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FAST-41 Missed Date: Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

Submitted by Anonymous on

Final Required Milestone Date of 12/16/2016 for Issuance of Lead Agency Record of Decision has passed by 5 business days

Action
Project Name:
Transwest Express
Responsible Agency:
Bureau of Land Management
Status:
Complete

Milestones:

Issuance of Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (Agency Action)
Completed Date:
Scoping (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Official Notice of Availability of a Draft EIS published in the Federal Register (FR) beginning both the public comment period and concurrent CAA Section 309 Review (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Official Notice of Availability of a Final EIS published in the FR beginning both the public review period and concurrent CAA Section 309 Review (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Issuance of Lead Agency Record of Decision (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:


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Milestone
Issuance of Lead Agency Record of Decision (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Project

PROJECT WEBSITE: TransWest

All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.

Complete

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
COMPLETE

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COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
07/19/2017

3 out of 3

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED

Electricity Transmission

SECTOR
Electricity Transmission

Project Category

CATEGORY
Project Category FAST-41 Covered Projects

Department of the Interior

LEAD AGENCY
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

Other Agencies with Actions or Authorizations:

Department of the Interior

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

Description:

TransWest Express, LLC, sponsors the project, which consists of a 725-mile 600kV DC line from Sinclair, WY substation to Marketplace, NV substation.  The project is a 3 billion dollar project designed to carry renewable and other energy generated in Wyoming to the desert southwest. 

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) in May 2016. The BLM completed agency and Tribal government consultations, and issued a Record of Decision December 2016, with the ROD Notice of Availability publication in the Federal Register December 16, 2016.  The project was paused temporarily awaiting action from the sponsor; BLM resumed processing in May 2017 and the ROW Grant was issued June 20.2017.  Section 107 and Section 106 consultations were completed prior to initiation under FAST-41, and thus are not included on the permitting timetable.  Information, including NEPA documentation, can be found on the TransWest project page:  http://bit.ly/TransWestExpress

field_status
Approved
System Comments
Final Required Milestone Date of 12/16/2016 for Issuance of Lead Agency Record of Decision has passed by 5 business days
Approver Comments
The milestone completion date was missed before the dashboard functionality was added and the delay subsequently was resolved
Previous Action Status
Complete
New Action Status
Complete
Missed Date Process
No
Missed Date Triggered by Extension
No
New Milestone
Issuance of Lead Agency Record of Decision (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Response Date