Environmental Impact Statements

The following projects and links provide documentation including Federal Register Notices for the Rural Development's utility programs Environmental Impact Statements (all documents saved in Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF))

Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.	Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System
Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.	Minnkota Electric Cooperative, Inc
Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
City of Albany, Kentucky	Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Dairyland Power Cooperative, Inc.	Southern Montana Electric Cooperative, Inc
East Kentucky Power Cooperative	Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.
Jackson County Lake Project, KY/KY Highlands Empowerment Zone	Western Farmers Electric Cooperative/Brazos Electric Power Cooperative

Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.

• Federal Register Notice of Intent to Hold Public Scoping Meeting and Prepare an EIS (8/10/2005) (54 KB).

• Federal Register Notice announcing an extension of the public comment period to October 28, 2005 (9/30/05) (53 KB).

• Public Scoping Report (21 MB)

•  Draft Alternative Report (August 2005) (Entire Document - 42.5 MB) (includes Purpose and Need, Capacity Alternatives, Siting Alternatives, and Transmission Line Macro-Corridor Analysis).

  • Section 1.0-4.0 (Executive Summary, Profile of AECI, Purpose and Need) (225 KB)
  • Section 5.0 (Capacity Alternatives) (279 KB)
  • Section 6.0 (Siting Alternatives) (27 MB)
  • Section 7.0 (Transmission Line Macro-Corridor Analysis) (11.2 MB)
  • Section 8.0-9.0 and Appendices (Glossary, References and Site Photographs (550 KB)
• Federal Register Notice Announcing the Availability of Draft EIS and Public Meeting , January 11, 2007

• Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Entire Document - 393.6 MB)

(The following links allow users to download specific sections of the Draft EIS)

• Executive Summary (44.4 MB)

• Section 1 – Introduction (1.8 MB)

• Section 2 – Alternatives Including the Proposed Action

            Part 1 (45.5 MB)

            Part 2 (49.4 MB)

            Part 3 (49.4 MB)

            Part 4 (47.4 MB)

• Section 3 – Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences

            Part 1 (35.8 MB)

            Part 2 (20.2 MB)

• Sections 4 – 10 – Cumulative Impacts through Index (318 KB)

• Appendix A – Relevant Federal and State Environmental

  Laws and Regulations (139 KB)

• Appendix B – Acronyms and Abbreviations (60 KB)

• Appendix C – Project Area Monitoring and Emission Source Data (76 KB)

• Appendix D – Mercury Risk Evaluation

          Part 1 (2.3 MB)

          Part 2 (49.7 MB)

• Appendix E – Hydrogeologic Investigation Report of Findings (15.6 MB)

• Appendix F – Farmland Conversion Impact Rating (1.5 MB)

• Appendix G – Report of Wetlands Delineation

          Part 1 (558 KB)

          Part 2 (29.1 MB)

          Part 3 (29.5 MB)

          Part 4 (42.9 MB)

• Appendix H – Fish, Wildlife and Vegetation Resources Inventory (5.1 MB)

• Appendix I – Phases 1 And 2 Cultural Resources Survey (34.9 MB)

• Appendix J – State Historic Preservation Officer’s Letters of Concurrence (976 KB)

• Appendix K – Noise Analysis (1.9 MB)

• Appendix L – Federal Register Notices (121 KB)

• Transcripts of Public Meetings to Solicit Comments to the DEIS

  • Salisbury - February 6, 2007

  • Sedalia - February 7, 2007

  • Carrollton - February 8, 2007

• Federal Register Notice Announcing the Availability of Final EIS, July 13, 2007

• Final Environmental Impact Statement (Entire Document - 663 MB)

• Executive Summary and Table of Contents (414KB)

• Section 1 – Introduction (2.9 MB)

• Section 2 – Alternatives Including the Proposed Action

            Part 1 (46.3 MB)

            Part 2 (50.7 MB)

            Part 3 (31.8 MB)

            Part 4 (33.8 MB)

• Section 3 – Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences

            Part 1 (42.2 MB)

            Part 2 (33.6 MB)

            Part 3 (28.6 MB)

• Sections 4 – Cumulative Impacts (122 KB)

• Sections 5 – Other Required Considerations (46 KB)

• Sections 6 – Consultation and Coordination (100 KB)

• Sections 7 – List of Preparers and Contributors (48 KB)

• Sections 8 – References (116 KB)

• Sections 9 – Glossary (135 KB)

• Sections 10 – Index (92 KB)

• Appendix A – Relevant Federal and State Environmental

  Laws and Regulations (93 KB)

• Appendix B – Acronyms and Abbreviations (35 KB)

• Appendix C – Project Area Monitoring and Emission Source Data (68 KB)

• Appendix D – Mercury Risk Evaluation

          Part 1 (22 MB)

          Part 2 (46 MB)

          Part 3 (20 MB)

• Appendix E – Hydrogeologic Investigation Report of Findings (16 MB)

• Appendix F – Farmland Conversion Impact Rating (1.5 MB)

• Appendix G – Report of Wetlands Delineation

          Part 1 (424 KB)

          Part 2 (39.8 MB)

          Part 3 (30.2 MB)

          Part 4 (42.5 MB)

• Appendix H – Fish, Wildlife and Vegetation Resources Inventory (5.2 MB)

• Appendix I – Phases 1 And 2 Cultural Resources Survey (35.6 MB)

• Appendix J – State Historic Preservation Officer’s Letters of Concurrence (1 MB)

• Appendix K – Noise Analysis (1.3 MB)

• Appendix L – Federal Register Notices (131 KB)

• Appendix M – Responses to Comments (677 KB)

• Appendix N – Estimated NWI Wetland Impacts for Rail and Transmission Routes

          Part 1 (35.8 MB)

          Part 2 (44.2 MB)

Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.

