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Not-So-Great Northern Transmission | The Great Northern Xmsn Line is yet another transmission line that they don't need and we don't want
August 27, 2014 · 4:15 am	Useful information? Please donate!	Donate!!! Yes, you!! See that “PayPal” button up to the right? Join the challenge to transmission that they don’t need and we don’t want! Residents and Ratepayers Against Not-so-Great-Northern Transmission, an ad hoc advocacy association, has Intervened in the Certificate of Need, a public interest intervention focused on showing up to weigh in on the big picture issues (Important note, we’re aiding public participation, but not taking a position on route.).
April 24, 2016 · 6:47 pm	ALLETE, GRE & MISO Joint Answer	ALLETE, Great River Energy and MISO have filed a response to the Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) and Residents and Ratepayers Against the Not-so-Great Northern Transmission Line (RRANT) comments filed earlier this month:
ALLETE GRE MISO_Reply to MRES and RRANT
Here are the previous filings in reverse chrono order:
Supplemental Protest_MRES_20160405-5187(31361348)
MP&GRE_JointAnswer2MRES_20160329-5071(31343963)-1
FERC_Notice_Extenstion_20160330-3021(31346379)
MRES_Intrervention&ExtensionRequest_20160324-5182(31336403)-1
Notice_CancellationServiceAgmt_MISO-ALLETE_20160308-5259(31297754)
(search FERC dockets ER16-1107; ER16-1108 and ER16-1116 for initial filings)
April 5, 2016 · 11:11 pm	GNTL – FERC Docket and Comments	Looks like MP, GRE, and MISO are trying to shift things around through new “Zonal Agreements. I learned about this scrolling through the junk box — those newsletters can be a great source of info, but getting to the wheat takes some wading.
February 26, 2016 · 5:12 pm	Watch the GNTL Commission deliberation NOW!	The Great Northern Transmission Routing Permit is now up at the Public Utilities Commission.
February 12, 2016 · 5:13 pm	Commission Meeting 2/25 — this is it!	Hot off the press — the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will deliberate, and most likely decide, on the route for Minnesota Power’s Great Northern Transmission Line at its February 25, 2016 meeting:
20158-113450-01 PUBLIC
DOC-EERA
20158-113402-01 PUBLIC
LETTER–CORRESPONDENCE TO MS. JENSEN
20158-113405-01 PUBLIC
OTHER–CORRESPONDENCE
20158-113397-01 PUBLIC
REPLY BRIEF–RRANT REPLY LETTER BRIEF TO DOC-EERA
20158-113390-01 PUBLIC
201411-104621-06 PUBLIC
OTHER–APPENDIX E – SUMMARY OF WORKING GROUP MEETINGS
201511-115341-01 PUBLIC
PUBLIC COMMENT–PUBLIC COMMENT OUTSIDE OF OPEN COMMENT PERIOD
20159-113725-01 PUBLIC
January 5, 2016 · 8:38 pm	ALJ’s Recommendation is out!	The ALJ’s Recommend for a route for the Not-so-Great Northern Transmission Line is out:
ALJ Recommendation_20161-116959-01
Short story, the ALJ recommends the Effie alternative, and the Trout Lake alternative, and more to follow.
December 22, 2015 · 6:49 pm	Oxymoronic Manitoba Hydro!!	RECEIVED!!! Damaged in transit, one can blew up, and I’d guess caused much consternation and intrigue at the Post Office. Package ripped up, stuck half in a bag, or half in the bag put in the bag by someone on overtime.
