Dairyland Power Cooperative: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold Public Scoping Meetings, 71696-71697 [2016-25132]

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[FR Doc. 2016–25163 Filed 10–17–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Utilities Service Dairyland Power Cooperative: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold Public Scoping Meetings AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold Public Scoping Meetings. ACTION: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and hold public scoping meetings in connection with possible impacts related to the Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission Line Project proposed by Dairyland Power Cooperative (DPC). Other utilities participating in the Project are American Transmission Company LLC, by its corporate manager ATC Management Inc. and ITC Midwest LLC. The proposal consists of the construction of a 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line and associated infrastructure connecting the Hickory Creek Substation in Dubuque County, Iowa, with the Cardinal Substation in the Town of Middleton, Wisconsin (near Madison, Wisconsin). The Project also includes a new intermediate 345/138-kV substation near the Village of Montfort in either Grant County or Iowa County, Wisconsin. The total length of the 345kV transmission lines associated with the proposed project will be approximately 125 miles. DPC and the other project participants have identified proposed and alternate segments and locations for transmission lines and associated facilities and for the intermediate substation. Dairyland Power Cooperative is requesting RUS to provide financing for its portion of the proposed project. SUMMARY: RUS will conduct four public scoping meetings in an open-house format at the following locations: DATES: Date Location Time Venue October 31, 2016 ................. Peosta, Iowa ...................... 3:00–6:00 p.m ................... November 1, 2016 ............... Cassville, Wisconsin .......... 4:00–7:00 p.m ................... November 2, 2016 ............... Dodgeville, Wisconsin ....... 4:00–7:00 p.m ................... November 3, 2016 ............... Middleton, Wisconsin ........ 4:00–7:00 p.m ................... Peosta Community Center, 7896 Burds Road, Peosta, IA 53068. Cassville Middle School Cafeteria, 715 E. Amelia Street, Cassville, WI 53806. Dodgeville Middle School Cafeteria, 951 Chapel St., Dodgeville, WI 53533. Madison Marriott West, 1313 John Q Hammons Dr., Middleton, WI 53562. To send comments or for further information, contact Dennis Rankin, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2244, Stop 1571, Washington, DC 20250–1571 Email: dennis.rankin@ wdc.usda.gov Washington, DC 20250– 1571. Lhorne on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:19 Oct 17, 2016 Jkt 241001 An Alternative Evaluation Study (AES) and Macro Corridor Study (MCS), prepared by Dairyland Power Cooperative, will be presented at the public scoping meetings. The reports are available for public review at the RUS address provided in this notice and at Dairyland Power Cooperative, 3251 East Avenue, South, La Crosse, WI 54602. In addition, the reports will be available at RUS’ Web site, https://www.rd.usda.gov/ PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 publications/environmental-studies/ impact-statements and at local libraries in the project area. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Preliminary proposed transmission line corridors, the siting area for the intermediate substation, and the two existing end-point substations have been identified. The EIS will address the construction, operation, and E:\FR\FM\18OCN1.SGM 18OCN1 Lhorne on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 201 / Tuesday, October 18, 2016 / Notices management of the proposed project, which includes the following: A new 345-kV terminal within the existing Hickory Creek Substation in Dubuque County, Iowa; a new intermediate 345/ 138-kV substation near the Village of Montfort in either Grant or Iowa County, Wisconsin; a new 345-kV terminal within the existing Cardinal Substation in the Town of Middleton in Dane County, Wisconsin; a new 45- to 65-mile (depending on the final route) 345-kV transmission line between the Hickory Creek Substation and the intermediate substation; a new 45- to 60-mile (depending on the final route) 345-kV transmission line between the intermediate substation and the existing Cardinal Substation; a short, less than one-mile, 69-kV line in Iowa; facility reinforcement needed in Iowa and Wisconsin; construction and maintenance of access roads for all proposed transmission lines and rebuild of the Turkey River Substation in Dubuque County, Iowa with two 161/69 kV transformers, four 161-kV circuit breakers, and three 69-kV circuit breakers. Total length of the transmission lines for the proposed project will be approximately 125 miles. The project study area includes part or all of the following counties in Iowa: Clayton and Dubuque. In Wisconsin, the project area includes parts of the following counties: Dane, Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette. Among the alternatives RUS will address in the EIS is the No Action alternative, under which the project would not be undertaken. In the EIS, the effects of the proposed project will be compared to the existing conditions in the area affected. Alternative transmission line corridors and the intermediate substation location will be refined as part of the EIS scoping process and will be addressed in the Draft EIS. RUS will carefully study public health and safety, environmental impacts, and engineering aspects of the proposed project and all related facilities. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are participating in the environmental review process as cooperating agencies, with RUS as the lead Federal agency. RUS will use input provided by government agencies, private organizations, and the public in the preparation of the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS will be available for review and comment for 45 days. A Final EIS that considers all comments received will subsequently be prepared. The Final EIS will be available for review and comment for 30 days. Following the 30- VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:19 Oct 17, 2016 Jkt 241001 day comment period, RUS will prepare a Record of Decision (ROD). Notices announcing the availability of the Draft EIS, the Final EIS, and the ROD will be published in the Federal Register and in local newspapers. 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The individual members of the Rebar Trade Action Coalition are Bayou Steel Group, Byer Steel Group, Inc., Commercial Metals Company, Gerdau Ameristeel U.S. Inc., Nucor Corporation, and Steel Dynamics, Inc. 2 Id. 3 See Volume I of the Petitions, at 2 and Exhibits I–1. 4 See Letter from the Department to Petitioners entitled ‘‘Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Imports of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Japan, Taiwan, and the Republic of Turkey and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of Turkey: Supplemental Questions,’’ dated September 23, 2016 (General Issues Supplemental Questionnaire); see also Letter from the Department to Petitioners entitled ‘‘Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Imports of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Japan: Supplemental Questions,’’ dated September 23, 2016 (Japan Supplemental Questionnaire); see also Letter from the Department to Petitioners entitled Continued Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\18OCN1.SGM 18OCN1

