[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 61306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21958]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


BPA File No.: Hot Springs to Anaconda Transmission Line Rebuild 
(DOE/EIS 0502) Bonneville Power Administration Hot Springs to Anaconda 
Transmission Line Rebuild Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
Termination

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy 
(DOE).

ACTION: Notice of intent to terminate preparation of an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS).

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that BPA is terminating the 
preparation of the Hot Springs to Anaconda Transmission Line Rebuild 
Project EIS (DOE/EIS-0502) that was announced in the Notice of Intent 
in the Federal Register on July 11, 2014. This EIS was considering 
BPA's decision whether to rebuild the Hot Springs to Rattlesnake, 
Rattlesnake to Garrison, and Garrison to Anaconda (collectively Hot 
Springs to Anaconda) 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines. BPA sold the 
Garrison to Anaconda line and the rebuild design of the remaining two 
lines has changed since the 2014 Notice of Intent (NOI). In the future, 
BPA will consider rebuild of the remaining two transmission lines upon 
redesign.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Corkran, Environmental Protection 
Specialist, Bonneville Power Administration--ECT-4, P.O. Box 3621, 
Portland, Oregon 97208-3621; toll-free telephone 1-800-282-3713; direct 
telephone 503-230-7646; or email [email protected] or Cynthia Rounds, 
Project Manager, Bonneville Power Administration--TPP-1, P.O. Box 
61409, Vancouver, WA 98666-1409; toll-free telephone number 1-800-282-
3713; email [email protected]. Additional information can be found at 
the project website: https://www.bpa.gov/learn-and-participate/public-involvement-decisions/project-reviews/hot-springs-to-anaconda-transmission-line-rebuild-project-doe-eis-0502.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An NOI was published in the Federal Register 
on July 11, 2014, (79 FR 40094) to begin preparing an EIS for the Hot 
Springs to Anaconda Transmission Line Rebuild Project. BPA solicited 
public comments under the Council on Environmental Quality's NEPA 
Implementing Regulations (40 CFR 1501.9). Because of changes to the 
project design and the sale of one of the three lines included in the 
original project, the EIS is being terminated in accordance with 40 CFR 
1506.6 and 40 CFR 1506.10.
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on September 26, 2022, by John Hairston, Administrator and Chief 
Executive Officer of the Bonneville Power Administration, pursuant to 
delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with 
the original signature and date is maintained by the Department of 
Energy. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with 
requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned 
Department of Energy Federal Register Liaison Officer has been 
authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for 
publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This 
administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this 
document upon publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-21958 Filed 10-7-22; 8:45 am]
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