Deny Motion to Lift Injunction Against FMDA Project

Case Civil No. 13-2262 (D633) | US District Court, District of Minnesota (DNR’S OMNIBUS RESPONSE TO THE DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO MODIFY THE SEPTEMBER 7, 2017, ORDER GRANTING A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION)

Once a contested case hearing was requested, the Permit was no longer valid. Deny Motion to Lift Injunction Against FMDA Project: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison requests that US District Court MN deny Fargo Moorhead Diversion Authority and USACE motions to modify its September 7, 2017, Order granting the preliminary injunction, or, in the alternative, modify the injunction to incorporate the conditions and requirements of the DNR’s permit until resolution of the contested case.

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MN DNR Letter to USACE PPA Fargo Dam and FM Diversion Project

Given that we were not consulted as part of this process and further that we are not able to see the basis for your determination, I believe it is essential to be on the record directly with you regarding the real and significant regulatory issues that are outstanding in Minnesota concerning the proposed Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Project.

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Defending Richland and Wilkin counties April 24th, 2014

Fargo Diversion Authority uses straw man arguments to distort viable solutions to Fargo flood protection. Fargo, ND is demanding a plan that only protects the city. Distributed retention protects the entire Red River Valley, included Fargo, which protects more land, more cities, more people, more property and infrastructure.

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Comstock MN Diversion Meeting with Richland Wilkin JPA

From a political standpoint, Fargo’s attempt to move impacts onto property owners outside city limits and away from voting constituency while simultaneously preventing impacted stakeholders from having a non-conflict of interest vote at the table – underscores the greed and corrupt nature of the proposed project at hand.

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