POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY:

An Inventory of Its Rules Promulgation Hearing Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
	Title:	Rules Promulgation Hearing Files.
	Dates:	1972-1986.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Rules promulgation hearing files dealing with the problems of acid rain and vehicle noise, particularly the proposed adoption of Minnesota Rules Relating to Acid Deposition Standard and Control Plan (1980-1986), and the adoption of Minnesota Regulation NPC-3 and NPC-4, Relating to Motor Vehicle Noise Limits and Permits for Noise Sources (1972-1975). The files include transcripts, prehearing orders, correspondence, exhibit lists and exhibit samples.
	Quantity:	5.1 cubic feet (6 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Rules Promulgation Hearing Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 995-2; 2000-2

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017364150104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

ACID RAIN HEARING FILES: IN THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF MINNESOTA RULES PARTS 7005.4010 - 7005.4050 RELATING TO AN ACID DEPOSITION STANDARD AND CONTROL PLAN, 1980-1986

Location

Box

104.C.8.1B

Transcripts of proceedings, January-February 1986. 25 volumes.

Volumes 1-19.

Location

Box

104.C.8.2F

Transcripts of proceedings, February-May 1986. 7 folders and 7 volumes.

Volumes 20-31.

Transcripts of public meetings, February-April, 1985. 4 volumes.

Roseville, Rochester, Grand Rapids, Park Rapids, Duluth.

Transcripts of public hearings, January-February, 1986. 5 volumes.

Roseville, St. Louis County, Hibbing, Rochester.

Transcript directory, May 1986.

Transcript errata, May 1986.

Pre-hearing filings, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), 1985-1986.

Pre-hearing orders, 1986.

Briefs on pre-hearing motions, and miscellaneous submissions, 1985-1986.

Proposed rules, May 1986.

Location

Box

104.C.8.3B

Briefs, reply briefs, miscellaneous submissions, March-May 1986.

Administrative law judge (ALJ) orders and correspondence, 1986.

Administrative law judge report, July 1986.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency director’s submission, May 1986. 3 folders.

Final briefs, May 1986. 1 folder:

Memorandum of Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Reply memorandum of Department of Natural Resources.

Memorandum of North American Water Office, Inc. (NAWO).

Response memorandum of North American Water Office, Inc.

Memorandum of Sierra Club, Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, National Audubon Society, and Izaak Walton League of America.

Statement by the Minnesota Association of Commerce and Industry.

Brief of Minnesota Power, May 1986. 2 folders.

Reply brief of Minnesota Power, May 1986.

Brief of Northern States Power Company (NSP), May 1986. 2 folders.

Reply brief of Northern States Power Company, May 1986.

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ACID RAIN HEARING FILES

Location

Box

104.C.8.3B

Records of David Thornton, Acid Rain Coordinator for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, compiled throughout the hearing proceedings, 1985-1986.

Includes correspondence, opening statement and press release.

Technical Review Commission (TRC) and Acid Rain Hearing Files (HR) of the Acid Rain Task Force. 11 folders:

Established in October 1979, by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Folder identification numbers correspond with the Acid Rain File List.

Acid rain file list, December 1985.

TRC 1.0 - 1.3. Correspondence and the establishment of the TRC, 1980-1985.

TRC 2.3 - 2.5. Correspondence relating to minutes, 1980-1985.

TRC 2.6. Meeting minutes, 1980-1985.

HR 1.11 - 1.12, 5.1. Correspondence, 1984-1986.

HR 2.1 - 2.2. S.O.N.A.R. (Statement of Need and Reasonableness) correspondence and draft table of contents, 1984-1985.

HR 2.3. SO2 Cost Emitters, correspondence, 1985.

HR 2.4. Addendum on final MESOPUFF II Model results.

HR 3.1. Rules/Acid Rain Committee, 1984.

HR 4.0 - 4.3. Correspondence on public notices, 1984-1985.

HR 9.1. MPCA, Division of Air Quality, issue statement, 1985.

Procedural exhibits. Nos. 1-18, 1984-1986. 3 folders.

Missing nos. 3, 13.

Citizens letters, 1985-1986.

Sample taken from the public exhibits received by the Administrative Law Judge.

