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From the Stop the Lines! site – check it out!

The National Park Service is holding scoping hearings next week, these are important.  Comment period is from January 21, 2010 to March 5, 2010.

ALL MEETINGS ARE 6-8:30 P.M.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Fernwood Hotel (Victorian Room)
Route 209 North
Bushkill, PA.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Camp Jefferson
81 Weldon Road
Lake Hopatcong, NJ

Thursday, February 18, 2010
Sheraton Parsippany Hotel
199 Smith Road
Parsippany,NJ

These are scoping meetings, to determine the scope of the National Park Service review of this project, and they’re soliciting comments.  Comment period is from January 21, 2010 to March 5, 2010.   They have issued an internal scoping document, and that’s worth a look see to figure out how they’re looking at it:

NPS Internal Scoping Report

Comment period is from January 21, 2010 to March 5, 2010. 

NPS – Newsletter with background and “How-To”

NPS, which has jurisdiction over the section of route that traverses, or PLANS to traverse, the Delaware Water Gap, is requiring a look at all three routes that were originally “proposed” for the Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line:

LINK TO NPS ALTERNATIVES UNDER CONSIDERATION

This makes sense because NEPA, the National Environmental Policy Act, requires consideration of alternatives, but I’m not sure that just because the project proposers said these were the alternatives considered that “alternatives” should be limited to these three options.  And what about system alternatives?

How will this NPS review come down?  This is NOT my area, I don’t know much about it so let’s learn together here!

NPS Home Page for Susquehanna-Roseland Transmission Project

Comment period is from January 21, 2010 to March 5, 2010.