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f z MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD MARCH 23, 1992 PRESENTATION BY FRANK HORSTEIN - CONT. consideration the issues of the fly, ash, long term testing and the plant. Mayor Peterson asked how many of the other ten communities have indicated their support in theory to this project. Hornstein responded that only recently have they learned of the movement and have spoken only to Medina and now to Orono. Mayor Peterson asked Fred Gustin representing Metropolitan Services for comments. Fred Gustin identified himself as Senior Project Engineer with Municipal Services Corporation based in Atlanta, Georgia, and a subsidiary of U.S. P.C.I. which is based in Huston, Texas, which is a subsidiary of Union Pacific Railroad with $13,000,000,000.00 in assets based in,Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. For the last four years his company has been working with the Hennepin County Board on developing the use of the ash from the incinerator. His own background is as a Utility Engineer for Wisconsin Electric Power Company and managed approximately 250,000'tons per year of coal fly ash and found that it was successful to market the coal fly ash.' He went south to work for a consulting company that specialized in coal ash utilization and feels it has a great deal of potential. In response to Mr. Hornstein's three- comments: The pilot plant in Atlanta produced 100 tons of fly ash about two years ago. Since then representative samples were taken from an independent company and according to MPCA requirements the aggregate was ground down and tested. The test period for the fly ash in the 100 tons has passed the MPCA standards. At the end of five years the MPCA will look at the data supplied to them and will make a decision as to what to do with this roadway. It can either be brought to a disposal site or if the roadway is holding up, it can continue to be monitored. On a permitting process, because of the experience in Dayton, it has been decided to slow down the whole process. Even though they feel it is a good idea, his company has no intention of beginning construction of a.plant after two years because of the necessity to perform an environmental impact statement first. Jabbour questioned why Orono, was asked to be involved and expressed remorse after further checking into this matter. Goetten agreed and stated that Orono has always prided itself in being an environmentally concerned city. Maryann Campo addressed the Council and explained that she is a citizen who resides in Hennepin County. She is opposed. to Hennepin County siting more land fills and feels other uses should be found for waste materials. Campo feels a decision should be made to allow testing for new products under strict monitoring. Moorse added that Orono's correspondence supported moving ahead with MPCA testing. 11