Exhibit lists and correspondence on exhibit submissions, 1986.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency selected exhibits, 1980-1986. 4 folders and 2 volumes:

The following list is in order by exhibit number.

4. Impacts of Airborne Pollutants on Wilderness areas Along the Minnesota - Ontario Border, May 1980.

Editors Gary E. Glass and Orie L. Loucks.

26. Aquatic, Terrestrial and Peatland Ecosystems in Minnesota Considered Sensitive or Potentially Sensitive to Acid Deposition, 1984.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Land Management Information Center.

147. Relationship between sulfate and acidity.

181. Reducing Acid Rain: The Scientific Basis for an Acid Rain Control Policy, April 1984.

Michael Oppenheimer.

182. Empirical Modeling to Predict Acidification of Minnesota Lakes, November 1985.

By J. A. Rogalla and P. L. Brezonik. For Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

196. Effects of Acidic Deposition on Sensitive Non-Agricultural Soils in Minnesota, September 1985.

Paul R. Bloom, Kenneth W. Decker and David F. Grigal. Submitted to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

197. Soils Sensitive to Acidic Deposition on the Anoka Sand Plain, December 1984.

David F. Grigal, Report to Northern States Power Company.

330. Table 1. Complete chronological bibliography of citable papers and reports stemming from research sponsored at or through ERL-D (1979 to 1984) on its airborne pollutants including acidic precipitation and its effects in the Great Lakes states.

332. Susceptibility of aquatic and terrestrial resources of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan to impacts from acid precipitation: Informational requirements.

Gary E. Glass.

333. Chapter 9. U.S./Canada Aquatic Impacts Assessment: Integration of Experimental Studies, Monitoring and Modeling of Acidic Deposition Effects.

Orie L. Loucks and Gary E. Glass.

340. Implications of a Gradient in Acid and Ion Deposition across the Northern Great Lakes States, 1986.

Gary E. Glass and Orie L. Loucks. Environmental Science Technology, Volume 20, No. 1.

342. Ionic Composition of Acid Lakes in Relations to Airborne Inputs and Watershed Characteristics, 1986.

Gary E. Glass, John A. Sorensen and George R. Rapp, Jr., and Orie L. Loucks.

343. Airborne Mercury in Precipitation in the Lake Superior Region, 1986.

Gary E. Glass and Edward N. Leonard, and Walter H. Chan and Daniel B. Orr.

345. Aquatic Organisms in Acidic Environments: A Literature Review, 1984.

Technical Bulletin No. 150. Department of Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin.

349-352. Data for Crum Lake/ Moon Lake/ Dunnigan Lake/ Meander Lake Input Files for Use in the Schnoor Trickle Down Model, A Supplement to the SONAR, February 1986.

Clifford J. Twaroski.

355-364. Data and graphs on the five Minnesota Pollution Control Agency instrumented study lakes.

366. Regional Models to Predict Lake Acidification.

Includes graphs and maps.

371. Environmental Law and Policy Versus the Hydrocycle, 1984.

A. E. Lind and G. E. Glass.

372-380. Relationship between pH and alkalinity.

382-383. Precipitation data.

384. Is There Scientific Consensus on Acid Rain? Excerpts from six governmental reports. Ad Hoc Committee on Acid Rain: Science and Policy, October 1985.

386. Tables and statistics on Minnesota demographics.

388. Table on Comparisons of Means for Demand-Side Option Price and Existence Value by Likelihood of Recreation.

394. Testimony of the Department of Energy and Economic Development on Rules Establishing a Standard and Control Plan for Acid Deposition, March 27, 1986.

395. Report of Analysis, Carbon County Coal Company.

400. Correction of Errors in Dames and Moore Group’s Extrapolation for Intrinsic Benefits to Non-Users.

401-403. Demand-side Option Price, Regression Analysis.

405. Rain chemistry data.

406. Graphs of Standardized Residual.

414. Wet deposition chemistry.

415. Graphs and tables on the upper Great Lakes pH of precipitation.

417. Guidelines for the Evaluation of Air Quality Data.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. Guideline Series.

420-423. Graphs on SO4 deposition.

426-427. Data on Meander Lake.