December 20, 2015 · 6:58 pm	Federal Court says NO to appeal of a Presidential Permit	No, it’s the Enbridge Line 67 Expansion and not the Great Northern Transmission Line, but it’s relevant because the court says that because it’s a Presidential Permit, based on an Executive Order, it’s not an agency action, and it cannot be appealed. Really:
Presidential Permit Letters of Concurrence from U.S. Department of Defense & U.S. Department of State
November 15, 2015 · 5:19 pm	Concerns about hydro? Really, Fresh Energy?	In today’s STrib, there’s a piece written by Ron Way about hydro power, with a familiar scenario presenting about how then Northern States Power did a deal with Sen. Gaylord Nelson to get its Allen S. King coal plant built, there’s a book there waiting to be written. But what’s disturbing is the commentary from Fresh Energy’s Micheal Noble with “concerns” about hydro. Concerns? And what exactly have you done about those concerns? I have no time for this “concern” first, because ME3, Fresh Energy’s prior identity, had an active hydro program, and that was disappeared, and second, that the Great Northern Transmission Project has been going on for more than three years and Fresh Energy was absent.
‘Nothing alters a river as totally as a dam.’ Harnessing energy from flowing water has helped advance societies since the days of the Roman Empire. “Hydropower” launched the Industrial Revolution, shaped modern Europe and fueled an emerging America.
November 13, 2015 · 3:53 pm	Annual Hearing – Power Plant Siting Act 12/1	I’m having a difficult time getting worked up about the PPSA Annual Hearing this year. It’s the time we have to tell the Commission what does and does not work with the Power Plant Siting Act. I’ve been at this for 20 years now, and it never ends, doesn’t change, so many of the same problems, over and over. It is SO hard for people to participate and while it got better for a while, when people stood up and leveled the playing field, and with Gov. Ventura’s active outreach to the public, well, can’t have that happen, so then NSP’s big buck lobbyists changed the laws to their advantage (2001) and then bought off the funded intervenors and they rewrote the laws together (2003 & 2005) and now the head of one of those funded intervenors, the Waltons, is at Commerce in charge of utility permitting (CoN and Route/Siting) and another on the Commission.
Bad weather? Find out if a meeting is canceled. Call (toll-free) 1-855-731-6208 or 651-201-2213 or visit mn.gov/puc Hearing Description
V. Adjourn How to Learn More
November 4, 2015 · 9:50 pm	FEIS released for Great Northern Transmission Line	It’s a Final Environmental Impact Statement kind of day today. The Great Northern Transmission Line FINAL EIS has been released by the Deptartment of Energy, which is in charge of the Presidential Permit and so they’re doing joint environmental review with the State of Minnesota. It’s out, released while I was on the road, and so here it is, a couple days late!
Applicant’s Environmental Impact Statement Page HERE!
And here’s a cut and paste of their format, which is a LOT better than the PUC’s official eDockets page:
Chapter 1 – Regulatory Framework: Describes the regulatory framework associated with the proposed Project, including the purpose and need for agency action, major federal permits (including the U.S. DOE Presidential permit), federal consultation requirements, state permitting requirements (including the MN PUC Route Permit), other state and local permits, and a summary of agencies, tribes, and persons consulted.
Chapter 2 – Proposed Project: Describes the project as proposed by the Applicant including proposed routes, structures, objectives, route selection process, estimated costs, and proposed schedule. Chapter 2 also describes the Applicant’s engineering, design, and construction plans, land acquisition processes, and Applicant proposed measures to avoid and minimize environmental impacts.
Chapter 3 – No Action Alternative: Describes the “No Action alternative,” in which the DOE would not issue a Presidential permit and the proposed Project would not be built. The analysis of the No Action alternative summarizes the impacts of not constructing the project and provides a baseline for analyzing and comparing potential environmental impacts from DOE’s proposed action and alternatives.
Chapter 4 – Route and Alignment Alternatives Proposed During Scoping: Describes the four border crossing alternatives, 22 route variations, and nine alignment modifications that were proposed by agencies and the public during scoping. Chapter 4 also summarizes the process used by DOE in coordination with the DOC-EERA to jointly determine which border crossings and routes to include in the scope of this EIS. Chapter 4 also describes how the selected routes, route variations, and alignments are analyzed by dividing the 220-mile long project area into the three major sections: the West Section, the Central Section, and the East Section.
