Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 24.11.1995

Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement

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 o