We had a scheduling conference yesterday, and here’s the upshot:

Counsel and Parties –

This email summarizes the dates agreed to at the Scheduling Conference in this case on Dec. 30, 2009. On the assumption that the Transcripts of all the hearings will be distributed approximately January 8, 2010, and that the Final EIS will be completed on January 22, 2010, the Administrative Law Judge set the following deadlines :

– February 3, 2010, for Public Comments

– February 15, 2010, for Initial Briefs (all Parties), OES’s Initial Comments, and Applicants’ Proposed Findings of Fact

– March 4, 2010, for Intervenors’ Proposed Findings of Fact

– March 12, 2010, for Reply Briefs (all Parties), and OES’s Final Comments

A more detailed document will be issued next week.

Richard C. Luis,   Administrative Law Judge