Chronology of Legal Maneuvers
and PSC Actions

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Documents received by the PSC as of 26 December 2006 have been added.
 
 
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  12/26/2006 • View Document • Transcript from hearing held on December 12, 2006, in Charleston, before the Commission  
     
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12/21/2006 • View Document • Comments and questions concerning December 5, 2006 letter of support with Coldwater Creek postcard filed by J. C. DePoy, Harrisonburg, VA; filed by Walter Pitsenberger  
     
  12/18/2006 • View Document • Response to FOBPC Motion to Abstain filed by Counsel for Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC
     
  12/18/2006 • View Document • Oversize Picture of Ridge of Jack Mountain, October - 2006, filed by Robin and Debra Mixon, Moyers, WV  
     
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12/15/2006 • View Document • Letter filed by Michael Soukup, NPS, concerning wind farms effects on nature and bat mortality  
     
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  12/13/2006 • View Document • Copy of Staff letter to Thomas Chapman, Marvin Moriarty and Tony Conte stating that Mr. Chapman's, Ms. Hughes' and Ms. Hill's subpoenas are being voluntarily withdrawn  
     
  12/12/2006 • View Document • Response to Motion to Abstain from Reconsidering Potential Impacts to Wildllife filed by Counsel for Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County, Inc.
 
     
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12/11/2006 • View Document • Order Commission Procedural Order that Liberty Gap's motion to continue hearing and toll the statutory decision due date is denied; Hearing Set for 12/12/2006.  
     
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12/11/2006 • View Document • Letter filed by United States Department of the Interior stating their specific concerns about the project.  
     
  12/11/2006 • View Document • Response of Liberty Gap to Staff's Response to motion to abstain and motion of Liberty Gap to continue hearing  
     
  12/11/2006 • View Document • Response of Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County, Inc. to Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC's Second Discovery Request; as part of this response, and filed under seal, is a document entitled A Groundwater Primer for Chestnut Woods Association Partners and a map entitled Bedrock Geologic Map of Chestnut Woods and Vicinity; also enclosed is a Motion of FOBPC for Nondisclosure and Protective Order, filed by counsel
     
  12/11/2006 • View Document • Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County's Response to Motion of Liberty Gap for the Commission to Abstain from Considering Potential Impacts to Wildlife, filed by counsel (fax)  
     
  12/11/2006 • View Document • Letter from John Hargrove, Intervenor, informing the Commission that due to airline schedule and an unavoidable conflicting commitment, he will be unable to be present at the opening of hearing scheduled December 12  
     
  12/08/2006 • View Document • Letter of support with Coldwater Creek postcard filed by J. C. DePoy, Harrisonburg, VA  
     
  12/08/2006 • View Document • Staff's Response to Motion of Liberty Gap for the Commission to Abstain from Considering Potential Impacts to Wildlife  
     
  12/08/2006 • View Document • Motion for the Commission to Abstain from Considering Potential Impact to Wildlife filed by Counsel for Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC  
     
  12/07/2006 • View Document • Response by United States Department of Interior to Staff's request to produce documents of unspecified but relevant documents and live testimony of three US Fish and Wildlife Service employees as the Service is neither an official party nor an intervenor  
     
  12/07/2006 • View Document • Verifications for Second Supplemental Response of Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC to Staff's First Set of Interrogatories, Data Request or Requests for Information Question No. 1.11 and Fourth Supplemental Response of Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC, to Staff's Second Set of Interrogatories, Data Request or Requests for Information, Question No. 2.4 filed by Counsel  
     
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12/06/2006 • View Document • Rebuttal Testimony of James Barnes, Randall A. Childs, James M. Cookman (public version), David K. Friend, Bruce E. Hyre, Jr, William E. Llewellyn, James E. Poppleton, Robert D. Roy, Sean Sherlock, Philip W. Simpson, Aaron O. Smith, Paul Kerlinger, D. Scott Reynolds, Karen Tyrell; Motion for Nondisclosure and Protective Order; and Confidential Version of James M. Cookman Rebuttal Testimony; filed by Counsel for Liberty Gap. (This file is 38.7 MB.)
     
