OAH  8-2500-20825-2

 

MPUC Docket Nos. E-017, E-015, ET-6 / TL-07-1327

 

 

STATE OF MINNESOTA

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

 

In the Matter of the Application for a Route Permit for the BemidjiGrand Rapids 230kV Transmission Project

 

THIRD PREHEARING ORDER

 

This matter came before Administrative Law Judge Eric L. Lipman upon the parties’ joint request for the modification of the dates in the Second Pre-Hearing Order.

Based upon the submissions of counsel, and upon all of the files, the Administrative Law Judge makes the following:

Order

1.               The dates set forth in the Second Pre-Hearing Order are modified as follows:

Milestone

Due Date

Target Date

Intervenor’s Pre-Filing of Direct Testimony, Submission of OES Comments

March 8, 2010

 

Public Meetings on the Draft EIS

 

March 16 – 18, 2010

Pre-Filing of Rebuttal Testimony, Submission of Additional OES Comments

March 26, 2010

 

Contested Case Hearings

April 21 – 23, 2010

 

Closing Date for Comments on the Draft EIS

 

April 26, 2010

Closing Date for Post-Hearing Public Comments

May 3, 2010

 

Submission of Initial Post-Hearing Briefs

May 10, 2010

 

Submission of OES Post-Hearing Comments

May 17, 2010

 

Issuance of Final EIS

 

June 4, 2010

Submission of Response Post-Hearing Briefs, OES Comments

June 4, 2010

 

ALJ Report

July 2, 2010

 

Submissions of Exceptions to ALJ Report

July 12, 2010

 

 

Dated:  March 16, 2010

/s/ Eric L. Lipman

_______________________

ERIC L. LIPMAN

Administrative Law Judge