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<br />.. <br /> <br />.,. <br /> <br />. , <br />~ <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />MINNESOTA PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD <br /> <br />I'll <br /> <br />May 27, 1998 <br /> <br />Mr. Peter Beck <br />Doherty, Rumble & Butler <br />3500 Fifth Street Towers <br />150 South Fifth Street <br />Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 <br /> <br />RE: Minnesota Rules, part 4410.4300, subpart 1 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Beck: <br /> <br />This letter is in response to your request for an interpretation of Minnesota Rules, part <br />4410.4300, subpart 1. You have posed the following hypothetical situation: <br /> <br />. The proposed project exceeds the mandatory EA W threshold <br /> <br />. The EA W is prepared and a negative declaration is issued <br /> <br />. All other permits and approvals necessary for the construction of the project to <br />proceed are obtained <br /> <br />. Before any construction begins, the proposer proposes to add space to the project <br /> <br />. The additional space: <br />. By itself does not meet the mandatory EA W threshold <br />. If added to the initial project (for which the negative declaration was issued), the <br />total project would exceed the mandatory EIS threshold. <br /> <br />My interpretation of part 4410.4300, subp. 1 is that once a negative declaration is issued <br />for a project, that project may not be included when determining if a proposed expansion <br />or addition meets or exceeds a threshold. Therefore, in the hypothetical set forth above, <br />if the additional space does not meet the threshold for a mandatory EA W, no further <br />environmental review would be required unless the RGU determined that a discretionary <br />EA W should be prepared pursuant to part 4410.1000 or part 4410.1100. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />Gregg Downing <br />Environmental review coordinator <br /> <br />658 (pnar 5, <br />St. Paui, MN 551 <br /> <br />Telephone: <br />612-296-3985 <br /> <br />Facsimile: , <br />612-296'3698 <br /> <br />TTY: <br />800,627-3')29 <br /> <br />www,mnplan, <br />state,mn,us <br />