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Protest the Powerlines!!

Mammoth on a F-16The Protectors of Tule Springs would like folks to show up to the September 1st meeting of the North Las Vegas City Council to weigh in on NVEnergy’s proposal to add another power line corridor through the area for the proposed fossil beds national monument:

We really need you!

Protect the Upper Las Vegas Wash and the proposed National Monumentfrom another 260 foot wide utility corridor.
Please attend the first hour of
the North Las Vegas Council Meeting
Wed, September 1st, 6 pm
2200 Civic Center Drive

Plan to speak during public comment at 6pm.
-Thank North Las Vegas for working so hard to create a national monument in the Upper Las Vegas Wash that protects the plants, animals, and fossils there. Urge them to continue their push for creating an open, beautiful corridor to access the new National Monument and protect the views of the Mountains for public use.
- Urge them to intervene with the Public Utility Commission to prevent NV Energy from putting another utility corridor through the Wash.
After the public comment period, the Council will vote on our issue, so we can plan on being able to leave by 7 pm, if not earlier than that.
Directions to get there:

For those coming north on I-15. Turn off on Lake Mead Blvd right (east) and follow to Civic Center Drive. Turn left and City Hall is on right. (South of Lake Mead Blvd, Civic Center is called Eastern.)
For those coming south on I-15, Turn off on Cheyenne. Turn left, go over interstate and get in right hand lane and turn right at light which is Civic Center drive. Follow past Las Vegas Blvd. City Hall is on the left.
WE NEED TO SHOW UP AND SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS OR RISK LOSING THIS BATTLE!!!
PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS OPPORTUNITY PASS. YOU DON’T HAVE TO TALK, BUT BEING IN THE AUDIENCE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.

Thanks     Jill DeStefano

City Council will be voting on Agenda Item #12 on September 1st which will authorize the City Attorney to “intervene in any actions before the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada concerning the permitting of any transmission lines which could impact the proposed unit of the National Parks Service located within the upper Las Vegas Wash.”

The proposal contains the following interesting background info:

NV Energy is currently investigating the feasibility of adding a second transmission line to the existing Harry Allen substation to Northwest substation electrical power transmission corridor. This second transmission line (the “Harry Allen Northwest Line”) is proposed to be a 500kV line and would cross through the northern border of an area within the upper Las Vegas Wash being considered for designation as a national monument or other unit of the National Parks Service due to its abundant ice age fossil beds.

Recently, NV Energy began the process of requesting approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (“PUC”) to prepare studies, acquire right-of-way and receive permits for the Harry Allen Northwest Line.

At the August 4, 2010 City Council meeting, Mayor Buck requested City Council consideration of the agenda item authorizing the Acting City Attorney to intervene in any actions before the PUC concerning the Harry Allen Northwest Line in order to ensure that the City’s concerns about the effect the proposed transmission line are heard by the PUC.

And you should keep calling your national reps to let them know you don’t like those power lines:

Harry Ried

Lloyd D. George Building
333 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Suite 8016
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone: 702-388-5020 / Fax: 702-388-5030

John Ensign

333 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Suite 8203
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Phone: (702) 388-6605
Fax: (702) 388-6501
Nevada Toll Free: (877) 894-7711

Shelley Berkley

2340 Paseo Del Prado, Suite D-106
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Phone: (702) 220-9823
Fax: (702) 220-9841

Remember: the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

August 27th, 2010 | Tags: | Category: Fossil Beds National Monument, Tule Springs

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