[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25152]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AK-020-5101-00-L012; FF091732]


Availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Golden 
Valley Electric Association Northern Intertie Project (EIS #97-47); 
Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management; Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Golden Valley Electric Association has applied to the Bureau 
of Land Management (BLM) for a Right-of-Way to construct, operate, and 
maintain a 230 kV transmission line from Healy, Alaska, to Fairbanks, 
Alaska. Pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, as 
amended, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and 
40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, the BLM prepared an EIS. The public comment 
period on the Final EIS ended on July 20, 1998. Notice is hereby given 
on the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for this project. 
Copies of the ROD are available by mail or in person at the BLM 
Northern Field Office, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska, 
99709, or by calling (907) 474-2339.

DATES: The ROD may be appealed to the Interior Board of Land Appeals, 
Office of the Secretary, in accordance with the regulations contained 
in 43 CFR Part 4. If an appeal is taken, the notice of appeal must be 
filed in this office (at the above address) on or before October 21, 
1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Foreman, Project Manager, at 1-
800-437-7021 or (907) 474-2339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is the decision of the Bureau of Land 
Management to issue a right-of-way grant to Golden Valley Electric 
Association pursuant to Title V of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761). The route alternative selected 
in this decision is the Rex/South Route as identified in the Final EIS 
dated June 1998.
Tom Allen,
State Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 98-25152 Filed 9-18-98; 8:45 am]
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