Thursday, March 1, 2012

IMPORTANT DATES

The clock is ticking. Most people affected knew NOTHING about this until they saw the map in the Cannon Falls Beacon Newspaper or worse yet, someone emailed them this blog. The Minnesota Public Utilities Meeting is on April 12 and they will decide the final route. But the Lawyers say the decision will probably happen before then, behind closed doors. Now is the time to contact them and sign the Petition and make your voice heard.



April 12 at 9:30 Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Petition



If you want to sign the petition electronically you can do it in the comment section below. Put your name and address. If you want to email your support you can email CapX52route@gmail.com.




Minnesota Public Utilities Commission

121 Seventh Place East

St. Paul, MN 55101




Phyllis Reha           Vice Chair
David Boyd            Commissioner
J. Dennis O Brien  Commissioner
Betsy Wergin        Commissioner

RE:  MPUC Docket #E-002/TL-09-1448 (Petition against Segment 1P-003)

We are affected by the Capx2020 power line. We respectfully recommend that you follow the Modified Preferred Route along Highway 52.  We are opposed to 1P-003, the route through Stanton and Randolph Townships.

We are opposed to segment 1P-003 going through our townships for the following reasons:


Residential Impacts:  Segment 1P-003 affects more homes and humans than the Modified Preferred Route. 

Existing Land Use:  Segment 1P-003 also affects two parks in two separate counties in addition to many acres of farm land.  The Little Cannon River (runs through Stanton Township) is home to a healthy population of both Rainbow and Brown trout.  Both Stanton and Randolph Townships are home to sizable populations of deer, bald eagles, fox, turkeys, etc.  Both Townships are also well known for their horse populations.

Protection of Endangered Flowers:  Segment 1P-003 goes directly over the only area in the world that the “Dwarf Trout Lily” grows.

Corridor Sharing:  We are in support of the power line following Highway 52.  Highway 52 follows existing roads, does not cut across agricultural, residential or park land. The land use near Highway 52 is primarily commercial and industrial suitable for a project of this magnitude.


I AM OPPOSED TO SEGMENT 1P-003:



NAME      ADDRESS        PHONE /EMAIL       DISTANCE FROM 1P-003 (FT)               SIGNATURE



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MN State Statute 7850.4100 FACTORS CONSIDERED.

In determining whether to issue a permit for a large electric power generating plant or a high voltage transmission line, the commission shall consider the following:

A.  effects on human settlement, including, but not limited to, displacement, noise, aesthetics, cultural values, recreation, and public services;
B.  effects on public health and safety;
C.  effects on land-based economies, including, but not limited to, agriculture, forestry, tourism, and mining;
D.  effects on archaeological and historic resources;
E.  effects on the natural environment, including effects on air and water quality resources and flora and fauna;
F.  effects on rare and unique natural resources;
G. application of design options that maximize energy efficiencies, mitigate adverse environmental effects, and could accommodate expansion of transmission or generating capacity;
H. use or paralleling of existing rights-of-way, survey lines, natural division lines, and agricultural field boundaries;
I.  use of existing large electric power generating plant sites;
J.  use of existing transportation, pipeline, and electrical transmission systems or rights-of-way;
K. electrical system reliability;
L. costs of constructing, operating, and maintaining the facility which are dependent on design and route;
M. adverse human and natural environmental effects which cannot be avoided; and
N.  irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources.

Statutory Authority: MS s 116C.66; 216E.16
History: 27 SR 1295; L 2005 c 97 art 3 s 19
Posted:September 18, 2009


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Printable Petition


You will have to down load the document to be able to print it.


https://docs.google.com/file/d/10a2JdDytmkX16AmeJHPGT2ZOcS5EqLOioEme_ToU0mAPGFiUbQsYL-vH8PkU/edit
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Email Contacts

There is a link below if you want to email all of them


Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Dr. David C. Boyd, Commissioner 651.201.2220 David.C.Boyd@state.mn.us
Phyllis Reha, Vice Chair 651.201.2240 Phyllis.Reha@state.mn.us
J. Dennis O'Brien, Commissioner 651.201.2230 Dennis.Obrien@state.mn.us
Betsy Wergin, Commissioner 651.201.2210 Betsy.Wergin@state.mn.us

Burl W. Haar, Executive Secretary 651.201.2222 burl.haar@state.mn.us


Legislative Officals
Senator Amy Klobuchar 202-224-3244 (only method to email Federal Representives) http://klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy.cfm
Senator Al Franken (202) 224-5641  (only method to email Federal Representives) http://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=email_al
Congressman John Kline (Mike Osskopp, Legislative Assistant to John Kline) michael.osskopp@mail.house.gov
Governor Mark Dayton  651-201-3400 (only method to email Governor Dayton)  http://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/form/
State Senator Dave Thompson sen.dave.thompson@senate.mn
State Senator John Howe 651.296.4264  sen.john.howe@senate.mn
Representative Pat Garofalo rep.pat.garofalo@house.mn
Representative Tim Kelly 651-296-8635 rep.tim.kelly@house.mn


Briggs And Morgan, P.A - Law Firm Representing CapX2020
Agrimonti Lisa lagrimonti@briggs.com
Herring Valerie vherring@briggs.com

Office of the Attorney General
General Lori Swanson, Attorney General 651) 296-3353
Kathleen D. Sheehy Administrative Law Judge (651) 361-7848 kathleen.sheehy@state.mn.us
Julia Anderson Julia.Anderson@ag.state.mn.us Office of the Attorney General-DOC 
Karen Finstad Hammel Karen.Hammel@ag.state.mn.us Office of the Attorney General-DOC 
Department of CommerceFerguson Sharon sharon.ferguson@state.mn.us Department of CommerceMN Department of Transportation
Seykora David dave.seykora@state.mn.us MN Department of Transportation
Xcel Energy
Thompson SaGonna Regulatory.Records@xcelenergy.com Xcel Energy
Tom Hillstrom lacrosseinfo@capx2020.com




OES (Office of Energy Security) - they do the permitting
Matthew Langan 651-296-2096 matthew.langan@state.mn.us State Permit Manager
RayKirsch 651-297-7588 raymond.kirsch@state.mn.us State Public Advisor




Goodhue County
main number 651-385-3000
Richard Samuelson, Goodhue County Supervisor  r_samuelson@earthlink.net
Ken Bjornstad - Public Works, Lake Billsbee Park ken.bjornstad@co.goodhue.mn.us
Greg Isakson greg.isakson@co.goodhue.mn.us
Lisa M. Hanni - Goodhue Land Use Director/County Surveyor lisa.hanni@co.goodhue.mn.us


Dakota County
Joseph A. Harris, Dakota County Commissioner 651-438-4427 joseph.harris@co.dakota.mn.us
Steve Sullivan, Dakota County Parks steve.sullivan@co.dakota.mn.us
John Merts, Dakota County Planning john.merts@co.dakota.mn.us

Randolph Township
Don Marthaler, Chair of Randolph Township Board of Supervisors 507-263-3291
William Callister, Randolph Supervisor  507-263-0361   billcall@frontiernet.net
Don Dinesen, Randolph Supervisor 651-208-1687 ddinesen@gmail.com
Stanton Township
John Miller, Chairmen of Stanton Township Board of Superviosrs 507-263-1050
Vince Cockriel, Supervisor  507-263-3698 vgc7175@hotmail.com
Robert Benson, Superviosr 507-263-3139 blbenson1@frontiernet.net
Cheryle Peters, Stanton Township Clerk  (507) 263-0579 clerk@myclearwave.net

Malkerson Gunn Martin LLP - Law Firm
Keane Timothy tjk@mgmllp.com Malkerson Gunn Martin LLP
Krass Phillip prk@mgmllp.com Malkerson Gunn Martin LLP
Myers Rachel rrm@mgmllp.com Malkerson Gunn Martin

You can copy all of these email addresses and paste them to the "to" box in your email and send them the same email to all of them.







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Route Map




click below for a PDF of the route in Randolph and Stanton Township
Route 1P-003


Detailed maps from Capx2020 website select map 3 and 4
http://www.capx2020.com/routemaps/HRL-routemaps-ALJ.html

Maps of Highway 52 and County 24 Overpass.
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Enviromental Impact Statement

The Dwarf Trout Lilly is a on the ENDANGERED species list for MN and the US. It is the first item on Appendix F of the EIS or Environmental Impact Statement


The FEIS can be viewed at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission web site: http://energyfacilities.puc.state.mn.us/Docket.html?Id=25731, and on the Department of Commerce’s eDockets website at: https://www.edockets.state.mn.us/EFiling/search.jsp (Enter year "09" and number "1448.)
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