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Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on October 23, 2009.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Bonneville Power Administration
I–5 Corridor Reinforcement Project
[Docket No. EL05–146–010]
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AGENCY: Bonneville Power
Administration (BPA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) and notice of floodplain and
wetlands involvement.
SUMMARY: BPA intends to prepare an EIS
in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on
the construction, operation, and
maintenance of a proposed 500-kilovolt
(kV) transmission line and associated
substations. The project would be
located in Cowlitz and Clark counties,
Washington, and Multnomah County,
Oregon. The new BPA transmission line
would extend generally southeast from
a new substation proposed near Castle
Rock in Cowlitz County, Washington
(referred to as Castle Rock Substation),
to a new substation proposed near
BPA’s existing Troutdale Substation
near the city of Troutdale in Multnomah
County, Oregon. Multiple preliminary
transmission line route segments have
been identified that, when combined,
result in various transmission line
routing alternatives approximately 70
miles long. The proposed transmission
line and substations are needed to help
ease transmission system congestion in
the southwest Washington and
northwest Oregon area, allowing BPA to
fulfill existing and new transmission
service requests for existing and new
generation; improve system reliability;
and meet continued electric load
growth.
With this NOI, BPA is initiating the
public scoping process for the EIS. BPA
is requesting comments about potential
environmental impacts that it should
consider as it prepares the EIS for the
proposed project, as well as comments
on preliminary transmission line route
segments and the proposed substations
that have been identified.
In accordance with DOE regulations
for compliance with floodplain and
wetlands environmental review
requirements, BPA will prepare a
floodplain and wetlands assessment to
avoid or minimize potential harm to or
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within any affected floodplains and
wetlands. The assessment will be
included in the EIS.
DATES: Oral and written scoping
comments are due to BPA no later than
November 23, 2009. Comments may also
be made at the EIS scoping meetings to
be held between October 27 and
November 7, 2009 at the addresses
below.
ADDRESSES: Send letters with comments
on the proposed scope of the EIS to
I–5 Corridor Reinforcement Project, P.O.
Box 9250, Portland, OR, 97207, or by fax
to (888) 315–4503. You may also call
BPA’s comment and information line at
(800) 230–6593 and leave a comment, or
submit comments online at
https://www.bpa.gov/go/i5. BPA will
post all comments on BPA’s Web site at
https://www.bpa.gov/i5. Submit requests
to be placed on the project mailing list,
for information, and questions to the
same address and numbers above.
On Tuesday, October 27, 2009, an
open-house style scoping meeting will
be held from 4 p.m. to
7 p.m. at Amboy Middle School, 22115
NE Chelatchie Road, Amboy,
Washington 98601. On Wednesday,
October 28, 2009, a scoping meeting
will be held from 4 p.m. to
7 p.m. at Clark College, Gaiser Student
Hall, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way,
Vancouver, Washington 98663. On
Thursday, October 29, 2009, a scoping
meeting will be held from 4 p.m. to
7 p.m. at Mark Morris High School,
1602 Mark Morris Court, Longview,
Washington 98632. On Tuesday,
November 3, 2009, a scoping meeting
will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at
Liberty Middle School, 1612 NE
Garfield Street, Camas, Washington
98607. On Thursday, November 5, 2009,
a scoping meeting will be held from
4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Gresham Holiday
Inn, 2752 NE Hogan Drive, Gresham,
Oregon 97030. On Saturday, November
7, 2009, a scoping meeting will be held
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Hazel Dell
Grange, 7509 NE Hazel Dell Avenue,
Vancouver, Washington 98665. The
Hazel Dell Grange is not wheelchair
accessible.
At these informal meetings we will
provide maps and other information
about the project and have members of
the project team available to answer
questions and accept oral and written
comments. You may stop by any time
during these open houses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Wittpenn, Environmental Project
Lead, Bonneville Power Administration
KEC–4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon
97208–3621; toll-free telephone 1–800–
282–3713; direct telephone 503–230–
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You may also contact Mark Korsness,
Project Manager, Bonneville Power
Administration TNP–3, PO Box 3621,
Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621; toll-free
telephone 1–800–282–3713; direct
telephone 360–619–6326; or e-mail
makorsness@bpa.gov. Additional
information can be found at BPA’s Web
site: https://www.bpa.gov/go/i5.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Southwest
Washington and northwest Oregon,
including Vancouver, Longview,
Portland, and surrounding suburban
cities and towns, have a high
concentration of industrial, commercial
and residential electric load. The power
plants that serve this area include
hydroelectric dams; gas, coal and
nuclear plants; and more recently, wind
farms. These power facilities use the
electrical transmission system to get the
power they produce to the people and
industries that use it.
