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Mr. Bernard J. Ilarrington - I4arch 7, 1978 Page 2 • The Orono Council feels that ten months is a sufficient amount of time for the Waste Control Commission to review a Comprehensive Plan that has been submitted for approval, particularly in light of the fact that the plan originally submitted in October of 1976 and for the next five-month period, the City negotitated with the Metropolitan Council staff and the Waste Control Commission staff to reach a final agreement on this plan in I -larch of 1977; the plan was then amended in April of 1977, and a favorable review% by the Metropolitan Council staff was drafted and submitted to the Physicial Development Committee in June of 1977. It was at this meeting that the Waste Control Commission objected to changing the 14USA line within Orono, which resulted in the review being tabled and no action has taken place since that time. The City respectfully requests that the Waste Control Commission continue the review process and grant us an approval within the very near future. During our meeting of February 2, 1978, it became clear to us that the Orono interceptor had additional capacity beyond that which was shown in the Orono Comprehensive Sewer Plan and in Addendum #3 of the Engineering Report. This was confirmed to us with a commitment that we would be told what _hat capacity was and what area within the City �. of Orono it was to serve. The information contained in your letter of March 1,1978, shows the average flows only for the lift stations • which do reflect information from our Comprehensive Sewer Plan and Addendum #3 to the Engineering Report. You have indicated that there - is approximately an additional -seventeen percent increase in the capacity of the interceptor in the event a third pump were to be installed at the lift station. We have submitted this information to our City Engineer for review and recommendation but it appears to me that you have not responded to our basic question of "is there any additional hydraulic capacity designed into the force main of the Orono interceptor?" If there is additional capacity beyond the -oresent lift station even with the addition of a third pump, the City would like to know what that additional capacity is and how you have arrived at the service area within the City of Orono that it is to serve. In looking at the sewer service area map provided with your letter of March 1, it becomes apparent that the Orono interceptor is designed to serve all of Orono, including that portion which is considered in the rural service area. Either you have designed the force main to serve rural Orono or the sewer service area map is incorrectly drawn including rural Orono, which is not to be within the sewer service area. The City of Orono must have answers to these questions before it can support the construction of the Orono interceptor. The City feels it is entitled to this information and it has repeatedly asked these questions which have not been adequately answered.