428. Lake alkalinity.

Location

Box

104.C.8.4F

Northern States Power Company selected exhibits, 1983-1986. 27 folders and 7 volumes:

The following list is in order by exhibit number.

1-9. Chemical content in fir trees.

10. Presentation slides.

11. An Evaluation of Minnesota Soil Atlas Map Unit 19-RWL, March 6, 1985.

Harlan R. Finney.

12. A Review of Soil and Precipitation Chemistry at Major Acidic Deposition Study Sites in Europe and North America, June 1985.

Kenneth W. Decker and Paul R. Bloom. Report to Northern States Power Company.

13. Mixing of Surface Soils by Biological Agents, June 1985.

D. F. Grigal. Report to Northern States Power Company.

14. A Short Discussion of the Relationship between Exchangeable Bases and Forest Tree Growth, August 25, 1985.

D. F. Grigal.

32-34. Equations and graphs.

35. Statistical data for regression equations.

37. Graph.

39. Letter from Herman Sievering, Ph.D., University of Colorado, to R. Evans, Northern States Power, January 24, 1986.

Includes: Natural Sulfur Source to the Atmosphere: Minnesota Case Study.

40-54. Data on chemicals and rain precipitation.

61. pH levels at various sites.

62. Chemical Composition by pH Range.

63. Pie Slice Computations.

65-85. Graphs on sulfate deposition.

94-131. Statistical models, graphs of Minnesota NADP data.

132. Site statistical data.

133-144. Minnesota NADP data.

147. Sulfate Deposition in Minnesota: A Comparative Statistical Analysis of the Data Base (1978-83) from the National Deposition Program (NADP), January 21, 1986.

Allen S. Lefohn, Ph.D. Submitted to Northern State Power Company.

148-163. Deposition calculation and related graphs.

168. Presentation slides, aerosol and rain samples.

169. Maps of Minnesota.

176-181. Parabolic spline regression model and related graphs.

183-191. Acid formulas and respective pH.

194. Air currents/wind trajectories.

195-199. Formula, water and alkalinity diagrams.

200. Presentation slides.

206-207. Chemical process for the ILWAS model.

208. Simulation of the Response of Meander Lake to Changes in Acid Deposition Loading, January 15, 1986.

Steve Gherini, Ron Munson, Peter Chan, George Davis, Carl Chen, Luis Gomez, and John Whipple. Prepared for Northern States Power Company.

212-213. Report on the Reconnaissance of Meander Lake Watershed, Northeastern Minnesota.

Robert Newton.

215. Sulfate graph.

217-220. Crum and Crystal Lake data.

223-225. Crum Lake data and water sediment.

227-229. Crum Lake data and sulfur loading.

230-234. Sulfur loading.

235. Review of Various Approaches to Determine the Sensitivity of Minnesota Lakes to Acid Deposition.

237-242. Chemical equation and lake data.

245. Data on lake liming.

246. Mitigation techniques.

247. Assessing damage due to acidic deposition.

248. Presentation slides.

250. Internal Alkalinity Generation in Softwater Lakes: Literature Review and Model Development.

Lawrence A. Baker, Ph.D.

251. Alkalinity generation in lakes.

252. Presentation slides.

257. Sensitivity of Aquatic Organisms in Minnesota to Lake Acidification: Potential Effects of Present and Future Acid Deposition, January 1986.

Robert W. Brocksen and Frank S. Sanders.

259. Workshop Proceedings: The Effects of Trace Elements on Aquatic Ecosystems. Compiled by Carolina Power and Light Company, February 1984.

260. Definition of Scientific Terms.

262. Revised Final Report: Selection of an Appropriate Model for Minnesota Acid Deposition. Part I: Review of Models and Recommendations, January 28, 1986.

D. A. Stewart, M. A. Yocke, J. E. Langstaff. Prepared for Northern States Power Company.

263. Draft Final: Selection of an Appropriate Model for Minnesota Acid deposition. Part 2: The NSP Modeling System, February 20, 1986.

D. A. Stewart, R. E. Morris, M. A. Yocke. Prepared for Northern States Power Company.

264-265. RTM - NSP Regional Modeling System.

267. Presentation slides. 3 folders.

273. Conclusions, nuclepore filters.

274. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Acid Rain Survey.