The transmission system in this area
has become increasingly congested and
is approaching its capacity as power
production, particularly from wind, and
electrical use have increased. In
addition, BPA continues to receive
requests for more transmission service.
BPA’s annual Network Open Season
process allows utilities, power
generators, and other power marketers
to make long-term transmission service
requests on BPA’s transmission system.
Existing and new requests received
through BPA’s 2008 Network Open
Season process further increases the
likelihood that the transmission system
will exceed its capacity. BPA must
respond to these requests for
transmission service under its Open
Access Transmission Tariff. This tariff,
which is generally consistent with the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s pro forma open access
tariff, has procedures that provide
access to BPA’s transmission system for
all eligible customers, consistent with
all BPA requirements (including the
availability or development of sufficient
transmission capacity) and subject to an
environmental review under NEPA. If
an additional line is not built, continued
congestion will jeopardize transmission
system reliability and, possibly, lead to
power interruptions or blackouts in the
area.
The proposed I–5 Corridor
Reinforcement Project would help
respond to these existing and new
requests for transmission service, help
accommodate load growth, and address
reliability concerns. BPA, therefore, will
prepare an EIS under NEPA to assist the
agency as it decides whether to build
the proposed project, and if a decision
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is made to build a line, which
transmission line alternative should be
constructed.
BPA will be the lead agency for
preparation of the EIS. In furtherance of
existing cooperative agreements
between BPA and the States of
Washington and Oregon, the
Washington Energy Facility Site
Evaluation Council (Washington EFSEC)
and the Oregon Energy Facility Siting
Council (Oregon EFSC) will be
cooperating agencies in the NEPA
process. Among other things, these state
agencies will assist BPA in evaluating
transmission line alternatives,
identifying State interests that should be
addressed in the EIS, and participating
in preparation of the EIS. Additional
cooperating agencies for the EIS may be
identified as the proposed project
proceeds through the NEPA process.
Preliminary Route Segments for
Developing Alternatives. BPA’s
proposed 500–kV transmission line
would extend from a new substation
near Castle Rock, Washington, to a new
substation near Troutdale, Oregon. BPA
has identified many preliminary
transmission line route segments that
can be combined in various ways to
form different potential routes for the
proposed transmission line. All
potential transmission line routes
generally extend southeast from Castle
Rock through Cowlitz County,
Washington, and then generally south
through Clark County, Washington, to a
proposed crossing of the Columbia River
near the city of Camas, Washington. Just
south of this river crossing, all potential
line routes would end at the proposed
new substation directly north of the city
of Troutdale in Oregon.
The route segments vary in length and
are composed of either existing or new
rights-of-way, or parallel existing rightsof-way. Route segments cross privately
and publicly owned urban and rural
lands. Depending on the combination of
these route segments, potential routes
for the proposed transmission line vary
in length but are approximately 70 miles
long.
While many preliminary route
segments have already been identified,
other route segments may be identified
and existing route segments may be
modified or eliminated as a result of the
scoping process. BPA will use
comments received during the scoping
period, continuing discussions with
various interested parties, and further
transmission line design work to
develop route segments into
transmission line alternatives to be
studied in the draft EIS. BPA will also
consider the No Action Alternative, that
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is, not building the transmission line
and substations, in the draft EIS.
Public Participation and Identification
of Environmental Issues. The potential
environmental issues identified for most
transmission line projects involve land
use, recreation, transportation and
aviation, socioeconomics, cultural
resources, visual resources, public
health and safety, noise, electric and
magnetic field effects, sensitive plants
and animals and their habitats, soil
erosion, wetlands, floodplains, and fish
and water resources. BPA will conduct
a 45-day scoping period during which
tribes; affected landowners; concerned
citizens; special interest groups; local,
State, and Federal governments; and any
other interested parties are invited to
comment on the scope of the EIS,
including the route segments under
consideration and the environmental
impacts to be evaluated. Scoping will
help BPA add, modify, or eliminate
route segments and ultimately help BPA
develop transmission line alternatives to
be studied in the EIS. Scoping will also
ensure that a full range of issues related
to this proposal is addressed in the EIS,
and also will identify significant or
potentially significant impacts that may
result from the proposed project. When
completed, the draft EIS will be
circulated for review and comment, and
BPA will hold public meetings to
answer questions and receive
comments. BPA will consider and
respond to comments received on the
draft EIS in the final EIS. The final EIS
is expected to be published in spring
2012. BPA’s decision will be
documented in a Record of Decision
that will follow the final EIS.
