{"id":1768,"date":"2010-04-10T18:56:10","date_gmt":"2010-04-11T01:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=1768"},"modified":"2010-04-10T18:56:10","modified_gmt":"2010-04-11T01:56:10","slug":"sherburne-co-taken-by-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=1768","title":{"rendered":"Sherburne Co. taken by surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sherburneco\"<\/a>Sherburne, that triangle shaped county bordering the Mississippi River, and home of the Sherco coal plant, woke up recently to the CapX 2020 nightmare.<\/p>\n

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345kv line placement has county folk worried<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Gary W. Meyer, Editor<\/p>\n

An alternative route for the line through northwest Sherburne County, once considered a remote possibility, seems to be more a favored option, given discussions before the county board of commissioners Tuesday.
\nLynn Waytashek, assistant zoning administrator, was called before the board to update them on the issue.
\nHer news wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the best.
\nAlternate D, that follows and existing line running through Haven, Clear Lake and Becker townships, somehow had become the least-costly route for Xcel. The chatter, although not confirmed by Xcel, was that it had become a primary route. Xcel officials recently reported the line would cost $60; cost reductions for the Sherburne County alternative route now had it set at $53-$54 million.
\nThis is in spite of the fact the line would have to cross the river – first from the west into Haven Twp. and secondly – from Xcel property at Becker back across the river to the Monticello nuclear plant.
\nWaytashek told the Tribune following the meeting the draft environmental review statement (EIS) would continue to be reviewed by administrative law Judge Beverly Jones-Heydinger, who has conducted local hearings on the matter.
\nShe has until late May to render a decision on a route for the line. Following that, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) would be charged with a final decision, likely to come this summer.
\nSherburne officials, though never invited to be part of the discussion process, finally became involved when Commissioner Felix Schmeising testified before a Clearwater area hearing in early March.
\nArgument of the locals was for Xcel to keep the line along I-94 through Stearns and Wright counties to Monticello, as it would travel adjacent to the freeway from Fargo to that point.
\nFour routes were set in early decision-making, with three of them along or adjacent to I-94 to Monticello.
\nWaytashek said her office has attempted to talk to Darrin Lahr, Xcel spokesman, but he was unavailable to provide further information for the commissioners.
\nThe county officials will continue to seek a meeting with Lahr. Meanwhile, County Attorney Kathy Heaney was asked to study legal procedures which might be available to defend against a Sherburne County line siting.
\nThe county does have the Minnesota DNR on its side in the issue; the DNR is opposed to any unnecessary crossing of the Mississippi River by the line, it was reported Tuesday at the meeting.
\nReaction from Schmeising and Commissioner Ewald Petersen to the local-line news was not good.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We need to get our local legislators in and cry \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfoul\u00e2\u20ac\u2122,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Schmeising. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is absolutely absurd!
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hopefully we have made enough of an effort.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an odor coming from Denver (Xcel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s headquarters),\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Petersen. He questioned Xcel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s statements they do not have enough land on their Monticello plant site to handle all their issues.
\nMore so, why would they expect a route that travels across the river twice and through Sherburne County cost less than their I-94 routes? he asked.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is either a huge folly – or a strategic masterful art,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Schmeising.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is no “Route D” in the Scoping Decision (see p. 8 for list of those alternative routes to be covered in the DEIS).\u00c2\u00a0 Hmmmmm…\u00c2\u00a0 maybe it had another name then?\u00c2\u00a0 From the DEIS, “Route D” is described as:<\/p>\n

Route D follows the existing Osseo-Monticello-St Cloud 115kV line north out of the Monticello Substation for a distance of approximately 1.75 miles. It then follows a field line northwest for approximately 0.6 miles until it meets back up with the Osseo-Monticello-St Cloud 115kV line.\u00c2\u00a0 The route continues along the 115kV line for several miles until it reaches a GRE 115kV line in Haven Township. The route follows the GRE line west and southwest for a distance of approximately 0.7 miles. The route continues southwest until it reaches I-94. At I-94 the route proceeds to the northwest following I-94 until it reaches the ramp for MN-23. At the MN-23 ramp the route heads northeast and north until it reaches MN-23. The route then follows MN-23 to the proposed substation site.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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