It looks like everybody has gotten the locomotive package I sent out last week. The only thing to do now is waiting for them to get back to me. Just for kicks, I built a solar furnace last weekend using an old satellite dish. A solar furnace is simply a bunch of mirrors oriented to focus the sunlight at a chosen point. The focal point can reach very high temperatures to the point of melting metals. I tried it last week but the sunlight was very limited. Look who was heli

I got a call from the NB Power representative today. He called to let me know he would not make it to Grand Falls this week. However he did tell me he had spoken to someone from NBDOE earlier today. They told him that I did not necessarily need to have the approvals in order to start the application review. So I decided to send everything out today. Here are the groups that will be getting mail from me next week. 1- New Brunswick Department of Environment (NBDOE): Appli

I received a call from NB Power this morning. That didn't take long!! Sounds like I won't have any problems getting their permission but nevertheless we must get things done right. A representative from the power commission will come up to Grand Falls next week. He and I will go visit the site together and discuss the Grand Falls "BIG DIG" project further. Things are progressing nicely and I have to admit that everybody I have talked to so far (DFO, DNR, NBDOE and NB Pow

Department of Fisheries and Ocean (DFO) Department of Natural Resources (DNR) New Brunswick Department of Environment (NBDOE) The first step in the whole permit application process is to send my "Plan of Attack" to DFO and see if they have any initial concerns. They are usually the show stoppers and can basically tell you if you have any chances to get passed them or not. Applying to the province first and getting approval from them does not signify approval from DFO (Feder