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**SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT**  **This Settlement** **Agreement is**  **entered into**  **by Plaintiffs** **National Parks**  **Conservation Association,**  **Minnesota Center**  **for Environmental**  **Advocacy, Friends**  **of the**  **Boundary Waters,**  **Voyageurs National**  **Park Association,**  **Fresh En** **ergy, and**  **the Sierra**  **Club ("Plaintiffs"),**  **and by**  **Defendant United**  **States En**  **vironmental Protection** **Agency and**  **Gina McCarthy,**  **in her**  **official capacity**  **as Administrator**  **of EPA**  **(collectively "EPA" or**  **"the Administrator"),**  **and Intervenor**  **Defendant Northern**  **States Power**  **Company Minnesota,**  **d/b/a Xcel**  **Energy ("NSP"),**  **as a**  **settlement of** **Plaintiffs' claims**  **in National** **Parks Conservation** **Association v.**  **EPA, Civ.**  **No. 12-**  **3043 (D** 
**. Minn.)**  **("this litigation");**  **WHEREAS, on**  **September 3,**  **2009, Plaintiffs**  **petitioned the**  **Department of** **the Interior**  **("DOl") to**  **certify that**  **a portion**  **of the**  **visibility impairment**  **in Voyageurs**  **and Isle**  **Royale National**  **Parks is**  **reasonably attributable**  **to emissions**  **from NSP's**  **coal-fired Sherburne**  **County Generating**  **Station ("Sherco")**  **in central**  **Minnesota; WHEREAS,**  **on October**  **21, 2009,**  **DOl provided**  **a letter**  **to EPA**  **in which**  **DOl stated**  **"that there**  **exists reasonably**  **attributable impairment**  **of visibility**  **at Voyageurs**  **and Isle**  **Royale due**  **to emissions**  **from the**  **Sherco facility;"**  **WHERE AS,**  **on December**  **5, 2012,**  **Plaintiffs filed**  **their complaint**  **in this**  **litigation, alleging**  **that, since**  **DOl's October**  **21, 2009**  **letter, the**  **Administrato r**  **had failed**  **to perform**  **her mandatory**  **duty to** **promulgate a**  **federal reasonably**  **attributable visibility impairment**  **("RA VI")**  **best available**  **retrofit technology**  **("BART") determination**  **for Sherco**  **without unreasonable**  **delay; WHEREAS,**  **on February**  **1, 2013,**  **Defendants filed**  **their answer**  **in this**  **litigation, denying**  **that the**  **Administrator has**  **a mandatory**  **duty to** **promulgate RA** **VI BART**  **for Sherco**  **in**

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**response to** **DOl's October**  **21, 2009**  **letter without**  **unreasonable delay**  **because EPA**  **has not**  **determined that**  **visibility impairment**  **at one**  **or more**  **Class I**  **areas is**  **reasonably attributable**  **to emissions** **from Sherco;**  **WHEREAS, on**  **July 24,**  **2014, the**  **Court of** **Appeals for**  **the Eighth**  **Circuit overturned the**  **District Court's**  **previous ruling**  **in this**  **litigation that**  **denied NSP's**  **motion to intervene,**  **making NSP**  **a party**  **to the**  **case; WHEREAS,**  **on March**  **25, 2015,**  **Plaintiffs filed**  **an Amended**  **Complaint in** **this litigation,**  **alleging that the**  **Administrator had**  **failed to** **perform her**  **mandatory duty**  **"to identify**  **and analyze**  **for BART**  **each existing**  **stationary facility**  **which may**  **reasonably be**  **anticipated to**  **cause or**  **contribute to**  **impairment of** **visibility in**  **any mandatory**  **Class I**  **Federal area**  **where the**  **impairment in** **the mandatory**  **Class I**  **Federal area**  **is reasonably**  **attributable to** **that existing**  **stationary facility;"**  **WHEREAS, EPA**  **and NSP**  **have not**  **yet filed**  **responses to** **the Amended**  **Complaint in**  **this litigation,**  **but generally**  **deny the**  **allegations in**  **the Amended**  **Complaint; WHEREAS, Plaintiffs,**  **EPA, and** **NSP (collectively,**  **the "Parties")**  **desire to**  **settle, compromise**  **and finally**  **resolve all**  **aspects of** **Plaintiffs' claims**  **in this**  **litigation, without**  **expensive and**  **protracted litigation,**  **and without**  **a litigated**  **resolution of** **any issue**  **of law**  **or fact,** 

