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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMML>S10N MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 16, I99t (#6 - #2171 Minneuasco - Continued) Mabusth reported that the request was for a renewal of a vonditional use permit to allow' Minnegasco to continue the use of a portable vaporizer at ^30 Old rr>stal Bay Road in the industrial zoning district The vaporizer was installed in 1992 In 1995 a ore-year extension was u^mte<3 by the Council, which expires October, 1990 Mabost-t said rvlinnegasco hau oped that the vaporizer would no longer be needed but deliys in improvements for CoRd 6 lines has hindered the upgrade plans Minnegasco believes the vaporizer will be phased out by spring of 1998 Maousth add“d that the police chief and fire department had little knowledge of the vaporizer Since the review in 1995, they were provided information on the vaporizer, and the police chief w atched the filling process involved He relayed good comments noting the use of adequate number of employees and care The police chief informed Staff that he sees no problem with granting the extension Mr Kahlstrom said the project was in place at their plant, but they did not have total control over matters involving CoRd t> He noted that the supply from the west serving Orono i.« ^ ot adequate to meet the needs of the area The supply is increasing with the installatiovr of the main project next summer. The vaporizer is needed for one more year for use in 1997-1998 Lindquist asked Kahlstrom if he saw any problem w ith the vaporizer being phased out by spring of 1998. Kahlstrom did not McMillan asked what was done with the excess at the end of the season. Kahlstrom said there is no excess as there is no on-site storage The gas is brought in by tanker and then driven away. ochroeder asked how many v aporizers were in use and if there w ere any problems Kahlstrom said this was the only one of its kind in the Midwest and it has presented no problems There is a liquid gas facility in Burnsville used by the tanker and for use as a portable pipe line The natural gas is shipped in Smith noted that the information says the vaporizer is only used three to four times a season McMillan and Mabusth reported that it was used 19 time- last year The colder temperatures were a factor Schroeder moved, Hawn seconded, to approve the renew al of the conditional use permit for an additional year with the vaporizer phased out by May 31, 1998, Vote; Ayes 6, Nays 0