ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD:
An Inventory of Its Committee Minutes at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota Environmental Quality Board. | |
| Title: | Committee Minutes. | |
| Dates: | 1973-1994. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Minutes and agenda materials of several committees that were created to advise the board on technical and public-interest aspects of environmental quality review, particularly power plant siting, high-voltage transmission lines, and groundwater protection. | |
| Quantity: | 0.9 cubic feet (1 box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The committees include its Citizens Advisory Committee; Advisory Committee on Groundwater Protection; Power Plant Siting Advisory Committee; science advisers appointed to study and report on health and safety aspects of high voltage direct current transmission lines (1981-1982); a technical committee that advised on a broad range of environmental review issues; and a technical review committee concerned specifically with the high voltage powerline operated by United Power Association and Cooperative Power Association in west central Minnesota.
Also included are records of the Minnesota Sustainable Development Initiative (1991-1994), charged with finding ways to develop the economy while protecting the environment.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Environmental Quality Board. Committee Minutes. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 990-87; 2003-29
Processing Information:
Processed by: Rich Arpi, November 2002
Catalog ID number: 990017128000104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 128.I.5.4F | Citizens Advisory Committee minutes, 1973-1975, 1977-1978. | ||||||||||
| Photocopies; appear to be incomplete. | |||||||||||
| Advisory Committee on Ground Water Protection, 1987-1989. 7 folders: | |||||||||||
| Work of this committee eventually led to the passage of the Groundwater Act of 1989 [ Laws 1989 c326]. | |||||||||||
| Minutes, reports, and correspondence, February 1988–September 1989. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Background papers, 1987–May 1989. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Sustainable Development Initiative, 1991-1994. 4 folders: | |||||||||||
| Governor Carlson and the EQB established this board that would find ways to develop the economy while protecting the environment. By sustainable development they meant replacing the sometimes adversarial relationships between the business and regulatory communities with new working relationships. Recommendations of this board in the areas of agriculture, forestry, minerals, energy, manufacturing, recreation, and settlement were presented and debated at the Minnesota Environmental Congress in 1994. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and reports, 1993. | |||||||||||
| Draft of final report, January 1994. | |||||||||||
| Minutes and notes, 1993. | |||||||||||
| Background papers, 1991-1993. | |||||||||||
| Power Plant Siting Advisory Committee minutes and agenda materials, 1973-1975, 1977–April 1981, January-June 1982. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Established in 1973, and selected annually thereafter, this committee provided assistance to the EQB and facilitated broad citizen participation in carrying out the board’s duties under Minn. Stat. 591: "to site large electric power facilities in an orderly manner compatible with environmental preservation and the efficient use of resources." | |||||||||||
| Science advisors, 1981-1982. | |||||||||||
| Minutes and interim reports of a committee of seven scientists appointed by the EQB in July 1981 to provide expert advice on questions of health and safety pertaining to high voltage direct current transmission lines, particularly the + 400 kilovolt line in west central Minnesota. | |||||||||||
| Technical Committee, 1973-1980. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| Minutes and agendas of the EQB’s Technical Committee/Technical Representatives, many in draft form. The committee advised on a broad range of environmental review issues. | |||||||||||
| Technical Review Committee, 1980. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Minutes and agenda materials of an eight-person committee appointed by the EQB chair in the spring of 1980 to consider health and safety issues associated with the CU-TR-1 power line, owned and operated by United Power Association and Cooperative Power Association in west central Minnesota. The proceedings include assembled background materials, comments, and recommendations. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
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:
- Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Minnesota.
- Electric lines -- Minnesota.
- Electric power-plants -- Location -- Minnesota.
- Environmental impact analysis -- Minnesota.
- Groundwater -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- High voltages -- Environmental aspects -- Minnesota.
- Sustainable development -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Cooperative Power Association (Minn.)
- Minnesota Environmental Quality Board. Citizens Advisory Committee.
- Minnesota Environmental Quality Board. Power Plant Siting Advisory Committee.
- Minnesota Environmental Quality Board. Advisory Committee on Groundwater Protection.
- Minnesota. -- Groundwater Protection Act (1989).
- United Power Association.
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