{"id":3734,"date":"2012-01-07T07:31:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T14:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2012-01-07T13:38:25","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T20:38:25","slug":"next-week-usdas-meetings-on-deis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=3734","title":{"rendered":"Next week – USDA’s meetings on DEIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tn_jimneagle01\"<\/a>(Jim Thompson, Hydro One Transmission Line Technician, in Ontario, who rescued eagle that had been hit be several trucks.\u00c2\u00a0 It recovered and was released. More HERE, scroll way down!<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Big week for the Wisconsin and Minnesota CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-LaCrosse line!<\/p>\n

Next week is the time to turn out and tell the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service what you think of their Draft Environmental Impact Statement.\u00c2\u00a0 This is about whether the USDA will finance Dairyland’s share of CapX 2020 costs.\u00c2\u00a0 The meetings are in both Minnesota and Wisconsin, one every business day next week:<\/p>\n

Here’s the USDA RUS Environmental Review page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

For example, look at the DEIS, p. 96, regarding protected Migratory Bird activity in the area of the proposed Mississippi River crossings:<\/p>\n

\"p96\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And look at USFWS comments:<\/p>\n

USFWS Comment on WI PSC DEIS <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"usfws-2miles\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So by the RUS’ own admission on p. 96, all areas for river crossing are not “at least two miles away from important Eagle Use Areas.”<\/p>\n

Apparently this needs to be pointed out to them.<\/p>\n

The meeting (note they’re not called “hearings”) start with an \u00e2\u20ac\u0153open house\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from 5-6 p.m.\u00c2\u00a0 and then a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153discussion period\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from 6-8 p.m.<\/p>\n

January 9, 2012, 5-8 p.m.
\nAlma High School Gym
\nS1618 State Rd 35
\nAlma,WI<\/p>\n

January 10, 2012, 5-8 p.m.
\nWanamingo Community Center
\n401 Main Street
\nWanamingo, MN<\/p>\n

January 11, 2012, 5-8 p.m.
\nCannon Falls High School Cafeteria
\n820 Minnesota St
\nCannon Falls, MN<\/p>\n

January 12, 2012, 5-8 p.m.
\nAmerican LegionHall
\n2153rd St SW
\nPlainview, MN<\/p>\n

January 13, 2012,\u00c2\u00a0 5-8 p.m.
\nCenterville\/Town of Trempealeau Community Center
\nW24854 StateRd 54\/93
\nGalesville, WI<\/p>\n

Written comments are open until January 30, 2012.\u00c2\u00a0 Send to stephanie.strength@wdc.usda.gov<\/strong><\/a> or by mail to:<\/p>\n

\n
Stephanie Strength, Project Manager<\/address>\n
USDA, Rural Development, Utilities Programs<\/address>\n
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 2244<\/address>\n
Mailstop 1571<\/address>\n
Washington, DC\u00c2\u00a0 20250-1571<\/address>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Jim Thompson, Hydro One Transmission Line Technician, in Ontario, who rescued eagle that had been hit be several trucks.\u00c2\u00a0 It recovered and was released. More HERE, scroll way down!) Big week for the Wisconsin and Minnesota CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-LaCrosse line! …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,671,557,35,188,28,163,75],"class_list":["post-3734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-capx-2020","tag-dairyland-power-cooperative","tag-hampton-rochester-lacrosse","tag-powerline","tag-rural-utilities-service","tag-transmission-line","tag-usda","tag-xcel-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734","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=3734"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3736,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734\/revisions\/3736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}