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! ! CASE REQUEST i'FOR A TEMPORARY CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR AN ALTERNATE FUEL SUPPLY TEST DEMONSTRATION FACILITY; CASE OF KALTEC OF MINNESOTA, INC. By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: Kaltec of Minnespta, Inc. has applied for a temporary conditional use permit to establish and operate a Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell test demonstration facility on the landfill property at 14730 Sunfish Lake Blvd. N.W. Kaltec would be leasing a portion of Waste Management's property for this demonstratio~ project. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) e) Si~ 1 _o~,.ation map K~tec s application Letter of endorsement of U.S. Congressman Grams Prc!~posed f'mdings of fact Prc~posed CUP Observations: The demonstratioti facility consists of a 9,000 square foot pole barn for housing a fuel cell, gas processing equipr¢,ent and support equipment. Two mobile type structures would also be brought onto the site to prgvide office and bathroom facilities for site personnel. Access to the site will be from the exiting lag~ drill entrance. The equipment tO be housed in the structure was developed by the Electric Power Research Institute (F_.PRI) arid the National Rural Electric Cooperative .Association (NRECA) to demonsn:ate alternate fuel supplies using fuel cell technology. The equipment will utilize methane gas currently generated by the IJandfill to demonstrate the potential use in generating electricity. There is no end use planned for th~ energy created during the demonstration project and it will simply dissipate. The demonstratiofi project proposes to have the equipment operational for a period of 4,000 hours (6 months). The Applicant hasiindicated that the noise level associated with the facility will be lower than that of the existing blow~rs at the site associated with the groundwater cleanup activity. Because the methane gas is ex ~racted from piping prior to the existing flar/ng process and because the methane gas is cleaned beftre it is inn-oduced to the fuel ceil, odors from the facility would be less than that which currently elists. The nature of thi~; demonstration project is such that it does not require an3, State or County permits. The Applicant states that a successful demonstration project will receive National attention because of the n:.~. to develop technologies to replace the dependence on fossil fuel for the generation of elecffical power.