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Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Report/ Environmental Impact Statement for the Southern California Edison Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 Transmission Line Project, California

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 [Federal Register: March 15, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 50)]
[Notices]
[Page 12185]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr15mr07-77]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA-660-1430-ER-CACA-17905]

Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Report/
Environmental Impact Statement for the Southern California Edison
Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 Transmission Line Project, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended (Pub. L. 91-190, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347), and
Title 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
hereby gives notice that the Final Environmental Impact Report/
Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the Southern California
Edison Company (SCE) Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 Transmission Line Project
is available for public review and comment.
    The BLM is the lead Federal agency for the preparation of the EIS
in compliance with the requirements of NEPA. The California Public
Utilities Commission (CPUC) is the lead State of California agency for
the preparation of the EIR in compliance with the requirements of the
California Environmental Quality Act. If the project is approved, BLM
and CPUC would issue right-of-way grants to SCE.

DATES: The document will be available for public review and comment for
30 days following publication of a Notice of Availability (NOA) of this
document in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency.

ADDRESSES: The EIR/EIS is available online at the BLM Web site: 
http://www.blm.gov/ca/palmsprings. Copies of the document can also be
viewed at the BLM Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office, 690 West Garnet
Ave., North Palm Springs, Calif. 92258, and at public libraries in Buckeye
and Quartzite, Arizona, and Redlands, Banning, Beaumont, Calimesa,
Cathedral City, Loma Linda, Riverside, Coachella, Colton, Desert Hot
Springs, Grand Terrace, Indio, Mentone, Palm Desert, Palo Verde, Rancho
Mirage, San Bernardino, and Yucaipa, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Hill at (760) 251-4840 or e-mail: 
gchill@ca.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SCE is proposing to construct a new 230-mile
long, 500-kilovolt (kV) electrical transmission line between its Devers
Substation located near Palm Springs, California, and the Harquahala
Generating Station switchyard, located near the Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station west of Phoenix, Arizona. In addition, SCE is
proposing to upgrade 48.2 miles of existing 230-kV transmission lines
between the Devers Substation west to the San Bernardino and Vista
Substations, located in the San Bernardino, California, vicinity.
Together, the proposed 500-kV line and the 230-kV transmission facility
upgrades are known as DPV2. The proposed route crosses public and
private lands in Arizona and California. Portions of the proposed route
cross Federal lands managed by the BLM and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
    Construction of DPV2 would add 1,200 megawatts of transmission
import capacity from the southwestern United States to California,
which would reduce energy costs throughout California and enhance the
reliability of California's energy supply through increased
transmission infrastructure. The BLM identified a list of issues that
this analysis addresses including the impacts of the proposed project
on visual resources, agricultural lands, air quality, plant and animal
species including special status species, cultural resources, and
watersheds. Other issues identified by the BLM are impacts to the
public in the form of noise, traffic, accidental release of hazardous
materials, and impacts to urban, residential, and recreational areas.
    Public participation hearings and workshops on the draft EIR/EIS
were held in: Tonopah, Arizona, on June 6, 2006; Beaumont, California,
on June 7, 2006; and Palm Desert, California, on June 8, 2006.
    The BLM will prepare a Record of Decision (ROD) for the proposed
project after a 30-day period following publication of the NOA.

    Dated: December 11, 2006.
Gail Acheson,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. E7-4759 Filed 3-14-07; 8:45 am]

 
 

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