Garrison-Spokane 500-KV Transmission Project. Appendix A. Methodology. Draft Environmental Impact Statement

摘要

The Garrison-Spokane 500-kV Transmission Project is a proposal to build 500,000-volt transmission line facilities across western Montana and northern Idaho to the Spokane area. Its purposes are to reinforce the Bonneville Power Administration's electric power grid and to permit reliable integration of power produced by Colstrip Units 1 to 4, for use in Montana and throughout the Northwest. This appendix explains the environmental studies process used for this project, particularly for the environmental impact statement (EIS). The process was designed to integrate public involvement with geographic and topical analysis in order to locate transmission line facilities and to evaluate their potential impacts. (ERA citation 10:033641)