**on the** **terms hereinafter**  **set forth,**  **which the**  **parties consider**  **to be**  **a just,**  **fair, adequate,**  **and equitable**  **resolution of** **those claims; and WHEREAS,**  **the Parties**  **have therefore**  **determined to**  **enter into**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement, which**  **EPA has**  **coordinated with**  **DOL NOW**  **THEREFORE, in**  **consideration of** **the mutual**  **covenants and**  **promises set** **forth in**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement, and**  **for other**  **good and**  **valuable consideration,**  **the adequacy**  **and**

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**sufficiency of** **which the**  **Parties hereby**  **acknowledge, THE**  **PA RTIES**  **HEREBY AGREE**  **as follows:**  **1. Promptly**  **after the**  **date that**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement is**  **signed by**  **all the**  **Parties, the**  **Parties will**  **file a** **joint motion**  **with the**  **Court requesting**  **that the**  **Court stay**  **this litigation**  **pending EPA's**  **final action**  **revising as**  **described in**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement the**  **Federal Implementation**  **Plan with**  **respect to**  **Reasonably Attributable Visibility**  **Impairment for**  **Minnesota ("Minnesota**  **RA VI**  **FIP"), located**  **at 40**  **C.F .R.**  **§ 52.1236.**  **2. The** **Parties agree**  **and acknowledge**  **that this**  **Settlement Agreement**  **will not**  **become effective**  **immediately upon**  **its signature**  **by all**  **the Parties**  **because EPA**  **must provide**  **notice in** **the Federal**  **Register and**  **an opportunity**  **for comment**  **pursuant to**  **section 113(g)**  **of the**  **Clean Air** **Act ("CAA"),**  **42 U.S.C.**  **§ 7413(g).**  **EPA agrees**  **to deliver**  **a public**  **notice of** **this Settlement**  **Agreement to**  **the Office**  **of the**  **Federal Register**  **for publication**  **and public**  **comment within**  **fifteen (15)**  **business days**  **after the**  **date that**  **the Settlement Agreement**  **has been**  **signed by**  **all the**  **Parties. After**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement has**  **undergone an**  **opportunity for notice**  **and comment, EPA's**  **Administrator and**  **the Attorney**  **General, as**  **appropriate, will**  **promptly consider**  **any such**  **written comments in**  **determining whether to**  **withdraw or**  **withhold consent**  **to this**  **Settlement Agreement,**  **in accordance**  **with section 113(g)**  **of the**  **CAA. EPA**  **will promptly inform**  **the Parties**  **of the**  **Administrator's and**  **the Attorney**  **General's decision**  **whether or**  **not to**  **withdraw or**  **withhold consent**  **to this**  **Settlement Agreement,**  **and EPA**  **will file**  **an appropriate**  **notice with**  **the Court**  **in this**  **litigation.**

