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im November 7, 1984 To: Jim Andre, City Manager From: Bruce E. Ryden, Fire Marshal Subject: Metropolitan Recovery Corporation (MRC) Central Treatment/Recovery Facility At your request, I have reviewed the material that has been made available to me concerning the proposed hazardous waste treatment facility. It is my understanding that this facility will be reclaiming heavy metals (inorganic compounds) received from the metal plating firms. These materials, con- sisting mainly of; lead, zinc, nickel, chrome, copper and cadmium, are classified as toxic or.hazardous waste but differ from what the public gen- erally construes as hazardous waste. Should an accidential discharge (spill) occur, the major concern would be from surface soil contamination and water supply contamination. There would be little, if any, airborne contamination. If there were any air contamination, it would be confined to a very small area in the immediate vacinity. Fears by the public of widespread contam- ination are, in my estimation, completely unfounded and based on a lack of knowledge regarding the properties of the hazardous materials. It is also proposed that there will be some collection of organic compounds, principally flammable waste solvents. These will be collected, consolidated and shipped to refineries and licensed disposal sites. There is no proposal at this time to process these compounds on site. The major concerns of this office are as follows: Truck routes used to bring materials in and out of the site, drum storage, fire protection, emergency contingency plan and illegal dumping. the matter of which streets are to be utilized for transportation into and out of the site could be the same as those currently delineated in Section 34.060 of the city code with a couple of additions. The attached map reflects the current routes (shown as heavy lines) and the needed additions (shown by slanted lines). The routes are used for explosive carriers and all flammable/combustible transporters except those making deliveries to business, industry and residences. They avoid, to the maximum possible, highly congested residential areas and as much com- mercial area as major through fares will permit. These routes have been in effect since the early 1970's with no adverse affect on the carriers or citi- zens. The small additional routes needed will pose no significant impact on the residents or carriers. The matter of drum storage is a highly important area. Outside drum storage can become a severe problem and it is recommended that there be absolutely no drum storage, full or empty, outside of the building. This should help to eliminate the major problems other hazardous materials sites have experienced.