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Final Permitting & Bureaucracy Overview

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Live walk through of a House Demo

What happens here

The contractor reiterates the bureaucratic steps after hazardous material identification: a 10-day notification to the MPCA (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency) is required, detailing asbestos location, its removal plan, and a post-removal report confirming the site is clean. Additionally, other hazardous materials, such as the paint can found, must be disposed of at licensed facilities, and receipts proving proper disposal must be submitted to the county. This strict process is a direct result of past improper disposal by other demolition contractors, forcing legitimate businesses to adhere to exhaustive protocols.

Goal: Understand final environmental and hazardous waste regulatory requirements

Tools and materials

  • Hazardous Waste Disposal Receipts N/A — Proof of proper disposal of hazardous materials at licensed facilities
  • MPCA Notification Forms N/A — Official documents for informing the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency about asbestos abatement
  • Paint Can — Example of hazardous waste that needs licensed disposal and documentation

What they say

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in uh a standard utility disconnect can go from 2500 bucks all the way up to I've seen them for over five grand that shouldn't you know just because of the Mater the Rock and the other materials that are in there um part of the bureaucracy that we have to go through is the mpca the Minnesota Pollution Control agency has to have a 10day notification meaning that we have to tell them 10 days ahead of time that we've located all the ASB bestas we've removed all the asbest we've generated a report saying that we've gotten rid of all the asbest and um show them that it's clean and clear once we do that they have 10 days to sit on it and go okay and literally that's it but in this area in St Paul we also have to get a hold of the county and this is an absolute extra step that we never needed to do before but again this is the state of bureaucracy where red tape abounds and so then the county comes in after we've already cleared everything after we've already cleaned everything and the county says yep or they say nope we want you to do things like um oh here perfect example this now this paint can would never be this is a paint can would never be picked up on aestus report okay this paint can but the county will pick that up and the county will say you not only have to dispose of that but we want a receipt to know where you re you disposed of it just getting rid of it isn't good enough we want to have all receipt showing that you brought it into a licensed facility for disposal and the reason they did that that is a lot of these demo contractors look at the cobwebs a lot of these demo contractors were mixing that stuff in in their loads and just dumping it off they weren't doing things the right way and it created a lot of problems for guys that were trying to do things the right way so now we have extra steps that we have to go through um but let's let's just go over this one last time we've got the house demo an average house like this is going to be about

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