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� , + M I N N E S 0 T A � ' DEPARTMENToFHEAITH Protecting, mairitaining and improving the health of all Minnesotans November 24, 2004 �E�E��E� Refer to: License Number 27194 (TN 3396) NOV � 0 2004 CITY OF pRONO Mr. Thomas Stevens Mr. Larry Olson T.L. Stevens Well Company, Inc. Water Street Homes LLC 6250 Highway 12 West 464 Second Street #105 Maple Plain, Minnesota 55359 Excelsior, Minnesota 55331 Dear Mr. Stevens and Mr. Olson: Subject: Variance from Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4725, for Construction of a Water-Supply Well, Minnesota Unique Well Number 715607, on Water Street Homes LLC Property at 1300 Spruce Place, Orono, Located in the SW 1/4 of Section 8, Township 117 North, Ran�e 23 West, Hennepin County, Minnesota This letter is in response to your request for a variance from Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4725, to construct a water-supply well on the subject property less than 20 feet from a buried sewer constructed of approved materials that has been successfully air tested. Minnesota Rules, part 4725.4450, subpart 1, item F requires a well to be located a minimum of 20 feet from a buried sewer that is pressurized and serves one single-family residence ar is a gravity sewer which is not a collector or municipal sewer, and that meets the materials and pressure testing specifications of Minnesota Rules, parts 4715.0530 and 4715.2820 (Minnesota Plumbing Code). On November 2, 2004, prior to receipt of the formal variance request application, Mr. Douglas Edson of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Metro district office inspected the subject property with Mr. Joe Stevens of T.L. Stevens Well Company, Inc. Mr. Edson reported that the existing house had been removed, and a new house was being constructed on the property. T.L. Stevens Well Company, Inc. had been hired to drill a new well and seal the existing well. Mr. Edson reported that there was no accessible location on the subject property to construct a new well which would satisfy all isolation distance requirements of Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4725. Mr. Edson and Mr. Stevens identified an accessible location which maximizes the isolation from known sources of contamination, 15 feet from an air tested sewer extending from the home to a collector sewer under Spruce Place. The variance application included a copy of the City of Orono Inspection Notice for Permit Number A7918, dated September 7, 2004, and documenting the sewer materials and testing. Based on the results of Mr. Edson's inspection, information provided in the variance request, and in accordance with Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4725,your request for a variance is granted to construct the subject we1115 feet from an approved, air tested buried sewer located on the subject property. General Information: (651) 215-5800 � TDD/TYY: (651) 215-8980 � Minnesota Relay Service: (800) 627-3529 • www.healthstate.mn.us For directions to any of the MDH locations,call(651)215-5800 • �equal opportuniry employer