275. Map of Minnesota.

276. Problems with the MPCA Contingent Valuation Survey Instrument and Survey Results, February 25, 1986.

Dames and Moore Economics Group. Prepared for Northern States Power.

277. Diagram of the data collection process.

279. A Critique of the Welle/MPCA Contingent Valuation Study.

282. Economic Analysis of Costs and Benefits of MPCA Acid Deposition Control Plan, February 25, 1986.

Dames and Moore Economics Group. Prepared for Northern States Power.

283-285. Economic Analysis and Research Tasks, relating to Fisheries and Recreation.

287. Estimates of Materials Damage from Air Pollution in the Minneapolis - St. Paul Metropolitan Area, February 24, 1986.

Frederick W. Lipfert, Ph.D. Prepared for Northern States Power Company.

288-290. Materials Damage to Buildings.

291. Assessment of Future SO2 Emissions from NSP’s Minnesota Generation, March 14, 1986.

Stephen D. Caskey, Manager, Energy Supply Planning, Northern States Power.

294. Cycling of Hg in Freshwater Ecosystems. Testimony of John W. Huckabee, Ph.D., Manager, Ecological Studies Program, Electric Power Research Institute, March 27, 1986.

295. Hg Cycling.

296. Effects of Acidic Deposition on Ecosystems.

Location

Box

104.C.8.5B

300 - 301. Acid Rain Conservation Potential Example (relating to vehicles and motors).

302. NSP brochures, 1984-1985.

303. FGD - Controlled Generating Capacity.

304. Settlement Agreement: In the Matter of the Application of Northern States Power Company for Permits for Construction of Sherco 3, an 800 Megawatt Coal Fired Electric Generating Unit, Near Becker, Sherburne County, Minnesota, 1983.

305. Senate Resolution: Memorializing the President and Congress of the United States to take immediate steps to reduce acid deposition, 1985.

310. Does Contingent Valuation Work: Results of the Sandhill Experiment, 1984.

Richard C. Bishop, Thomas A. Heberlein, Micheal P. Welsh and Robert M. Baumgartner.

313. Number 217. Contingent Valuation Methods and Ecosystem Damages from Acid Rain, February 1984.

Richard C. Bishop and Thomas A. Heberlein.

316-317. Welle/MPCA Survey Responses.

321. Letter to Glen Kuhl, Northern States Power, and The PIRLA Project (Paleoecological Investigation of Recent Lake Acidification): Preliminary Results for the Adirondacks, New England, N. Great Lakes States, and N. Florida, March 23, 1986.

322. Acid Deposition: Long-Term Trends, 1986.

335-338. ILWAS Modeling, and Air Pollutant Concentrations Distribution.

341. Characterization of Minnesota Lakes Used by Rogalla and Brezonik in Model Predictions.

Glen M. Kuhl.

342. Eight Minnesota Lakes identified as the Most Sensitive from the Data Base Described by Dr. Gary Glass.

Glen M. Kuhl.

343-346. Correspondence.

347. Rainfall Chemistry in Minnesota, 1985.

S. V. Krupa and M. Nosal. Submitted to Minnesota - Wisconsin Power Suppliers Group.

348. Minnesota and Eastern U.S. Aerosol and Precipitation Sulfate: Differences Attributable to Natural Source Inputs? April 22, 1986.

Herman Sievering. Submitted to Northern States Power Company.

349. PCA Acid Rain Hearing: NSP Response to Hamline University Data Request Dated April 18, 1986.

Coalition of Environmental Organizations (CEO) selected exhibits, 1979-1986. 4 folders:

The following list is in order by exhibit number.

19. Target loading for sulfur, Norwegian data.

20. Presentation slides.

31. CEO outline on analysis, contingent valuation and an NSP study.

33. Histological and Histopathological Changes in the Gills of Pearl Dace, Semotilus margarita, and Fathead Minnows, Pimephales promelas, from Experimentally Acidified Canadian Lakes.

Richard L. Leino, Peter Wilkinson and Jon G. Anderson.

34. Testimony of Keith Kozloff for the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club on Rules Establishing a Standard and Control Plan for Acid Rain Deposition, March 1986.

