Chronology of Legal Maneuvers
and PSC Actions

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Documents received by the PSC as of 31 May 2006 have been added.
 
 
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05/31/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Commission Procedural Order

that the Applicant's April 13, 2006, Motion to Recaption the Proceeding and Revision to Notice of Hearing is granted;
that the April 17, 2006, Motion for Leave to File Additional and Supplemental Direct Testimony of James Barnes and Karen Tyrell, PhD is granted;
that the April 17, 2006, Motion to Modify the April 12, 2006, Order to require Liberty Gap's filing responsive to Siting Rule 3.1.h.3.E to map water wells within only 1/2 mile of turbine sites, and 1,000 feet of the transmission line path, instead of within a 1 miles radius of all facilities is denied;
that Liberty Gap shall file the 1 mile radius mapping of water sources as required by Siting Rule 3.1.h.2.E within 10 days of the date of this Order;
that the FOBPC's May 23, 2006, Motion for an extension of time to file direct and rebuttal testimony is granted;
that Liberty Gap's May 25, 2006, Motion to toll the Statutory Decision Date is granted and the new due date is November 17, 2006; the June 28, 2006, evidentiary hearing is cancelled and a new procedural schedule is adopted; that Intervenors file direct & rebuttal testimony by July 17, 2006;
that Staff's Direct & Rebuttal Testimony is due by 7/28/2006;
that Applicant and Intervenors (except Staff) rebuttal of Staff and cross-rebuttal of other intervenors is due August 4, 2006;
that the evidentiary hearing is changed to August 9 and 10, 2006 at PSC headquarters;
that Initial comments may be filed on or before 9/12/2006;
that Reply comments may be filed until 9/26/2006; etc. For details see Internet Hearing Information. (1.09 MB)

 
     
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05/31/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. West Virginia State Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO Submission of the Prepared Direct Testimony of Mike Jin and of Darwin Snyder
 
     
  05/26/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Response to Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County's reply to responses to request for extension of time, filed by Counsel for Liberty Gap
 
     
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05/26/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Petition to Grant the Siting Certificate, along with Resolution and Tax Guarantee Agreement filed by Pendleton County Commission  
     
  05/26/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Responses to First Discovery Requests of Liberty Gap Wind Force filed by Larry and Rebecca Thomas
 
     
  05/26/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Reply to Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County to responses to request for extension of time (fax)
 
     
  05/24/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Liberty Gap's Response to FOBPC's Request for Extension of Time to File Direct and Rebuttal Testimony or in the Alternative Motion to Dismiss Application, filed by Counsel.  
     
  05/24/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Staff's Response to Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County's motion for an extension of time, or in the alternative, motion to dismiss the application
 
     
  05/24/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Motion filed on behalf of Liberty Gap Wind Force to Compel Responses to First Set of Discovery Requests to Larry V. And Rebecca K. Thomas and Motion to Compel Responses to First Set of Discovery Requests to Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County, Inc. (1.99 MB)
 
     
  05/23/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Request for Extension of Time to file direct and rebuttal testimony or, in the alternative, Motion to Dismiss application filed by Counsel for Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County, Inc.
 
     
  05/23/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Response of Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County, Inc. to First Discovery Requests of Liberty Gap Wind Force
 
     
  05/22/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Amended motion of Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC for nondisclosure and protective order, filed by Counsel (public and confidential versions)
 
     
  05/22/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Public and Confidential responses(filed under seal) of Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC to Staff's Third Request for Information, filed by Counsel
 
     
  05/22/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Supplemental Response of Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC to Second Set of Interrogatories, Data Request or Requests for Information by Staff to Question No. 2.3., filed by Counsel
 
     
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05/18/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. An Additional Transcript from hearing held on May 4, 2006 in Franklin, West Virginia before Judge George
 
     
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05/18/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Transcript from hearing held on May 4, 2006 at 1:30p.m. in Franklin, West Virginia before Judge George  
     
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05/18/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Filing of bat study produced by the Virginia Highlands Grotto of the National Speleolocial Society filed by Rick Lambert, Researcher (4.01 MB)
 
     
  05/17/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Response to First Discovery Requests of Liberty Gap Wind Force filed by Intervenors Larry and Rebecca Thomas (1.96 MB)
 
     
  05/16/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Verification of G. Thomas Matthews for the previously filed Supplemental Response of Liberty Gap Wind Force to First Set of Interrogatories
 
     
05/15/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Response by Counsel for Liberty Gap to Larry V. and Rebecca K. Thomas' First Set of Interrogatories, Data Requests and Request for Production of Documents to Liberty Gap. NOTE: This 235-page document is 27.4 MB in size. Download at your own risk! To navigate through this document, use the search function [edit > search]. Type in terms such as economic impact, childs, Implan, viewshed, workforce, etc. to simplify your search.
     
  05/10/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Corrected Affidavit of publication of Notice of Hearing from The Pendleton Times
 
     
  05/10/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Supplemental Response of Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC to First Set of Interrogatories
 
     
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05/10/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Objections of Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC to Thomas' First Set of Interrogatories filed by Counsel
 
     
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05/08/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Responses of Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC by Counsel to Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County's First Set of Interrogatories, Data Requests or Requests for Information  
     
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05/05/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Direct testimony of James Barnes, supporting the acoustical study filed by Liberty Gas on April 24, 2006, and Karen Tyrell, PhD, supporting the endangered bat study submitted in response to discovery filed by staff, filed by applicant's counsel  
     
  05/05/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Response by Counsel for Liberty Gap to April 10, 2006 Procedural Order indicating they arranged for publication of the notice of public comment hearings to be published for two consecutive weeks, with the last publication occuring two days prior to the May 4, 2006 meetings, published in both Pendleton and Kanawha Counties; As such, Counsel requests that the Commission deem that sufficient notice was provided and that there is no need for further public meetings
 
     
  05/03/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Affidavit of publication (faxed) to Counsel for Liberty Gap showing publication of Notice of Filing occurred in The Pendleton Times for 2 successive weeks beginning with April 20, 2006 issue
 
     
  05/03/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Letter filed by Counsel for Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County, Inc regarding attendance of the public hearing(s) scheduled for May 4, 2006 (fax)
 
     
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05/02/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Staff's Third Request for Information for Liberty Gap, and Confidential data requests 3.5 through 3.9 filed under seal
 
     
  05/01/2006 • View Document • Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC. Affidavit of publication of the Notice of Hearing in the Charleston Daily Mail filed by Counsel
   
 
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