DOE/EIS-0315: Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact Statement

DOE/EIS-0315: Big Sandy Energy Project; Mohave County, Arizona

Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced their intent to jointly prepare DOE/EIS-0315 to analyze 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 a 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.