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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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