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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 |
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Front Matter (2.1 MB, 68 pages) |
Executive Summary |
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Executive Summary (2 MB, 40 pages) |
Chapter 1: Why Are Federal Agencies Proposing To Designate Energy Corridors In the West? |
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Chapter 1 (4.3 MB, 26 pages) |
Chapter 2: What Are the Alternatives Evaluated In This PEIS? |
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Chapter 2 (26 MB, 56 pages) |
Chapter 3: What Are the Potential Environmental Consequences of Corridor Designation and Land Use Plan Amendment? |
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Chapter 3 - Part 1 (Sections 3.1 - 3.3.3.2) (11 MB, 50 pages) |
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Chapter 3 - Part 2 (Sections 3.3.4 - 3.5.4.2) (14 MB, 50 pages) |
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Chapter 3 - Part 3 (Sections 3.6 - 3.8.1.3) (13 MB, 63 pages) |
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Chapter 3 - Part 4 (Sections 3.8.1.4 - 3.10.3) (7 MB, 104 pages) |
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Chapter 3 - Part 5 (Sections 3.10.4 - 3.14.4.3) (11 MB, 65 pages) |
Chapter 4: How are Cumulative Impacts Evaluated? |
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Chapter 4 (213 KB, 40 pages) |
Chapter 5: What Unavoidable Adverse Impacts Might Be Caused By Corridor Designation and Land Use Plan Amendment? |
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Chapter 5 (31 KB, 4 pages) |
Chapter 6: The Relationship between Local Short-Term Uses of the Environment and Long-Term Productivity
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Chapter 6 (15KB, 2 pages) |
Chapter 7: What Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitment of Resources Would Be Involved with Implementation of the Alternatives? |
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Chapter 7 (15 KB, 2 pages) |
Chapter 8: List of Preparers |
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Chapter 8 (559 KB, 6 pages) |
Chapter 9: References |
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Chapter 9 (145 KB, 26 pages) |
Chapter 10: Glossary |
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Chapter 10 (86 KB, 14 pages) |
Volume II: Appendixes
Volume II Front Matter: Cover, Contents, Notation, English/Metric and Metric/English Equivalents |
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Front Matter (69 KB, 18 pages) |
Appendix A: Proposed Land Use Amendments |
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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) |
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Appendix B (7 MB, 18 pages) |
Appendix C: Tribal Consultation |
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Appendix C (29 MB, 60 pages) |
Appendix D: Federal and State Regulatory Requirements Potentially Applicable When Designating Energy Corridors |
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Appendix D (79 KB, 24 pages) |
Appendix E: Energy Transport Technologies and Hypothetical Energy Transport Projects |
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Appendix E (5 MB, 30 pages) |
Appendix F: Section 368 Corridor Parameters |
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Appendix F (33 KB, 8 pages) |
Appendix G: Sensitive Resource Areas That Would Be Intersected by Proposed West-wide Energy Corridors
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Appendix G (67 KB, 12 pages) |
Appendix H: Geographic Information System Data |
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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 |
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Appendix I (27 KB, 6 pages) |
Appendix J: Proposed Energy Corridors That Would Require Consultation With The Department Of Defense during Project Planning
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Appendix J (3 MB, 4 pages) |
Appendix K: Sites Owned By Federal Agencies and Federally Recognized Tribes by State |
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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 |
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Appendix L (117 KB, 28 pages) |
Appendix M: Water Resources |
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Appendix M (99 KB, 20 pages) |
Appendix N: Floodplain/Wetland Assessment of the Effects of Energy Corridor Designation in the 11 Western States |
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Appendix N (5 MB, 10 pages) |
Appendix O: Ecoregion Descriptions |
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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 |
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Appendix P (64 KB, 14 pages) |
Appendix Q: Archaeological, Historic, and Ethnographic Context |
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Appendix Q (3 MB, 46 pages) |
Appendix R: Cultural Resources Data Request |
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Appendix R (17 KB, 4 pages) |
Appendix S: Socioeconomic Methods and Impacts |
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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 |
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Front Matter (8 MB, 8 pages) |
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