Seems the ALJ doesn’t think it’s a problem to have the Final EIS come in and that the public not be able to comment on it.  Seems the ALJ doesn’t acknowledge that in the Brookings case the record was expressly left open to allow comments on the FEIS, and that comments were allowed in after the record closed, both in Brookings and in St. Cloud-Monticello.   He says that if we want to comment on it, we can address that in “Exceptions” directly to the PUC.  Well, we’ve seen what happens with specific and numbered Exceptions – MOES disregards them, says they’re not in compliance with the rules (EH?) and the PUC never learns what was proposed.

Here’s the order:

Denial of NoCapX & U-CAN Intervention or Extension of Comment Period

And there are other and bigger fish to fry right now, like a Supplemental EIS on the Brookings route…