Public Scoping Reprot for the Boardman to Hemingway: Environmental Impact Statement

摘要

This report describes the public scoping process for the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). It documents outreach efforts, summarizes the comments received, and identifies issues raised and suggested alternatives. Comments will be addressed in the Draft EIS rather than in this summary. The document has been prepared for the public, decision-makers, and EIS team members to easily see the common themes in scoping comments and issues. Idaho Power Company applied to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a Right-of-Way Grant and the Forest Service for an easement/special use permit to use public lands for portions of the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project on December 19, 2007, and amended it on March 25, 2008. BLM is the lead federal agency under the National Environmental Policy Act and will coordinate the preparation of the environmental analysis. Cooperating agencies identified at this time include the US Forest Service (Willowa-Whitman National Forest), the State of Oregon Department of Energy; Umatilla, Malheur, Morrow, Baker, and Union Counties in Oregon; Payette County, Idaho; and the Idaho Office of Energy Resources.