People tell it like it is!
May 28th, 2007
Thursday, there was a meeting in Nashwauk about the 24″ natural gas pipeline for the steel plant proposed for a site near Nashwauk. Chuck Michaels, SEH, didn’t like that I was a tad-bit late, but hey, it’s a long way from Delaware via Indianapolis! Maybe he’d rather I set him up in a ring to duke it out with Alan over coal! Or Clarence — no crutches allowed!
The Dept. of Commerce had screwed up the prior public meeting notice so they had to have another meeting, but it was pretty strange. There was no court reporter so no transcript, and when I asked if it was being tape recorded, Jeff Haase, Dept. of Commerce, noted that his batteries had run out, but “I’m taking notes.” Uh-huh. We’ll see how that went.
Short version, people are very upset about how this pipeline is being sited, i.e., why is it going near the Mesaba site??? Why do Minneapolis part-time landowners have a con-fab with the project proponents and suddenly the pipeline is OFF their land on right over a local resident’s family’s land??? Why don’t they run it straight down existing easements for a former railroad track along 65 that SEH admitted they didn’t know was there???
Click here for the Commerce site!
Here’s the meeting notice, with the info about how to send in Comments:
From the Notice:
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JUNE 8, 2007
The public has until 4:30 p.m. on June 8, 2007, to submit written or fax (651-297-7891) comments on this project. Please include the following docket number (PL, E-280/GP-06-1481). Comments should be directed to: Sharon Ferguson, Department of Commerce, 85 7th Place East, Suite 500, St. Paul, MN 55101-2198.  Sharon’s email is “sharon.ferguson@state.mn.us”
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