Public Hearings

Public hearings for the West-wide Energy Corridor Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) were held in January and February 2008.

The U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and the U.S. Department of Defense (the Agencies) held public hearings to obtain comments on the draft PEIS in eleven western states in January and February 2008. Dates and locations for public hearings are listed below.

Transcripts of the public hearings are available on the PEIS Documents page.

Public Hearing Locations and Dates

NOTE: With the exception of Window Rock AZ, Elko NV, and Washington DC, there were two hearings on the same day at each location listed below. The first hearing was held from 2-5 PM, and the second hearing was held from 6-8 PM. There was one hearing in Window Rock (Jan. 23, 2008), from 2-5 PM, one hearing in Elko (Feb. 5, 2008), from 6-8 PM and one hearing in Washington DC (Feb. 5, 2008), from 2-4 PM.

Dates and locations for the public hearings:

Tuesday, January 8, 2008, Portland OR

Doubletree Portland Lloyd Center
1000 NE Multnomah
Portland OR

Tuesday, January 8, 2008, Sacramento CA

California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street
Sacramento CA

Thursday, January 10, 2008, Ontario CA

Ayres Hotel & Suites
1945 East Holt Blvd.
Ontario CA

Thursday, January 10, 2008, Seattle WA

Renaissance Hotel Seattle
515 Madison Street
Seattle WA

Tuesday, January 15, 2008, Grand Junction CO

Marriott Courtyard
765 Horizon Drive
Grand Junction CO

Tuesday, January 15, 2008, Phoenix AZ

BLM Training Center
9828 N 31st Ave
Phoenix AZ

Thursday, January 17, 2008, Las Vegas NV

Atomic Testing Museum
755 E Flamingo Road
Las Vegas NV

Thursday, January 17, 2008, Salt Lake City UT

Airport Hilton Hotel
5151 Wiley Post Road
Salt Lake City UT

Wednesday, January 23, 2008, Window Rock AZ

Quality Inn Navajo Nation Capital
48 West Highway 264
Window Rock AZ

Thursday, January 24, 2008, Albuquerque NM

Holiday Inn & Suites
5050 Jefferson St. NE
Albuquerque NM

Tuesday, January 29, 2008, Cheyenne WY

Best Western Hitching Post & Inn
1700 West Lincoln Way
Cheyenne WY

Tuesday, January 29, 2008, Helena MT

Best Western Helena Great Northern Hotel
835 Great Northern Blvd.
Helena MT

Thursday, January 31, 2008, Boise ID

Best Western Visa Inn & Conference Center
2645 Airport Way
Boise ID

Thursday, January 31, 2008, Denver CO

Holiday Inn Cherry Creek
455 S. Colorado Blvd
Denver CO

Tuesday, February 5, 2008, Elko NV

BLM Elko Field Office
3900 E. Idaho St.
Elko NV

Tuesday, February 5, 2008, Washington DC

Embassy Suites Washington Convention Center
900 10th St., NW
Washington DC