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**If consent**  **is not**  **withdrawn or**  **withheld, this**  **Settlement Agreement**  **will become**  **effective upon**  **the date**  **that EPA's**  **notice is**  **filed with** **the Court**  **in this**  **litigation. 3.**  **If this**  **Settlement Agreement becomes**  **effective as**  **described in**  **Paragraph 2,**  **EPA will**  **propose to**  **revise the**  **Minnesota RA VI**  **FIP to**  **include the**  **specific emission limitations**  **for Sherco Units**  **1, 2,**  **and 3**  **that are**  **set forth**  **in Paragraph**  **5 of** **the Settlement**  **Agreement, and**  **EPA will**  **take final action**  **on the**  **proposal. EPA**  **will provide**  **an opportunity** **for the**  **public to**  **comment on**  **EPA's proposed revision** **to the**  **Minnesota RA** **VI FIP** **through a**  **notice published**  **in the**  **Federal Register. EPA**  **agrees to**  **sign a**  **fmal notice**  **within seven**  **(7) months**  **after the**  **date this**  **Settlement Agreement**  **becomes effective**  **as described**  **in Paragraph**  **2. Within**  **fifteen (15)**  **days of** **signing the**  **final notice,**  **EPA agrees**  **to deliver**  **such notice**  **to the**  **Office of** **the Federal**  **Register for** **publication. 4.**  **The Parties**  **agree that**  **if EPA**  **notifies the**  **Patties that**  **the Administrator**  **and/or the**  **Attorney General**  **has elected**  **to withdraw**  **or withhold**  **consent to**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement under**  **CAA section**  **113(g) as**  **described in**  **Paragraph 2,**  **or if** **EPA does**  **not take**  **final action**  **to revise**  **the Minnesota**  **RA VI FIP**  **within seven**  **(7) months**  **as described**  **in Paragraph**  **3, or**  **if the**  **Minnesota RA**  **VI FIP**  **revision does**  **not include**  **the specific emission limitations**  **for Sherco**  **Units 1,**  **2, and**  **3 that**  **are set**  **forth in**  **Paragraph 5**  **to this**  **Settlement Agreement,**  **Plaintiffs' sole**  **remedy shall be** **to request**  **that the**  **Court lift**  **the stay**  **and reinstitute**  **this litigation.**  **5. NSP**  **agrees that**  **Sherco Units**  **1 and**  **2 will**  **achieve an**  **SOz emissions**  **limitation of**  **0.05 lbs** **!MMB tu,**  **starting October**  **1, 2015**  **(or on**  **the date**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement becomes**  **effective, if**  **later), and**  **that Sherco**  **Unit 3**  **will achieve**  **an SOz**  **emissions**

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**limitation of** **0.29 lbs** **!MMB tu,**  **starting June**  **1, 2017,**  **as long**  **as EPA**  **promulgates a**  **revision to**  **the Minnesota**  **RA VI**  **FIP consistent**  **with Paragraph**  **3. EPA**  **agrees to**  **propose such**  **emission limitations**  **in the**  **format set**  **forth in**  **Exhibit A**  **to this**  **Settlement Agreement**  **with a**  **compliance date**  **for Units**  **1 and**  **2 of** **October 1,**  **2015, and**  **a compliance**  **date for**  **Unit 3**  **of June**  **1, 2017.**  **The parties**  **agree that**  **the new**  **S02 emission**  **limitations will**  **be federally-enforceable**  **against the**  **Sherco facility on**  **and after**  **such compliance**  **dates as**  **specified in**  **the revised**  **Minnesota RA** **VI FIP.**  **6. NSP**  **agrees to**  **support, and**  **Plaintiffs agree**  **not to**  **take any**  **administrative or** **judicial action,**  **or to**  **submit any**  **adverse comments**  **in any**  **administrative or** **judicial forum,**  **opposing an**  **action by**  **EPA to**  **propose and**  **promulgate the**  **emission limitations**  **for Sherco**  **Units 1,**  **2, and**  **3, that**  **are set**  **forth in**  **Paragraph 5**  **to this**  **Settlement Agreement**  **as a**  **revision to** **the Minnesota**  **RA VI**  **FIP and,**  **following such**  **revision to**  **the Minnesota**  **RA VI** **FIP, actions**  **by Minnesota**  **to incorporate the**  **emission limitations**  **into operating** **permits and/or**  **administrative orders,**  **as applicable,**  **for Sherco.**  **7. Neither**  **Plaintiffs nor** **NS P**  **will assert**  **a challenge**  **in the**  **United States**  **Court of**  **Appeals for**  **the Eighth**  **Circuit or**  **any other**  **comt to**  **EPA's final**  **action revising the**  **Minnesota RA VI**  **FIP if** **that final**  **action includes**  **the emission**  **limitations for**  **Sherco Units**  **1, 2,**  **and 3**  **that are**  **set forth**  **in Paragraph**  **5 to** **this Settlement**  **Agreement. However,**  **nothing in**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement is**  **intended to**  **foreclose any**  **right that**  **Plaintiffs or**  **NSP may**  **have to**  **assert a**  **challenge in** **the United**  **States Court**  **of Appeals**  **for the**  **Eighth Circuit**  **to EPA's**  **final action**  **revising the**  **Minnesota RA** **VI FIP**  **if that**  **fmal action**  **differs in**  **any material**  **respect from**  **the emission**  **limitations for** 

