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■ Continued from Page 1 E - And people in Woodbury's sey County.
tary landfill would cost from Park Hills along Century Avenue • They winnowed the number
around $6.3 to $8 million and de- wouldn't appreciate a western down to five sites before finally
veloping the area for a demoli- view of a landfill. picking the Maplewood and
ton landfill would run about $2.7 Of objections to the state law Shoreview locations.
million, excluding annual operat- by Lais, county health officer Before choosing these two
ing costs. Wood said, "If the law didn't re- sites, the last three locations
Despite that, Lais said the life quire sites, then all of the coun- dropped from the list were a
ties wouldn't come up with any parcel in the southeast corner of
expectancy would be only four suitable sites. Maplewood bounded on the east
years for a sanitary landfill and and south byWashington County,
years for demolition use. "It's not a popular process for g
any of the counties,"said Wood. another at the Twin Cities Arse-
At the same time, Woodbury nal in Arden Hills and still anoth-
Administrator James Lacina the "It's like teeth-pulling. People er at the former Northstar
other day complained that he generally are not in favor of Speedway in the southwest cor-
wasn't notified of the hearing un- such a site in their vicinity but ner of Blaine.
til just a few days before it oc the wastes have to go some-
curred. where." Meanwhile, Wood is exploring
Altogether, Wood said he and various waste abatement propos-
"Even though the proposed g als such as burning wastes for
landfill is in Ramsey County and consulting engineers reviewed steam production or reycling
Woodbury is in Washington geological maps, well drilling wastes. One firm considering
County, the plan affects us,"said logs, aerial photos and other waste steam production is 3M
Lacina. data on 30 possible sites in Ram- said Wood.
"For one thing, the landfill :_____—-
would be within 300 to 400 feet
of Woodbury residential wells."