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an Inventory of Preferred Areas for processing facilities. This inventory ' <br />must include at least three areas suitable for transfer/storage facilities, <br />three areas for chemical processing facilities and three areas for incineration <br />facilities. <br />These areas may be up to 10 square miles in size. However, since a processing <br />facility is generally located on a 1-10 acre site, specific sites would have <br />to be selected before development could occur. The Board will not select <br />specific sites for processing facilities, nor will it develop processing facilities. <br />However, if a private developer selects a site for a processing facility within <br />one of the preferred areas, the Board is able to offer the developer aid in <br />obtaining approvals for the development. <br />The inventory is not exclusionary. A developer can still develop any site <br />in the state for a hazardous waste processing facility, if the necessary local <br />and state permits can be obtained. However, only within a preferred area <br />can the Board assist the developer in obtaining approvals. <br />Finally, there is no guarantee that processing facilities will be developed <br />in the preferred areas. Although the Board encourages the development of facili- <br />ties to serve the hazardous waste needs of the state, the Board cannot require <br />that development of these facilities occur. Even if development of some facilities <br />occurs, it is very unlikely that development will occur in all the preferred <br />areas identified by the Board. <br />Processing Facilities <br />r ) <br />Hazardous waste processing facilities are designed to recycle, reduce, neutralize, <br />destroy or temporarily store industrial wastes. With the rising cost of raw <br />materials, increased government regulation, and concern for the environment, <br />many industries are looking for ways to recycle, reduce or destroy their wastes. <br />Some large companies can afford to install equipment to process their waste <br />products but smaller companies must look to comercial waste processing firms. <br />These commercial waste processing firms provide facilities where these wastes <br />-- which are currently being generated in Minnesota and, in some cases, are <br />not being properly handled -- can be recycled, reduced or destroyed. <br />A processing facility is an industrial -type facility and would involve no <br />long-term disposal of wastes. Considering Minnesota's waste stream, the processing <br />facilities most likely to develop in this state may include transfer/storage <br />facilites (a warehouse -type operation where wastes are collected, aggregated <br />and shipped on to other locations); oil or solvent recycling; aqueous treatment; <br />or small-scale, specialized types of incinerators. <br />Development of Facilities <br />Before a waste processing facility can be constructed and begin operation, <br />the proposal must undergo extensive review. The following are some of the <br />steps involved in pre -construction review, <br />- As any company interested in new development would do, the waste manage- <br />ment firm would conduct market surveys to evaluate the availability <br />of specific hazardous wastes and investigate other issues such as <br />transportation access, land availability, etc. <br />Z <br />