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Upper Great Plains Wind Energy PEIS Comment Submittal Instructions and HelpThis page is intended to provide assistance to persons wishing to submit a comment on the Upper Great Plains Wind Energy PEIS via the Public Comment Form. If you need more help, please contact the Upper Great Plains Wind Energy PEIS Webmaster at plainswindeis@anl.gov or call (630) 252-6182. Form Instructions1. Select a privacy preference As noted in the form, the Agencies publish all comments received, including the name and address of commenters, and will do so unless you specify withholding of your name and/or address from the public record by selecting one of those options in Section 1 of the form. Simply click the circle (radio button) that corresponds to your choice. Note that the default selection is to include your personal information in the public record, so if you want to exclude that information, you must select a different option. 2. Enter your personal information You need to supply some information about yourself, so that we know who submitted the comment. Some items are required, most are optional. You must enter your first and last name—the Agencies will not consider anonymous comments; however, you may request that the Agencies not include your name and/or address in the public record when you select a privacy preference in Section 1 of the form. Note: If you provide an e-mail address, you will receive an e-mail receipt for your comment, and we will have a way to contact you if we have questions about your comment. We will not use your e-mail address for any other purpose. 3. Enter your comment(s) Brief comments can be entered directly into the text box in the form. The text box will scroll to allow you to submit more text than will fit in the box, but for longer comments, you may wish to create a comment document in your favorite word processing software (e.g. Word or WordPerfect) and submit that file as an attachment to your comment. Submitting comments in an attachment will allow you to submit much longer documents (up to 10 MB in size) and/or to include diagrams and other graphics in your comment, if desired. If you wish, you may enter text into the text box in the form and also submit an attachment—both will be included with your comment. To attach a document to your comment, click on the "Browse" button and select a file from your computer by double-clicking the file name or selecting the file name then clicking "Open" in the dialogue box. The process is very similar to the process you normally use to open a file on your computer. One attachment is allowed for each comment. The following file types are permitted: Microsoft Word (.doc), Microsoft Works (.wps), Corel WordPerfect (.wpd), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Rich Text Format (.rtf), Text Format (.txt), Microsoft Excel (.xls), and Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt). Hint: If you do not have Word, Works, WordPerfect, or Acrobat, your word processing software may be able to save in one of those formats, OR you may be able to save the file in RTF or TXT formats, as these formats are generic to many word processing software packages. Be sure to limit your attachment to no more than 10 MB in size. 4. Submit your comment(s) When you have entered your comment in the comment text box and/or attached a file to your comment form, you must finish the submittal process by clicking the "Submit Comment" button at the bottom of the form. When you do this, you should immediately get a "Comment Receipt" thanking you for your comment and giving you a tracking number and other information about your comment, as well as contact information for the Upper Great Plains Wind Energy PEIS Webmaster. It is strongly recommended that you print this page out, so that you have it for future reference should there be questions or issues regarding your comment. If you included an e-mail address in Section 2 (personal information) of the form, you will also get a similar receipt via e-mail. If you need to discuss your comment with the Upper Great Plains Wind Energy PEIS Webmaster, please have your receipt handy. The comment tracking number and other information on the receipt will be very useful for resolving any issues concerning your comment. Problems Submitting a CommentWhen you submit a comment via the Web, you are transferring information from your PC to our Web server and a database system that manages the comments received from the public. Normally the process is straightforward and reliable, but because this process involves many variables, you may encounter a variety of problems when submitting your comment. You may be unable to see the Comment Form, you may get errors when you try to submit the form, an error message may appear when uploading an attachment, an attachment may upload very slowly or stop uploading in the middle of transfer, or your attachment may be refused. Use the following troubleshooting guidelines to eliminate your problem. Types of Errors You May EncounterComment Form Not Visible Error Immediately after Clicking Submit Button Error after Form Is Submitted Errors with Specific Error MessagesMost types of errors generate specific error messages that help you determine the problem and possibly fix it. These error messages are described below. Error Messages: "Please provide first name," "Please provide last name," or "Form entries incomplete or invalid - please enter a comment." Error Message: "Only the following file formats are accepted: Microsoft Word (.doc), Microsoft Works (.wps), Corel Word Perfect (.wpd), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Rich Text Format (.rtf), plain text (.txt), Microsoft Excel (.xls),
and Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt)." Error Messages: "Sorry! We are unable to accept your comment at this time. There is currently a problem with the comment database..." or "A problem occurred while trying to submit your comment." Error Message: "Sorry! We are unable to accept your comment at this time. There was a problem submitting your comment that may be related to the attachment you tried to send with the comment."
These errors are reported to the Upper Great Plains Wind Energy PEIS Webmaster, so there will be a record of the problem you experienced. Error Message: "Sorry! The file attached to your comment exceeds the size limit of 10 Megabytes (10 MB)." These errors are reported to the Upper Great Plains Wind Energy PEIS Webmaster, so there will be a record of the problem you experienced. Other ErrorsAttachment Uploads Very Slowly or Stops Uploading in the Middle of Transfer
Other Errors Not Described Above Remember, there are several other ways to submit a comment. These commenting options are described on the Getting Involved page. |
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