Crown Hydro
REQUEST TO TERMINATE CROWN HYDRO'S LICENSE
The following letter dated February 3, 2012 was submitted to FERC by Friends of the Riverfront:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20426
February 3, 2012
Re: Comments - Crown Hydro, P 11175-024
Dear Ms. Bose:
CROWN HYDRO'S TO-DO LIST
The following item by David Fehlan was posted on the Issues List on January 26, 2012 and reprinted here with permission:
CROWN HYDRO'S LATEST EFFORT
On January 20, 2012 attorneys for Crown Hydro submitted another "progress report" to FERC. Crown Hydro is now attempting to work with the Army Corps of Engineers to relocate its proposed hydro power plant so that it can bypass the MPRB and local control. Park Watch, however, has heard that this proposal involves the tail races and, if so, there could be no construction without Park Board approval.
To access the Crown Hydro letter to FERC, click on the following link provided by David Tinjum of the Mill City Times: http://www.box.com/s/eug43u8il7kyuj8pjd95
The following is a link to the Mill City Times article: http://millcitytimes.com/minneapolis-riverfront-news/crown-hydro-update....
Arlene Fried
Co-founder of Park Watch
The following article by Nick Halter (updated January 25, 2012) was published in the Downtown Journal.
CROWN HYDRO TAKES NEW APPROACH TO ST. ANTHONY PROJECT
AUGUST 2011 LETTER TO FERC
The following letter was written to FERC by Sara Durhman, a resident of RiverWest Condominiums:
August 22, 2011
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street, NE
Washington, O.C. 20426
Dear Ms. Bose,
September 2, 2011
Ms. Kimberly D. Bose
Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street NE
Washington, DC 20426
Re: Crown Hydro LLC, Crown Mill Hydroelectric Project
FERC Project No. 11175
Dear Secretary Bose:
The following item, by Nick Halter, was published in the September 5, 2011 issue of the Southwest Journal. A week later, the Park Board's legal counsel wrote a letter to FERC to point out the "misleading and inaccurate" information contained in the letter. That letter is also posted here on Park Watch.
CROWN HYDRO, FACING LICENSE TERMINATION, SAYS PROJECT IS STILL POSSIBLE
Douglas L.Verdier
401 S. 1st St., #222
Minneapolis, MN 55401
August 26, 2011
Kimberly Bose, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street NE
Washington, D.C. 20426
SUBJECT: Crown Mill Hydroelectric Project, Project No. 11175-024-Minnesota
REFERENCES:
The following letter from Friends of the Riverfront was submitted to FERC on July 20, 2011:
Friends of the Riverfront
P.O. Box 580545, Minneapolis, MN 55458-0545
Tel: 612.379.2662 ednab@mac.com
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20426
July 20, 2011
Re: Crown Hydro, P 11175-024
Dear Ms. Bose:
The following article by David Tinjum was published at www.MillCityTimes.com on July 12, 2011:
Crown Hydro Turning to Class Warfare? Or is the Downtown Riverfront Part of The Bizzaro World?
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MPRB Letter to FERC Re Crown Hydro
The following MPRB letter written by MPRB Board President John Erwin regarding Crown Hydro was submitted to FERC on June 30, 2011:
June 30, 2011
Ms. Kimberly Bose Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20426
Re: Crown Hydro, LLC Crown Hydro Project, FERC Project NO. 11175‐024
LETTER TO FERC RE ST. ANTHONY FALLS
The following letter dated June 14, 2011 regarding St. Anthony Falls was submitted to FERC by Tom Dimond, a resident of St. Paul:
June 14, 2011
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street NE
Washington, DC 20426
At the May 18 Park Board meeting, the Park Board voted not to execute the revised Crown Hydro Project Letter of Intent that Crown Hydro had just told the Board it was rejecting. Since that date, representatives of Crown Hydro have been using the media to voice complaints about the Park Board's revisions of the Letter of Intent.
FERC LETTER TO CROWN HYDRO
Here is the letter that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sent to Crown Hydro on May 25, 2011 informing Crown Hydro that FERC staff consider the "Crown Mill Hydro Project to be abandoned."
FERC PULLS THE PLUG ON CROWN HYDRO
Park Watch has just learned that in a letter dated May 25, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) informed Crown Mill Hydro President Tom Griffin that FERC staff consider the "Crown Mill Hydro Project to be abandoned."
PARK BOARD VOTES TO NOT EXECUTE CROWN HYDRO'S LOI
FINAL DRAFT OF THE MAY 18 CROWN HYDRO LETTER OF INTENT
Here is the final revision of the May 18, 2011 Letter of Intent for the May 18, 2011 Park Board meeting. The letter begins on page 5:
http://www.minneapolisparks.org/documents/agendas/2011-05-18/8-1-095REG....
STATEMENT BY NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
The following statement opposing S.F. 1191 was sent from the Midwest Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation to Chair Koch and Members of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee on May 12, 2011.
PROTECT AND PRESERVE
NO HYDROELECTRIC PLANT ON PARKLAND
CROWN HYDRO AT THE LEGISLATURE
With the Legislature coming to a close on May 23 and Crown Hydro's House and Senate bills awaiting further action, it appears unlikely that they will move forward. So the threat of the MPRB being forced to turn over parkland to Crown Hydro at this time, seems to have disappeared. So why is the Park Board still negotiating with Crown Hydro?
Arlene Fried
Co-Founder of Park Watch
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