ITD Preliminary hearing = done

ITD preliminary hearing finished around 10:15 am, on Friday, for contested hearing proceedings.  This was a hearing to have all parties involved, present their arguments for a continuation on public hearings, AKA formal Contested Case Hearing through the ITD, not the Idaho Judiciary.

Here is the blog of the Spokesman-Review’s Boise bureau chief, Betsy Russell.  She posted a bunch of quotes and opinions from this morning’s meeting.

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/

I will leave you with Betsy’s post on the final “decision” of today.

The hearing has wrapped up on the ConocoPhillips megaloads and whether to allow opponents to intervene in the permit case. “I will take this matter under advisement,” said hearing officer Merlyn Clark. “I will issue a decision before Thanksgiving, it will be a written recommendation to the director, it’ll then be in the hands of the director,” he said. “I want to compliment counsel for the excellent work that you have done providing me the briefing and the factual information I need to make a decision. Thank you. We are adjourned.”
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/2010/nov/19/conoco-hearing-concludes-decision-next-week/