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Appendix E.2 Cultural Resources Analysis of Effects for the Xcel Energy Hiawatha Project CULTURAL RESOURCES ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS FOR THE XCEL ENERGY HIAWATHA PROJECT, MINNEAPOLIS, HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA PREPARED FOR NATURAL RESOURCES GROUP LLC AND XCEL ENERGY SERVICES, INC. PREPARED BY and March 2010 Appendix E.2; Application for Certificate of Need; E002/CN-10-694; Page 1 of 116 Cultural Resources Analysis of Effects for the Xcel Energy Hiawatha Project, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Prepared for: Natural Resource Group, LLC 1000 IDS Center 80 South 8th Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 Xcel Energy Services, Inc. 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55401 Prepared by: Stark Preservation Planning LLC www.StarkPreservation.com and Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. www.Summite.com Report Authors: William E. Stark, M.A., Stark Preservation Planning LLC Andrea C. Vermeer, Ph.D. RPA, Summit Envirosolutions Inc. March 2010 Appendix E.2; Application for Certificate of Need; E002/CN-10-694; Page 2 of 116 Management Summary In March 2010, Stark Preservation Planning LLC (Stark) conducted a cultural resources analysis of effects study for the proposed Hiawatha Project (Project), which entails the construction of two new 115- kilovolt (kV) transmission lines and two new substations in south Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota by Northern States Power, a Minnesota corporation (Xcel Energy). Xcel Energy has submitted an application for a Route Permit to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for the PUC to determine the Project’s impact on the environment, including archaeological and historic resources, and any alternatives that would increase or decrease these impacts. Xcel Energy has contracted Natural Resource Group, LLC (NRG) to assist with the permitting process.
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