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  <title><![CDATA[  Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.: Notice of Intent To Hold Public  Scoping Meetings and Prepare an Environmental]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[ The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an Agency that delivers the 
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development 
Utilities Programs, hereinafter referred to as Rural Development and/or 
the Agency, intends to hold public scoping meetings and prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in connection with possible 
impacts related to a proposed action by Minnkota Power Cooperative 
(Minnkota Power), Otter Tail Power Company, and Minnesota Power to 
construct a 230 kV electric transmission line from Bemidji to Grand 
Rapids, Minnesota. To minimize duplication of effort pursuant to 40 CFR 
1506.2, Rural Development is conducting an environmental review for the 
proposed action jointly with the Minnesota Department of Commerce, 
Office of Energy Security (OES). Rural Development and OES will jointly 
prepare an environmental review document in compliance with federal 
responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 
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