The federal Department of Energy (DOE) recently extended the public comment period on the Draft and the Supplement to the Draft EIS April 04, 2016. You can read the draft EIS online here http://www.northernpasseis.us/library/draft-eis
The DOE has scheduled public hearings on the Draft EIS the second week of March, 2016:
Monday, March 7, 2016, 5:00 p.m.: Colebrook Elementary School, 27 Dumont Street, Colebrook, NH (This will be a joint hearing with the NH Site Evaluation Committee.)
Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 5:00 p.m.: Waterville Valley Conference and Event Center, Waterville Room, 56 Packards Road, Waterville Valley, NH
Thursday, March 10, 2016, 5:00 p.m.: Grappone Conference Center, Granite Ballroom, 70 Constitution Avenue, Concord, NH (This will be a joint hearing with the NH Site Evaluation Committee.)
Friday, March 11, 2016, 5:00 p.m.: Mountain View Grand Resort and Spa, Presidential Room, 101 Mountain View Road, Whitefield, NH
Requests to pre-register to provide oral comments at a public hearing should be addressed to the Northern Pass EIS Team at this email address: info@northernpasseis.us. When requesting to pre-register to provide oral comments at a public hearing, please include your full name and email address, and specify the location you request to speak at. Please state in the subject line, ‘‘NP Draft EIS Public Hearing Speaker Request.’’ Please submit your request by February 25, 2016; requests received by that date will be given priority in the speaking order. However, requests to speak may also be made at the hearing. The speaking order will be as follows: (1) Elected Officials; (2) Pre-registered speakers (order determined on a first-come, first-served basis); (3) Speakers registering at the meeting. Pre-registered speakers who have requested to speak at a specific time will be accommodated as possible.
In addition to commenting at the public hearings, you can submit comments by U.S. Mail:
Brian Mills
Senior Planning Advisor
Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability (OE-20)
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20585
Or you mail email comments to
• draftEIScomments@northernpasseis.us
Or submit comments online at:
http://www.northernpasseis.us/comment