Franklin County Industrial
Development Corp.

2 North Main Street
P.O. Box 1099
St. Albans, VT 05478-1099
802-524-2194
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The St. Albans Town Industrial Park is located one mile south of St. Albans City. The entrance to the park is located on U.S. Route 7, a major north-south connector highway. Exit 19 of Interstate 89 is less than two miles from the park. The parcel is mostly open land, with some light brush in the western end and some large trees along the north and south borders. Since the lots are predominately open land, clearing and grubbing costs are minimal.

The park hosts a number of firms including: Barry Callebaut, a multi-national firm that manufactures numerous chocolate products; Mylan Laboratories, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products such as transdermal patches; and Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., a maker of premium ice cream. Other firms include Quality Services Technology (QST), a plastic compounding firm;  Superior Technical Ceramics, which manufactures alumina and steatite insulators; and Peerless Clothing U.S.A., Inc., which distributes men's garments. Central Vermont Public Service supplies all of these firms with ample power.

Central Vermont Public Service distribution lines at the St. Albans Town Industrial Park are operated at 12,470 volts. Lines serving the area are fed from the new Nason Street sub-station, located just north of the park, which was serviced in 1989. There is a 10-Mva transformer at this sub-station. General service at secondary voltage is available at the park. Those customers served under Primary Service Rate 4 own and maintain their primary voltage transformers and associated facilities. Primary Service Rate 4 reflects ownership of these facilities through lower pricing than general service or commercial rates.

For very large industrial customers, transmission line service is available from the 34.5 Kv circuits which cross the park. Transmission service customers are required by tariff to own and maintain their transmission sub-station and associated facilities. Transmission Service Rate 5 reflects ownership of these facilities through lower pricing than primary service.

The St. Albans Town Industrial Park is currently served by municipal water mains owned by St. Albans Town. The City of St. Albans furnishes potable water for use by the industries in the park. The industrial park is presently served by a looped water main system, consisting of 8-and 12-inch ductile iron mains. The 12-inch ductile iron connects directly to an existing 12-inch transmission main located north of Nason Street. The 8-inch line loops the 12-inch main within the industrial park, back to a water main in South Main Street. Therefore, if one water main should be temporarily out of service, industries can be supplied through the second main.

Static water pressure within the industrial park is approximately 140 pounds-per-square-inch. Estimated available fire flow capacity is between 1,500 and 2,000 gallons-per-minute. Waste water in the industrial park is collected through a system of gravity sewers. Once collected, the water is transported to the pump-station located near the western end of the park. An underground pump-station and storage tank exist at the town industrial park location, and waste water is pumped through an 8-inch transit pressure sewer in a general northeastern direction towards Nason Street, and then to the beginning of the St. Albans City interceptor sewer. Waste water is discharged into a sewer man-hole located west of the New England Central Railway off of Nason Street, and then directed to the north, and is treated at the City of St. Albans state-of-the-art tertiary waste water treatment plant.

The waste water pump station consists of a 43,000 gallon storage tank and two solids handling waste water pumps. Each pump operating individually, can pump approximately 700 to 750 gallons-per-minute. Both pumps operating simultaneously can pump approximately 800 to 850 gallons-per-minute. The existing waste water pump station, consisting of an emergency generator, possible additional storage capacity, and larger pumps would be necessary to service greater flows. The existing 8-inch pressure sewer has ample capacity for all conceivable flow volumes from the park. The industrial park is presently zoned for industrial use by the Town of St. Albans. All uses within this district are conditional uses which must be approved by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Allowed conditional uses include research/testing facility, storage and distribution facility, truck terminal, building contractor shop, planned unit development, light industry and heavy industry. The minimum lot size is 80,000 square feet, and maximum lot coverage is 60% for buildings and parking. Outside storage areas are banned from this park.

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