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EL21-018 - In the Matter of the Application by North Bend Wind Project, LLC for a Permit to Construct and Operate the North Bend Wind Project in Hyde County and Hughes County, South Dakota
Date Filed: 06/23/21 ♦
Intervention Date: 08/23/21 ♦
Date of Notice of Filing: 06/24/21 ♦ Pending
Date of Notice of Filing: 06/24/21 ♦ Pending
Agendas:
July 6, 2021, Agenda of Commission Meeting
September 14, 2021, Agenda of Commission Meeting
October 28, 2021, Agenda of Commission Meeting
November 23, 2021, Agenda of Commission Meeting
December 8, 2021, Agenda of Commission Meeting
March 4, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
September 27, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
December 6, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
January 5, 2023, Agenda of Commission Meeting
May 23, 2023, Agenda of Commission Meeting
Minutes:
Minutes of the July 6, 2021, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the September 14, 2021, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the October 28, 2021, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the November 23, 2021, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the December 8, 2021, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the March 4, 2022 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the September 27, 2022 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the December 6, 2022 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the January 5, 2023 Commission Meeting
Minutes of the May 23, 2023 Commission Meeting
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Public Meeting:A public input meeting on the application and project will be held on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. CDT in the Capitol Lake Visitors Center, 650 E. Capitol Ave., Pierre, South Dakota
- Notice of Application; Order for and Notice of Public Input Meeting; Notice of Opportunity to Apply for Party Status
- Energy Conversion & Electric Transmission Facilities Siting Info Guide
- Party Status Application
- Presentation
- Recording
- Contact Precision Reporting to order a written transcript
- Sign In Sheets
- Nick Nemec's Comments
- Nick Nemec's Comments Confidential (not available to the public)
- Michael Bollweg's Comments
- Michael Bollweg's Comments Confidential (not available to the public)
- Arlen Mehrer's Comments
- Arlen Mehrer's Comments Confidential (not available to the public)
- 07/02/21 - Notice of Application; Order or and Notice of Public Input Meeting; Notice of Opportunity to Apply for Party Status
- 07/08/21 - Order Assessing Filing Fee; Order Authorizing Executive Director to Enter into Consulting Contracts
- 09/17/21 - Order Granting Party Status (Judi Bollweg & Michael Bollweg)
- 11/01/21 - Order Granting Motion for Procedural Schedule
- 11/24/21 - Order Granting Motion to Extend Deadline
- 12/14/21 - Order Granting Motion to Adopt Revised Procedural Schedule
- 03/08/22 - Order Granting Motion to Extend Deadline
- 09/29/22 - Order Granting Joint Stipulation and Motion to Adopt Second Revised Procedural Schedule
- 11/02/22 - Order for and Notice of Evidentiary Hearing
- 12/12/22 - Order Canceling Evidentiary Hearing
- 01/10/23 - Order Granting Motion to Withdraw Party Status
- 01/10/23 - Order Granting Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Stipulation; Order Granting Permit to Construct Facility; Notice of Entry
- 05/24/23 - Order Granting Motion to Approve Escrow Agreement
Filed Documents:
- 06/23/21 - North Bend Wind Project's Letter regarding Application and Testimonies
- Application
- Appendix A - Figures
- Figure 1 - Project Location
- Figure 2, 2a - Preliminary Project Layout
- Figure 3a-3b - Environmental Constraints and Siting Setbacks
- Figure 4a - Surficial Geology
- Figure 4b-4c - South Dakota Geological Survey Stratigraphic Cross Sections
- Figure 5a-5b - NRCS Soils
- Figure 6 - Hydrogeology
- Figure 7 - Surface Water Resources
- Figure 8 - Wetlands
- Figure 9 - Public Lands and Recreation
- Figure 10 - Incidental Whooping Crane Observations
- Figure 11 - Land Cover
- Appendix A - Figures
- Appendix B - Usable Area Slideshow
- Appendix C - North Bend Wind Project Field Studies Summary 2016–2020
- Appendix D - Acoustic Assessment
- Appendix E - Shadow Flicker Impact Analysis Project
- Appendix F - Wind Power GeoPlanner Microwave Study Wind Power GeoPlanner AM and FM Radio Report
- Appendix G - Aviation Constraints Study
- Appendix H - Level I Cultural Resource Inventory & Preliminary Field Review Confidential (not available to the public)
- Appendix I - Agency Correspondence
- Appendix J - Hyde County Voter Poll
- Casey Willis' Pre-Filed Direct Testimony
- Blake Crosby's Pre-Filed Direct Testimony
- Martin Piorkowski's Pre-Filed Direct Testimony
- Ted Guertin's Pre-Filed Direct Testimony
- Wade Burns' Pre-Filed Direct Testimony
- Tricia Pellerin's Pre-Filed Direct Testimony
- Manuela Elizondo's Pre-Filed Direct Testimony
