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<br /> <br /> <br />DRAFT 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update – Local Water Management Plan 24 <br />December 27, 2017 - Project CLL17010 <br /> Landfill, Permitted by Rule: A landfill that is permitted by rule is not required to obtain an individual solid waste permit if it meets certain eligibility criteria. However, it must comply with waste management rules and <br />regulations. Landfills may be permitted by rule if they have a small capacity and/or operate for a short period of time. Some yard waste composting facilities, recycling facilities and energy recovery facilities are also permitted <br />by rule. <br /> Leak Site: Leak sites are locations where a release of petroleum products has occurred from a tank system. Leak sites can occur from aboveground or underground tank systems as well as from spills at tank facilities. A leak <br />can result from an accident or from activities that occur over a long time. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Petroleum Remediation Program staff investigates potential leaks and work to minimize or clean up <br />contamination at those sites. <br /> Tank Site: A tank site is a place with an underground or aboveground storage tank of a certain size on the premises. One tank site may have multiple tanks, and these tanks may contain food products, petroleum products, or <br />other substances. Tank sites include gas stations, bus companies and trucking companies, as well as factories that process sugar beets, ethanol, pulp and paper, or chemicals. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) <br />requires monitoring and maintenance at these sites, which helps to ensure that tanks do not cause environmental contamination. <br /> Industrial Stormwater Permit: At industrial sites such as factories, salvage yards and airports, stormwater may come into contact with harmful pollutants, including toxic metals, oil, grease, de- icing salts and other chemicals. <br />Industrial stormwater permits are designed to limit the amount of these contaminants that reaches surface water and groundwater, by requiring good practices for storing and handling materials. Facilities with these permits <br />must prepare a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, detailing the practices they will use to limit stormwater pollution. <br /> Hazardous Waste, Small to Minimal Quantity Generator: A small to minimal quantity generator is a facility that generates less than 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of hazardous waste or 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of <br />acutely hazardous waste per calendar month. These facilities have less stringent rules than large quantity generators. This group includes Small Quantity Generators (SQGs), which produce 100 - 1000 kg of hazardous waste <br />per month; Very Small Quantity Generators (VSQGs), which produce less than 100 kg of hazardous waste per month; and Conditionally Exempt Generators, which produce less than 100 kg or 10 gallons of hazardous waste <br />per year. Like large quantity generators, SQGs and VSQGs must have current hazardous waste licenses. <br /> Multiple Activities: Multiple Activity sites are locations where there are multiple Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) activities occurring. These sites vary from facilities with a wastewater permit and an air quality <br />permit to cleanup sites with more than one permit. <br />Table 2-0-22. Number of Potential Environmental Hazard Sites in the City of Lino Lakes <br />Site Type Number in City <br />Hazardous Waste, Small to Minimal QG 62 <br />Multiple Activities 31 <br />Tank Site 14 <br />Leak Site 3 <br />Industrial Stormwater Permit 2 <br />Unpermitted Dump Site 2 <br />Voluntary Investigation & Cleanup (VIC) 2 <br />Landfill, Permitted By Rule 1 <br /> <br />Nonpoint Sources <br />Nonpoint source pollution is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground. Runoff picks up and carries away natural and human-made pollutants, finally depositing them into lakes, rivers, wetlands, and <br />groundwater. Because of the nutrient (phosphorus) impairments of the Chain of Lakes, phosphorus is the most important nonpoint source pollutant in Lino Lakes. The current total phosphorus budgets for the Chain of Lakes are <br />identified in the 2013 Lino Lakes Chain of Lakes Nutrient TMDL. <br />Chloride pollution is an emerging contaminant of concern in much of the metro area. Snowmelt and spring runoff picks up road salts used for deicing purposes and deposits them into stormwater ponds, wetlands, lakes and <br />groundwater. Other sources include residential water softeners and municipal waste water treatment plant effluents. Once salts enter surface or groundwater, there are no existing methods available to remove it, and at high <br />concentrations it can be harmful to plants and wildlife as well as foul drinking water supply sources.