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**Notice of Availability of Big Stone II Power Plant and Transmission
Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement**

Copies of the Big Stone II Power Plant and Transmission Project Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) are now available for review from
Western Area Power Administration (Western). Western will hold public
hearings on the DEIS to receive oral comments at **7 PM** at the
following locations:

**Tuesday, June 13, 2006**

Big Stone City American Legion

Highway 12 W

Big Stone City, SD 57216

**Wednesday June 14, 2006**

Best Western/Prairie Inn

200 Highway 28 East

Morris, MN 56267

**Thursday June 15, 2006**

Minnesota West Community & Technical College

1593 11th Avenue

Granite Falls, MN 56241

**Friday, June 16, 2006**

Benson Golf Course

2222 Atlantic Avenue

Benson, MN 56215

A question and answer period will be conducted prior to each public
hearing from **5:00 PM to 6:45 PM** allowing discussion with agency and
Project officials. Oral comments on the DEIS will be accepted only
during the public hearings and will become part of the public hearing
record. Written comments on the DEIS should be delivered at one of the
hearings or sent to Ms. Nancy Werdel at the address below. Written
comments must be postmarked no later than July 3, 2006.

Ms. Nancy Werdel

Western Area Power Administration

Natural Resources Office, A7400

P.O. Box 281213

Lakewood, CO 80228

If you would like to receive a copy of the DEIS, please fill out the
attached postcard and mail it to us, no postage required. Or, if you
prefer, you may contact Nancy Werdel at (800) 336-7288 or by e-mail at
<BigStoneEIS@wapa.gov>. If you have previously requested the DEIS, a
copy will be provided to you.

The DEIS is available at the following DOE Reading Rooms:

> Western Area Power Administration U.S. Department of Energy
>
> Corporate Services Office Forrestal Building, Reading Room 1E-190
>
> 12155 West Alameda Parkway 1000 Independence Avenue SW
>
> Lakewood, CO 80228 Washington, D.C. 20585
>
> Western Area Power Administration
>
> Upper Great Plains Customer Service Region
>
> South Dakota Maintenance Office
>
> 200 4th Street SW
>
> Huron, SD 57350.
>
> Copies of the DEIS are available for public review at the following
> public libraries:

Appleton Public Library

322 W. Schlieman Avenue

Appleton, MN

Benson Public Library

200 13th Street South

Benson, MN

Canby Public Library

110 Oscar Avenue North

Canby, MN

Granite Falls Public Library

155 7th Avenue

Granite Falls, MN

Grant County Public Library

207 Park Avenue East

Milbank, SD

Kerkhoven Public Library

208 10th Street North

Kerkhoven, MN

Morris Public Library

102 East 6th Street

Morris, MN

Ortonville Public Library

412 Second Street Northwest

Ortonville, MN

Watertown Regional Library

611 Bruhn Avenue NE.

Watertown, SD

Willmar Public Library

410 5th Street Southwest

Willmar, MN

**Sign up to receive the Big Stone II Power Plant and Transmission
Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)**

Let us know if you would like to receive a copy of the DEIS. The
document is available on CD and on Western's Web site at
**[www.wapa.gov](http://www.wapa.gov/).**

**To receive a copy, please check one box below:**

 Send me an electronic copy on CD-rom

 Send me a paper copy (\~ 500 pages)

 Send me the Executive Summary (30 pages)

***Tell us how to reach you***

Include your name, address, phone number, fax and email, so we may keep
you up-to-date about this project. Western will not share your contact
information during this EIS process.

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