In reply to Tim's message. He raises good points on once through cooling systems - many which were raised last summer as General Mills applied to use a section of the old MN law which would have allowed them to expand their system of OTC. This prompted a fair number of public discussions on this section of the law and the permit application for General Mills. The good news on this is it got my attention and many legislative colleagues. I carried a bill for the MN Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that closed what we call the Once Through Cooling loop hole - the bill was signed into law by the Governor last week. The upshot of this is that General Mills, through negotiation on their permit application, realized the up hill battle to be fought and I believe withdrew the permit application and will be doing a conversion to a different heating and cooling system and their new building will utilize different technology. (It would be great if they would consider a green alternative like heat pumps or other heating and cooling technology). The good part of this one is that in working together many people influenced the decision of GM and went on to get the law changed. I am in Grand Rapids MN at the DNR's forestry summit so I am a little thin on gallons pumped through the system but I would be happy to follow up when I return to the Cities if Tim would like - either on or off the List. Seeing the Forest Through the Trees Up North, Margaret Anderson Kelliher State Representative , 60A _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