- Application
- 06/23/21 - North Bend Wind Project's Letter regarding Copies of the Application
- 07/26/21 - PUC Staff's First Set of Data Requests to Applicant's Certificate of Service
08/10/21 - North Bend Wind Project's Public Input Meeting Presentation- 08/10/21 - North Bend Wind Project's Proof of Mailing
- Exhibit B - List of Landowners Confidential (not available to the public)
- 08/11/21 - North Bend Wind Project's Public Input Meeting Presentation - Replacing 08/10/21 Filing
- 08/11/21 - PUC Staff's Second Set of Data Requests to Applicant's Certificate of Service
- 08/12/21 - PUC's Affidavits of Publication
- Highmore Herald's Affidavit of Publication (07/08/21, 07/15/21 & 08/05/21)
- Capital Journal's Affidavit of Publication (07/08/21, 07/15/21 & 08/05/21)
- 08/30/21 - PUC Staff's Third Set of Data Requests to Applicant's Certificate of Service
- 09/07/21 - IUOE Local 49’s Party Status Request Withdrawal
- 10/06/21 - PUC Staff's Fourth Set of Data Requests to Applicant's Certificate of Service
- 10/18/21 - PUC Staff's Motion for Adoption of Procedural Schedule
- 10/20/21 – Intervenor Bollweg’s Letter regarding Motion for Adoption of Procedural Schedule
- 10/21/21 - PUC Staff’s First Set of Data Requests to Intervenor Judi Bollweg Certificate of Service
- 10/21/21 - PUC Staff’s First Set of Data Requests to Intervenor Michael Bollweg Certificate of Service
- 10/21/21 - PUC Staff’s Fifth Set of Data Requests to Applicant Certificate of Service
- 10/21/21 - PUC Staff’s Second Set of Data Requests to Intervenor Judi Bollweg Certificate of Service
- 10/26/21 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Motion for Adoption of Procedural Schedule
- 11/01/21 - PUC Staff’s Second Set of Data Requests to Intervenor Michael Bollweg Certificate of Service
- 11/10/21 - Hilary Morey, Subpoena
- 11/10/21 - PUC Staff’s Third Set of Data Requests to Intervenor Michael Bollweg Certificate of Service
- 11/16/21 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Motion to Extend Deadline
- 11/23/21 - Intervenor Bollweg’s Response to North Bend, LLC's Motion to Extend Deadline
- 11/23/21 - PUC Staff’s Sixth Set of Data Requests to Applicant Certificate of Service
- 12/07/21 - Joint Stipulation and Motion to Adopt Revised Procedural Schedule
- 01/03/22 - PUC Staff’s Seventh Set of Data Requests to Applicants Certificate of Service
- 01/03/22 - PUC Staff’s Fourth Set of Data Requests to Intervenor Michael Bollweg Certificate of Service
- 02/03/22 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Data Response Item 2-1 Decommissioning Plan
- 02/25/22 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Motion to Extend Deadline
- 02/28/22 - Intervenor Bollweg’s Objection to Applicant’s Motion to Extend Deadline
- 03/01/22 - Intervenor Bollweg’s Letter regarding Amended Motion to Extend Deadline
- 03/02/22 - Staff’s Response to Applicant’s Motion to Extend Deadline and Intervenor’s Objection to Applicant’s Motion
- 03/02/22 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Response to Bollweg's Amended Objection to Applicant’s Motion to Extend Deadline
- 08/17/22 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Motion for Scheduling Order and the Signed Hughes County Board of Adjustment Conditional Use Permit
- 08/22/22 – Intervenors Bollwegs' Letter regarding E-mail Address Update
- 09/16/22 – Intervenors Bollwegs' Letter regarding Affidavits
- 09/19/22 - Joint Stipulation and Motion to Adopt Second Revised Procedural Schedule
- 09/28/22 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Service List Update
- 09/30/22 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Notice of Appearance and Testimonies
- 11/01/22 - PUC Staff’s Eighth Set of Data Requests to North Bend Wind Project, LLC Certificate of Service
- 11/07/22 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Motion to Clarify Hearing Scope
- Motion to Clarify Hearing Scope
- 11/22/22 - Intervenors Bollwegs' Letter regarding Scope of Hearing
- 11/22/22 - Intervenors Bollwegs' Exhibit List and Certificate of Service
- 11/28/22 - Intervenors Bollwegs' Andrea Goebel Subpoena
- 12/06/22 - Intervenors Bollwegs' Motion to Withdraw
- 12/06/22 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Witness and Exhibit List
- 12/06/22 - PUC Staff’s Witness and Exhibit List
- 12/09/22 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Cancellation of Evidentiary Hearing
- 12/13/22 - Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Stipulation
- 02/10/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Notice to Hughes and Hyde Counties
- 03/30/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 28
- Wind Turbine Model Technical Description and Data
- Wind Project Layout with Easement Status Map Confidential (not available to the public)
- Wind Project Layout Maps Confidential (not available to the public)
- Appendix D - Acoustic Assessment for the North Bend Wind Project
- Appendix E - Shadow Flicker Impact Analysis for the North Bend Wind Project
