Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Notice to interested
persons.
Utilities shall conduct outreach efforts to inform local
government officials, tribal government officials, and members of the public
about the transmission planning meetings required in this part. At a minimum,
utilities shall take the following actions:
A. mail to each county government within the
transmission planning zone written materials briefly summarizing the
transmission planning process; inviting local government input; giving the
date, time, and place of the transmission planning meeting; and inviting the
county to designate someone to serve as a liaison between the county and the
utility on transmission issues;
B.
mail to each tribal government within the transmission planning zone written
materials briefly summarizing the transmission planning process; inviting
tribal government input; giving the date, time, and place of the transmission
planning meeting; and inviting the tribal government to designate someone to
serve as a liaison between the tribal government and the utility on
transmission issues;
C. mail to the
League of Minnesota Cities written materials briefly summarizing the
transmission planning process; inviting input from the league and
municipalities within the transmission planning zone; giving the date, time,
and place of the transmission planning meeting; and inviting the league to
designate someone to serve as a liaison between the league and the utility on
transmission issues;
D. mail to the
Association of Minnesota Counties written materials briefly summarizing the
transmission planning process; inviting input from the association; giving the
date, time, and place of the transmission planning meeting; and inviting the
association to designate someone to serve as a liaison between the association
and the utility on transmission issues;
E. mail to the Minnesota Association of
Townships written materials briefly summarizing the transmission planning
process; inviting input from the association; giving the date, time, and place
of the transmission planning meeting; and inviting the association to designate
someone to serve as a liaison between the association and the utility on
transmission issues;
F. mail to the
board, the department, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the Minnesota
Department of Agriculture, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the United States Park Service
written materials briefly summarizing the transmission planning process;
inviting input from these agencies; giving the date, time, and place of the
transmission planning meeting; and inviting each of these agencies to designate
a person to serve as its liaison between the agency and the utility on
transmission issues;
G. publish
display advertisements in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the
county seat of each county within the transmission planning zone briefly
summarizing the transmission planning process; inviting public input; and
giving the date, time, and place of the transmission planning
meeting;
H. mail to all persons who
have asked to be on the utility's transmission planning mailing list and to all
persons on the official service list for the previous biennial transmission
projects report a notice of the date, time, and place of the transmission
planning meeting; and
I. post on
the utility's Web site information about transmission planning meetings briefly
summarizing the transmission planning process; identifying utility
representatives who can provide further information; inviting public input;
providing addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses for public input;
and giving the date, time, and place of upcoming transmission planning
meetings.
Subp. 2.
Timing of mailings.
The written materials required under subpart
1, items A through F, must be
mailed no later than 15 days before the transmission planning meeting to which
they relate. The written materials required under subpart
1, item H, must be mailed no
sooner than 30 days or later than ten days before the transmission planning
meeting to which they relate. The newspaper advertisements required under
subpart
1, item G, must appear no
sooner than 30 days and no later than ten days before the transmission planning
meeting to which they relate.
