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Rerouting 500 kV lines around Malheur County farmland

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Tractor Meets Tower

A picture sent in by several community members deserves a place here. . .

Posted by Patty Kennington-Rooks

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Citizens for Responsible Transmission Line Siting

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Document Links

Mapping Petition
BLM-ODOE Spring 2009 B2H Newswire
Pledge Forms
IPCo's 2006 IRP Addendum (4 MB pdf)
Alternative #4 Letter to Adam Bless
IP Easement Entry Denial forms
ODOE's Project Order
EFSC Process "Bubble Bar Chart"
Jon Beal's letter to IP and ODE, BLM & ODA
Revoke Sunstone permission
Sunstone No Permission
Bullet points & addresses (UPDATED 1/12/09)
Stop Idaho Power Alternatives Letter to BLM
IP Petition to Reroute Boardman to Hemingway
Non-Profit Bylaws
Letter to neighbors for 8 Groups
TVEP Treasure Valley Electrical Plan 72-page pdf
OAR NOI requiring 2 corridors
Idaho Power Notice of Intent (12 MB pdf)
EFU Siting Statute ORS 215.275
Points of Concern
Oregon Energy Siting Standards
ODOE Fact Sheet
Nov. 12 Notes from Meeting with IP
Letter to Idaho Power in PDF
Letter to BLM in PDF Format
Letter to Dept of Energy in PDF
Idaho Power Integrated Resource Plan PDF: Still relevant after the economic collapse?

Public Good, Public Land

Useful Links

The Pitfalls of Pipeline Easements
Feb. 9th Powerpoint
Federal WWEC
Oregonian article on Big Extension Cord
Capital Press article on SIP
IPCo Planning Review Group Meeting Notes 9/7/2007 pdf
Starvation Camp on the Oregon Trail
LCDC Goal 3 Ag Law
Oregon Land Use Law Chapter 215
$5 billion Canada to California line
The Energy Facility Siting Process
Boardman to Hemingway website
Dept of Energy Comment Page
Owyhee Avalanche articles
BLM Comment Page
See if your property is Exclusive Farm Use
Siting Utility Facilities in EFU Zones
Dept of Energy Siting Standards
Oregon Dept of Energy
Sign up for BLM-ODOE mailings
Schroeder Law Offices
Argus Nov 19 Grange mtg
Argus Nov 13 County Court mtg
Argus Nov 3 Grange mtg
Argus Oct 22 FRCC mtg
Idaho Power Website
Oregonian article on Big Extension Cord

More vinyl signs ordered

Contact Evelyn Sayers for signs

Maps

SIP's New Route Alt. #4
IPCo's Alternatives Wall Map 2-09
Option 2 Loop with Notes
Original TVEP Loop with Notes
B2H Resource Maps
Alternate Corridors PDF
Type in your Tax Lot name to see a map of your property
Download a Map of the Corridor
Map showing 3/4 mile corridor
Treasure Valley Electrical Plan "Circle Maps"
Affected Property Owners in PDF
Map of existing U.S. energy grid

Click to download picture

Size Comparison of 500 kV Lattice Steel Tower with a (fairly large) 2-story house. These are not just poles, they are structures.

Health Links

High Voltage Arcs & Sparks
Power line facts
Typical EMF Levels pdf
Dairy cattle and stray voltage
The effects of EMF
Sensitivity to Sound - Hyperacusis
Power LInes & Alzheimer's
Health Effects of High Transmission LInes
Do High Power Lines Cause Cancer?
photo displays

House=150' from the tower; Sage Grouse=3432' from the tower

Around the Country

Photographing Flowers
Trans Texas Corridor is Dead
Minn. dairies sue over stray voltage
How is this going to help Umatilla County?
$17.5 million judgment against Idaho Power (scroll to bottom)
$17 million appeal denied
Energy Justice Network
Wisconsin rulings
I hold all the cards
Stray Voltage.org
Virginia high power lines

Lattice Steel Towers

LST structures, not poles

Designated Federal Energy Corridors

Federal WWEC Record of Decision
Federal Idaho-Oregon corridor pdf (follows I-84)
Energy Corridor Designation in the West
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
Sec. 368 Energy Right of Way Corridors on Federal Land

Lincoln Heights dairy pasture

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