Committee prepares public comment after DNR preliminary determination; public hearing scheduled

A presenter told the committee the group received a NOFO — identified in the transcript as the Department of Natural Resources' preliminary determination on electrical permits — and that the city of Franklin submitted a request for a public hearing. The presenter said the hearing was scheduled "for the 25th 5th of August" as stated in the transcript, and that the committee will prepare and submit its own public comment to DNR and share that comment with the city.

The presenter described large public engagement around the DNR process, saying roughly "60 or 70" comments were received and that "about 98 of those" were in support of the proposed expansion. The committee confirmed it has copies of public comments obtained by FOIA and intends to make its own submission part of the record.