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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Once a contested case hearing was requested, the Permit was no longer valid.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 Diversion Authority Caught Using Deception in MN DNR Process

March 25, 2018March 25, 2018Marcus Larson1 Comment

Fargo never intended to compromise anything, and were preparing their filings even before the St. Paul meetings began.

FM Diversion Policy Leadership Group Seeks Permitable Plan

March 24, 2018March 24, 2018Marcus Larson1 Comment

Bear in mind, the FM Diversion Policy Leadership talks that recently concluded should have taken place before the first shovel of dirt was turned for any aspect of the ill-fated project.

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.

Fargo Dam and Diversion Is All About Duplicity

November 30, 2017November 30, 2017Marcus Larson1 Comment

The Governors Task Force was intended to explore potential alternatives and compromise rather than Fargo’s attempt to re-litigate the project that received a Prelimary Injunction.

MN DNR Letter to Tim Mahoney Fargo Dam and FM Diversion Authority

June 14, 2017admin2 Comments

It is beyond acting in bad faith; indeed, the continuation of construction is an insult to collaboration.

Fargo Dam and Diversion Project Faces Minnesota State Law

May 8, 2017May 8, 2017Marcus LarsonLeave a Comment

The USACE (trouble-making playmates) has consistently agitated and mislead Fargo et al., into kicking sand in Minnesota’s face and wails when they are told “NO”.

Letter: MN DNR Tom Landwehr

October 18, 2016October 18, 2016adminLeave a Comment

Since the Diversion Authority declined to consider a more modest project alternative, the only options included for consideration in the permit application were the “No Action” and “No Action with Emergency Measures” alternatives. This left the DNR with two choices: 1) permit the project or 2) deny the project.

MN DNR DENIED Fargo Diversion Authority (FMDA) Permit

October 3, 2016October 3, 2016admin1 Comment

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources DENIES Fargo Dam and FM Diversion Authority (FMDA) permit.

MN Governor Mark Dayton ltr Sets the Record Straight

September 15, 2016adminLeave a Comment

Despite Lieutenant General Semonite’s unfounded representation to the contrary, Minnesota has not “come together” with the Army Corps of Engineers and the State of North Dakota to advance the proposed project. In all my years of public service at the state and federal levels, I have never seen such a complete disregard for the process of a co-regulator.