1994 SAC Ind Dischrg Letter Metropolitan Council
Working for the Region, Planning for the Future
December 30, 1994 Wastewater Services
Joel Motylinski
Kurt Mfg. Co. - Strite Die Cast
5280 Mail Street NE
Fridley, Mn 55421
Dear Mr. Motylinski:
This letter is a follow-up to the letter sent on April 29, 1994 regarding a preliminary volume review for the
Service Availability Charge (SAC) system for Permit Number 909 located at 7585 NE Viron Road. In that
letter, you were notified that your firm has increased its wastewater discharge to the sanitary sewer and
potentially could be subject to a SAC purchase of$160,000 (200 units at the 1994 rate of$800 per SAC unit)
at the time your Industrial Discharge Permit is renewed.
At this point, you have two options. First you may purchase SAC equivalent to the increase in discharge to
the sanitary sewer based on the preliminary volume review. If you choose this option, a SAC Purchase Form
will be enclosed with your renewed Industrial Discharge Permit. The form must be brought to the City of
Fridley and be completed by a city representative indicating that SAC has been purchased. A permit condition
in your renewed permit allows 30 days for the SAC purchase.
Your second option is to conduct a 30 day wastewater volume study. If you choose this option, please inform
the engineer referenced below. The study must be completed and results submitted to the Metropolitan Council
Wastewater Services (MCWS)by March 1, 1995. Guidelines for completing the wastewater volume study are
attached. Based on the results of the study, the MCWS will determine a current SAC equivalent of your
wastewater flow. The SAC rate applied to the current SAC equivalent will be the rate in effect at the start of
the 30 day wastewater volume study. The 1995 SAC rate is $850 per SAC unit. The SAC rate is subject to
change every January. To determine your firm's SAC liability, the MCWS will use the lesser SAC equivalent
of the preliminary volume review and the 30 day wastewater volume study. If a SAC purchase is required,
a SAC Purchase Form will be enclosed with your renewed Industrial Discharge Permit, and the above described
method for completing the form and purchasing SAC will be applied.
Please direct any questions to Laura Engen at 772-7012.
Sincerely,
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Leo H. Hermes, P.E.
Industrial Waste Manager
MCWS Industrial Waste Division
Attachment
cc: John Palacio, City of Fridley
S. Selby, MCWS
Laura Engen, MCWS
230 East Fifth Street St.Paul,Minnesota 55101-1634 (612) 222-8423 Fax 229-2183 TDD/TTY 229-3760
ItMetropolitan Council
Wastewater Services
Guideline for SAC Volume Study
- Contact the engineer in charge of your permit before commencing with the
wastewater volume study option. Special conditions, other than those specified in
this guideline, may apply to your facility.
- The wastewater volume study shall consist of a minimum of 30 continuous days of
volume data acquired from the use of incoming water meter(s) and/or from a
wastewater effluent flow measuring device.
- Deduct meters shall also be used when losses to lawn sprinkling, evaporation, product
loss, etc., exist at the facility. If these losses cannot be accounted for by meter, the
permittee shall submit to the MCWS engineering calculations estimating these
losses and/or conduct effluent flow measuring from an MCWS approved monitoring
site.
- All values used to determine the actual or calculated daily wastewater flow volumes
shall be submitted for each day of the study. Also, indicate the daily activity taking
place at the facility during the study (e.g. full operation, cooling water clean up).
- please account for any unusual events, Such as a spill, that may have occurred during
the volume study time frame.
The results of this study shall be submitted to the MCWS by March 1, 1995. MCWS staff
will calculate a SAC equivalent based on an average of the 5 highest daily wastewater flows.
The MCWS reserves the right to conduct additional volume monitoring if deemed necessary.