{"id":2014,"date":"2010-05-18T11:04:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T18:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2010-05-18T11:07:37","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T18:07:37","slug":"scoping-comments-due-may-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=2014","title":{"rendered":"Scoping Comments due May 20!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, May 20, 2010, the day after tomorrow, scoping comments are due for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capx2020.com\">CapX 2020<\/a> transmission project&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capx2020.com\/Projects\/project_hamp-roch-lac.html\">Hampton to Alma (f\/k\/a Hampton to LaCrosse) transmission line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, once more with feeling, the &#8220;scope&#8221; is the breadth of the environmental review, and the Scoping Decision, which will come out after comments are reviewed, will be the Dept. of Commerce&#8217;s view of what all should be in the Draft Environmental Impact Study.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of a Scoping Decision to let you know how this will look, to help define what you should consider:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/scopingdecision-20104-49166-01.pdf\">Scoping Decision &#8211; CapX 2020 Fargo-St. Cloud transmission line<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/commercescopingdecision-20096-39100-01.pdf\">Scoping Decision &#8211; CapX 2020 Brookings-Hampton transmission line<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And compare those with the Rural Utilities Service concept of environmental review FOR THIS SAME PART OF THE CAPX TRANSMISSION WEB (hint &#8211; look here if you&#8217;re wanting to see what the feds are looking at, how that agency views it)(also, look here if you&#8217;re wanting to get a handle on what others have suggested, especially agencies, for the scope to guide your Comments to Commerce):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/rus_scoping_report_022010.pdf\">RUS Scoping Report for EIS<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usda.gov\/rus\/water\/ees\/pdf\/Dairyland%20Hampton%20LaCrosse%20%20Scoping%20Report%200210.pdf\"><strong>CLICK  HERE FOR WHOLE ENCHILADA &#8211; IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S HUGE<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the RUS page to look at everything in the RUS that&#8217;s public so far:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usda.gov\/rus\/water\/ees\/eis.htm#Dairyland%20Power%20Cooperative,%20Inc.\"><strong>RUS Environmental Impact Statement &#8211; Dairyland Power<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And so now, where to send your comments by May 20, 2010?\u00c2\u00a0 Here&#8217;s from the MOES page:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>The OES  will accept written comments on  the  scope of the EIS until May 20,  2010.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <strong>Please include PUC Docket  No.  TL-09-1448 on your comments. <\/strong> Comments should be mailed, emailed, or   faxed to:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Matthew  Langan<br \/>\nState Permit Manager<br \/>\nMinnesota Office of Energy Security<br \/>\n85 7th Place East, Suite 500<br \/>\nSt. Paul, Minnesota, 55101-2198<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Fax:  651-297-7891<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>matthew.langan@state.mn.us<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Comments may also be submitted on the   Commission\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s energy  facility permitting website:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyfacilities.puc.state.mn.us\/\">http:\/\/www.energyfacilities.puc.state.mn.us<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re looking for some hints based on what criteria the PUC will use in its decision:\u00c2\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/commentform2.pdf\">Comment  Form<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RU<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=2014\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[14,372,27,35,28],"class_list":["post-2014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hampton-alma","tag-capx-2020","tag-capx-2020-transmission-line","tag-nocapx-2020","tag-powerline","tag-transmission-line"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2014"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2017,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions\/2017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}