Chapter 5 Part 1 – Affected Environment and Potential Impacts: Describes the affected environment for the proposed Project, including descriptions of each resource, the region of influence (ROI) of the proposed Project on the resource, and impacts expected from the construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of the proposed Project. Chapter 5.0 first describes the impacts of the proposed Project that are common to all geographic sections and do not vary by route or route variation. Chapter 5.0 then describes the resources that do vary by geographic section and for which impacts vary by route and route variation—the impacts and resources are carried forward for detailed analysis and comparison in Chapter 6.0.
Chapter 5 Part 2 – Affected Environment and Potential Impacts
Chapter 6 Part 1 – Comparative Environmental Consequences: Presents detailed analysis and comparison of the potential human and environmental impacts of the proposed Project and alternative route variations, and describes mitigation measures by geographic section, route, and route variation.
Chapter 6 Part 2 – Comparative Environmental Consequences
Chapter 6 Part 3 – Comparative Environmental Consequences
Chapter 7 Cumulative and Other Impacts: Describes reasonably foreseeable projects in the proposed Project area and assesses impacts of the proposed Project in the context of these reasonably foreseeable projects along with other past and present projects in the same area. Chapter 7 also describes unavoidable, irretrievable, and other impacts as required by federal and state regulations.
Chapter 8 – List of Preparers
Chapter 10 – Acronyms
Chapter 11 – Index
Appendix A – Tribal Consultations: Provides documentation of and correspondence for the DOE’s government-to-government consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and in accordance with Executive Order 13175.
Appendix B – Route Permit Generic Template and Example: Provides documentation of and correspondence for the DOE’s government-to-government consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and in accordance with Executive Order 13175.
Appendix C – Narrative of the Scoping Summary Report: Provides the narrative from the EIS Scoping Summary Report summarizing the joint scoping process and associated public and agency comments provided during the public scoping period for the proposed Project.
Appendix D – DOC-EERA Scoping Decisions: Provides the DOC-EERA scoping decision issued for this EIS on January 8, 2015.
Appendix E – Route Analysis Data Tables: Provides detailed data for the right-of-way (ROW), route, and region-of-interest (ROI) for the proposed routes and variations analyzed in this EIS.
Appendix F – Rare Species Data Tables: Provides detailed MnDNR Natural Heritage Information System rare species data for the ROW, route, and region-of-interests (ROIs) for the proposed routes and variations analyzed in this EIS.
Appendix G – Rare Communities Data Tables: Provides detailed Minnesota Biological Survey native plant community rare communities data for the ROW, route, and region-of-interests (ROIs) for the proposed routes and variations analyzed in this EIS.
Appendix H – Noise Supplement: Provides terminology and regulations for noise and project-specific noise information.
Appendix I – Applicant’s Audible Noise and EMF Calculations: Provides the Applicant’s modelling results for audible noise, electric and magnetic field (EMF), and corona effects from the proposed Project.
Appendix J – Property Values Supplement: Provides information and literature regarding the effect of transmission lines on property values.
Appendix K – EMF Supplement: Provides information regarding EMF.
Appendix L – Stray Voltage Supplement – Part 1: Provides information regarding stray voltage.
Appendix L – Stray Voltage Supplement – Part 2
Appendix L – Stray Voltage Supplement – Part 3
Appendix L – Stray Voltage Supplement – Part 4
Appendix M – MPCA What’s In My Neighborhood Sites: Provides a list of sites in the proposed Project area identified by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) program – What’s In My Neighborhood” – that may have environmental permits or registrations, or are potentially contaminated sites.
Appendix N – Photo Simulations – Part 1: Provides photo simulations developed for sensitive viewsheds identified in public comments during the public scoping period for the proposed Project.
Appendix N – Photo Simulations – Part 2
Appendix N – Photo Simulations – Part 3
Appendix N – Photo Simulations – Part 4
Appendix N – Photo Simulations – Part 5
Appendix N – Photo Simulations – Part 6
Appendix N – Photo Simulations – Part 7
Appendix N – Photo Simulations – Part 8
Appendix N – Photo Simulations – Part 9
Appendix O – Agricultural Impact Mitigation Plan Example: Provides an example of a AIMP prepared for a high-voltage transmission line project.
