April 1, 2020
County approves transmission line amendments
BY SUZANNE WERRE,
BHG NEWS
After nearly two hours of testimony, questions and answers, the McLean County Planning and Zoning Board and McLean County Commission Thursday night both approved zoning amendments that would prohibit transmission lines from being erected closer than one mile beyond the ordinary high water mark of the Missouri River, Lake
Sakakawea or Lake Audubon. The amendment also requires any new applicant for an electrical power generation plant to provide the county with written documentation regarding,
among others, its greenhouse gas and pollutant releases, its risk for black or brown out, and importantly, the impact a new power plant would have on the existing power plant
and coal mining activities in the county.
