95-28676. Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58090-58091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28676]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-020-5101-10-B039; CACA-31406, NVN-57250]


Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior, Susanville District 
Office, California.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the California Public 
Utilities Commission (CPUC) have prepared a final Environmental Impact 
Report/Statement (EIR/S) for the Alturas 345 kilovolt (KV) transmission 
line project proposed by Sierra Pacific Power Company (SPPCo) in BLM 
application number CACA-31406. The final EIR/S has been prepared to 
satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and 
the California Environmental Quality Act.
    The BLM and CPUC believe that approval of the proposed project, 
with appropriate mitigation measures, has the potential to 
significantly impact the environment. The final EIR/S includes an 
evaluation of the proposed project. The final EIR/S assesses the 
environmental impacts of the approval, construction, operation and 
maintenance of a 345KV overhead electric power transmission line 
approximately 165 miles long, from the vicinity of Alturas, California 
through Modoc, Lassen, and Sierra Counties, California, through Washoe 
County, Nevada to the vicinity of Reno, Nevada. The proposed project 
would affect Federal, State and private lands. The proposed project 
also includes the construction of two new electrical substations, one 
northwest of Alturas and one in Sierra County, California, just west of 
Border Town, Nevada, and the expansion of SPPCo's existing North Valley 
Road Substation.
    The final EIR/S responds to public and agency comments received on 
the draft EIR/S. The final EIR/S has been placed in the public files of 
the CPUC and the BLM, and is available for public inspection at:

California Public Utilities Commission, Central Files, 505 Van Ness 
Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102, [phone]
Bureau of Land Management, Susanville District Office, 705 Hall Street, 
Susanville, CA 96130, [phone]

    Copies of the final EIR/S are also available for inspection at BLM 
offices in Alturas and Susanville, California, in Carson City, Nevada, 
and Washington, D.C.; at the Modoc National Forest in Alturas and the 
Toiyabe National Forest in Sparks, NV; at public libraries in Alturas, 
Susanville and Reno, and at the City Hall in Loyalton. Copies have also 
been sent to interested Federal, State and local agencies, as well as 
interested groups and individuals. An Executive Summary of the key 
issues and impacts addressed in the EIR/S will be available upon 
request.

DATES and addresses: Request for the Executive Summary should be 
addressed to: Peter Humm, Project Manager; Bureau of Land Management; 
705 Hall Street, Susanville, California 96130.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
This Federal Notice of Availability of a Final EIR/S is issued by the 
Eagle Lake Area Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 705 Hall Street, 
Susanville, California 96130. For further information write to the Area 
Manager or call Peter Humm, BLM Project Manager, at [phone].

    Dated: November 13, 1995.
Linda D. Hansen,
Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-28676 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]
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