HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 1068 - Unclassified Use Permit for Incinerator and Waste Heat Boiler InstallationCITY OF TUKWILA
WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 1068
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, APPROVING AN UNCLASSIFIED USE
PERMIT FOR SEATTLE RENDERING WORKS, INC., TO INSTALL
AN INCINERATOR AND WASTE -HEAT BOILER.
WHEREAS, Seattle Rendering Works, Inc., has filed an application with
the City Planning Department for an Unclassified Use Permit to install an
incinerator and waste -heat boiler to the existing processing plant on the
Applicant's property located at 5795 South 130th Place, Tukwila, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.66.050 of the
Tukwila Municipal Code, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing to
consider the permit application, and at the conclusion of said hearing adopted
findings, conclusions, and a recommendation to the City Council to approve the
permit, and
WHEREAS, the City's SEPA Responsible Official has issued a Determina-
tion of Nonsignificance (DNS) for the project, and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the permit application at a
regular City Council meeting on March 7, 1988, and determined to defer the
matter until the application could supply additional information, and
WHEREAS, on March 14, 1988, at a Special Meeting of the City Council,
additional information supplied by the applicant was considered, and
lem, and
WHEREAS, air pollution from the Applicant's premises has been a prob-
WHEREAS, previous owners have been granted unclassified use permits
for the specific purpose of remedying the pollution problem, without solving
the problem, and
WHEREAS, the City Council advised the applicant that the applicant
would assume all risk that the proposed equipment might not solve the pollu-
tion problem, and
WHEREAS, the City determined to adopt the findings, conclusions and
recommendations of the Planning Commission with certain conditions and pro-
cedures.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
DO HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Unclassified Use Permit Approved. Pursuant to Section
18.66.050 of the Tukwila Municipal Code, the City Council hereby approves the
issuance of an unclassified use permit for Seattle Rendering Works, Inc., to
install an incinerator and waste -heat boiler at the existing processing plant
located at 5795 So. 130th Place, Tukwila, Washington, as shown on drawings
submitted with the application.
Section 2. Installation and Testing. The system that is the subject
matter of this application will be fully installed and operational no later
than June 1, 1988. Within sixty (60) days of installation of the system sub-
ject to this permit, applicant shall provide the City with written certifi-
cation from an independent testing agency approved by the City that the
operation of the system meets or exceeds standards as promulgated by the Puget
Sound Air Pollution Control Agency for odor units; provided, that if there are
no such local standards for odor units, the system meets or exceeds standards
for odor units as promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency or the standards for odor units of the California South Coast Air
Management District as attached to this resolution.
Section 3. Verified Maintenance. Applicant shall supply the City
with a copy of any maintenance manual or maintenance instruction provided by
the manufacturer of the incinerator and waste -heat boiler and shall, at the
City's request from time to time, provide verification that all recommended
maintenance procedures are complied with.
Section 4. Record Keeping. Applicant shall keep a record of all
events that cause the system to shut down and the length of time of the shut
down. All shut downs shall be immediately reported to the Puget Sound Air
Pollution Control Agency and to the City.
Section 5. Complaints. If a verified complaint leads to a citation
from the Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Agency, applicant will supply the
City with a detailed explanation of the cause of the odor and the action taken
to correct a problem.
Section 6. Investigation of Odor Sources. If there is one citation
for which there is no explainable cause or three citations regardless of
explanation in any ninety (90) day period, applicant will have thirty days to
conduct an in -house investigation of the problem and arrive at a corrective
procedure which shall be immediately implemented.
If at the end of thirty days, applicant has not determined the source
of the problem and determined an effective remedy, applicant will have an
additional ninety days to determine, at its cost, the source of the problem
and the remedy therefore through the services of an independent engineering
company. Failure to promptly employ such an independent engineering company
or failure to implement the remedy within sixty (60) days shall be a violation
of this condition.
The results of all in -house or independent investigations shall be
immediately provided to the City.
Section 7. Future Council Review. The City Council shall hold a
public hearing six months from the date of this resolution, or on such earlier
date as shall be determined by the City Council if air pollution complaints
shall be received from residents of the City, to consider the effectiveness of
the equipment which is the subject of this permit.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at a
regular meeting thereof this 14th day of March 1988.
Off c: of the C ,ty At of ney
Filed with the City Clerk: .3 7 -P8
Passed by the City Council: 3
Mabel J. Harris, Council President
Attest /Authenticated
Maxine Anderson, City Clerk