[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 46 (Thursday, March 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12967-12968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5694]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-020-510-10-B039; CACA-31406, NVN-57250]


Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior, Susanville District 
Office, California.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Draft Impact Statement (DEIS).

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the California Public 
Utilities Commission (CPUC) have prepared a draft 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 draft 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, subject to public comment, the approval 
of the proposed project, with appropriate mitigation measures, has the 
potential to significantly impact the environment. The draft EIR/S 
includes an evaluation of the proposed project. The draft
EIR/S assesses the environmental impacts of the approval, construction, 
operation and maintenance of a 345KV overhead electric power 
transmission line approximately 164 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 of Alturas and one in Sierra 
County, California, just west of Border Town, Nevada, and the expansion 
of SPPCo's existing North Valley Road Substation.
    The impact analysis in the draft
EIR/S includes the identification of feasible mitigation measures and 
alternatives to the proposed project, which, if incorporated into the 
Project, would avoid or minimize impacts.
    The draft EIR/S has been placed in the public files of the CPUC and 
the BLM, and is available for public inspection at:

California Public Utilities Commission, Central Files, 505 Van Ness 
Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102, (415) 703-2045
Bureau of Land Management, Susanville District Office, 705 Hall Street, 
Susanville, CA 96130, (916) 257-5381

    Copies of the DEIR/S are available for inspection at BLM offices in 
Alturas and Susanville, California, in Carson City, Nevada, and 
Washington, DC.; at the Modoc National Forest in Alturas and the 
Toiyabe National Forest in Sparks, NV; at public libraries in Alturas, 
Susanville and Reno, and at the City Hall in Loyalton. Copies have also 
been sent to interested Federal, State and local agencies and 
interested groups. An Executive Summary of the key issues and impacts 
addressed in the EIR/S will be available upon request.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIR/S 
may do so. Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be 
received no later than May 3, 1995. Written comments on the draft EIR/S 
must reference CPUC Application No. 93-11-018 and BLM Application No. 
CACA-31406. Comments on the draft EIR/S and request for the Executive 
summary should be addressed to: Julie Halligan/Peter Humm, CPUC/BLM, c/
o Aspen Environmental Group, 30423 Canwood Street, Suite 218, Agoura 
Hills, CA 91301.
    In addition to asking for written comments, the public is invited 
to attend any of the public workshops and hearings that will be held at 
the times and locations listed below. The public workshops will be 
informal and will serve to help affected communities understand the 
project and the draft EIR/S and its findings.
    The CPUC and BLM will hold public hearings near the end of the 
public review period to receive oral comments on the draft EIR/S. The 
hearings will be conducted before an Administrative Law Judge. A court 
reporter will record each hearing so that any comments will be 
accurately entered into the public record.
    Locations and schedules for the workshops and hearings are:

                                                                                                                
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                                                        Workshops                           Hearings            
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Alturas, CA, City Hall, 200 North Street..  Monday, 3/13/95, 6 p.m...........  Monday, 4/17/95, 6 p.m.          
Susanville, CA, Monticola Club, 140 S.      Tuesday, 3/14/95, 6 p.m..........  Tuesday, 4/18/95, 6 p.m.         
 Lassen St.                                                                                                     
Loyalton, CA, Loyalton High School, 700     Wednesday, 3/15/95, 6 p.m........  Wednesday, 4/19/95, 6 p.m.       
 Fourth Street.                                                                                                 
Reno/Sparks, NV, Best Western, Airport      Thursday, 3/16/95, 6 p.m.........  Thursday, 4/20/95, 6 p.m.        
 Plaza Hotel, 1981 Terminal Way, Reno.                                                                          
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: This Federal Notice of Availability of 
Draft EIR/S is issued by the District Manager, Bureau of Land 
Management, 705 Hall Street, Susanville, California 96130. For further 
information write to the District Manager or call Peter Humm, BLM 
Project Manager, at (916) 257-0456.

    Dated: February 28, 1995.
Herrick E. Hanks,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-5694 Filed 3-8-95; 8:45 am]
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