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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD MARCH 23, 1992 <br />PRESENTATION BY FRANK HORNSTEIN — CONT. <br />facts substantiating his views were passed among the Council. To have <br />a highly lead based substance paved on the roads in a general <br />environment of people, is a very dangerous gamble. Your letter to <br />Corcoran was in support of testing this product on a rural road. The <br />health risk study was prepared by the company that has a financial <br />interest and is deficient. He also pointed out that testing on this <br />scale has not been done anywhere in the world and now the test is <br />proposed for Corcoran. He pointed out that the City's support should <br />be not to utilize the material that contains fly ash, to have a longer <br />period of testing, and to have -a moratorium on the permitting process <br />for the plant. He indicated that his colleague, Mr. Wolf, and the <br />Hoglund family from Corcoran were present in opposition to the <br />testing. <br />Mr. Wolf expressed his concern over the length of time before the <br />roadway would come apart and that there is a substantial difference to <br />the toxicity of this material compared to rock and gravel. The metals <br />do not disappear and is there forever even though it is perhaps washed <br />into a roadway, river or lake. The North Dakota Department of Health <br />denied a permit. It is our hope to get the pollutants and toxins, out <br />of the waste stream so they don't cause a problem in the first place. <br />Mayor Peterson asked what the toxicity levels were compared with. <br />Hornstein explained that lead would be present in the ash substituted <br />roadway material at levels almost 160 times higher than the natural <br />aggregate normally used to pave roads and 32 times higher than <br />existing roadway soils. The aggregate material would be stone and <br />gravel. <br />Jabbour stated that he is not qualified to make a judgment regarding <br />this decision and -is f labbergasted that he was asked to do so by any <br />other city. <br />Hornstein went on to explain that mercury would be present 280 times <br />higher than natural aggregate and 28 times higher than existing <br />roadway soils. Cadmium would be present in the ash substitute roadway <br />material at levels 22 times higher than natural aggregate and 55 times <br />higher than existing roadway soils. The combined ash in the short <br />term should go to a federally licensed hazardous waste stabilization <br />facility and in the long term there should be a reduction in the <br />quantity and the toxicity of the ash. <br />Jabbour wanted to know why Orono was approached regarding a matter <br />affecting Corcoran. <br />Horstein stated that this issue has <br />issue. They were motivated to come to <br />were in Medina, Orono was debating <br />decision to stay out of it and that i <br />There is a possibility of a large <br />processing 200,000 tons of ash to be <br />Hennepin County. He asked that Or <br />been subverted to a political <br />Orono because at the time they <br />this issue. Medina made the <br />s his recommendation for Orono. <br />industrial plant capable of <br />located somewhere in western <br />Oro <br />10 <br />make a motion taking into <br />