Diversion Authority

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)

March 21, 2019adminLeave a Comment

Once a contested case hearing was requested, the Permit was no longer valid.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.

Fargo Moorhead Metro Debt Spiral Is This How the Diversion Ends

December 1, 2018April 8, 2019Marcus Larson2 Comments

So how does inventing a higher property value, out of thin air, which allows the city and county to net more tax revenue, without raising the mill, not get viewed as leaning hard on taxpayers?

Final Comments: Cash Aaland, MN DNR FM Diversion Policy Leadership Group

March 24, 2018March 24, 2018adminLeave a Comment

Fargo’s proposed Plan B, as outlined in the Diversion Authority’s press release and the TAG documents reflecting the size and shape of 7A/10D, would actually increase the Diversion project from the 72,923 acre project that was denied a permit, to a 76,812 acre project with the dam located further south.

Oxbow, ND Park Expected to top $621 THOUSAND

November 13, 2017November 14, 2017Marcus LarsonLeave a Comment

Oxbow, ND Park expected to top $621 thousand in taxpayer dollars.

Facts are Important

November 9, 2017November 9, 2017adminLeave a Comment

When the Vice Chair of the Diversion Authority, Del Rae Williams, Governor Burgum, sit around that table – they are doing so without conceding MN’s right permit this project.

Case Civil No. 13-2262 (D530) | US District Court, District of Minnesota, Injunction Granted

September 7, 2017November 14, 2017adminLeave a Comment

BREAKING NEWS: United States District Chief Judge John R. Tunheim hands down 60 page CEASE and DESIST order against the Fargo Moorhead Dam and FM Diversion project. Injunction against the USACE and FMDA (Fargo Moorhead Diversion Authority).

Case Civil No. 13-2262 (D530) | US District Court, District of Minnesota (MN DNR SUR-REPLY BRIEF)

August 20, 2017August 20, 2017admin1 Comment

An April 27, 2016 Corps’ Memorandum similarly shows that the Corps understood the PPA could not be signed unless the Corps provided assurances that the congressionally-approved Requirement was met. Ultimately, the Corps agreed to the Requirement limiting the Corps’ ability to enter into the PPA, took the money, and then abdicated its responsibility to assess the state regulatory and permitting issues affecting the project. The Corps simply ignored the state regulatory issues.

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