- 04/28/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 14
- 05/02/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 33
- Appendix A - Triple H Wind Project - Site Characterization Study - Report
- Appendix D - Bird and Bat Conservation Strategy for the North Bend Wind Farm
- 05/12/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Motion to Approve Escrow Agreement
- 05/15/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 43
- 06/12/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Proof of Mailing
- Proof of Mailing
- Attachment A - Participating Landowner Notice for Start of Construction Letter
- Attachment A-1 - Order Granting Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Stipulation and Granting Permits to Construct Facilities and the Approved Settlement Stipulation
- Attachment A-2 - Project construction/maintenance damage compensation plans and procedures as outlined in Section 4 of the Agreement for Electrical Transmission Line Easement Confidential (not available to the public)
- Attachment B - Participating Landowner Notice for Start of Construction Letter
- Attachment B-1 - Order Granting Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Stipulation and Granting Permits to Construct
Facilities and the approved Settlement Stipulation - Attachment B-2 - Project construction/maintenance
damage compensation plans and procedures as outlined in Section 3.6 of the Easement for Wind Energy Development Confidential (not available to the public)
- Attachment B-1 - Order Granting Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Stipulation and Granting Permits to Construct
- Attachment C - Non-participating Landowner Notice for Start of Construction Letter
- Attachment D - Landowner Mailing List Confidential (not available to the public)
- Attachment A - Participating Landowner Notice for Start of Construction Letter
- Proof of Mailing
- 06/13/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Monthly Construction Report
- 07/18/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Monthly Construction Report
- 08/29/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding ADLS System Location
- 09/01/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Monthly Construction Report
- 09/19/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Monthly Construction Report
- 10/18/23 – North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Monthly Construction Report
- 10/26/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 13
- Addendum to the Level III Intensive Cultural Resource Inventory and Traditional Cultural Property Survey Confidential (not available to the public)
- 11/16/23 – North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Monthly Construction Report
- 12/11/23 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Permit Condition 1
- 12/15/23 – North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Monthly Construction Report
- 01/10/24 – North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 43 and Notice of Commercial Operations Date
- 02/13/24 – North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding ADLS System and Conditions 23 and 35
- 02/15/24 – North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding FCC Authorization for the ADLS System
- 03/22/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 29
- ArcGIS Shapefiles Confidential (not available to the public)
- North Bend Wind Access Road Maintenance
- North Bend Wind Civil Record Plans
- 05/10/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding As-Built Drawings
- 07/08/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Emergency Action Plan
- Emergency Action Plan
- Emergency Action Plan Confidential (not available to the public)
- Emergency Action Plan
- 07/26/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 42
- 08/02/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 35
- 08/09/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Conditions 33, 44, and 45
- 08/16/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Aircraft Detection
Lighting System Follow Up - 08/30/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Aircraft Detection
Lighting System Follow Up - 09/13/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Aircraft Detection
Lighting System Follow Up - 09/27/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Aircraft Detection
Lighting System Follow Up - 10/11/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Aircraft Detection
Lighting System Follow Up - 10/25/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Aircraft Detection
Lighting System Follow Up - 11/08/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Aircraft Detection
Lighting System Follow Up - 11/22/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Aircraft Detection
Lighting System Follow Up - 12/06/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Aircraft Detection
Lighting System Follow Up - 12/16/24 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 42
