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including the interchange at Highway 12 and County Road 6. As a matter of public policy, one must consider the absurdity of a situation where one arm of state government(i.e.,the Department of Transportation) expends substantial sums of taxpayer money,only to have those efforts defiled by a project approved by another arm of state government (i.e.,the Department of Commerce). What an outrage for taxpayers. • An expert we consulted has advised us that it is highly unusual for a substation of this type and magnitude to be established in a residential neighborhood. Although the EA incorporates research concluding the health risks associated with exposure to high voltage power lines are minimal, other studies indicate that there is a coincidence, if not a correlation, between exposure and a number of serious, life-threatening diseases. An honest assessment would acknowledge that,at this time, the research is inconclusiveness. Given that uncertainty and the severe potential consequences of being wrong,prudent public policy would default to placing substations and power lines as far from residential neighborhoods as possible, not pursuing the 9-9-9 project proposed by Xcel. • The EA is written in a manner that does not accurately capture or depict the character of the substation. In fact, it is written in a manner that demonstrates a bias in favor of Xcel. See, for instance, the cover page of the environmental assessment, which displays a beautiful marsh,rather than the atrocious substation Xcel proposes to build, subtly suggesting to the reader that the project will have no aesthetic or environmental impact. See, also,references to statements in the EA that the proposed substation will be "larger"than the existing substation. Actually,the proposed substation will be exponentially larger than the existing substation. This is a hate-iy, h 1 took ofcur the rent substation- m •Oar is in the tom l4 un d I. •m IIP a< 4mainsals 16" n .. I t1/4,III it ,