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12/06/2006 • No Document • Copy of Executive Secretary's letter evidencing issuance of subpoena to Nancy Bowers requested by Counsel for Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County, Inc  
     
  12/06/2006 • View Document • Request to issue subpoena to Nancy Bowers filed by Counsel for Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County, Inc  
     
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12/06/2006 • No Document • Color-Coded 5-mile Karst Map to Engineering  
     
  12/06/2006 • View Document • Corrective Filing of Direct and Rebuttal Testimony of Richard H. Bolton; filed by Counsel forFriends of Beautiful Pendleton County, Inc  
     
  12/06/2006 • View Document • Second Supplemental Response to Staff's First Set of Interrogatories, Data Request or Requests for Information filed by Counsel for Liberty Gap  
     
  12/06/2006 • View Document • Fourth Supplemental Response to Staff's Second Set of Interrogatories, Data Request or Requests for Information filed by Counsel for Liberty Gap  
     
  12/06/2006 • View Document • Motion to Substitute Witness, James M. Cookman, in place of G. Thomas Matthews; filed by Counsel for Liberty Gap  
     
  12/04/2006 • View Document • Service of subpoena upon Thomas R. Chapman, Fish and Wildlife Service, certified by Thomas B. Kittle
     
  11/30/2006 • View Document • Letter filed by Shelley Moore Capito's Office with correspondence from Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County (This file is 6.9 MB.)  
 
 
  11/30/2006 • View Document • Return copies of subpoenas for Craig Stihler and Susan M. Pierce filed by Counsel for Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County, Inc.  
     
  11/29/2006 • View Document • Engineering Division Direct and Rebuttal Testimony by Wayne M. Perdue, Technical Analyst, and Utilities Division, Dixie L. Kellmeyer, Direct and Rebuttal Testimony for Staff, filed by Staff Attorney (This file is 9.2 MB.)  
     
Order
11/27/2006 • View Document • Commission Procedural Order that Staff's motion to extend time to file testimony from 11/27/06 to 11/29/06 is granted; that other parties may file rebuttal and cross-rebuttal testimony from 12/04/06 to 12/06/06; Hearing Set for 12/12/2006; etc. For details see Internet Hearing Information.  
     
  11/27/2006 • View Document • Staff's Motion to Extend Time in Which to File Testimony  
     
  11/21/2006 • View Document • Request to issue subpoenas to Susan M. Pierce and Craig Stihler filed by Counsel for Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County, Inc (hard copy)  
     
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11/17/2006 • Not an Incoming Document • Miscellaneous - Letter sent to Mr. St. Clair enclosing subpoenas to be served upon Ms. Pierce and Mr. Stihler
     
  11/17/2006 • View Document • Request to issue subpoenas to Susan M. Pierce and Craig Stihler filed by Counsel for Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County, Inc (fax)  
     
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11/17/2006 • View Document • Direct and Rebuttal Testimony of John Lawrence Hargrove filed by John Hargrove (hard copy)  
     
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11/14/2006 • View Document • Supplemental Direct and Rebuttal Testimonies of sixty people filed by Counsel on behalf of Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County. This is a 715-page document containing supplemental testimony. Much has appeared previously as letters to the PSC or as comments at the May PSC hearing in Franklin. There is new testimony entered as well. Click on "old testimony" and/or "new testimony" to access the bookmarks for each person's testimony. (This file is 43.33 MB.)  
     
