Management Land of Bureau

20678 Box PO

82003 WY Cheyenne,

In this issue:

Information about the

release of the Draft EIS, the

agency preferred alternative,

and opportunities for public

input, including public

meetings/hearings.

TransWest Express Project Newsletter 4

Draft EIS Public

Meeting/Hearing Locations
2 

Other federal agency management plans also could

be amended depending upon the specifics of the route 

that is selected in the Record of Decision (ROD). Plan

amendments will not be finalized until the final route has 

been selected.

NEPA Timeline and Opportunities for 

Public Input

The NEPA process chart to the right shows opportunities

to provide comments and to participate in the NEPA

process. The publication of the Notice of Availability in

the Federal Register marks the beginning of a 90-day

comment period, which ends September 30, 2013.

About the Proposed Project

The TransWest Express Transmission Project would

provide transmission infrastructure and capacity

to deliver approximately 3,000 megawatts (MW)

of electric power from renewable and other energy

resources in south-central Wyoming to a substation

hub in southern Nevada. The proposed Project

would consist of an approximately 725-mile-long,

600-kilovolt (kV), DC transmission line, a northern

terminal located near Sinclair, Wyoming, and a

southern terminal approximately 25 miles south

of Las Vegas, Nevada. A ground electrode system

(required for transmission line emergency shutdown)

would be installed within 100 miles of each terminal.

The BLM and Western are joint-lead agencies

preparing the EIS. The proposed transmission line

(and alternatives) would cross Wyoming, Colorado,

Utah, and Nevada, and encompass lands owned or

administered by the BLM, USFS, National Park

Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Utah Reclamation

Mitigation and Conservation Commission,

various state agencies, Native American tribes,

municipalities, and private parties. The BLM and

Western have included the government entities as

cooperating agencies in this EIS process.

How to provide comments on the 

Draft EIS:

Mail comment form or letters to TransWest Express

Project, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box

20678, Cheyenne, WY 82003; or

Email to: TransWest_WYMail@blm.gov; or

Through comment forms or letters, or oral testimony

provided at a public meeting/hearing (see schedule

on page 3).

Public comments, including names and addresses of

respondents will be available for review and will be subject

to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. All

comment submissions must include the commenter’s name

and street address. Before including your address, phone

number, e-mail address, or any other personal identifying

information in

your comment, be

advised that your

entire comment,

including your

personal identifying

information, may be

publicly available

at any time. While

you may ask us

in your comment

to withhold from

public review your

personal identifying

information, we

cannot guarantee that

we will be able to do

so. All submissions

from organizations,

businesses, and

individuals identifying

themselves as

representatives

or officials of 

organizations or

businesses, will be

available for public

inspection in their

entirety.

All public comments are due by 

September 30, 2013.

•

•

•

Issue ROW Grant

Publish Notice of Intent

Environmental Impact

Statement Process

(NEPA Process)

Prepare Draft EIS

12-24 Months

Prepare Final EIS

12-18 Months

30-Day Availability Period

Record of Decision

Publish Final EIS

Public

Involvement

Opportunities

 We are

 here

90-Day Scoping Period

Publish Draft EIS

90-Day Public Review

of Draft EIS

30-Day Public Protest/Appeal
2 

Other federal agency management plans also could

be amended depending upon the specifics of the route 

that is selected in the Record of Decision (ROD). Plan

amendments will not be finalized until the final route has 

been selected.

NEPA Timeline and Opportunities for 

Public Input

The NEPA process chart to the right shows opportunities

to provide comments and to participate in the NEPA

process. The publication of the Notice of Availability in

the Federal Register marks the beginning of a 90-day

comment period, which ends September 30, 2013.

About the Proposed Project

The TransWest Express Transmission Project would

provide transmission infrastructure and capacity

to deliver approximately 3,000 megawatts (MW)

of electric power from renewable and other energy

resources in south-central Wyoming to a substation

hub in southern Nevada. The proposed Project

would consist of an approximately 725-mile-long,

600-kilovolt (kV), DC transmission line, a northern

terminal located near Sinclair, Wyoming, and a

southern terminal approximately 25 miles south

of Las Vegas, Nevada. A ground electrode system

(required for transmission line emergency shutdown)

would be installed within 100 miles of each terminal.

The BLM and Western are joint-lead agencies

preparing the EIS. The proposed transmission line

(and alternatives) would cross Wyoming, Colorado,

Utah, and Nevada, and encompass lands owned or

administered by the BLM, USFS, National Park

Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Utah Reclamation

Mitigation and Conservation Commission,

various state agencies, Native American tribes,

municipalities, and private parties. The BLM and

Western have included the government entities as

cooperating agencies in this EIS process.

How to provide comments on the 

Draft EIS:

Mail comment form or letters to TransWest Express

Project, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box

20678, Cheyenne, WY 82003; or

Email to: TransWest_WYMail@blm.gov; or

Through comment forms or letters, or oral testimony

provided at a public meeting/hearing (see schedule

on page 3).

Public comments, including names and addresses of

respondents will be available for review and will be subject

to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. All

comment submissions must include the commenter’s name

and street address. Before including your address, phone

number, e-mail address, or any other personal identifying

information in

your comment, be

advised that your

entire comment,

including your

personal identifying

information, may be

publicly available

at any time. While

you may ask us

in your comment

to withhold from

public review your

personal identifying

information, we

cannot guarantee that

we will be able to do

so. All submissions

from organizations,

businesses, and

individuals identifying

themselves as

representatives

or officials of 

organizations or

businesses, will be

available for public

inspection in their

entirety.

All public comments are due by 

September 30, 2013.

•

•

•

Issue ROW Grant

Publish Notice of Intent

Environmental Impact

Statement Process

(NEPA Process)

Prepare Draft EIS

12-24 Months

Prepare Final EIS

12-18 Months

30-Day Availability Period

Record of Decision

Publish Final EIS

Public

Involvement

Opportunities

 We are

 here

90-Day Scoping Period

Publish Draft EIS

90-Day Public Review

of Draft EIS

30-Day Public Protest/Appeal
	 

Management Land of Bureau

20678 Box PO

82003 WY Cheyenne,

In this issue:

Information about the

release of the Draft EIS, the

agency preferred alternative,

and opportunities for public

input, including public

meetings/hearings.

TransWest Express Project Newsletter 4

Draft EIS Public

Meeting/Hearing Locations