Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Lawrence B. Hartman

Titles: Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Lawrence B. Hartman (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Hartman was a project manager for the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board. He received his undergraduate degree in History and Economics and a master's in Urban and Regional Planning. Prior to working for the MEQB he worked for Commonwealth Associates in Michigan. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Background. Role as project manager. Process to submit an application to MEQB. How process worked with CPA-UPA project. Corridor selection procedure - original process; reason for new procedures; end point and entry point selection; corridor selection. Corridor evaluation committee. Purpose of information hearings. Public hearings - choosing and role of hearing examiner; set up of; structure of; writing of report; missing transcripts. Powerline route - choosing route; opposition to route; reasons for not making I-94 a route; alternative routes. Health and safety issues. Environmental Impact Statement. Future problems in siting powerlines in existing right-of-ways. Public image of agency. Reflections on the controversy and how it was handled. Science court. The construction of the project - involvement of agency; involvement of opposition. West Coast trip. Effectiveness of new siting procedures. Cost of project. How final approval of project is made. Need for line. Criticisms of how agency handled project. Impact of controversy on future powerlines.

Dates

• 02/27/1978 (Interview dates: 2/27/1978 and 4/6/1979.) (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Hartman, Lawrence B.
• interviewer: Nelson, Edward P.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 25
• Accession Number: AV1988.180.15

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project' <OH 25>

Quantity: 3 hours sound cassette 47 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 210 minutes length

Subjects

Locations

• Name: Minnesota, United States

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