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RUDY PBRPICH <br />GOVERNOR <br />ST TIE' OIL NIINNESUrP <br />OFFICE ()P THY GOVISI NOW <br />:ST. PA UL 115153 <br />june 30, 1983 <br />Mr. Daniel Shuster <br />Chairman <br />Resource Recovery Task Force <br />Metropolitan Council <br />4222 Zenith Avenue S. <br />Minneapolis, MN 55410 <br />Dear. Dan, <br />I would like to extend my thanks to you for your efforts in <br />developing a centralized metals recovery facility for Minnesota, <br />through you work as chairman of the Resource Recovery Task Force <br />of the Metropolitan Council. <br />I have every hope that your efforts will succeed in establishing . <br />a metals recovery facility, which will recycle toxic metals which <br />are presently disposed into our river systems, or. -into landfills. <br />Metals recovery could mean the elimination of nearly 17Z of our <br />state's hazardous wastes. It would also allow many small businesses <br />to meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requirements, which 14ight <br />otherwise be forced to close their doors -- a loss as great as 1500 to <br />2000 jobs in Minnesota. The electro-plating and circuit board industries <br />would be among those hardest hit, and are essential, to our state's econ- <br />ony, serving as vital support industries for Minnesota's expanding high- <br />tech sector. <br />I wish you every success in your further efforts to develop metals <br />recovery in Minnesota, setting an example for other states by proving <br />that we can transform liabilities which today pose an environmental <br />threat, into productive new materials for reuse by industry, and <br />productive new jobs for Minnesotans. <br />Thank you once again for your dedication, <br />'STrncerel , <br />Go rnor R dy Perpich <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />