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Letter Writing Campaign | Letters To The Editors | Pubilc Evidentiary Hearings and ALJ Comments | Draft EIS CommentsFINAL EIS Comments
Comments submitted by the CAMP volunteers can be found here: FEIS CommentsClick on the links below to view comments submitted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
Comments by MPCA
Comments by DNR
Comments by Fond du Lac
ACTION NEEDED BY CAMPERS
November 16, 2009THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED
The following links contain Volumes 1, 2 and 3 broken down into chapters and and sections of chapters for individuals who have slower internet connections. If a file is needed and is still too large to download, please contact Webmaster and indicate which section or document is needed.
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Office of the Legislator Auditor (OLA)
Please see the CAMP Update page to read more about the Office of the Legislator Auditor's findings.To view the report go to OLA's website: Office of the Legislator Auditor
Or download the full report here: OLA Full Report - 296 KB pdf.
Excelsior is due to pay more than $1 million in interest to the IRR in December 2008. Under the terms of the loan agreement, it was due in April 2007. Commissioner Layman has granted two extensions. No additional time should be granted.
The Mesaba Project is in trouble on all fronts: PPA denied; EIS delayed; no private investors.
TELL IRON RANGE LEGISLATORS WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT ANY MORE FINANCIAL OR LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR THE MESABA ENERGY PROJECT
Use the following links:
Rep. Loren Solberg
Senator Tom Saxhaug
Senator David Tomassoni
Rep. David Dill
Rep. Tony Sertich
Rep. Tom Rukavina
Use this mail form on Senator Tom Bakk's website.
LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN
CAMP encourages you to write to elected officials who have influence over the Mesaba Energy Project.
Click here to access talking points to consider and to submit a letter.
CAMP submitted a Letter to Legislators Regarding Greenhouse Gases - Excelsior Energy/Mesaba Energy Project.
The letter can be found at this link: Letter to Legislators
LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
We strongly encourage people to write Letters to the Editor. It's a great way for our voice to be heard! And its working!
Grand Rapids Herald Review:
news@grandrapidsmn.com
Mesabi Daily News:
mdn@virginiamn.com
Hibbing Daily Tribune:
tribune@hibbingmn.com
Scenic Range News:
Editor@ScenicRangeNewsForum.com
Duluth News Tribune:
letters@duluthnews.com
The Timberjay:
editor@timberjay.com
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
www.startribunecompany.com/143
St. Paul Pioneer Press:
letters@pioneerpress.com
PUBLIC EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS ON SITING AND ROUTING DOCKET AND ALJ COMMENTS
JOINT PERMIT APPLICATION: PLANT SITE / HVTL ROUTE / NATURAL GAS PIPELINE ROUTE
The Mesaba Energy Project has two cases pending before the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission: the power purchase agreement (PPA) docket, which is not yet finalized; and the siting and routing docket, where evidentiary hearings are underway and the adequacy of the final Environmental Impact Statement will be considered.
The siting docket goes back to the Applications filed in 2006, regarding the preferred and alternate sites, routes for the HVTLs and the natural gas pipeline, and air and water permits. Some of the environmental concerns overlap with issues addressed in the EIS.
ALJ Steve M. Mihalchick conducted public evidentiary hearings in Taconite and Hoyt Lakes on January 29th and January 30th respectively. Excelsior Energy introduced prefiled testimony and witnesses were available for questioning.
The four volumes of the transcript of the public hearings on the Mesaba siting docket are available at the Grand Rapids Area Library.
Vol. I is from the first day of hearing, at Taconite.
Vol. II is from the evening session at Taconite.
Vol. III is from the day session at Hoyt Lakes.
Vol. IV is from the evening session at Hoyt Lakes.
For those who just want to know what happened at the hearings Vols I and IV contain interesting questions that were put to the witnesses and some revealing answers.
CAMP submitted comments to Administrative Law Judge Steve M. Mihalchick on dockets PUC Docket No. E6472/GS-06-668 and OAH Docket No. 12-2500-17512-2 regarding the Mesaba Energy Project.
Please find the comments at this link.
MESABA'S DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
Mesaba's draft EIS is critical to whether its permits and siting applications will be approved. It is being conducted jointly by the federal Department of Energy and the Minnesota Department of Commerce.The draft EIS has now been released. Public hearings have been held in Taconite and Hoyt Lakes. Several individuals have submitted comments. You can access the comments by the links provided below.
DRAFT EIS COMMENTS
The comments on the below links were drafted by several volunteers and have been submitted for the MEP draft environmental impact statement. Some of them were presented at the public hearing in Taconite on November 27th.
To prevent slow load times for this page all comments have been posted on two separate pages.
To view Page One comments click here.
To view Page Two comments click here.