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-2- regulations which restrict metal waste discharges into t;,e set.,. r system. lations took effect on April 27, 1984. The facility is the outcome of a These regu- feasibility study conducted by the Resource Recovery Task Force, a task force formed by the Metropolitan Council and the Twin Cities Association of Metal Finishers in April of 1982, which included MPCA staff and staff of the Waste Management Board and which studied the feasibility of a central facility to treat metal waste generated in the metro area. As of October 30, 1984, 29 out of a possible total of 96 Twin Cities metal finishers and electroplaters were committed to utilizing the proposed central faci- lity. The facility will be run as a Minnesota corporation with some of the par- ticipating metal waste generators owning stock and having voting rights and liabiity for the facility operation. The EAW for this project was prepared in accordance with Minnesota Rule Part 4410.4300 which requires the MPCA to prepare an EAW to assess the environ- mental impacts of new hazardous waste processing facilities which sell processing services to generators other than the owner and operator of a facility, of 1,000 or more kilograms (kg) per month capacity. The amount of hazardous waste per month that has now been committed by "put or pay" contracts to be processed by the facility is greater than $00,000 kg/month. The EAW for th& proposal was prepared and distr;buted for a 30-day comment period which ended on November 7, 1984. Comments received are attached. These comments and responses, as appropriate, are included in the Findings of Fact which were prepared by the staff of the Office of Planning b Review in prepara ci on for presenting the completed EAW to the BcArd. The Board must now determine if the projet.t has the potential for significant environmental impacts. A positive declaration will result in the preparation of an EIS on the project.