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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


Dairyland Power Cooperative: Notice of Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement and Hold Public Scoping Meetings

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 
and Hold Public Scoping Meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) intends to prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and hold public scoping meetings 
in connection with possible impacts related to the Cardinal-Hickory 
Creek Transmission Line Project proposed by Dairyland Power Cooperative 
(DPC). Other utilities participating in the Project are American 
Transmission Company LLC, by its corporate manager ATC Management Inc. 
and ITC Midwest LLC.
    The proposal consists of the construction of a 345-kilovolt (kV) 
transmission line and associated infrastructure connecting the Hickory 
Creek Substation in Dubuque County, Iowa, with the Cardinal Substation 
in the Town of Middleton, Wisconsin (near Madison, Wisconsin). The 
Project also includes a new intermediate 345/138-kV substation near the 
Village of Montfort in either Grant County or Iowa County, Wisconsin. 
The total length of the 345-kV transmission lines associated with the 
proposed project will be approximately 125 miles. DPC and the other 
project participants have identified proposed and alternate segments 
and locations for transmission lines and associated facilities and for 
the intermediate substation. Dairyland Power Cooperative is requesting 
RUS to provide financing for its portion of the proposed project.

DATES: RUS will conduct four public scoping meetings in an open-house 
format at the following locations:

