HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-10-07 Kamas Email - Environmental Waste Recovery & Removal Plan Julie Hultman
From: Guardian Tactical <guardiantac @gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 4:09 PM
To: Julie Hultman
Subject: MSA Waste recovery
Attachments: Environmental Waste.docx
Attached is our environmental waste recovery and removal plan for the City of OPH.
Mark Kamas
Minnesota Shooting Academy
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In accordance with Washington County Hazardous Waste Management and Minnesota State
statue 473.811 we will obtain the Waste Activity License prior to opening. We have determined
that the classification of Small Quantity Generator will be applied for our facility.
The range will include 32 lanes divided up into four range bays. A state of the art 8 lane Law
Enforcement shooting range; an 8 lane private members range, and two 8 lane public ranges. The
shooting range length would be 75 feet.There would also be a bullet trap area,which would be
constructed of AR300 steel, combined with a decelerator chamber where bullets enter and then
dropped into a collection chamber. The range walls would be made of 8-inch thick solid concrete.The
ceiling would have AR300 steel baffles that act as a ceiling barrier and sound dampening.The bullet trap
and firing range components would be constructed by Action Target, a national fabricator of federal
government and law enforcement grade firing ranges.
The range equipment will contain the following:
Total Containment Trap (TCT)
The lead is contained from the firing line by the Total Containment Trap.The TCT protects shooters by
directing dangerous ricochets and lead dust build up. It protects the environment by collecting lead
fragments into sealed containers, by containing and filtering lead dust,and by not using potentially
hazardous materials like rubber, oil,or contaminated water.
Dust Collection Unit (DCU)
The DCU is a negative pressure vacuum system that continuously removes lead dust and other fine
airborne particles from inside the deceleration chambers of the TCT.This technology is effective on
indoor ranges.To comply with OSHA regulations and protect the surrounding environment,the DCU
uses its own internal filters to clean the air from the trap before it is exhausted. Our negative pressure
vacuum system is superior to positive pressure for two significant reasons. First,a curtain of air at the
throat of the trap works both ways. High speed video footage shows that dust created by a bullet sliding
along the funnel plates follows the rest of the bullet into the deceleration chamber. If a positive
pressure air curtain is in the way,the dust can be blocked from passing through the throat and entering
the chamber, and can be pushed back onto the range.Second, positive pressure can actually force dust
created inside the chamber back out the throat of the trap.
Screw Conveyor System (SCS)
As pieces of lead,jackets, and other debris fall from the decelerator chamber in the Total Containment
Trap,they all land in a semi-circular trough mounted along the bottom of the entire trap. Everything is
then pulled along by a powerful rotating auger until it is safely deposited in a large storage barrel for
truly hands-free operation.
We have contacted Metro Metals Recycling and will be using them for transporting and
recycling.
Mark Kamas
Minnesota Shooting Academy
Operations Director