? Liefert stated that the MPCA is committed to enforce it's regulations to the letter of the law if necessary to ensure compliance with its Rules governing emission from the rendering plants. That is, whatever it takes to bring Gordon Rendering (Mpls. Hide & Tallow) into compliance will be required by the permit issued to Gordon Rendering. The same committment applies to the two plants in New Brighton... . 2. What Standards will be placed in the MPCA permit? Liefert advised the Standards in the Air Quality permit issued to Gordon Rendering will include source emission and ambient air limits delineated in Minn. Rules part 7005.0920; odor testing in part 7005.0930; equipment breakdown in part 7005.0940, and, if necessary, incineration of emissions delineated in part 7005.1030. Liefert explained that incineration of emissions rule was the actual rule for rendering plants, the first two rules are for odor emissions from any facility; he noted that some persons have read the rule and assumed incineration was required, but in fact the rules relate to a method equally effective. In addition, requirements to make the facility air tight, on storing and handling materials, and to abate fugitive emissions as delineated in part 7005.1040, which is a specific rule for rendering plants, will be included in the permit to the extent necessary to ensure compliance. The permit will also contain monitoring requirements on temperature and quantities of raw materials processed, temperatures, pressures, and flow rates for scrubber parameters and/or temperatures of incinerator combustion chamber. Gordon Rendering will be required to retain all required recorded data for at least two years. Liefert pointed out that although this evening he is specifically referring to Gordon Rendering or Mpls. Hide & Tallow, the two plants in New Brighton will be dealt with in the same manner. . 3. What will be the ramifications for non-compliance with MPCA standards? Liefert explained that the ramifications of non-compliance are Notices of Violation, Stipulation Agreements with penalities, Administrative Orders, Litigation, and, as an extreme, revocation of the permit. Scott Parr stated those are the different means of enforcement activities.