The target date has now changed a week from the original date of 1/3 to 1/17 due to a partial lapse in government funding, earlier this year. Proponent is aware and tailored their submittal of applications to cooperating agencies with the 1/17 date in mind. All are aware of this change and are in support of this schedule.
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
COMPLETE
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. As of 9/23/20, all of the permitting for the Project is complete.
Milestone: Issuance of Record of Decision or combined Final EIS / Record of Decision
Requested extensions greater than 30 days for this Action are shown below:
Official Notice of Availability of a Final EIS published in the FR beginning both the public review period and concurrent CAA Section 309 Review by 42 days
From: 10/18/2019
To: 10/25/2019
Issuance of Record of Decision or combined Final EIS / Record of Decision by 126 days
From: 01/03/2020
To: 01/17/2020