West-wide Energy Corridor Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
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Volumes
Volume 1: Chapters 1-10
Volume 2: Appendices
Volume 3: Map Atlas
Volume 4: Comments and Responses
NOTE: All PEIS maps and additional maps products are available under West Wide Energy Corridor Final PEIS Maps.
Volume I
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Volume I Front Matter: Cover, Contents, Notation, English/Metric and Metric/English Equivalents, Summary |
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Front Matter (2.7 MB, 82 pages) |
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Chapter 1: Why Are Federal Agencies Proposing To Designate Energy Corridors In the West? |
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Chapter 1 (5.8 MB, 36 pages) |
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Chapter 2: What Are the Alternatives Evaluated in this PEIS? |
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Chapter 2 (28.4 MB, 74 pages) |
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Chapter 4: How are Cumulative Impacts Evaluated? |
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Chapter 4 (423 KB, 58 pages) |
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Chapter 5: What Unavoidable Adverse Impacts Might Be Caused By Corridor Designation and Land Use Plan Amendment? |
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Chapter 5 (108 KB, 4 pages) |
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Chapter 6: The Relationship between Local Short-Term Uses of the Environment and Long-Term Productivity
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Chapter 6 (96 KB, 2 pages) |
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Chapter 7: What Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitment of Resources Would Be Involved with Implementation of the Alternatives? |
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Chapter 7 (94 KB, 2 pages) |
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Chapter 8: List of Preparers |
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Chapter 8 (315 KB, 8 pages) |
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Chapter 9: References |
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Chapter 9 (273 KB, 32 pages) |
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Chapter 10: Glossary |
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Chapter 10 (190 KB, 14 pages) |
Volume II: Appendixes
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Volume II Front Matter: Cover, Contents, Notation, English/Metric and Metric/English Equivalents |
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Front Matter (2.1 MB, 22 pages) |
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Appendix A: Proposed Land Use Amendments |
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Appendix A (215 KB, 22 pages) |
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Appendix B: Summary of Public Scoping Comments For The Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Designation of Energy Corridors on Federal Land In The 11 Western States (DOE/FS-0386) |
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Appendix B (4.23 MB, 18 pages) |
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Appendix C: Tribal Consultation |
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Appendix C (53 MB, 98 pages) |
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Appendix D: Distribution of the Draft PEIS |
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Appendix D (151 KB, 14 pages) |
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Appendix E: Federal and State Regulatory Requirements Potentially Applicable When Designating Energy Corridors |
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Appendix E (184 KB, 24 pages) |
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Appendix F: Section 368 Corridor Parameters |
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Appendix F (123 KB, 8 pages) |
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Appendix G: Energy Transport Technologies and Hypothetical Energy Transport Projects |
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Appendix G (16.7 MB, 30 pages) |
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Appendix H: Sensitive Resource Areas That Would Be Intersected by Proposed West-wide Energy Corridors
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Appendix H (162 KB, 12 pages) |
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Appendix I: Geographic Information System Data |
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Appendix I (140 KB, 8 pages) |
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Appendix J: Summary of WWEC PEIS Webcasts for Corridor Review and Revision, 6/19/06 to 7/18/08 |
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Appendix J (126 KB, 6 pages) |
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Appendix K: Section 368 Energy Corridor Revisions
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Appendix K (171 KB, 12 pages) |
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Appendix L: Proposed Energy Corridors That Would Require Consultation With The Department Of Defense during Project Planning
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Appendix L (3.9 MB, 6 pages) |
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Appendix M: Federal Agency and Tribal Lands by State |
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Appendix M (472 KB, 36 pages) |
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Appendix N: Potential Fossil Yield Classifications (PFYC) For Geologic Formations Intersecting Proposed Corridors Under The Proposed Action by State |
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Appendix N (216 KB, 28 pages) |
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Appendix O: Water Resources |
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Appendix O (278 KB, 24 pages) |
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Appendix P: Floodplain/Wetland Assessment of the Effects of Energy Corridor Designation in the 11 Western States |
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Appendix P (1.9 MB, 10 pages) |
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Appendix Q: Ecoregion Descriptions |
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Appendix Q (36.5 MB, 24 pages) |
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Appendix R: Potential Impacts of Energy Corridor Construction and Operation on Species Listed, Proposed for Listing, or Candidates for Listing Under the Endangered Species Act |
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Appendix R (720 KB, 80 pages) |
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Appendix S: Selected Potentially Sensitive Visual Resource Areas Intersected by or in Close Proximity to Proposed Section 368 Energy Corridors Designated under the Proposed Action |
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Appendix S (168 KB, 12 pages) |
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Appendix T: Section 106 Consultation and Data Request |
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Appendix T (119 KB, 6 pages) |
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Appendix U: Archaeological, Historic, and Ethnographic Context |
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Appendix U (2.9 MB, 46 pages) |
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Appendix V: National Register of Historic Places-Listed Properties within 1 Mile of Corridor Centerlines |
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Appendix V (124 KB, 6 pages) |
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Appendix W: Socioeconomic Methods and Impacts |
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Appendix W (203 KB, 16 pages) |
Volume III: Map Atlas
NOTE: All PEIS maps and additional maps products are available under West Wide Energy Corridor Final PEIS Maps.
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Volume III Front Matter: Cover, Contents, Notation, English/Metric and Metric/English Equivalents |
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Front Matter (2.6 MB, 8 pages) |
Volume IV: Comments and Responses
NOTE: Instructions for viewing individual comments submitted on the Draft PEIS are available within the Companion CD "Dear Reader" letter.