  11/14/2006 • View Document • Direct and Rebuttal Testimony of John Lawrence Hargrove filed by John Hargrove (fax)  
     
  11/13/2006 • View Document • One letter of protest against wind farms filed by Walter Pitsenberger  
     
  11/13/2006 • View Document • Service of subpoena upon Christy Johnson Hughes and Laura Hill certified by Donnie Hammonds  
     
  11/13/2006 • View Document • Letter filed by West Virginia Highland Conservancy concerning November 3, 2006 subpoenas for three federal agency officials  
     
  11/08/2006 • View Document • Two letters of protest against wind farms filed by Arthur Dodds, Jr. and Pamela Dodds
 
     
  11/06/2006 • View Document • Letter of protest against wind farms filed by Snezana Vukelic, Toronto, ON, CA  
     
  11/03/2006 • View Document • Copy of subpoenas requested by Staff, and issued by Executive Secretary, for personal service
     
  11/03/2006 • View Document • Staff's request for subpoenas for Thomas R. Chapman, Christy Johnson Hughes and Laura Hill of the US Dept. of Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service and three affidavits supporting issuance of subpoenas. (This file is 7.12 MB.)  
     
Order
11/02/2006 • View Document • Commission Procedural Order that the joint motion of Liberty Gap and FOBPC to schedule testimony is denied; etc.  
     
  11/02/2006 • View Document • Letter of support for wind farms filed by Jack DePoy, Harrisonburg, Va  
     
  10/26/2006 • View Document • Staff's Response to the joint motion of liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC and the Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County filed on october 17, 2006, to schedule bat expert testimony on December 19, 2006  
     
  10/17/2006 • View Document • Motion, filed by Applicant's counsel, to schedule bat expert testimony on December 19, 2006.  
     
  10/12/2006 • View Document • Verification to the Third Supplemental Response of Liberty Gap  
     
  10/11/2006 • View Document • Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County's Response to WV State Building and Construction Trades Council's Motion  
     
  10/06/2006 • View Document • Third Supplemental Response of Liberty Gap Wind Force to Staff's Second Set of Interrogatories, Question No. 2.4. (This file is 1.04 MB.)  
     
  10/02/2006 • View Document • Letter filed by the Governor's office with correspondence from protestant Margaret Dolly  
     
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10/02/2006 • View Document • Copy of a letter in to Counsel for the Applicant received from Thomas R. Chapman, Field Supervisor, Fish and Wildlife Service
     
  09/25/2006 • View Document •. Letter of protest against wind farms filed by Margaret Dolly, Ripley, WV  
     
  09/25/2006 • View Document • Second Response of Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC to the Commission's September 1, 2006 Order  
     
  09/21/2006 • View Document • Staff's Response to the WV State Building and Construction Trades Council's Motion to Schedule Expert Testimony  
     
  09/20/2006 • View Document • . Liberty Gap's Response to West Virginia State Building and Construction Trades Council's Motion to schedule expert testimony on December 13, 2006  
     
  09/19/2006 • View Document • Copy of Staff's letter sent with CDs of Heritage Travels returned to Larry and Rebecca Thomas  
     
  09/18/2006 • View Document • Motion filed by Counsel, West Virginia State Building and Construction Trades Council to schedule expert testimony on December 13, 2006  
     
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09/13/2006 • View Document • Letter of protest filed by Nancy R. Bradfield, Bridgewater, VA  
     
  09/12/2006 • View Document • Letter of support filed by Joe Harper, Seneca Rocks, WV
     
  09/08/2006 • View Document • Second Discovery Requests to Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County, Inc., Intervener  
     
  09/08/2006 • View Document • Response of Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC to the Commission's September 1, 2006 Order  
     
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Order
09/01/2006 • View Document • Commission Procedural Order Hearing Set for 12/12/2006. For details see Internet Hearing Information. Intervenor's Supplemental Direct Testimony due by 11/14/2006. Staff Direct and Rebuttal Testimony due by 11/27/2006. Applicant and Intervenors' (except Staff) rebuttal of Staff and cross-rebuttal of other Intervenors due by 12/4/2006. That Liberty Gap shall, no sooner than 20 days and no later than 10 days in advance of the evidentiary hearing, publish a completed notice as a Class I legal advertisement; etc.
   
 
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