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STATEMENT OF JAMES R. COLEMAN ON BEHALF OF THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY BEFORE THE METROPOLITAN WASTE CONTROL COMMISSION Regarding the "Proposed Central Treatment/Recovery Facility" March 15, I984 Good evening, My name is Jim Coleman and I am a resident of the city Of Minneapolis. I'm here this evening to speak on behalf of the Minnesota Association of Commerce and Industr Industry --more specifically, our Environment and Energy Affairs Committee. The Minnesota Association of Commerce and Indust consisting of approximately 5,000 members, is the largest business organization in the state and a number of the participants in the Metropolitan Recovery Corporation are members of our Association. It is on that basis that I s eak here this evening. p It was almost two years ago, at a meeting sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Governor's Quality Environment Project, that I recall first speaking in favor of the proposal for a centralized waste treatment facility for the metropolitan metal finishing industry. At that time we s the proposal as a creative a aw approach to safely, effectively and economically solve a waste problem for small and medium-sized plating companies in the metro area. We urged support for the concept then, as we do now. This is a creative proposal. We must recognize that it is directed not simply at controlling, but reducing the public's risk from inorganic hazardo wastes and in a most us practical and economic manner --a joint effort of small and medium-sized companies, uniting to gain both an environmental advantage for the public, while at the same time obtaining significant technical and eco advantages for themselves, nomic It will thus assure the effective management of wastes and a competitive price, while at the same time assuring the greatest protection for the public. It is a proposal for the future survival of small metal finishing businesses in the metro area and we support the effort. In this light, I respectfully suggest that the Board favorably consider the proposal from the Metropolitan Recovery Corporation. Thank you. r