{"id":1170,"date":"2017-06-11T15:06:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T20:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2017-06-11T20:04:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T01:04:22","slug":"line-3-deis-meetings-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/?p=1170","title":{"rendered":"Line 3 DEIS Meetings NOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3Map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1172 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3Map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3Map.jpg 600w, https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3Map-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m putting this map of Enbridge&#8217;s &#8220;Line 3&#8221; proposal because it has way too much in common with the &#8220;Not-so-Great&#8221; Northern Transmission Line route.<\/p>\n<p>The Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been released, and there&#8217;s a limited time to comment on it.\u00a0 Commerce says the DEIS available here:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/mn.gov\/commerce\/energyfacilities\/line3\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Department\u2019s Line 3 website<\/span> <\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the meeting schedule, starting tomorrow (this site was down, my server disappeared it, and it just came back after three messages to them!!):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PipelineDEISMeetings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1171\" src=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PipelineDEISMeetings-586x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PipelineDEISMeetings-586x1024.jpg 586w, https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PipelineDEISMeetings-172x300.jpg 172w, https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/PipelineDEISMeetings.jpg 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t make it to the hearing, send comments by July 10th.\u00a0 From the Notice:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3Comments.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1173\" src=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3Comments.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3Comments.jpg 896w, https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3Comments-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3Comments-768x387.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t forget that there will be Public Hearings on both the Need for this project and the pipeline route (note that these dates and locations may change):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3PublicHearings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1174\" src=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3PublicHearings-786x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3PublicHearings-786x1024.jpg 786w, https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3PublicHearings-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3PublicHearings-768x1000.jpg 768w, https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Line3PublicHearings.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To keep up on this, check out the eDockets for filings.\u00a0 To do that, go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edockets.state.mn.us\/EFiling\/edockets\/searchDocuments.do?method=showeDocketsSearch&amp;searchType=new&amp;userType=public\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">HERE<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, and plug in dockets 14-916 (for Certificate of Need) and 15-137 (for Routing).\u00a0 When you get there, have the docket pulled up, subscribe by clicking on the docket column square under &#8220;subscribe&#8221; and it will bring you to a screen to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>And FYI, here&#8217;s a process chart, I added to the PUC&#8217;s official process chart, because opportunities for people to participate were not on the chart!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CAOProcessChart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1175\" src=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CAOProcessChart-817x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CAOProcessChart-817x1024.jpg 817w, https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CAOProcessChart-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CAOProcessChart-768x963.jpg 768w, https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CAOProcessChart.jpg 1153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m putting this map of Enbridge&#8217;s &#8220;Line 3&#8221; proposal because it has way too much in common with the &#8220;Not-so-Great&#8221; Northern Transmission Line route. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been released, and there&#8217;s a limited time to comment on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/?p=1170\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[58,105,114,189,185,68,95,186,187,188,32,190],"class_list":["post-1170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enbridge-3l-pipeline","tag-carol-a-overland","tag-deis","tag-department-of-commerce","tag-eera","tag-enbridge","tag-environmental-impact-statement","tag-legalectric","tag-line-3","tag-line-3-deis","tag-line-3-draft-environmental-impact-statement","tag-public-utilities-commission","tag-puc-process-flow-chart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1176,"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions\/1176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}