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West-wide Energy Corridor Programmatic EIS Documents

Documents related to the West-wide Energy Corridor Programmatic EIS for downloading or online browsing.

The Final PEIS documents, the Notice of Availability, the Record of Decision and related documents will be available for downloading and browsing when they are published.

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Records of Decision

PDF Approved Resource Management Plan Amendments/Record of Decision (ROD) for Designation of Energy Corridors on Bureau of Land Management-Administered Lands in the 11 Western States (4.31 MB)
PDF BLM Press Release Announcing Resource Management Plan Amendments/Record of Decision (27 KB)
PDF Record of Decision: USDA Forest Service Designation of Section 368 Energy Corridors on National Forest System Land in 10 Western States (3.84 MB)
PDF USDA Forest Service Press Release Announcing Record of Decision (29 KB)
 

Final Programmatic EIS Documents

The West-wide Energy Corridor Final Programmatic EIS is available for online browsing/downloading. If you wish to obtain a CD-ROM version of the Final Programmatic EIS, use the Final Programmatic EIS Order Form. The PEIS document is also available for viewing at DOE reading rooms and public libraries thoughout the eleven western states.


PDF Press Release: Agencies Publish Final Environmental Impact Statement On Energy Corridor Designation in the West (56 KB)
 
PDF Press Release: Agencies Publish Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Energy Transport Corridor Designations in 11 Western States (39 KB)
PDF Federal Register Notice of Availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Designation of Energy Corridors in Eleven Western States and Notice of Public Hearings (72 KB)

Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcripts

The following documents are transcripts from the West-wide Energy Corridor Draft Programmatic EIS public hearings conducted in January and February 2008.

PDF Portland, OR January 8, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (406 KB)
PDF Sacramento, CA January 8, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (90 KB)
PDF Ontario, CA January 10, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (213 KB)
PDF Seattle, WA January 10, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (67 KB)
PDF Grand Junction, CO January 15, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (104 KB)
PDF Phoenix, AZ January 15, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (3.7 MB)
PDF Las Vegas, NV January 17, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (107 KB)
PDF Salt Lake City, UT January 17, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (112 KB)
PDF Window Rock, AZ January 23, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (331 KB)
PDF Albuquerque, NM January 24, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (528 KB)
PDF Cheyenne, WY January 29, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (1.4 MB)
PDF Helena, MT January 29, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (52 KB)
PDF Boise, ID January 31, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (497 KB)
PDF Denver, CO January 31, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (506 KB)
PDF Elko, NV February 5, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (1.2 MB)
PDF Washington D.C. February 5, 2008 Draft EIS Public Hearing Transcript (389 KB)

Scoping Documents

PDF Final Report: Summary of Public Scoping Comments for the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Designation of Energy Corridors on Federal Land in the 11 Western States (DOE/EIS-0386) (244 KB)
Energy Corridor PEIS Public Scoping Meeting Transcripts
 
PDF Sample letter from BLM requesting tribal participation in the the public scoping process for the PEIS. (73 KB)
PDF Notice of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and To Conduct Public Scoping Meetings and Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement (63 KB)

Technical Reports

PDF The Design, Construction, and Operation of Long-Distance High-Voltage Electricity Transmission Technologies Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Technical Memorandum ANL/EVS/TM/08-4 (1.4 MB)
PDF Overview of the Design, Construction, and Operation of Interstate Liquid Petroleum Pipelines Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Technical Memorandum ANL/EVS/TM/08-1 (2.34 MB)
PDF Natural Gas Pipeline Technology Overview Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Technical Memorandum ANL/EVS/TM/08-5 (2.67 MB)
PDF Overview of Interstate Hydrogen Pipeline Systems Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Technical Memorandum ANL/EVS/TM/08-2 (1.42 MB)
PDF Potential Impacts of Nanotechnology on Energy Transmission Applications and Needs Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Technical Memorandum ANL/EVS/TM/08-3 (189 KB)
PDF Roadmap on Manufacturing R&D for the Hydrogen Economy (1.35 MB)

Other Documents

PDF Settlement Agreement: Wilderness Society, et al. v. United States Department of the Interior, et al., No. 3:09-cv-03048-JW (N.D. Cal.) (238 KB)
PDF Press Release: Environmental Study Will Consider Comments on Impacts of Energy Corridors on Federal Lands in the West (13 KB)
PDF U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cooperating Agency Comments (42 KB)
PDF Presentation: West-Wide Energy Corridors (270 KB)
PDF Report to Congress: Corridors and Rights-of-Way on Federal Lands (240 KB)
PDF H.R. 6 Energy Policy Act of 2005 (28 KB)
PDF Section 368 excerpt from H.R. 6 Energy Policy Act of 2005 (16 KB)
PDF DOE, DOD, DOI and USDA Memorandum of Understanding regarding Section 368 (472 KB)
PDF Memorandum of Understanding on Early Coordination of Federal Authorizations and Environmental Reviews Required in Order to Site Electric Transmission Facilities (5.25 MB)