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**Sherco Units**  **1, 2,**  **and 3**  **that are**  **set forth**  **in Paragraph**  **5 to this**  **Settlement Agreement,**  **or if** **EPA's fmal**  **action does**  **not fmd** **that the**  **revised Minnesota RA VI**  **FIP addresses**  **the concems**  **in DOl's**  **October 21,**  **2009, letter**  **as set**  **forth in**  **Paragraph 8**  **to this**  **Settlement Agreement.**  **8. EPA**  **agrees that**  **it will**  **propose to**  **find that**  **the S02**  **emission limitations**  **set forth**  **in Paragraph**  **5 to** **this Settlement**  **Agreement, when**  **combined with**  **the reductions**  **in S02**  **and NOx**  **already achieved**  **by the Minnesota**  **regional haze SIP,**  **address DOl's**  **October 21,**  **2009 letter**  **that states**  **11th ere**  **exists reasonably**  **attributable impairment**  **of visibility**  **at Voyageurs and Isle Royale**  **due to**  **emissions from**  **the Sherco**  **facility.11 The**  **parties agree**  **that as**  **a result**  **of this**  **Settlement Agreement,**  **EPA need**  **not make**  **a RA** **VI attribution**  **finding or**  **a RA VI**  **BART determination**  **for Sherco.**  **EPA further**  **agrees that**  **it will**  **not propose**  **to address**  **regional haze**  **issues with**  **respect to**  **Sherco in**  **its RA** **VI FIP,**  **although it**  **may respond**  **to comments**  **that raise**  **regional haze** 

**ISSUeS. 9.**  **While DOl is**  **not a**  **party to** **this Settlement**  **Agreement, EPA**  **has coordinated** **with DOL**  **DOl has**  **indicated that,**  **if the**  **Settlement Agreement**  **becomes effective**  **as described**  **in Paragraph**  **2 to**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement, it**  **will issue**  **a letter**  **stating that**  **the new**  **S02 emission**  **limitations for**  **Sherco, when**  **combined with**  **the reductions**  **in S02**  **and NOx**  **already achieved**  **by the**  **Minnesota regional**  **haze SIP,**  **provide an**  **outcome that addresses**  **the visibility**  **concerns raised**  **in DOl's**  **October 21,**  **2009 letter**  **regarding the**  **visibility impairment in**  **Voyageurs National Park and**  **Isle Royale**  **National Park**  **that it**  **attributed to**  **emissions from**  **Sherco.**

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**10. The**  **Parties agree**  **that nothing**  **in this**  **Settlement Agreement**  **is intended**  **to modify**  **or diminish NSP's**  **legal obligations**  **under the**  **regional haze**  **program of** **the CAA,**  **including but**  **not limited**  **to any**  **legal obligation**  **identified pursuant**  **to opinions**  **issued by**  **the United**  **States Court**  **of Appeals**  **for the**  **Eight Circuit**  **in Case** **Nos. 12-2910**  **and 12-3841.**  **However, nothing**  **in this**  **Settlement Agreement**  **limits NSP's**  **use of** **the fact**  **that Sherco's**  **S02 emissions**  **will be**  **reduced as**  **a result**  **of the**  **new S02**  **emission limitations,**  **as that**  **fact applies**  **to NSP'** **s compliance**  **with such**  **legal obligations.**  **11. Within**  **fifteen (15)**  **days after**  **EPA's final**  **action revising**  **the Minnesota**  **RA VI**  **FIP consistent**  **with this Settlement**  **Agreement is**  **published in**  **the Federal**  **Re g** **ister, Plaintiffs**  **shall move**  **to dismiss**  **their Amended**  **Complaint in**  **this litigation,**  **with prejudice,**  **subject to** **the resolution**  **of their**  **claim for**  **costs and**  **fees as**  **reserved in**  **Paragraph 16.**  **Plaintiffs will**  **also acknowledge**  **in their**  **motion to**  **dismiss that**  **EPA's final**  **RA VI**  **FIP and DOl's letter resolve** **the allegations**  **in Plaintiffs'**  **Amended Complaint.**  **Plaintiffs agree**  **that they**  **will not**  **seek a**  **new RA** **VI certification**  **regarding emissions**  **from Sherco Units**  **1, 2,**  **and/or 3**  **as long**  **as the**  **emission limitations**  **contemplated under**  **this Settlement Agreement**  **remain in**  **effect. 12.**  **NSP agrees**  **that it**  **will provide**  **to Plaintiffs NSP's quarterly Excess Emissions**  **Reports ("EERs") and**  **annual compliance**  **certifications filed**  **with Minnesota**  **and EPA**  **for the**  **twelve months after**  **each S02**  **limit goes**  **into effect.**  **13. Nothing**  **in this**  **Settlement Agreement**  **shall be**  **construed to**  **limit or**  **modify any**  **discretion accorded** **EPA by** **the CAA**  **or by** **general principles of** **administrative law**  **in taking** **the actions** **which are**  **contemplated by** **this Settlement**  **Agreement.**

