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Metropolitan Council Working for the Region, Planning for the Future June 7, 1999 Environmental Services Flamingo Wire, Inc. 2687 Wayzata Boulevard Orono, MN 55356 ATTN: Chuck Guerin Re: Wastewater Volume Review for Permit Number 1052 Located at 2687 Wayzata Boulevard 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 fust 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 volume. The additional purchased units were added to your baseline value. This has now become the "modified" SAC baseline value for your facility. For Flamingo Wire, Inc., the second wastewater volume review for your facility has been completed, and a preliminary evaluation of wastewater flows indicates an increased use of the sanitary sewer, above the modified baseline value, equivalent to 2 SAC units. Please refer to the attached worksheet for the results of the review. Based on the 1999 SAC rate of$1,050 per unit, this increase will result in a charge of$2,100 due at the time of permit renewal. A follow-up letter will be mailed to you four months prior to permit renewal describing two options regarding a potential SAC purchase. The first option will be to purchase SAC based on the preliminary volume review results and SAC rate described above and in the attached worksheet. The second option will be to conduct a 30-day wastewater volume study to determine the updated SAC equivalent of wastewater flows. The SAC rate applied to the results of the 30-day volume study will be the rate in effect at the start of the study. The 1999 SAC rate is $1,050 per unit. (The volume study option will be beneficial to your company if you choose to initiate wastewater reduction measures to reduce or eliminate the amount of SAC due.) 230 East Fifth Street St. Paul. Minnesota 55101-1626 (651)602-1005 Fax 602-1183 TDD/TTY 229-3760 An Equal Opportunity Employer