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Vol. 77, No. 69 

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Boundary Establishment for the 

Allegheny National Wild and Scenic 

River, Allegheny National Forest, 

Warren, Forest, and Venango 

Counties, PA 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

3(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 

the USDA Forest Service, Washington 

Office, is transmitting the final 

boundary of the Allegheny National 

Wild and Scenic River to Congress. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information may be obtained by 

contacting Operations Staff Officer Jim 

Seyler, Allegheny National Forest, 4 

Farm Colony Drive, Warren, PA or 

phone (814) 728–6239. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Allegheny Wild and Scenic River 

boundary is available for review at the 

following offices: USDA Forest Service, 

Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20024; Allegheny 

National Forest, 4 Farm Colony Drive, 

Warren, PA 16365. A detailed legal 

description is available upon request. 

The Allegheny Wild and Scenic 

Rivers Act (Pub. L. 102–271) of April 20, 

1992, designated the Allegheny River, 

Pennsylvania, as a Wild and Scenic 

River, to be administered by the 

Secretary of Agriculture. As specified by 

law, the boundary will not be effective 

until ninety days after Congress receives 

the transmittal. 

Dated: April 3, 2012. 

Erin Connelly, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8451 Filed 4–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit 

and Tahoe National Forest, CA; 

Calpeco 625 and 650 Electrical Line 

Upgrade Project EIS/EIS/EIR 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

joint environmental impact statement/ 

report. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the USDA Forest Service (USFS), Lake 

Tahoe Basin Management Unit 

(LTBMU), together with the Tahoe 

Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), and 

the California Public Utilities 

Commission (CPUC) will prepare a joint 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), 

EIS, and Environmental Impact Report 

(EIR) (EIS/EIS/EIR; the nature of this 

type of document is described further 

below) to disclose the impacts 

associated with the following proposed 

action: California Pacific Electric 

Company (Calpeco) is proposing to 

upgrade their existing 625 and 650 60 

kV transmission lines to 120 kV in order 

to maintain a safe and reliable electrical 

transmission system for the north Lake 

Tahoe area, while accommodating 

currently-expected normal growth in the 

area. The 650 line upgrade would 

involve rebuilding an approximately 10- 

mile section of transmission line from 

Truckee substation to the Kings Beach 

Diesel Generation Station. The majority 

of this line would be replaced within its 

current alignment. The 625 line upgrade 

would include approximately 15 miles 

of line from the Kings Beach Switching 

Station to the Tahoe City Substation. A 

significant portion of the existing 625 

Line would be realigned to a location 

that parallels Mount Watson Road (also 

called Fiberboard Highway), an existing 

National Forest System road. The USFS 

LTBMU is the lead federal agency for 

the preparation of this EIS in 

compliance with National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

all other applicable laws, executive 

orders, regulations, and direction; the 

TRPA is the lead agency for preparation 

of an EIS in compliance with TRPA’s 

Compact and Code of Ordinances and 

all other applicable laws and 

regulations; and the CPUC is the lead 

State of California agency for 

preparation of an EIR in compliance 

with the California Environmental 

Quality Act (CEQA) and all other 

applicable laws and regulations (hence 

the document’s designation as an EIS/ 

EIS/EIR). All three agencies have 

determined that an EIS/EIS/EIR is 

needed in order to effectively analyze 

the proposal and evaluate impacts. In 

addition, the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE), as a federal 

cooperating agency, will be responsible 

for the scope and content of the NEPA 

portion of the environmental document 

as it pertains to lands within the 

jurisdictional boundaries of the agency 

for the project. The USFS, Tahoe 

National Forest will be responsible for 

the scope and content of the NEPA 

portion of the environmental document 

as it pertains to lands within the 

jurisdictional boundaries of that agency 

(outside of the LTBMU). 

The project is scheduled to be 

completed in three phases, with initial 

construction beginning as early as 2013 

and the final phase planned for 

completion in 2019. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by May 

10, 2012. The draft EIS/EIS/EIR is 

expected in January 2013 and the final 

EIS/EIS/EIR is expected in July 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Calpeco 625 and 650 Electrical Line 

Upgrade Project, Tahoe Regional 

Planning Agency, P.O. Box 5310, 

Stateline, NV 89449, Attention: Wendy 

Jepson. Comments may also be sent via 

email to wjepson@trpa.org, or via 

facsimile to 775–588–4527. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Rodman, Lands Officer, at 530– 

543–2613 or email rrodmanjr@fs.fed.us. 

Additional project information, 

including maps, is available on the 

LTBMU web site at http:// 

www.fs.usda.gov/projects/ltbmu/ 

landmanagement/projects under 

Calpeco 625 and 650 Electrical Line 

Upgrade Project. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 1, 2011, Calpeco purchased the 

California electric service territory from 

Sierra Pacific Power Company. The 

physical boundaries of the service 

territory include the California Lake 


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