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Subregional Service Areas <br />Overview <br />Counties should work together to capitalize on opportunities to develop waste <br />processing facilities. County cooperation could achieve significant economies <br />of scale and reduce duplicative facilities and services for natural service <br />areas. County cooperation ensures more efficient facility sizes, locations <br />and operation, and overall system flexibility. <br />Combinations of counties that should work together are: <br />1. Anoka and Hennepin; <br />2. Dakota and Hennepin; <br />3. Dakota, Ramsey and Washington; and <br />4. Carver and Scott. <br />Anoka and Hennepin Counties <br />There are several reasons why Anoka and Hennepin Counties should work together <br />to establish processing facilities. The available landfill capacity in the <br />northern region of the Metropolitan Area is in short supply. There is a need <br />tc, expedite the development of processing facilities to handle the waste gener- <br />ated in this area. A significant portion of the waste generated in Anoka <br />County is immediately east of the Mississippi River, which separates the coun- <br />1:4�s and is close to the potential sites being explored by Hennepin County for <br />p, .essing facilities. In addition, Anoka County itself may not generate <br />enough waste to capitalize on the economy of scale a large processing facility <br />affords. <br />The counties should consider establishing a transfer station with recyclables <br />and mixed waste processing to service the northwestern region of the Metropol- <br />itan Area. The counties may consider implementing a waste combustion facility <br />for OF in conjunction with Northern States Power Company (NSP) and United <br />Power Association at its facility in Elk River. <br />Dakota and Hennepin Counties <br />Dakota County should cooperate with Hennepin County to establish waste process- <br />ing facilities. Dakota County may not generate enough waste alone to support a <br />large processing facility. A significant portion of the waste generated in <br />Dakota County is located in the northwestern reaches of the county, specifi- <br />cally Eagan, Apple Valley, Burnsville and Lakeville. Both Dakota and Hennepin <br />County areas that generate waste are closely linked by major transportation <br />routes and are serviced by two existing landfills. <br />Dakota County should work with Hennepin County to establish waste processing <br />facilities to service this area. A potential market for incineration of RDF is <br />NSP's Black Dog electrical generating facility. The area also contains poten- <br />tial sites for locating other waste facilities such as transfer stations, <br />recyclable processing and co -composting facilities. There are significant <br />opportunities to explore the potential of a co -compost facility in this area <br />because two Metropolitan Waste Control Commission (MWCC) sewaage treatment <br />plants are located nearby. Both the MWCC and University of Minnesota have <br />large landholdings in the county that could be used for a co -compost demonstra- <br />tion project. The University of Minnesota has the expertise to evaluate com- <br />post as a soil amendment and its environmental impacts. <br />'8 <br />