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BWSR Meeting Minutes January 23, 2002 Page Two ** 02-01 ** 02-02 Chair Coe called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. Pledge of Allegiance Adopt Agenda -Chair Coe made two changes to the agenda -under Information and Discussion, 1) the first item will be Mr. Schunk, followed by budget information. 2) Victor Ormsby would like to briefly inform the Board of an agenda item that will be presented to the Board in February. This will be Item 4, after the lunch break. Moved by Jerome Deal, seconded by Sharon Clarks to adopt the changes to the agenda as presented. Motion passed on a voice vote. Minutes of December 19, 2001 -Karen Harder stated that a correction is needed on the Farm Bill Update, on page ten, second paragraph should read, Renewable Agricultural Based Energy and Reaffirmation. ,Dan Wilson, requested a change to page six, under his report, second to the last line, "state inspected,... change to read local programs. Victor Ormsby stated that a correction is needed on page seven, third paragraph from the bottom, "Wayne said that this possible" should read "this is possible." Moved by Jack Frost, seconded by Char Kahler, to approve the minutes of December 19, 2001, as corrected. Motion passed on a voice vote. Reports Chair Coe reported that he and Ron Harnack attended a meeting on January 2, 2002, in the Governor's Office regarding the budget. Potential opportunities to impact the effectiveness of delivery of service through changes in organizations/reorganization were discussed. The end result. was an understanding that BWSR would be working together with other agencies on these issues during 2002-03. Chair Coe attended the EQB meeting on December 20, decisions were as follows: ^ Adopted Findings of Fact, Conclusions and Order determining that the Solway Power Plant proposed by Ottertail Power Company does. not require an environmental impact statement. The proposed construction is a 44-Megawatt electrical power generating station in Lammers Township near Solway. Natural gas will be the primary fuel with No. 2 fuel oil as the backup. An additional- 500 feet of 115kv electric transmission. line will be required as will as 800 feet of 6- inch gas pipeline. ^ A pipeline routing permit was issued to Enbridge Energy (formally Lakehead Pipeline) far approximately 97 miles of 36 inch outside diameter steel pipe by adding five separate segments or loops to its existing system. These loops will connect existing 48-inch pipes, resulting in one continuous pipeline from Clearbrook, Minnesota to Superior, Wisconsin.