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Rolin Hoke
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Mayor
2875 145th St.
Rosemount, MN 55068
Dear Mr. Hoke:
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The Environmental Quality Board has receiued an application from ;
Oxbow Power Corporation and Biosyn Chemical Corporation to site a I,
50-60 megawatt natural gas fueled electric generating� plant under the
provisions af the Minnesota Power Plant Siting Act. Associated with
the facility is a 120 ton per day liquid carbon dioxide production
plant. (A copy is enclosed. )
The cogeneration project is proposed to be located within Dakota
County in the City of Rosemount. The applicants' preferred and
alternative sites are east and south of the junction of Highways 55
and 52 .
The Board is seeking nominatio�s for a Citizens Site Eval�ation
Cammittee to study tti�, ��ajec�' �nd to report to the Board the
Committ�e's''�t�nelu�ii�ti��"`��►rid r+�commendation�i'' r�garc�ing the sites.
The Power Plant 5iting Act provides that the Certificate of Site
Compatibility issued by the Board supersedes and preempts all zoning,
building or land use rules, regulations or ordinances promulgated by
regional, County, local, and special purpose government, (Minn.
. Stat. 116C. 61 5ubd. 1. ) To insure that your concerns are considered
the Act also provides that you be represented on the Site Evaluation
Committee.
The Committee will meet as often as it needs to complete its charge,
however, I would estimate that it will take faur to seuen mee�ings
star�ing in December and finishing in February. The meetings are
generally held in the evenings and reimbursement for expenses
incurred are made pursuant to the rules governing state employees.
The first meeting is tentativeiy set for Thursday, December 8, 1988,
at 7:04 pm, in Conference Room 301 of the Centennial Office Building,
658 Cedar St. , 5t. Paul. .
Please submit your nomination with a short paragraph clescribing the
person's baekqrou�nd and �nterest in this matter by November 28 to
the Board's project manager, John P. Hynes, at the Baard�s address.
If you have any questians, please direct them to me (296-9027} or to
Mr. Hynes (296-2871) .
An Eqt�l Opportunify Err�fayner'
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� The Board will be considering the applicatior� for campleteness at its
meeting on November 17 (notice enclosed) . When the application is
aecepted, the siting process is started, The proeess inciudes the
Site Evaluation Committee, informational meetings and hearings in the
area that sites are being considered, review and reeommendations by
state aqencies, and an environmental impact statement. The minimum
time necessary to proeess an applicatian for a pZant of this size is
five or six months.
Sincerely,
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Michael Sullivan
Executive Director