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TransCanada Maine Wind Development - Rulemaking
Last Updated: September 18, 2010
On July 1, 2009, TransCanada Maine Wind Development, Inc. submitted a rule-making petition to the Land Use Planning Commission to add a specific parcel of land to the wind power expedited permitting area for the purpose of constructing a wind energy development in Chain of Ponds Twp and Kibby Twp. in Franklin County. On November 9, 2009, TransCanada revised the location of the development, but retained the request to expand the expedited permitting area as proposed. The requested expansion of the expedited permitting area would have the effect of changing the review criteria and process for future wind power development proposals in the expansion area. At the Commission's August 5, 2009 regular business meeting, the Commission voted to proceed with rule-making, and on September 2nd, and November 4, 2009 the process and the dates of the public comment period and public hearing were discussed.
The Notice of Agency Rule-making containing the public comment period, hearing dates, and other specifics for this project was published by the Secretary of State's office on November 25, 2009, and is available by following the link below. Written comments on the petition and associated subjects as described in the Notice may be submitted by US Postal Service Mail to "LURC, 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0022" or by email to lupc@maine.gov for consideration by the Commission. The Notice has also been posted on the Secretary of State's website for rulemaking and on LUPC's website.
A paper copy of TransCanada's petition is also available for review by appointment at the LUPC Augusta office (207) 287-2631, the LUPC Rangeley regional office (207) 670-7492, and the Franklin County Commissioner's office (207) 778-6614 contact Julie Magoon.
Event or Document |
Location |
Date |
File(s) |
| Rule Not Adopted | August 4, 2010 |
Commission Action (PDF) |
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| Commission Meeting | Spectacular Events Center - Bangor, ME | August 4, 2010 |
Deliberations Memo (PDF) |
| Agency Rule-making Rebuttal Period Extended to May 19, 2010 | May 19, 2010 |
Rebuttal (2 MB PDF) |
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| End of written comment period on proposed rule | April 28, 2010 |
TransCanada Comment on Rulemaking Post Hearing (9 MB PDF) Public Comments TC Rulemaking - Partial I (2 MB PDF) Public Comments - Partial II (6 MB PDF) Final Kibby Expansion MAS Testimony (.5 MB PDF) Pre-Filed Testimony of Dr. David Publicover - AMC (1.2 MB PDF) Pre-Filed Testimony of Catherine B. Johnson - NRCM (PDF) NRCM Attachments A - C2 (2.4 MB PDF) MA NRCM AMC Jt Petition Comments (PDF) MNAP Kibby 2 Comments (PDF) MNAP F-HLB list (PDF) BP&L Comments - NE Corp of Engineers(PDF) BP&L Comments - Alan Stearns BP&L Review Comments (PDF) BP&L Comments - MHPC (PDF) |
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| Agency Rule-making Comment Period Extended | March 17, 2010 |
Secretary of State Notice | |
| Public Hearing, Part Two: Public Notice of Agency Rule-making: public hearing and comment period | Sugarloaf Inn, 5092 Sugarloaf Access Rd. Carrabassett Valley - 10:00AM | March 17, 2010 |
Notice of Agency Rulemaking (PDF) Part II Hearing Testimony (25 MB PDF) Public Hearing Audio-AM (64 MB MP3) Public Hearing Audio-AM (35 MB MP3) Public Hearing Audio-PM (54 MB MP3) Public Hearing Audio-PM (35 MB MP3) Public Hearing Audio-PM (11 MB MP3) Commission Review-Request to Extend Comment Deadline (8 MB MP3) |
| Project Revision | March 10, 2010 |
Cover Letter (PDF) Legal Description of Revised Proposal (PDF) Supplement Narrative (PDF) FBM Objection (PDF) Attachment A (PDF) Attachment B (PDF) Attachment C (PDF) Attachment D (PDF) Attachment E (PDF) |
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| Commission Meeting - Consideration by Commission of Guidance Document | Spectacular Event Center, 395 Griffin Rd., Bangor, ME - 9:30A | March 3, 2010 |
Commission Memo (PDF)
Wind Power Expedited Area Expansion Guidance Document (PDF) |
| End of public written comment period on draft Guidance Document | February 10, 2010 |
Written Comments on Draft Guidance Document (PDF) | |
| Commission Meeting - Discussion by Commission of draft Guidance Document | Bolton Hill Facility - ME Forest Service 2870 North Belfast Ave, Augusta, ME - 9:30AM |
February 3, 2010 |
Audio (16 MB MP3) |
| Draft of Guidance Document available for public review | January 25, 2010 |
Cover Memo (PDF) Draft Expedited Area Guidance (PDF) |
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| Public Hearing, Part One: Public Notice of Agency Rule-making: public hearing and comment period | Senator Inn, 284 Western Ave., Augusta, ME - 9:00AM | December 16, 2009 |
Agenda (PDF) |
| Notice of Agency Rule-making: published by the Secretary of State, record open | November 25, 2009 |
Notice of Agency Rulemaking (PDF) | |
| Rule-making Fact Sheet and draft rule language | November 25, 2009 |
Fact Sheet (PDF) Draft Rule Language (PDF) |
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| Letter from TransCanada revising proposal for windpower project | November 9, 2009 |
November 9th letter (PDF) | |
| Commission Memo - Discussion of public hearing date and comment period | November 4, 2009 |
Agenda (PDF) Staff Memo (PDF) |
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| Commission Memo - Discussion of public hearing date and comment period | September 2, 2009 |
Agenda (PDF) Memo (PDF) |
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| Commission Memo - Decision to initiate the rulemaking process | August 5, 2009 |
Agenda(PDF) Memo (PDF) |
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| Petition to Expand Expedited Permitting Area | July 1, 2009 |
Petition to Initiate Commission Rulemaking (PDF) Attachment 1 (32 MB PDF) Attchment 2 (33 MB PDF) Attachment 3 and 4 (8 MB PDF) Attachment 5 and 6 (53 MB PDF) |