West-wide Energy Corridor Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

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Volumes

Volume 1: Chapters 1-10
Volume 2: Appendices
Volume 3: Map Atlas

NOTE: All PEIS maps and additional maps products are available under West Wide Energy Corridor Draft PEIS Maps.

Volume I

	Volume I Front Matter: Cover, Contents, Notation, English/Metric and Metric/English Equivalents
	Front Matter (2.1 MB, 68 pages)

	Executive Summary
	Executive Summary (2 MB, 40 pages)

	Chapter 1: Why Are Federal Agencies Proposing To Designate Energy Corridors In the West?
	Chapter 1 (4.3 MB, 26 pages)

	Chapter 2: What Are the Alternatives Evaluated In This PEIS?
	Chapter 2 (26 MB, 56 pages)

	Chapter 3: What Are the Potential Environmental Consequences of Corridor Designation and Land Use Plan Amendment?
	Chapter 3 - Part 1 (Sections 3.1 - 3.3.3.2) (11 MB, 50 pages)
	Chapter 3 - Part 2 (Sections 3.3.4 - 3.5.4.2) (14 MB, 50 pages)
	Chapter 3 - Part 3 (Sections 3.6 - 3.8.1.3) (13 MB, 63 pages)
	Chapter 3 - Part 4 (Sections 3.8.1.4 - 3.10.3) (7 MB, 104 pages)
	Chapter 3 - Part 5 (Sections 3.10.4 - 3.14.4.3) (11 MB, 65 pages)

	Chapter 4: How are Cumulative Impacts Evaluated?
	Chapter 4 (213 KB, 40 pages)

	Chapter 5: What Unavoidable Adverse Impacts Might Be Caused By Corridor Designation and Land Use Plan Amendment?
	Chapter 5 (31 KB, 4 pages)

	Chapter 6: The Relationship between Local Short-Term Uses of the Environment and Long-Term Productivity
	Chapter 6 (15KB, 2 pages)

	Chapter 7: What Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitment of Resources Would Be Involved with Implementation of the Alternatives?
	Chapter 7 (15 KB, 2 pages)

	Chapter 8: List of Preparers
	Chapter 8 (559 KB, 6 pages)

	Chapter 9: References
	Chapter 9 (145 KB, 26 pages)

	Chapter 10: Glossary
	Chapter 10 (86 KB, 14 pages)

Volume II: Appendixes

	Volume II Front Matter: Cover, Contents, Notation, English/Metric and Metric/English Equivalents
	Front Matter (69 KB, 18 pages)

	Appendix A: Proposed Land Use Amendments
	Appendix A (69 KB, 20 pages)

	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)
	Appendix B (7 MB, 18 pages)

	Appendix C: Tribal Consultation
	Appendix C (29 MB, 60 pages)

	Appendix D: Federal and State Regulatory Requirements Potentially Applicable When Designating Energy Corridors
	Appendix D (79 KB, 24 pages)

	Appendix E: Energy Transport Technologies and Hypothetical Energy Transport Projects
	Appendix E (5 MB, 30 pages)

	Appendix F: Section 368 Corridor Parameters
	Appendix F (33 KB, 8 pages)

	Appendix G: Sensitive Resource Areas That Would Be Intersected by Proposed West-wide Energy Corridors
	Appendix G (67 KB, 12 pages)

	Appendix H: Geographic Information System Data
	Appendix H (27 KB, 8 pages)

	Appendix I: Summary of WWEC PEIS Webcasts for Corridor Review and Revision, 6/19/06 TO 4/24/07
	Appendix I (27 KB, 6 pages)

	Appendix J: Proposed Energy Corridors That Would Require Consultation With The Department Of Defense during Project Planning
	Appendix J (3 MB, 4 pages)

	Appendix K: Sites Owned By Federal Agencies and Federally Recognized Tribes by State
	Appendix K (377 KB, 36 pages)

	Appendix L: Potential Fossil Yield Classifications (PFYC) For Geologic Formations Intersecting Proposed Corridors Under The Proposed Action by State
	Appendix L (117 KB, 28 pages)

	Appendix M: Water Resources
	Appendix M (99 KB, 20 pages)

	Appendix N: Floodplain/Wetland Assessment of the Effects of Energy Corridor Designation in the 11 Western States
	Appendix N (5 MB, 10 pages)

	Appendix O: Ecoregion Descriptions
	Appendix O (30 MB, 24 pages)

	Appendix P: Selected Potentially Sensitive Visual Resource Areas Intersected by or in Close Proximity to Proposed West-wide Energy Corridors Designated under the Proposed Action
	Appendix P (64 KB, 14 pages)

	Appendix Q: Archaeological, Historic, and Ethnographic Context
	Appendix Q (3 MB, 46 pages)

	Appendix R: Cultural Resources Data Request
	Appendix R (17 KB, 4 pages)

	Appendix S: Socioeconomic Methods and Impacts
	Appendix S (71 KB, 14 pages)

Volume III: Map Atlas

NOTE: All PEIS maps and additional maps products are available under West Wide Energy Corridor Draft PEIS Maps.

	Volume III Front Matter: Cover, Contents, Notation, English/Metric and Metric/English Equivalents
	Front Matter (8 MB, 8 pages)

Part 1: Large Scale Base Map Series

Part 2: State Base Map Series

Part 3: Visual Resource Analysis Map Series

Part 4: ROW State Base Map Series

Part 5: Federal Administrative Unit Boundaries State Base Map Series