[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16666-16667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07199]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
Hooper Springs Transmission Project
AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD).
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the ROD to implement
the Hooper Springs Transmission Project in Caribou County, Idaho. BPA
has decided to implement the South Alternative's Option 3A (Option 3A)
identified in the Hooper Springs Transmission Project Final
Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0451, January 2015). Option 3A
consists of: (1) A new 138/115-kilovolt (kV) Hooper Springs Substation
located near the city of Soda Springs, Idaho; (2) a new, approximately
24-mile-long, double-circuit 115-kV transmission line extending
generally north then east from the Hooper Springs Substation to a new
BPA connection facility that will connect the new line to Lower Valley
Energy's (LVE) existing transmission system in northeastern Caribou
County; (3) a new, approximately 0.2-mile-long, single-circuit 138-kV
transmission line extending generally south from the Hooper Springs
Substation to
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PacifiCorp's existing Threemile Knoll Substation to connect the new
line to the regional transmission grid; and (4) required ancillary
facilities such as access roads.
The new Hooper Springs Substation will be constructed as a 138/115-
kV substation, meaning that it will include a transformer capable of
converting 138-kV electricity to 115-kV electricity. BPA will acquire
100-foot-wide right-of-way for the length of the 115-kV line.
Approximately 174 new double-circuit 115-kV steel structures, ranging
in height from 55 to 120 feet with an average span length between
structures of 730 feet, will be installed in this new right-of-way. The
BPA connection facility will be located about two miles southeast of
the intersection of Blackfoot River Road and Diamond Creek Road and
will consist of overhead line disconnect switches to connect the new
115-kV line to the existing LVE line. For the single-circuit 138-kV
transmission line, two wood, H-frame structures approximately 80 to 85
feet tall will be installed within a new 125-foot-wide right-of-way. A
fiber optic cable also will be installed along the 138-kV transmission
line. About 14 miles of new access roads will be constructed and about
2.4 miles of existing access roads will be improved or reconstructed.
All mitigation measures identified in the EIS are adopted.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS may be obtained by calling BPA's
toll-free document request line, 1-800-622-4520. The ROD and EIS are
also available on our Web site, http://efw.bpa.gov/environmental_services/Document_Library/HooperSprings/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tish Eaton, Bonneville Power
Administration--KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-3621;
toll-free telephone number 1-800-622-4519; fax number 503-230-5699; or
email [email protected].
Issued in Portland, Oregon on March 16, 2015.
Elliot E. Mainzer,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-07199 Filed 3-27-15; 8:45 am]
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