This came in today from the Iowa Environmental Council. > Mike Carberry > Sierra Club > Iowa City Area Group Chair > State Executive Committee > 319-594-6453 > [log in to unmask] > www.sierraclub.org/icag/ > > >> Hi folks - >> >> I wanted to let you all know that today we received, via certified mail, >> a copy of the public notice that the DNR will be publishing in the Des >> Moines Register and Marshalltown Times-Republican for the Alliant coal >> plant air permits. Maybe some of you received this also. >> >> The notice states that the public comment period will begin on February >> 16 and end March 20. Three public hearings are planned: 2 sessions on >> March 16 in Marshalltown (afternoon and evening) and 1 session on March >> 17 at the Meskwaki Tribal Center in Tama. >> >> Electronic copies of all documents related to the permits are now be >> available at this website: >> http://aq48.dnraq.state.ia.us:8080/airpermit/eecomment.jsp. >> >> So, unfortunately, it looks like DNR is finally putting the permits out >> for public comment. >> >> As we've discussed in the past, our first strategy is getting an >> extension of the comment period - we need to ask for 90 days instead of >> the month they are proposing. Then we will need to coordinate our larger >> effort to get significant quantities of substantive comments to the DNR. >> To that end, I've attached our short fact sheet/talking points for >> public comments again. >> >> There will be many more e-mails to come from others on these issues >> soon, including communications plans for early next week. >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Nathaniel Baer >> Energy Program Director >> Iowa Environmental Council >> 521 E. Locust, Suite 220 >> Des Moines, IA 50309 >> Office: (515) 244-1194 x. 206 >> Cell: (319) 321-8449 >> Fax: (515) 244-7856 >> >> www.iaenvironment.org >> >> >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp