ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD:

An Inventory of Its Published Records and Reports at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota Environmental Quality Board.
Title:Published Records and Reports.
Dates:1972-1998.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Reports, newsletters, and miscellaneous print and near-print items of or about the Environmental Quality Board. The records cover all aspects of the board's duties and activities, particularly environmental policy, forecasting, power plant siting, transmission line routing, and groundwater protection and monitoring.
Quantity:1.7 cubic feet (2 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Environmental Quality Board. Published Records and Reports. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: None; 2015-68

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Catalog ID number: 006827140


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
120.C.1.8FPower Plant Siting Criteria (proposed), September 1972.
Environmental Impact Statements (brochure), October 1974.
Progress Report on Criteria for Environmental Significance, October 1974.
Implementation of the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act: Final Systems Report, December 1974.
Review of Minnesota Power and Light Application for Certificates of Site Compatibility, Draft Environmental Report, [1975].
Proposed Legislation and Rules and Regulations: MEPA Study, Study and Recommendations on Implementation of the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act, Haworth & Anderson, Inc., February 1975.
Advance Forecasting Reports: 1976 Advance Forecasting Report to EQC…(Report No. BHO 61176). 1 volume.
Advance Forecasting Reports: 1976 Update, Minnesota/Wisconsin Power Suppliers Group, July 1977; 1978 Supplement, Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency. 2 items in 1 folder.
Power Plant Siting Act of 1973, As Amended 1977.
Physiography and Surface Geology of the Copper-Nickel Study Region, Northeastern Minnesota, Perry G. Olcott and Donald I. Siegel, 1978.
USGS Water-Resources Investigations 78-51 Open-File Report; prepared in cooperation with Minnesota EQB.
Annual Hearing on the Power Plant Siting and Transmission Line Routing Program, November 18, 1978.
Implementation of the Environmental Permit Coordination Program, EQB Permit Coordination Unit, March 1979.
Annual Hearing on the Power Plant Siting and Transmission Line Routing Program, November 17, 1979.
EQB Work Program, 1980-1981.
Power Plant Siting Program, Guidebook, FY1980-1981.
The Power Plant Siting Act of 1973, As Amended 1980.
Considerations in Electric Power Plant Siting: Coal Fired Power Plants from 50 to 2400 Megawatts, January 1980.
Environmental Issues Relating to Animal Feedlots, June 1980.
Report on the Occurrence of Rare, Threatened and/or Exemplary Elements of Natural Diversity in the Project NSP-TR-2 Study Area, June 13, 1980.
Submitted to the Power Plant Siting Program by the DNR’s Minnesota Natural Heritage Program.
Considerations in Transmission Line Routing: Transmission Line Electric and Magnetic Fields, July 1980.
Considerations in Electric Power Plant Siting: Power from Water, Low-head Hydroelectric Power, July 1980.
Considerations in Transmission Line Routing: Biological Effects and Physical Characteristics of Fields, Ions, and Shock, Addendum to Public Health & Safety Effects of High Voltage Overhead Transmission Lines, August 1980.
Perceptions of Landowners about the Effects of the UPA/CPA Power Line on Human and Animal Health in West Central, Minnesota, Executive Summary, June 1980, and Summary of Findings Amended to Include Additional Information, October 1980.
Economic Feasibility of Power Plant Conversion to District Heating Operation, Addendum to Considerations in Electric Power Plant Siting–Coal Fired Plants from 50 to 2400 Megawatts, March 1981.
Barge Fleeting Study, Metropolitan Council, May 1981.
A Report on the Regulatory Framework Applicable to Uranium Exploration, Mining and Milling in Minnesota, June 1981.
Taxing Electric Utilities-Matching Benefits with Burdens, July 1981.
Uranium Exploration, Mining, and Milling in Minnesota: A Review of the State’s Regulatory Framework, September 1981.
Potential Industrial and Institutional Use of Utility Cogenerated Thermal Energy, September 1981.
In Matter of Consideration of the Adequacy of Construction Permit for CPA/UPA 400KV Direct Current High Voltage Transmission Line to Protect Public Health & Safety: Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions, and Order, circa 1982.
High Voltage Transmission Line: Health and Safety Bibliography, March 5,1982.
You and the Pipeline: Information for Minnesota Landowners About the Minnesota Pipe Line Project, July 1982.
Minnesota/Wisconsin Power Suppliers, 1982 Advance Forecast Report, July 1, 1982.
A Health and Safety Evaluation of the 400 KV Powerline: Executive Summary, September 2, 1982.
A Health and Safety Evaluation of the 400 KV Powerline: Reviews of the Final Report, October-December 1982. 2 folders.
A Health and Safety Evaluation of the 400 KV Powerline: Executive Summary and Minority Report, November 10, 1982.
A Health and Safety Evaluation of the 400 KV Powerline, 1982.
Includes November 13,1982 public hearing transcript, Hold That Line excerpts, and EQB minute excerpts, 1980-1982.
A Health and Safety Evaluation of the 400 KV Powerline: Final Report of the Science Advisors, December 1982.
Electrical Environment Outside the Right of Way of CU-TR-1, Report 2, December 1982.
Minnesota Environmental Quality Board Guidebooks, January 1983.
Location
120.C.1.9BElectrical Environment Outside the Right of Way of CU-TR-1, Report 3, June 1983.
Barge Fleeting Report, August 1983.
Statistical/Epidemiological Study of Bovine Performance Associated with the CPA/WPA DC Power Line in Minnesota, Summary Description of Results and Conclusions, Final Report, September 1983.
Minnesota Environmental Quality Board Guidebooks, May 1984.
Report of the Governor’s Task Force to Review the Role and Functions of the EQB, February 1985.
Electrical Environment Outside the Right of Way of CU-TR-1, Report 5, May 1985.
Environmental Congress, Proceedings, 1986.
Water Resources Priority Recommendations 1987-1989, September 18, 1986.
Protecting Minnesota’s Waters, An Agenda for Action in the 1987-1989 Biennium.
Koch Pipelines, Inc. Project, Dakota County Construction 1987-1988, March 1987.
Minnesota IntraState Transmission Systems, Inc.: Isanti and Anoka County Natural Gas Pipeline, April-June 1987.
Environmental Congress, Report on, 1988.
Minnesota Ground Water Protection Strategy, September 1988.
A Strategy for the Wise Use of Pesticides & Nutrients, December 1988.
Protecting Minnesota’s Waters, Priorities for the 1989-1991 Biennium, January 1989.
Hazardous Waste Stabilization and Containment Facility: Public Ownership Report, January 19, 1989.
The Minnesota Ground Water Protection Act of 1989: A Summary, August 1989.
Energy/Environmental Planning for Minnesota State Government, July 19, 1990.
Minnesota Water Plan, January 1991.
The Minnesota Water Monitoring Plan, April 1992.
Advisory Committee on Genetically Engineered Organisms, Final Report, June 1993, and Attachment D, Minutes, FY1993. 2 folders.
University of Minnesota Steam Service Facilities Final Environmental Impact Statement, August 1995.
University of Minnesota Steam Service Facilities Final Environmental Impact Statement, Volume II, Written Comments Received, August 1995.
Soundings: A Minnesota Water Plan Assessment, 1998.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Electric lines -- Minnesota.
Electric power-plants -- Minnesota -- Location.
Environmental policy -- Minnesota.
Environmental protection -- Minnesota.
Groundwater -- Polllution -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
High voltages -- Environmental aspects -- Minnesota.

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