Draft DOE/EIS-0315 (canceled) analyzed the proposed Big Sandy Energy Project in Mohave County, Arizona.
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
June 1, 2001
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Big Sandy Energy Project; Mohave County, Arizona
Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) jointly issued draft DOE/EIS-0315, which analyzed the potential environmental impacts of the Big Sandy Energy Project, a proposed generating facility that would interconnect with WAPA’s existing Mead-Phoenix 500-kV transmission line near Wikieup, Arizona. The proposal included a high-pressure natural gas pipeline, a permanent access road, and water supply wells and pipelines that would cross BLM-managed lands. After WAPA and BLM issued this draft EIS, the applicant changed the proposed project; WAPA and BLM prepared a supplement analysis. The EIS was cancelled before issuance of a final EIS.
For more information, see Big Sandy Energy Project.