gr03734.xml Waste Management Board: An Inventory of Its Files of William Kirchner at the Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

 Finding aid encoded by Sue Sutliff and Meagan Kellom April 2021 and June 2026 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Waste Management Board. Files of William Kirchner. 1980-1989. Materials in English. Files accumulated by William G. Kirchner as a member of the Waste Management Board. Most are photocopies or circular materials, and include minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, plans, laws and regulations, and related records. 10.5 cubic feet (11 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

There are hearings, reports, and planning documents on attempts to select a treatment and disposal site for hazardous wastes in the state; county and local solid and hazardous waste plans; state solid waste management policy reports; files on grants to local governments for solid waste reduction and processing; information on the board's organization, membership, and operation; minutes and background materials for board meetings; the board's procedures manual (largely a compilation of relevant state laws and regulations); information on waste management legislation and on solid and hazardous waste treatment and storage in general; files on the board's technical assistance program to help Minnesota companies manage their hazardous wastes; newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous public issuances.

Also included are minutes of the board's citizens' advisory groups: the Hazardous Waste Management Planning Council and the Solid Waste Management Advisory Council.

 CATALOG HEADINGS Topics: Hazardous waste sites -- Minnesota -- Location. Hazardous waste treatment facilities -- Minnesota -- Location. Hazardous wastes -- Minnesota. Hazardous wastes -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota. Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Minnesota. Refuse and refuse disposal -- Minnesota. Refuse and refuse disposal -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota. Waste minimization -- Minnesota. Persons: Kirchner, William G. Organizations: Minnesota. Hazardous Waste Management Planning Council. Minnesota. Solid Waste Management Advisory Council. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Waste Management Board. Files of William Kirchner. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 989-62; 990-29; 991-110

 Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017122920104294

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 109.F.14.12F1No. 1, Solid Waste Management Grants: October 1982-December 1987. 109.F.14.13B2January-August 1988. No. 2, Hazardous Waste Management Plans: October 1982-February 1984. 7 folders. 109.F.14.14F3August 1984-July 1988. 4 folders. No. 3, Current Meetings, January 1984-December 1987. 3 folders.

Miscellaneous background materials and agenda items.

 [No. 3], Agenda Packets.5 folders.

Background reading material and reports for meetings of August 28, 1986; September 8, 21, and 22, 1988.

 No. 4, Waste Generator Issues, November 1982-February 1986. No. 5, Waste Management Board Minutes, September 1982-May 1988. 8 folders. No. 6, Waste Management Board History, 1983-1986. No. 7, Legislative, 1985-1988. No. 8, Hazardous Waste Management Planning Council Minutes, October 1982-November 1988. 2 folders. No. 9, Crystalline Bedrock Siting, 1983-1985. 109.F.15.1B4No. 10, Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites, 1983-1988. 5 folders. No. 11, Solid Waste Management Advisory Council Minutes, September 1983-November 1988. 2 folders. No. 12, Mitigation and Compensation, 1982-August 1984. 3 folders. No. 13, Local Site Hearings and Reports, 1983-1988. 5 folders. No. 14, Commission Makeup and Rules, 1983-1988. 3 folders. [No. 14], Reorganization of Waste Management Board, August-October 1988.

Includes Johnson/Thornton dismissals.

 No. 15, Pollution Control Agency Relations, 1983-February 1989. 109.F.15.2FNo. 16, Consultant Reports, 1983-1988. 4 folders. No. 17, Newspaper Clippings, 1982-1988. 7 folders.

See also File No. 21

 No. 18, Disposal Facility Committee, 1983-1988.

See also Development Proposals.. (separate series).

 No. 19, Waste Processing Areas (Hazardous), 1983-1988. 3 folders. No. 21, Update, 1984-1988:

Periodic newsletter and compilation of photocopied newspaper clippings. Some duplicate numbers; some apparent date gaps even where numbers are continuous.

 Nos. 12, 21-25, 27-40, 42, 44, 48-50, 54, 56, 59-61, 63-64. 109.F.15.3B6Nos. 65-70, 72-76, 78-80, 82-94, 97-102, 110. No. 22, Hazardous Waste Reports, 1982-1988. 3 folders. No. 23, Solid Waste Processing Facilities, 1982-1988. 4 folders. No. 24, Interagency Policy, 1983-1987. No. 25, Certificate of Need, 1983-1988. No. 26, Letters, 1983-1988.

General correspondence, some addressed specifically to Kirchner.

 No. 27, Legislative Programs, 1982-1988. 2 folders. 109.F.15.4F7No. 28, Technical Assistance, 1984-1988. 2 folders.

See also File No. 35

 No. 29, Environmental Impact Statement Reports, 1983-1984. No. 30, Facility Developers, 1982, 1987-1988. 3 folders. No. 31, Above Ground Storage, 1984. No. 32, Household Hazardous Waste, 1984-1985. 2 folders. No. 33, Hazardous Waste Transportation, 1984-1988. 2 folders. No. 34, Solid Waste Reduction, 1984-1988. 3 folders. No. 35, Technical Assistance Program, 1982-1988. 4 folders.

See also File No. 28

 No. 36, Landfill Insurance, 1983-1984. No. 37, Waste Public Affairs Program, 1984-1988. No. 38, Flow Control, 1984-1985. No. 39, Solid Waste Insurance, 1984-1985. 109.F.15.5B8No. 40, Hazardous Waste Reduction Program, 1984-1988. 10 folders. No. 41, Hazardous Waste Grants, 1985-1989. 8 folders. 109.F.15.6F9No. 42, Certificate of Need, 1985-1986. 3 folders. No. 43, Hazardous Waste Transfer and Transportation, 1985-1987. No. 44, Waste Education Coalition, 1985-1988. 2 folders. No. 45, [Communication with Public?], 1985-1987. No. 46, Solid Waste Policy, 1985-1988. 2 folders. [No. 46], State Solid Waste Management Policy Reports: September 16-18, 1988. 2 folders.

Drafts.

 September 30, 1988. 3 folders.

Drafts.

 No. 47, Solid Waste Network, 1985-1986. No. 48, County Solid Waste Management Plans, 1986-1988. [No. 48], Steele County Solid Waste Management Study, June 23, 1987. 2 folders. No. 49, Solid Waste Facilities, 1986. No. 50, Stabilization and Containment Facilities, 1986-1988.

See also File No. 56

 No. 51, Non-Hazardous Industrial Waste, 1986-1988. No. 52, Solid Waste Capital Assistance Program, 1986-1988. 109.F.15.7B10No. 53, Hazardous Waste Programs, 1986-1987. No. 54, Used Oil Management, 1987-1988. No. 56, Hazardous Waste Stabilization and Containment Facilities, 1987-1988. 4 folders.

See also File No. 50

 No. 57, Waste Tire Management, 1987-1988. 6 folders. No. 59, Environmental Testing Grants Program, 1987-1988.

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 128.E.10.6F11Waste Management Board Manual, July 1988. 2 folders. Board Resolutions, Nos. 46-55, 1988. Information Meetings, May-June 1988. 4 folders.

Agenda materials.

 General File, July 1980-May 1981. 2 folders.

Similar to materials found in the numbered subject files. Apparently these were records received prior to the establishment of the numerical filing system.

 Miscellany, 1986-1988. 2 folders.

Probably interfile with various of the above files.

 Hearings, 1982.

On proposed hazardous waste processing facility siting.

 Waste Education Coalition, September 16, 1988-February 3, 1989.

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