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imnneg <br />iMEffGY COMFMY <br />August 22, 1996 USJ <br />• i <br />fc*» . . • J, <br />Ms. Jeanne A. Mabusth <br />Building and Zoning Administrator <br />City of Orono <br />P.O. Box 66 <br />Orono, Minnesota 553232-0066 <br />Re: Conditional Use Permit Renewal <br />Parcel 33 - 113 - 23 - 13 0011 <br />530 Old Crystal Bay Road <br />Orono, Minnesota <br />Dear Ms. Mabusth: <br />In my letter of October 25, 1995, requesting a five year extension <br />of our conditional use permit for the operation of a portable <br />Iiq\iifi0d natural gas vaporizer at the site along Old Crystal Bay <br />Road, I stated that our plan was to use the vaporizer for two to <br />five years as a backup until we completed a project along Hennepin <br />County Road 6. At that time the application was amended to require <br />an annual renewal with an update on projects. <br />Since writing that letter several critical details have emerged. <br />The list of projects that I included have been completed or are <br />under construction. In October, 1995, Minnegasco purchased a <br />sophisticated computer program for modeling portions of our natural <br />gas distribution system. In January, 1996 a system expansion and <br />modeling team composed of senior engineers, supervisors and gas <br />supply managers was formed to study areas using the new modeling <br />prograun. The system that supplies natural gas to the Orono area <br />was among the first to be modeled. The modeling showed that we not <br />only have pressure problems but also supply problems as well. <br />Minnegasco plans to reinforce the Orono area from the west with <br />additional gas distribution mains along County Road 6. Other <br />orojects are also being developed. (See attached list.) These <br />projects are expected to be completed over the next three years. <br />Minnegasco has requested additional natural gas supplies from <br />Northern Natural Gas Company at an increased delivery pressure at <br />our Minnetrista delivery point. Northern Natural Gas expects to <br />have additional gas supplies at a higher pressure available to us <br />for the 1997-1998 heating season. <br />Projects currently being developed in other areas of our system <br />will also have an impact on the Orono area. A reinforcement and <br />operating pressure increase along County Road 10 in New Hope and <br />Plymouth will indirectly provide additional pressure to one of the <br />main system supply points at County Roads 6 and 101. <br />700 West Linden Avenue <br />P.O. Box 1 IGo <br />Minnenr>oli.s. MN 5.>I40-1 Ifo <br />•m <br />i