{"id":3006,"date":"2011-04-11T15:30:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T22:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2011-04-11T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T22:32:04","slug":"hampton-lax-deis-meetings-start-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=3006","title":{"rendered":"Hampton-LaX DEIS Meetings start tomorrow!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"capx-lax-routemap\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tomorrow, the public “meetings” for Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement begin…<\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 12, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

1:30 and 6:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plainview American Legion<\/strong><\/p>\n

215 – 3rd St. S.W.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 13, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

1:30 and 6:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pine Island American Legion<\/strong><\/p>\n

108 – 1st Ave. S.E.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, April 14,2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

1:30 and 6:30 p.m.
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Cannon Falls High School Auditorium<\/strong><\/p>\n

820 East Minnesota Street<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are some handouts I’m printing up:<\/p>\n

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DEIS Comment Form<\/a><\/p>\n

Buy the Farm – eminent domain option in Minnesota<\/a><\/p>\n

DEIS Issues Info<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s SO important to show up, do NOT presume anything by the labels “Preferred” and “Alternative.”\u00c2\u00a0 Everything is on the table, make NO presumptions!<\/p>\n

Here’s a little something that I find fascinating, that little matter of connection of the Prairie Island-Blue Lake line into this mess at the Hampton Substation.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s deemed part of the Hampton-LaCrosse line in the Applicant’s FERC rate recovery filings and came up a while ago in Minnesota and recently in South Dakota:<\/p>\n

\n

The northwestern terminus of the La Crosse Project wlll be the new Hampton Substation, which will connect the new 345 kV transmission line to the existing Prairie Island – Blue Lake 345 1cV transmission line in the vicinity of Hampton, Minnesota.<\/span><\/strong> From the new Hampton Substation, the new 345 kV transmission line will be routed to a new substation (North Rochester Substation). This segment of the La Crosse Project will be approximately 40 to 50 miles long and will be constructed using a double circuit compatible configuration.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"hamptonsub\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Once more with feeling – please take a look at this and tell me where you see the Prairie Island-Blue Lake line (that green line with dots, right below “33”) connecting to the substation!<\/p>\n

It’s been filed with the identical language in SD and MN:<\/p>\n

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<\/strong>SD Rate Filing – see p. 4-5<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PUC Docket 09-1048 – Rate Recovery p. 32 of 102 (pdf)<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here are some other things that stand out to me that MOES needs to do:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Point out homes that are not shown on the maps.<\/span><\/address>\n
<\/span><\/address>\n
Disclose the full range of potential magnetic fields in all the configurations proposed for this project. <\/span><\/address>\n
<\/span><\/address>\n
Address impact of the width of the Right of Way (see DEIS Table 8.4.1-1):<\/span><\/address>\n

\n<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00b7 <\/span><\/span>RoW must be wide enough assure magnetic fields are below 2mG at the RoW edge to protect the health and safety of the public;<\/span><\/address>\n

\n<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00b7 <\/span><\/span>Disclose chart showing width of RoW necessary to assure mG level at 2mG or lower;<\/span><\/address>\n

\n<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00b7 <\/span><\/span>Identify basis for RoW width.<\/span><\/address>\n
<\/span><\/address>\n
Comply with the <\/span>Minnesota<\/span> Environmental Policy Act:<\/span><\/address>\n

\n<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00b7 <\/span><\/span>Must have more than one completely separate route; and <\/span><\/address>\n

\n<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00b7 <\/span><\/span>Must have more than one river crossing location a <\/span>Alma<\/span> (as is being done in the UDEA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rural Utility Service EIS that is in the works).<\/span><\/address>\n
<\/span><\/address>\n
Incorporate the Rural Utility Service EIS into the MOES EIS.<\/span><\/address>\n
<\/span><\/address>\n
Minnesota<\/span> policy of non-proliferation means that transmission must use shared railroad and highway rights of way. <\/span>Minn.<\/span> Stat. \u00c2\u00a7216E.03, Subd. 7(b)(8); (e). \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0MOES conflates Minn. Stat. \u00c2\u00a7216E.03, Subd. 7(b)(8) and 7(b)(9).<\/span><\/address>\n

\n<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00b7 <\/span><\/span>DEIS must identify shared railroad and highway rights of way and tally independently;<\/span><\/address>\n

\n<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00b7 <\/span><\/span>DEIS must identify separately from parcel and field boundaries; <\/span><\/address>\n

\n<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00b7 <\/span><\/span>Include maps showing only shared railroad and highway rights of way.<\/span><\/address>\n

\n<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00b7 <\/span><\/span>DEIS must not include or characterize ag land survey lines or other natural division lines as <\/span><\/address>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153shared corridor.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/span><\/address>\n
<\/span><\/address>\n
Minnesota<\/span> policy supporting agriculture requires that transmission corridors, if sited on ag land, utilize survey lines or other natural division.<\/span><\/address>\n

\n<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00b7 <\/span><\/span>DEIS must identify separately survey lines or other natural division lines utilized to avoid disruption of agricultural operations;<\/span><\/address>\n

\n<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00b7 <\/span><\/span>DEIS must identify and set out survey lines or other natural division lines separately from railroad and highway rights of way;<\/span><\/address>\n

\n<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00b7 <\/span><\/span>DEIS must not include or characterize ag land survey lines or other natural division lines as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153shared corridor.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/span><\/address>\n

Take a look at the DEIS, here’s MOES DEIS page:<\/p>\n

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MOES DEIS page<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Comments on the DEIS are due Friday, April 29, 2011<\/strong><\/span>, transmitted by 4:30 p.m.<\/span><\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Send to:<\/p>\n

Matthew Langan
\nState Permit Manager
\nMinnesota Office of Energy Security \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Energy Facility Permitting
\n85 7th Place East, Suite 500 | St. Paul, Minnesota, 55101<\/p>\n

By fax: 651-297-7891<\/p>\n

Or by email: matthew.langan@state.mn.us<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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