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**14. Nothing**  **in this**  **Settlement Agreement**  **shall be**  **construed to**  **confer upon**  **the district**  **court subject**  **matter jurisdiction**  **to review**  **the Minnesota**  **RA VI**  **FIP revision**  **contemplated by**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement. Nothing**  **in this**  **Settlement Agreement**  **shall be**  **construed to**  **confer upon**  **the district**  **court subject**  **matter jurisdiction**  **to review**  **any issues**  **that are** **within the exclusive** **jurisdiction of** **the United**  **States Court**  **of Appeals**  **pursuant to**  **42 U.** **S.C. §§**  **7607(b)(1) and**  **7661(d). 15.**  **The Parties**  **recognize an<:J**  **acknowledge that**  **the actions**  **EPA has**  **agreed to**  **undertake in**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement can**  **only be**  **undertaken using**  **appropriated funds**  **legally available**  **for such**  **purpose. No**  **provision of** **this Settlement**  **Agreement shall**  **be interpreted**  **as or**  **constitute an**  **agreement, commitment,**  **or requirement**  **that EPA**  **obligate or** **pay funds in**  **contravention of the** **Anti-De ficiency**  **Act, 31**  **U.S.C. §**  **1341,**

**or any**  **other applicable**  **provision of** **law. 16.**  **EPA and**  **Plaintiffs agree**  **that in**  **their motion**  **to stay**  **this litigation**  **they will**  **ask the**  **Court for**  **an order**  **retaining jurisdiction**  **to resolve**  **any request**  **by Plaintiffs**  **for fees**  **and costs.**  **EPA and** **Plaintiffs agree**  **that any**  **claim Plaintiffs**  **may have**  **for fees**  **and costs**  **will be**  **ripe after**  **EPA takes**  **final action**  **on the**  **Minnesota RA**  **VI FIP**  **revision as**  **contemplated in**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement. Plaintiffs**  **and EPA**  **agree to**  **attempt to**  **informally resolve**  **any claim**  **for fees**  **and costs.**  **If they**  **cannot reach**  **an informal**  **resolution, Plaintiffs**  **may seek**  **such fees**  **and costs**  **from the**  **Court within**  **sixty (60)**  **days after**  **EP A's**  **final action**  **on the**  **Minnesota RA**  **VI FIP**  **revision is**  **published in** **the Federal**  **Register. EPA**  **reserves its**  **rights to**  **oppose any**  **claim for**  **fees and**  **costs, including**  **both Plaintiffs'**  **entitlement to**  **fees and**  **costs and** **the amount**  **of such**  **fees and**  **costs.**

