RUS-EIS COMMENTS OPEN UNTIL 7/25/09 The Comment deadline has been extended, no formal notice, but heard it verbally and in writing from Stephanie Strength herself! Send Comments to: Stephanie Strength Environmental Protection Specialist USDA, Rural Utilities Service Engineering and Environmental … Continue reading →
Well, DUH! What do you expect when they threaten to take away land from so many people? This is a hectic time in CapX 2020 land… The Scoping Decision for the Brookings line routing docket EIS was due MONDAY, and … Continue reading →
Photo by Kay Fate/Kenyon Leader Public gets the chance to comment on high voltage power lines Hey, www.nocapx2020.info got plastered across the screen!!! From WXOW 19 Deadline approaching for CapX 2020 concerns From the Cannon Falls Beacon: High voltage power … Continue reading →
THIS IS A MUST READ FOR LANDOWNERS: Those of you facing eminent domain, fighting hard for those measly dollars that utilities will cough up, well, what many people are finding is that the mortgage companies are grabbing it, leaving them … Continue reading →
Last night, Stephanie Strength of the USDA’s RUS, announced that I would not be allowed to set up my little display, above, in the same room as CapX. Must be the revolutionary stuff I’m handing out: Comment Suggestions – Scope … Continue reading →
There’s “larger than life” Joyce Osborn, United Citizens Action Network, at the Wanamingo meeting tonight, where RUS was holding an open house to gather public comments for their Environmental Impact Statement. Oh, nevermind, it’s a MINATURE turbine… Tonight, there were … Continue reading →
Yesterday was the first Rural Utility Service meeting for scoping its EIS. The notice said that there would be an “open house” and then a “discussion period.” Didn’t happen, it was strictly the “open house.” What should we be telling … Continue reading →
Somehow the time flew and next thing I knew, AAAAAGH, Requests, Petitions and Motions for Reconsideration were flying into the Inbox. After a frantic cut and paste, mine went out too… that’s one deadline not to miss! Here’s the Order … Continue reading →
Whatever are they thinking… A correction/clarification from Grant Stevenson: Today’s news articles aren’t quite right — we are not changing routing focus. Rather, we’ve casted a wider net for study — corridors to the Arcadia and Blair areas are additions, … Continue reading →
YEAAAAAAAAAA! RUS EIS is on the way!!! So what’s the big deal that the Rural Utility Service is doing an EIS on CapX 2020? And just the LaCrosse line part of CapX 2020? Consider the piss-poor excuse of “environmental review” … Continue reading →