Appendix P – Cultural Resources Report: Provides the Phase IA cultural resources survey report for the proposed Project.
Appendix Q – USFWS and DOE Section 7 Consultation: Provides the USFWS letter initiating informal consultation with the DOE under Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the proposed Project.
Appendix R – Biological Assessment: Provides the report which reviews the proposed Project in sufficient detail to determine if the proposed action may affect any federally threatened or endangered species and/or critical habitat.
Appendix S – Detailed Map Books – Part 1: Provides maps with detailed information for the ROWs and routes for the proposed routes and variations discussed in this EIS.
Appendix S – Detailed Map Books – Part 2
Appendix S – Detailed Map Books – Part 3
Appendix S – Detailed Map Books – Part 4
Appendix S – Detailed Map Books – Part 5
Appendix S – Detailed Map Books – Part 6
Appendix S – Detailed Map Books – Part 7
Appendix S – Detailed Map Books – Part 8
Appendix T – NEPA Disclosure Statements: Provides signed copies of the NEPA Disclosure Statements.
Appendix U – USFWS Recommended Route
Appendix V – Draft Programmatic Agreement
Appendix W – Air Emissions Information
Appendix X – Relative Merits Summary
Appendix Y – Comments and Responses – Part 1
Appendix Y – Comments and Responses – Part 2
Appendix Y – Comments and Responses – Part 3
Appendix Y – Comments and Responses – Part 4
Appendix Y – Comments and Responses – Part 5
Appendix Y – Comments and Responses – Part 6
Appendix Y – Comments and Responses – Part 7
Appendix Y – Comments and Responses – Part 8
Appendix Z – EIS Distribution List
Here’s the filing from Commerce – I’ve deleted a few columns from the PUC’s eDockets so it’ll fit here, and it’s in no discernable order, that’s why I prefer the version above:
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NOTICE–OF AVAILABILITY OF FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX F
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX Z
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX M
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX S – MAP BOOK CENTRAL SECTION – PART 1 OF 6
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX U
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX R
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX L – PART 3 OF 4
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX Y – PART 2 OF 5
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 1 – PART 13 OF 14
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 1 – PART 10 OF 14
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX P
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX C
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 1 – PART 9 OF 14
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX I
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX B
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX Q
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX N – PART 8 OF 10
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX S – MAP BOOK CENTRAL SECTION – PART 5 OF 6
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX K
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX A
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX W
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX S – MAP BOOK CENTRAL SECTION – PART 6 OF 6
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX L – PART 4 OF 4
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX N – PART 4 OF 10
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX D
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX S – MAP BOOK EAST SECTION – PART 1 OF 2
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 1 – PART 11 OF 14
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX N – PART 10 OF 10
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 1 – PART 12 OF 14
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX H
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX S – MAP BOOK CENTRAL SECTION – PART 4 OF 6
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX S – MAP BOOK CENTRAL SECTION – PART 3 OF 6
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX L – PART 2 OF 4
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX S – MAP BOOK EAST SECTION – PART 2 OF 2
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX O
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX N – PART 9 OF 10
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX G
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX Y – PART 1 OF 5
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX Y – PART 3 OF 5
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX J
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX X
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX N – PART 7 OF 10
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX N – PART 3 OF 10
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX S – MAP BOOK WEST SECTION – PART 1 OF 2
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX S – MAP BOOK CENTRAL SECTION – PART 2 OF 6
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX N – PART 1 OF 10
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX S – MAP BOOK WEST SECTION – PART 2 OF 2
201510-115261-09 14-21
OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX Y – PART 4 OF 5
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX N – PART 2 OF 10
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX E
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX V
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX N – PART 6 OF 10
201510-115261-10 14-21
OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX Y – PART 5 OF 5
201510-115251-01 14-21
OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX N – PART 5 OF 10
201510-115261-01 14-21
OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX T
201510-115248-02 14-21
OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX L – PART 1 OF 4
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OTHER–FINAL EIS – VOLUME 1 – PART 14 OF 14
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