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CONCORD — The Site Evaluation Committee chair ruled Tuesday to limit cross-examination by intervenors as adjudicative hearings on the Northern Pass Transmission Project enter the final stretch.
The visual assessment done by Terrence J. DeWan Associates of Yarmouth, Maine, for developer Eversource, is based on current vegetation, said company president Terrence DeWan during Tuesday’s adjudicative hearing on the 192-mile, $1.6 billion, high-voltage transmission project.
While other studies done by Terrence J. DeWan Associates included surveys of those potentially affected by changes in scenery, attorney Doreen Connor said not one survey was done for the Northern Pass Transmission project.
The U.S. Forest Service has released its Draft Record of Decision (ROD) recommending that the agency issue a special use permit allowing Northern Pass Transmission to bury approximately eleven miles of transmission lines in areas along existing roads through the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF).
The SEC voted last week to extend the deadline to decide whether to approve or deny Northern Pass’ application by five months, prompting criticism from Northern Pass and a lively discussion on Scott Spradling’s personal Facebook page.
To say I am disappointed in your decision to print a letter that is totally a character assassination is an understatement.
CONCORD — State regulators wanted to know why an agreement outlining procedures to resolve mitigation issues for the Northern Pass Transmission project’s effect on historic and archeological sites had not been made available until Thursday.
CONCORD — State regulators decided Thursday to postpone their final decision on the $1.6 billion Northern Pass Transmission project for five months and extend adjudicative hearings until the end of the year.
From the far North Country to Yale University, people spoke passionately and sometimes tearfully against the $1.6 billion Northern Pass project that has been a part of some of their lives for as long as seven years.
CONCORD — The local experience, credentials and conclusions of the historic preservation expert Eversource hired to assess the impact of the Northern Pass Transmission project were questioned Tuesday when adjudicative hearings resumed after a three-week break.