[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 14, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-30678]
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[Federal Register: December 14, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ID-020-5101-XDBJ]
Southwest Intertie Project Final Environmental Impact Statement
Record of Decision and Approved Land Use Plan Amendment
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability, Southwest Intertie Project
Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision and Approved Land Use
Plan Amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 CFR 1601-1610) and the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (40 CFR 1500-1508), the BLM has
completed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Southwest Intertie
Project (SWIP) Environmental Impact Statement and land use plan
amendment. The Record of Decision identifies the location where the
SWIP transmission line, including substation sites, series compensation
station sites, and communication sites would be constructed. The
Midpoint, Idaho to Dry Lake Valley, Nevada segment of the SWIP would
follow the Agency Preferred Route as described in the SWIP Final
Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Plan Amendment. The Ely,
Nevada to Delta, Utah segment would follow the 230kV Route as described
in the same document. The ROD also identifies the various alternatives
that were assessed, outlines the management considerations that were
made in making the decision, summarizes the public involvement during
the environmental impact statement process, and identifies the various
mitigation measures that will be implemented to protect natural
resource values.
As the right-of-way decision routes the SWIP in some locations that
are outside of BLM designated or planning corridors, the Decision
amends affected land use plans to show the new or modified transmission
line corridors. No amendments are necessary in Idaho as the Proposed
Action is in conformance with the present land use plans. In Nevada and
Utah, the Record of Decision amends the appropriate land use plans.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karl A. Simonson, SWIP Project
Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Burley District, Route 3, Box 1,
Burley, Idaho 83318.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SWIP ROD permits the granting of a
public land right-of-way (R/W) to Idaho Power Company for the
construction, operation and maintenance of the Southwest Intertie 500kV
electrical transmission line project. The entire R/W on public land
includes a 200 foot wide by approximately 540 mile long linear R/W,
three substation sites, each approximately 80 acres in size, two series
compensation station sites, each approximately 20 acres in size, and 8
microwave communication sites, each approximately \1/4\ acre in size.
Jack W. Sept,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 94-30678 Filed 12-13-94; 8:45 am]
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