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<br />At the present time, all the haulers licensed in Falcon Heights have a contract with <br />Ramsey County to talce all or part of their waste to the Newport Facility. <br /> <br />Contract to take ALL waste to RRF Contracted to take Dart of waste to RRF <br />Horrigan BFI <br />Gene's Superior/Onyx <br />Waste Management Walter's <br /> <br />This information is from the RamseylWashington Counties Resource Recovery Project <br />website (13). At the Commission's request, Staff contacted the Ramsey County <br />Environmental Health Department and confirmed that the web page is up to date and <br />accurate. All of these contracts expire July 13,2007. <br /> <br />Residents on both sides of the issue have clearly expressed their support for reducing <br />waste, and that is also the Commission's highest goal, but there is still a need to make <br />wise choices in the disposal of that waste that goes into the containers at the curb, to be <br />picked up and hauled away every week. Under an open system, it is the haulers, often in <br />distant corporate headquarters, who make that choice about at least part of the waste that <br />comes from Falcon Heights. Without a renewal of RRF contracts in 2007, there may be <br />no local voice in this decision for cities that do not have their own contracts. <br /> <br />Notes <br /> <br />1. Minnesota Statute 1 15A.02. http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/recovery/index.asp <br /> <br />2. Ibid. <br /> <br />3. 2003 Solid Waste Policy Report to the Minnesota Legislature, prepared by the <br />Office of Environmental Assistance (OEA), January, 2004. Executive Summary, <br />p. 1. http://www.moea.state.mn.us/publications/policy2003-summary.pdf <br /> <br />4. "Environmental Hierarchy of Waste Management & Energy Production <br />MethodslFuelsffechnologies," Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network, <br />http://www.energyjustice.net/technologies .pdf <br /> <br />5. "Risk Comparison Between Solid Waste Management Alternatives," prepared by <br />Malcolm Pimie, Inc. for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, July, 1991, Table <br />6-1. <br /> <br />6. "Criteria for Solid Waste Disposal Facilities: A Guide for Owners/Operators," <br />EP N530-SW-91-089, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, March, 1993. Also, <br />other publications provided by the NSWMA and communication with staff at the <br />Elk River landfill. <br /> <br />7. "The Basics of Landfills," ACTION Center; <br />http://www.ejnet.org/landfillslindex.html <br /> <br />City of Falcon Heights Final Report on Organized Collection <br />October 13, 2004 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1_ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />22 <br />