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2009.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
I-5 Corridor Reinforcement Project
AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) and notice of floodplain and wetlands involvement.
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SUMMARY: BPA intends to prepare an EIS in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on the construction, operation, and
maintenance of a proposed 500-kilovolt (kV) transmission line and
associated substations. The project would be located in Cowlitz and
Clark counties, Washington, and Multnomah County, Oregon. The new BPA
transmission line would extend generally southeast from a new
substation proposed near Castle Rock in Cowlitz County, Washington
(referred to as Castle Rock Substation), to a new substation proposed
near BPA's existing Troutdale Substation near the city of Troutdale in
Multnomah County, Oregon. Multiple preliminary transmission line route
segments have been identified that, when combined, result in various
transmission line routing alternatives approximately 70 miles long. The
proposed transmission line and substations are needed to help ease
transmission system congestion in the southwest Washington and
northwest Oregon area, allowing BPA to fulfill existing and new
transmission service requests for existing and new generation; improve
system reliability; and meet continued electric load growth.
With this NOI, BPA is initiating the public scoping process for the
EIS. BPA is requesting comments about potential environmental impacts
that it should consider as it prepares the EIS for the proposed
project, as well as comments on preliminary transmission line route
segments and the proposed substations that have been identified.
In accordance with DOE regulations for compliance with floodplain
and wetlands environmental review requirements, BPA will prepare a
floodplain and wetlands assessment to avoid or minimize potential harm
to or within any affected floodplains and wetlands. The assessment will
be included in the EIS.
DATES: Oral and written scoping comments are due to BPA no later than
November 23, 2009. Comments may also be made at the EIS scoping
meetings to be held between October 27 and November 7, 2009 at the
addresses below.
ADDRESSES: Send letters with comments on the proposed scope of the EIS
to I-5 Corridor Reinforcement Project, P.O. Box 9250, Portland, OR,
97207, or by fax to (888) 315-4503. You may also call BPA's comment and
information line at (800) 230-6593 and leave a comment, or submit
comments online at https://www.bpa.gov/go/i5. BPA will post all comments
on BPA's Web site at https://www.bpa.gov/i5. Submit requests to be
placed on the project mailing list, for information, and questions to
the same address and numbers above.
On Tuesday, October 27, 2009, an open-house style scoping meeting
will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Amboy Middle School, 22115 NE
Chelatchie Road, Amboy, Washington 98601. On Wednesday, October 28,
2009, a scoping meeting will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Clark
College, Gaiser Student Hall, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver,
Washington 98663. On Thursday, October 29, 2009, a scoping meeting will
be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Mark Morris High School, 1602 Mark
Morris Court, Longview, Washington 98632. On Tuesday, November 3, 2009,
a scoping meeting will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Liberty Middle
School, 1612 NE Garfield Street, Camas, Washington 98607. On Thursday,
November 5, 2009, a scoping meeting will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
at Gresham Holiday Inn, 2752 NE Hogan Drive, Gresham, Oregon 97030. On
Saturday, November 7, 2009, a scoping meeting will be held from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m. at Hazel Dell Grange, 7509 NE Hazel Dell Avenue, Vancouver,
Washington 98665. The Hazel Dell Grange is not wheelchair accessible.
At these informal meetings we will provide maps and other
information about the project and have members of the project team
available to answer questions and accept oral and written comments. You
may stop by any time during these open houses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Wittpenn, Environmental Project
Lead, Bonneville Power Administration KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland,
Oregon 97208-3621; toll-free telephone 1-800-282-3713; direct telephone
503-230-
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3297; or e-mail nawittpenn@bpa.gov. You may also contact Mark Korsness,
Project Manager, Bonneville Power Administration TNP-3, PO Box 3621,
Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621; toll-free telephone 1-800-282-3713;
direct telephone 360-619-6326; or e-mail makorsness@bpa.gov. Additional
information can be found at BPA's Web site: https://www.bpa.gov/go/i5.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Southwest Washington and northwest Oregon,
including Vancouver, Longview, Portland, and surrounding suburban
cities and towns, have a high concentration of industrial, commercial
and residential electric load. The power plants that serve this area
include hydroelectric dams; gas, coal and nuclear plants; and more
recently, wind farms. These power facilities use the electrical
transmission system to get the power they produce to the people and
industries that use it.