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                Date                        Location                  Time                      Venue
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October 31, 2016...................  Peosta, Iowa..........  3:00-6:00 p.m.........  Peosta Community Center,
                                                                                      7896 Burds Road, Peosta,
                                                                                      IA 53068.
November 1, 2016...................  Cassville, Wisconsin..  4:00-7:00 p.m.........  Cassville Middle School
                                                                                      Cafeteria, 715 E. Amelia
                                                                                      Street, Cassville, WI
                                                                                      53806.
November 2, 2016...................  Dodgeville, Wisconsin.  4:00-7:00 p.m.........  Dodgeville Middle School
                                                                                      Cafeteria, 951 Chapel St.,
                                                                                      Dodgeville, WI 53533.
November 3, 2016...................  Middleton, Wisconsin..  4:00-7:00 p.m.........  Madison Marriott West, 1313
                                                                                      John Q Hammons Dr.,
                                                                                      Middleton, WI 53562.
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ADDRESSES: To send comments or for further information, contact Dennis 
Rankin, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 
Room 2244, Stop 1571, Washington, DC 20250-1571 Email: 
dennis.rankin@wdc.usda.gov Washington, DC 20250-1571.
    An Alternative Evaluation Study (AES) and Macro Corridor Study 
(MCS), prepared by Dairyland Power Cooperative, will be presented at 
the public scoping meetings. The reports are available for public 
review at the RUS address provided in this notice and at Dairyland 
Power Cooperative, 3251 East Avenue, South, La Crosse, WI 54602. In 
addition, the reports will be available at RUS' Web site, https://www.rd.usda.gov/publications/environmental-studies/impact-statements 
and at local libraries in the project area.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Preliminary proposed transmission line 
corridors, the siting area for the intermediate substation, and the two 
existing end-point substations have been identified. The EIS will 
address the construction, operation, and

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management of the proposed project, which includes the following: A new 
345-kV terminal within the existing Hickory Creek Substation in Dubuque 
County, Iowa; a new intermediate 345/138-kV substation near the Village 
of Montfort in either Grant or Iowa County, Wisconsin; a new 345-kV 
terminal within the existing Cardinal Substation in the Town of 
Middleton in Dane County, Wisconsin; a new 45- to 65-mile (depending on 
the final route) 345-kV transmission line between the Hickory Creek 
Substation and the intermediate substation; a new 45- to 60-mile 
(depending on the final route) 345-kV transmission line between the 
intermediate substation and the existing Cardinal Substation; a short, 
less than one-mile, 69-kV line in Iowa; facility reinforcement needed 
in Iowa and Wisconsin; construction and maintenance of access roads for 
all proposed transmission lines and rebuild of the Turkey River 
Substation in Dubuque County, Iowa with two 161/69 kV transformers, 
four 161-kV circuit breakers, and three 69-kV circuit breakers.
    Total length of the transmission lines for the proposed project 
will be approximately 125 miles. The project study area includes part 
or all of the following counties in Iowa: Clayton and Dubuque. In 
Wisconsin, the project area includes parts of the following counties: 
Dane, Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette.
    Among the alternatives RUS will address in the EIS is the No Action 
alternative, under which the project would not be undertaken. In the 
EIS, the effects of the proposed project will be compared to the 
existing conditions in the area affected. Alternative transmission line 
corridors and the intermediate substation location will be refined as 
part of the EIS scoping process and will be addressed in the Draft EIS. 
RUS will carefully study public health and safety, environmental 
impacts, and engineering aspects of the proposed project and all 
related facilities.
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service (USFWS) are participating in the environmental review 
process as cooperating agencies, with RUS as the lead Federal agency.
    RUS will use input provided by government agencies, private 
organizations, and the public in the preparation of the Draft EIS. The 
Draft EIS will be available for review and comment for 45 days. A Final 
EIS that considers all comments received will subsequently be prepared. 
The Final EIS will be available for review and comment for 30 days. 
Following the 30- day comment period, RUS will prepare a Record of 
Decision (ROD). Notices announcing the availability of the Draft EIS, 
the Final EIS, and the ROD will be published in the Federal Register 
and in local newspapers.
    Any final action by RUS related to the proposed project will be 
subject to, and contingent upon, compliance with all relevant federal, 
state, and local environmental laws and regulations and completion of 
the environmental review requirements as prescribed in the RUS 
Environmental Policies and Procedures (7 CFR part 1970).

    Dated: October 12, 2016.
Kellie Kubena,
Director, Engineering and Environmental Staff, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-25132 Filed 10-17-16; 8:45 am]
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