35. Marginal Social Costs and Benefits of SO2 Reduction.

38. Chemical deposition.

39. Thresholds for Acidification: A Framework for Policy and Research.

Michael Oppenheimer. Environmental Defense Fund.

41. Sandstone data.

44. Map of Superior National Forest.

48. Presentation slides.

51. Letter to Judge Allan Klein from Russel W. Berry, Jr., March 6, 1986.

Concerns about the proposed Acid Deposition Rules.

54. Letter to Marilyn Robert, Hamline University School of Law; from Michael Oppenheimer, April 9, 1986.

Clarification of testimony.

57. Acid Rain Northstar Opinion Poll, January 1984.

Conducted by St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch; sponsored by St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch, WCCO TV and WCCO Radio.

62. MPCA publication, Poll Results: Strong Support for Environmental Programs, November 1979.

Department of Natural Resources selected exhibits, 1976-1986. 6 folders and 2 volumes:

The following list is in order by exhibit number.

1. Air Pollutants Effects on Forest Ecosystems. Symposium held May 8-9, 1985, St. Paul, MN.

3. Susceptibility of Woody Plants to Sulfur Dioxide and Photochemical Oxidants, September 1976.

Donald D. Davis and Raymond G. Wilhour.

6. Report on Effects of Acidifying and Other Air Pollutants on Forests, April 1984.

Florian Scholz.

7. Report to the Congress of the United States, An Analysis of Issues Concerning “Acid Rain,” December 11, 1984.

8. Heavy Metals Study, Progress Report on the Field Leaching and Reclamation Program: 1977-1983, 1985.

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Minerals.

10. The Environmental Leaching of Stockpiles Containing Copper-Nickel Sulfide Minerals: A Study of Chemical Release, Chemical Transport, and Mitigation Conducted at Erie Mining Company’s Dunka Mine, Babbitt, Minnesota; 1976-1980, 1981.

Minnesota Department of Natural Resource, Division of Minerals.

11. The Natural and Anthropogenic Acidification of Peatlands.

Eville Gorham, Jan A. Janssens, Gerald A. Wheeler and Paul H. Glaser.

12. Maps of Minnesota.

15. Map of Northern Minnesota.

16-17. Maps of Minnesota peatlands.

19-24. Relationship between species and water pH.

26-28. Snow cover, and the relationship between pH and fisheries.

29. Minnesota fisheries and protected water data.

32. Fish data.

35. Report of the Governor’s Citizen Commission to Promote Hunting and Fishing in Minnesota, December 1984.

36-37. Minnesota fish and water data.

40-43. Wetland and specie data.

46. Tourist travel-related expenditures for outdoor recreation.

48. Letter to Judge Allan Klein from Timothy J. Kelly, April 30, 1986.

Information on DNR exhibit 47.

Minnesota Power selected exhibits, 1980-1986. 2 folders and 1 volume:

The following list is in order by exhibit number.

2. Studies of Acid Deposition in Minnesota.

3. Studies of Acid Deposition in Minnesota, January 1986.

Prepared for Minnesota Power, by Daniel J. McNaughton and Wayne F. Rosteck.

7. Letter to Dave Thornton, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; from Philip R. Halverson, Minnesota Power, January 31, 1985.

Conducting a public opinion survey.

9. Total SO2 Emissions 1980, Thousands of Tons for the Eastern United States.

11. Canada and Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Control: Long on Promises-Short on Performance, March 18, 1986.

William H. Megonnell.

15. The Edison Electric Institute Position on Acid Rain Control, May 1, 1985.

Executive Summary.

17. Letter to Phil Halverson, Minnesota Power; from Daniel J. McNaughton, TRC Environmental Consultants, April 10, 1986.

Discussion of Studies of Acid Deposition in Minnesota.

North America Water Office selected exhibits, 1984-1986. 4 folders and 3 volumes:

The following list is in order by exhibit number.

2. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, News Release: Acid Rain Index.

6. Negawatts: A Practical Remedy for Megagoofs, November 20, 1985.

Address to Energy Conservation Panel, 97th Annual Convention National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. By Amory B. Lovins.