The transmission system in this area has become increasingly
congested and is approaching its capacity as power production,
particularly from wind, and electrical use have increased. In addition,
BPA continues to receive requests for more transmission service. BPA's
annual Network Open Season process allows utilities, power generators,
and other power marketers to make long-term transmission service
requests on BPA's transmission system. Existing and new requests
received through BPA's 2008 Network Open Season process further
increases the likelihood that the transmission system will exceed its
capacity. BPA must respond to these requests for transmission service
under its Open Access Transmission Tariff. This tariff, which is
generally consistent with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's
pro forma open access tariff, has procedures that provide access to
BPA's transmission system for all eligible customers, consistent with
all BPA requirements (including the availability or development of
sufficient transmission capacity) and subject to an environmental
review under NEPA. If an additional line is not built, continued
congestion will jeopardize transmission system reliability and,
possibly, lead to power interruptions or blackouts in the area.
The proposed I-5 Corridor Reinforcement Project would help respond
to these existing and new requests for transmission service, help
accommodate load growth, and address reliability concerns. BPA,
therefore, will prepare an EIS under NEPA to assist the agency as it
decides whether to build the proposed project, and if a decision is
made to build a line, which transmission line alternative should be
constructed.
BPA will be the lead agency for preparation of the EIS. In
furtherance of existing cooperative agreements between BPA and the
States of Washington and Oregon, the Washington Energy Facility Site
Evaluation Council (Washington EFSEC) and the Oregon Energy Facility
Siting Council (Oregon EFSC) will be cooperating agencies in the NEPA
process. Among other things, these state agencies will assist BPA in
evaluating transmission line alternatives, identifying State interests
that should be addressed in the EIS, and participating in preparation
of the EIS. Additional cooperating agencies for the EIS may be
identified as the proposed project proceeds through the NEPA process.
Preliminary Route Segments for Developing Alternatives. BPA's
proposed 500-kV transmission line would extend from a new substation
near Castle Rock, Washington, to a new substation near Troutdale,
Oregon. BPA has identified many preliminary transmission line route
segments that can be combined in various ways to form different
potential routes for the proposed transmission line. All potential
transmission line routes generally extend southeast from Castle Rock
through Cowlitz County, Washington, and then generally south through
Clark County, Washington, to a proposed crossing of the Columbia River
near the city of Camas, Washington. Just south of this river crossing,
all potential line routes would end at the proposed new substation
directly north of the city of Troutdale in Oregon.
The route segments vary in length and are composed of either
existing or new rights-of-way, or parallel existing rights-of-way.
Route segments cross privately and publicly owned urban and rural
lands. Depending on the combination of these route segments, potential
routes for the proposed transmission line vary in length but are
approximately 70 miles long.
While many preliminary route segments have already been identified,
other route segments may be identified and existing route segments may
be modified or eliminated as a result of the scoping process. BPA will
use comments received during the scoping period, continuing discussions
with various interested parties, and further transmission line design
work to develop route segments into transmission line alternatives to
be studied in the draft EIS. BPA will also consider the No Action
Alternative, that is, not building the transmission line and
substations, in the draft EIS.
Public Participation and Identification of Environmental Issues.
The potential environmental issues identified for most transmission
line projects involve land use, recreation, transportation and
aviation, socioeconomics, cultural resources, visual resources, public
health and safety, noise, electric and magnetic field effects,
sensitive plants and animals and their habitats, soil erosion,
wetlands, floodplains, and fish and water resources. BPA will conduct a
45-day scoping period during which tribes; affected landowners;
concerned citizens; special interest groups; local, State, and Federal
governments; and any other interested parties are invited to comment on
the scope of the EIS, including the route segments under consideration
and the environmental impacts to be evaluated. Scoping will help BPA
add, modify, or eliminate route segments and ultimately help BPA
develop transmission line alternatives to be studied in the EIS.
Scoping will also ensure that a full range of issues related to this
proposal is addressed in the EIS, and also will identify significant or
potentially significant impacts that may result from the proposed
project. When completed, the draft EIS will be circulated for review
and comment, and BPA will hold public meetings to answer questions and
receive comments. BPA will consider and respond to comments received on
the draft EIS in the final EIS. The final EIS is expected to be
published in spring 2012. BPA's decision will be documented in a Record
of Decision that will follow the final EIS.
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on October 2, 2009.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-24469 Filed 10-9-09; 8:45 am]
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