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St. Paul, Minn. — Minnesota Municipal
Power Agency (MMPA) is proposing to build, own, and operate a new electric
power generating facility in Carver County, Minnesota.
The plan includes constructing a
facility on approximately 2 acres of a 12.37-acre land parcel in Chaska,
Minnesota, and installing five natural gas-fired electrical generating units capable
of producing up to 50 megawatts of electricity. The project is expected to take
about 12 months to construct.
Once in operation, the new electric generating
station will be known as the Chaska Energy Park Facility (CEP Facility). The CEP Facility will provide an additional outlet of electricity for the city of Chaska and to the other MMPA member
communities of Anoka, Arlington, Brownton, Buffalo, East Grand Forks, Elk
River, Le Sueur, North St. Paul, Olivia, Shakopee, and Winthrop.
The Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency has prepared an environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) on the proposed
new electrical power generating station. The EAW details the site location, construction
activities, air emissions, water and wastewater use, and more. The EAW is
available on the MPCA web site at www.pca.state.mn.us/eaw.
Comments on the environmental
assessment worksheet must be in writing and submitted by 4:30 p.m. on November 9, 2016 to
Nancy Drach (651-757-2317) at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency,
520 Lafayette Road N., St. Paul, MN 55155-4194.
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Minnesota Municipal Power Agency
plans to build and operate an electric power station in Chaska, Minnesota. Once
constructed the plant will be capable of producing between 25 megawatts and 50 megawatts of electricity for the city of Chaska.
The Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency has prepared an environmental assessment worksheet on
the proposed new electric power generating station to describe the project and
its potential impact on the environment. To learn more or comment on the project, visit the M-P-C-A web site.
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