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**17. With**  **respect to**  **Plaintiffs and**  **NSP, actions**  **for breach**  **of this**  **Settlement Agreement**  **shall be**  **limited to**  **a request**  **for injunctive**  **relief or**  **specific performance.**  **Such remedies**  **are not**  **available against**  **EPA under**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement. With**  **respect to**  **EPA, Paragraph**  **4 to**  **this Settlement** **Agreement sets**  **forth the**  **circumstances under** **which Plaintiffs** **may move** **to lift**  **the stay**  **and reinstitute**  **the litigation,**  **and Paragraph**  **7 to**  **this Settlement**  **Agreement addresses** **the circumstances**  **under which**  **Plaintiffs and/or** **NSP may**  **assert a**  **challenge to**  **the Minnesota**  **RA VI** **FlP in**  **the Ei** **ghth Circuit Court**  **of Appeals.**  **18. Any notices required**  **or provided**  **for by**  **this Settlement** **Agreement shall**  **be made**  **in writing**  **and sent**  **via e-mail**  **to the**  **following: For** **Plaintiffs: Kevin**  **Reuther kreuther@m** **nc enter** **. org**  **Reed Zars**  **reedzars@gmail.com ForNSP:**  **Ann Seha**  **Ann.M. Seha@Xcelenergy.** **com Linda**  **Rockwood Linda.rockwood@faegrebd.com**  **William Bumpers**  **Wi lliam.bumpers@bakerbotts.com**  **For EPA:**  **Matthew Marks marks.matthew@epa.gov**  **David A.**  **Carson david.a.carson@usdoj.gov** 

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**19. This**  **Settlement Agreement**  **may be**  **amended by**  **written agreement**  **of the**  **Parties. If** **a lapse**  **in EP** **A's appropriations**  **occurs within**  **120 days**  **prior to**  **the date**  **for EP** **A to**  **sign a**  **final notice**  **as set**  **forth in**  **Paragraph 3**  **to this**  **Settlement Agreement,**  **the date**  **for EPA**  **to sign**  **a final**  **notice shall**  **be extended**  **automatically one**  **day for**  **each day**  **of delay**  **caused by**  **the lapse**  **in appropriations.**  **20. The**  **undersigned certify**  **that they**  **are fully**  **authorized by**  **the Party**  **or Parties**  **they represent**  **to bind**  **that Party**  **or those**  **Parties to** **the terms**  **of this**  **Settlement Agreement.**  **21. Subject**  **to the**  **provisions of** **Paragraph 2**  **as to**  **EPA, the**  **provisions of** **this Settlement**  **Agreement shall**  **apply to**  **and be**  **binding on**  **the Parties,**  **and their**  **successors and**  **assigns. 22.**  **This Settlement**  **Agreement may**  **be signed**  **in counterparts,**  **and such**  **counterpart signatures**  **shall be**  **given full**  **force and**  **effect.**

**-10- SO**  **AGRE ED** **: For**  **Plaintiffs National**  **Parks Conservation**  **Association and**  **Sierra Club**  **Is/ REED**  **ZARS Attorney**  **at Law**  **910 Kearney**  **Street Laramie,**  **WY 82070**  **(307) 745-7979**  **rzars@lariat.org Dated:**  **5/15/2015**

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**-11- For**  **Plaintiffs Minnesota**  **Center for**  **Environmental Advocacy,**  **Friends of the**  **Boundary Waters, Voyagers**  **National Park**  **Association, and**  **Fresh Energy**  **Is/ KEVIN** **REUTHER Minnesota**  **Center for**  **Environmental Advocacy**  **26 E.**  **Exchange St.,**  **Suite 206**  **St. Paul,**  **MN 55101-1667**  **(651) 287-4861**  **kreuther@nmcenter.org Dated:**  **5/15/2015 For**  **Defendants JOHN**  **C. CRU** **DEN Acting** **Assistant Attorney**  **General Is/**  **DAVID A.**  **CARSON United**  **States Department**  **of Justice**  **Environment and**  **Natural Resources**  **Division 999**  **18th Street**  **South Terrace**  **- Suite**  **370 Denver,**  **CO 80202**  **(303) 844-1349**  **david.a.carson@usdoj .gov**  **Dated: 5/15**  **/2015**

**For Northern**  **States Power**  **Company**

# Mi**nn� Christopher**  **B. Clark**  **President Northern**  **States Power**  **Company Minnesota**  **414 Nicollet**  **Mall Minneapolis,**  **MN 55401**  **Dated: 5/15/2015** 

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