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tcamf 1 tr-in cities association ® metai finishers 1 1 AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL ASSN. OF M[TAL FINISHERS 1 I March 15, 1933 John Harrington Resource Recovery Task Force Metropolitan Council 300 Metro Square Building St. Paul, Minnesota Re: Industry Comments on the Work of the Task Force Dear Mr. Harrington: The Twin Cities Association of Metal Finishers has supported the Task Force since its inception. We have had representatives on the Task Force, provided donations for the Phase I study, and followed your progress. Since the completion of the Phase I report in December, our member companies have felt that they needed time to discuss its implications and to get more definitive about our requirements for additional information that we need to arrive at an investment decision concerning the central resource recovery concept. Because we are in constant contact with the Task Force Chair, Dan Shuster, we have kept him informed about our concerns regarding more detailed economic and engineer- ing work necessary to give us confidence that the central facility could be built and that we had reliable fee schedules and in -plant modification engineering requirements. We need more information soon. I can speak for our Association in that we definitely want the Task Force to continue to analyze the recovery approach and to report its findings on a timely basis to our companies. We are serious about our responsibilities to implement water pre- treatment in our plants and see the central facility as a potentially valuable service to our industry. I directed three TCA11F members to call all of our members to solicit donations to continue the Phase II work and to match the grant provided by Hennepin.I.County. We want to procede quickly so that additional customer fees and engineering information is available by early April. We must have time to arrive at our design decision su that we can submit our intentions to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission by May 1.