Agency Milestone Date of 10/19/2019 for Publication of Public Notice (Agency Action) has passed by 1 business days
Cooperating under NEPA
Description:
The St. Paul District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received two Section 404 pre-construction notifications for the Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission Line and the regulated activities were verified under the Utility Regional General Permit on December 20, 2019.
Milestones:
PROJECT WEBSITE: Cardinal-Hickory Creek 345 kV Transmission Line Project
All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
IN PROGRESS
ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
10/06/2023
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED
SECTOR
Electricity Transmission
CATEGORY
Project Category
FAST-41 Covered Projects
LEAD AGENCY
Department of Agriculture, Rural Development
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Other Agencies with Actions or Authorizations:
Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Regulatory
Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works
Description:
Dairyland Power Cooperative ("Dairyland"), a cooperative organized under the laws of Wisconsin, American Transmission Company LLC by its corporate manager, ATC Management Inc., (together, "ATC"), and ITC Midwest LLC ("ITC Midwest") (all collectively, "Utilities") propose to construct and own the Cardinal— Hickory Creek Transmission Line Project ("Project"), a 345 kilovolt ("kV") transmission line connecting northeast Iowa and south-central Wisconsin.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service is currently the lead federal agency for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement for the Project. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are Cooperating Agencies.