Minnesota Administrative Rules

7855.0300 PROPOSED FUEL CONVERSION FACILITY; DESCRIPTION.

Each application for a fuel conversion facility shall contain the following information:

A.

a physical description of the facility, including:

(1)

its location, to the fullest extent known;

(2)

an estimate of the required land area and the height of the tallest structures;

(3)

its design capacity in tons per hour of input material;

(4)

a schematic drawing showing major components of the facility; and

(5)

a map showing the planned location of the facility and its interconnections with energy transportation systems;

B.

data regarding design and construction of the facility, including:

(1)

if known, the complete name and business address of the engineer and firm that would be responsible for the design of the facility;

(2)

if known, the complete name and business address of the company that would construct the facility;

(3)

the proposed date for commencing construction and the proposed in-service date;

(4)

the estimated installed cost of the facility in current dollars; and

(5)

the estimated economic life of the facility; and

C.

data regarding operation of the facility, including:

(1)

a narrative description of the steps of the process;

(2)

the types and sources of input materials that would be processed by the facility and the estimated energy content of each in Btu per appropriate unit of measure;

(3)

the types of output products, the amount of each, and the estimated energy content of each in Btu per appropriate unit of measure;

(4)

the projected annual operating and maintenance costs in current dollars for each of the first five calendar years of operation;

(5)

a description of the methods that would be used to transport input and output materials to and from the facility;

(6)

the estimated amounts and types of energy products that would be consumed during operation at the design capacity;

(7)

the expected average percentage of use of the full design capacity for each of the first five calendar years of operation; and

(8)

a discussion of the maintenance requirements of the facility, including the estimated impact on production.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 216B.08; 216B.2421; 216B.243; 216C.10

History:

L 1983 c 289 s 115

Published Electronically:

November 14, 2003