1997 SAC Ind Dischrg Letter Metropolitan Council
Working for the Region, Planning for the Future
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April 30, 1997 Environmental Services
Kurt Die Cast Company
5280 Main Street NE
Fridley,MN 55421
ATTN: Tim Sjoselius / -..-
Re: Wastewater Volume Review for Permit Number 909 Located at 7585 NE Viron Road
As part of the MCES Service Availability Charge (SAC) policy, all industries holding an Industrial Discharge
Permit are subject to a wastewater volume review one year prior to the expiration of their permit. SAC is a
"connection" fee which has been levied since 1973 for new connections or increased volume discharged by
existing users to the Metropolitan Disposal System(MDS). SAC revenue is used to pay for the unused reserve
capacity portion of debt service for capital improvements.
The wastewater volume review serves as a method for detecting wastewater volume increases from a facility.
Current wastewater volumes are converted to a SAC equivalent and compared to a SAC baseline value. Any
increases over the baseline value, or the value for SAC credits, whichever is greater, have the potential to be
assessed SAC.
Three years ago, the first wastewater volume review for your facility took place. At that time, wastewater
volumes from your facility were noted to be above SAC baseline and/or SAC credit levels. Additional SAC
was purchased for the increased volunl . The additional purchased units were added to your baseline value.
This has now become the"modified" SAC baseline value for your facility.
For Kurt Die Cast Company, the second wastewater volume review for your facility has been completed and,
the results indicate that current wastewater flows are below the modified SAC baseline. Please refer to the
attached worksheet for the results of the review.
Kurt Die Cast Company will not be required to purchase additional SAC at this time.
If you have any questions,please call Laura Engen at 602-4712.
Sincerely,
Gis'ist-Ar-"Tta-J---
Leo H.Hermes,P.E.
Industrial Waste Manager
MCES Industrial Waste Section
Enclosure
cc:Ron Julkowski, City of Fridley
Sandy Selby,MCES
Laura Engen,MCES
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230 East Fifth Street St.Paul,Minnesota 55101-1633 (612) 222-8423 Fax 229-2183 TDD/TTY 229-3760
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Metropolitan Council
Environmental Services
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Wastewater Volume Review
Industrial Discharge Permit Renewal
Company Name Kurt Die Cast Company
Permit Number 909
Permit Expiration Date April 1998
SAC equivalent of the 1u1 - Dec. 19 96 39 Units
Self-Monitoring Report.
(Total wastewater volume/total number of
operating days equals average daily waste-
water volume. Each SAC unit equals 274 gallons)
Modified SAC Baseline Value -i 80 Units
(MCES policy determined the SAC baseline
value to be the SAC equivalent of the volume
reported in the final self-monitoring report
for 1991. The modified SAC baseline value
represents the SAC baseline value,plus any
SAC units purchased after the 1991 baseline
date, or the value for SAC credits*,whichever
is greater.)
Current wastewater volumes do not exceed the modified baseline value. The permit renewal process
will follow past procedures. This review is complete.
* MCES SAC purchased records may not be current, therefore, the credit value may be revised to
account for unidentified credits,if the permittee can provide proof of their existence.
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