7. Least Cost Electricity Strategies for Wisconsin: Practical Opportunities to Save Over a Billion Dollars a Year, September 9, 1985.

Direct testimony of Amory B. Lovins on behalf of The Badger State Energy Alliance, before the Wisconsin Public Service Commission.

8. Cheap Negawatts for Commonwealth Edison Co.

9. Chemical Fluorescent Lighting.

10. NSP energy use data.

12. Map of Acid Rain in the United States and Canada, Sulfur Dioxide Point Sources-10,000 tons/year and over.

13. US/Canada SO2 Point Sources Directory: The Largest Point Sources of Sulfur Dioxide-10,000 tons/year and over.

17. Experts List: Cost-Minimizing Resource Planning for Utilities.

21. Saving Gigabucks with Negawatts, November 26, 1984.

Amory B. Lovins.

22. Summary of “A Preliminary Assessment of Federal Energy Subsidies in FY1984.”

Testimony by H. Richard Heede to Subcommittee on Energy and Agriculture Taxation.

23. Advertisements from the North American Water Office.

24. Pollution indicators.

25. Analysis of 22 Publically Held Electric Utilities.

26. C & I Lighting Rebates: NSP Announces a Three-Part Rebate Plan to Save your Company Lighting Dollars.

27. NSP Sulfur Dioxide and Nitric Oxide Emission Factors.

28. Potential for Efficiency Improvements to Abate Acidic Emissions from NSP’s Electrical Generation System.

29. Proposed Protocol for Office-Lighting Retrofit Experiment.

31. Statement by the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians.

32. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians: Basic Existence Requirements for Harvesting Natural Resources, 1986.

33. Great Lakes diet, Mille Lacs assessment of native survival needs.

34. Austin’s Conservation Power Plant, August 10, 1984.

City of Austin, Volume 1.

37. Letter to George Crocker, North American Water Office; from Amory B. Lovins, April 26, 1986.

Discussion of Keith Wietecki’s testimony.

39. Executive Summary of Testimony by Amory B. Lovins before the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission on 7 May 1985 regarding Least-Cost Electrical Services as an Alternative to the Big “A” Dam.

40. Letter to George Crocker, North American Water Office, from Tony Perpich, Minnesota Department of Energy and Economic Development, April 21, 1986.

Regarding Exxon oil overcharge fund.

41. Letter to Exxon Refund Task Force Members, from George Crocker. April 30, 1986.

MN Exxon Refund for Investment into Electrical End-Use Efficiency Improvements.

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HEARING FILES: IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF MINNESOTA REGULATION NPC-3 AND NPC-4, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE NOISE LIMITS AND PERMITS FOR NOISE SOURCES, 1972-1975

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104.C.8.5B

Transcript of the Proceedings, February 26, 1975. 1 volume.

Requests for Proposed Regulations, 1975.

Rules as Proposed, January 1975.

Rules as Adopted, May 1975.

List of Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Exhibits, February 1975.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Exhibits, 1972-1975. 3 folders.

Missing nos. 8 - 42, 44, 51, 68.

List of Public Exhibits, February 1975.

Public Exhibits, 1974-1975. 3 folders.

Missing nos. 2, 19.

Pollution Control Agency Documents, 1975.

Includes explanations of changes, findings of fact, and statement of explanation.

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Box

104.C.8.6F

Records of Alphonso E. Perez (AEP), Chief of the Noise Pollution Control Section, Division of Air Quality, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 1974-1975.

Includes correspondence, drafts for NPC-3 and NPC-4; statements by interested parties, such as Minnesota-Wisconsin Power Suppliers and the Minnesota Association of Commerce and Industry.

Communications received after closing of record, 1975.

NPC-4 Hearing, December 22, 1976.

Includes pre-hearing orders and filings; correspondence; findings of fact, conclusions and recommendations.

NPC-4 Future Concerns, 1976.

Correspondence.

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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:: Acid rain -- Minnesota -- State supervision.; Administrative agencies -- Minnesota -- Rules and practice.; Automobiles -- Noise.; Noise control -- Minnesota.; Noise pollution -- Minnesota -- State supervision.; Pollution -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.

Document Types:: Transcripts.

Functions:: Hearing.; Regulating.

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