More Clean Line whine… and their Motion DENIED!
January 17th, 2017
THE GOOD NEWS:
| (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no pdf document associated with this entry.) ORDER: The motion, No. 25 , is denied without prejudice. We’ll see how the briefing goes. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 1/17/2017. (slb) (Entered: 01/17/2017) |
Here’s the NPR report, as above, the Motion was denied today, without prejudice:
Clean Line Wants Landowners’ Hearing Expedited, Says Delays Imperil $2 Billion Project
Here are the filings leading up to this, from the Eastern Arkansas Federal Court site:
DownwindLLC&GoldenBridgeLLC-v-CleanLine
FirstAmendedComplaint-Exhibits_20-1
02713946136_DefendantFeds-AnswerAmendedComplaint
02713945742_P&ECL-AnswerAmendedComplaint
And as above, the simple text denial of that Motion:
| (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no pdf document associated with this entry.) ORDER: The motion, No. 25 , is denied without prejudice. We’ll see how the briefing goes. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 1/17/2017. (slb) (Entered: 01/17/2017) |
“Invitation to Consult” on Great Northern Transmission
January 20th, 2015
Interesting letter arrived today:
It says that “DOE is contacting you because you submitted comment(s) related to cultural resources during the open NEPA public scoping period for the proposed GNTL project.”
???
So what does that mean? What’s involved? Sending info to them? Sending more Comments? Attending meetings? A free trip to D.C? A self-funded trip to International Falls in February?
“Consultation” is a term of art in federal permitting, and is required with all Indian tribes, of which there are several in the area of the project. In this case, they also specify “the State Historic Preservation Officer” and “the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation,” and also “certain individuals and organizations…”
Here’s the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA)
Are “historical resources” all that they’re concerned about, is there a special category for “cultural resources?” Or are different people invited to consult on different categories?
And if this is something I want to do, and it is, I have to “include information about your demonstrated legal or economic relation to the undertaking” … (odd word, that)… ” or to properties potentially affected by the proposed GNTL project…”
Guess I’d better figure out what I said in those comments first!