Dry Fork Station and Hughes Transmission Line

• Federal Register Notice to Hold Public Scoping Meetings and Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (11/9/2005) (56 KB).
• Alternative Evaluation Study (October 2005 - 8.6 MB)
• Macro Corridor Study - Hughes Transmission Project (October 2005 - 10.5 MB)
  • Macro Corridor Study Figures - (October 2005 - 17 MB)
• Site Selection Study (October 2005 - 720 KB)
  • Site Selection Appendices (October 2005 - 3.1 MB)
  • Site Selection Figures (October 2005 - 94.7 MB)
• Draft Environmental Impact Statement - Complete Document (August 2007 - 199 MB)
• Draft Environmental Impact Statement - Individual Sections
  • Chapters 1-2  Introduction and Purpose and Need  (4.3 MB)
  • Chapter 3  Affected Environment  (3.1 MB)
  • Chapters 4-7  Environmental Consequences; Cumulative Impacts; List of Preparers; and References (2.1 MB)
  • Appendix A  Scoping Summary Report  (22.3 MB)
  • Appendix B  Alternative Generation Technologies (496 KB)
  • Appendix C  Soil Types  (13.4 MB)
  • Appendix D  Air  (13.5 MB)
  • Appendix E-F  Wetland Delineation Report and Weed Management Report  (2.4 MB)
  • Figure 1.1-5  Hughes Transmission Line Study Area  (4.7 MB)
  • Figure 2.1-1  Opportunities and Constraints Analyses for Transmission Line Corridors within the Project Area  (1.4 MB)
  • Figure 2.1-2  Preliminary Transmission Line Corridors Identified in the Project Area  (5.1 MB)
  • Figure 2.1-3  Comparative Analysis of Proposed and Alternative Transmission Line Corridors and Alignments  (5.5 MB)
  • Figure 3.7-1  Vegetative Cover Types in the Hughes Transmission Line Study Area  (22.9 MB)
  • Figure 3.8-1  Surface Ownership in the Hughes Transmission Line Study Area  (5.9 MB)
  • Figure 3.8-3  Residences within the Hughes Transmission Line Study Area  (5.4 MB)
  • Figure 3.8-4  Land Use/Land Cover within the Proposed and Alternative Power Plant and Transmission Line Study Area  (21.8 MB)
  • Figure 3.10-1  Visual Resource Management Classes and Key Observation Points in the Study Area  (6.0 MB)
  • Figure 3.11-1  General Transportation in the Hughes Transmission Line Study Area  (5.3 MB)
  • Figure 4.10-2  Transmission Line Key Observation Points  (5.5 MB)
  • Figure 4.10-9  Proposed Transmission Line Viewshed Analysis  (31.4 MB)
  • Figure 4.10-10  Alternative Transmission Line Viewshed Analysis  (32.6 MB)

PrairieWinds Project - Brule, Aurora, Jerald, and Tripp Counties, SD

• Federal Register Notice to Hold Public Scoping Meetings and Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (April 7, 2009 - 55 KB).
• Scoping Report (July 23, 2009 - 22.5 MB)
• Draft Environmental Impact Statement (January 2010)
  • Cover (688 kb pdf)
  • Cover sheet (16 kb pdf)
  • Table of contents (28 kb pdf)
  • Acronyms and abbreviations (106 kb pdf)
  • Executive summary (556 kb pdf)
  • Chapter 1 - Introduction and purpose and need (985 kb pdf)
  • Chapter 2 - Alternatives and proposed Federal action (1.5 MB pdf)
  • Chapter 3 - Affected environment (4.7 MB pdf)
  • Chapter 4 - Environmental consequences (1.7 MB pdf)
  • Chapter 5 - Cumulative impacts (947 kb pdf)
  • Chapter 6 - Unavoidable adverse impacts (16 kb pdf)
  • Chapter 7 - Irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources (16 kb pdf)
  • Chapter 8 - Short-term use and long-term productivity (16 kb pdf)
  • Chapter 9 - Consultation and coordination (57 kb pdf)
  • Chapter 10 - Disclosure statement (20 kb pdf)
  • Chapter 11 - References (125 kb pdf)
  • Chapter 12 - Glossary (121 kb pdf)
  • Index (38 kb pdf)
  • Appendix A - Scoping materials (6.6 MB pdf)
  • Appendix B - Engineering drawings (904 kb pdf)
  • Appendix C - Biological resources (2.3 MB pdf)
  • Appendix D - Cultural resources (782 kb pdf)

Deer Creek Station Energy Facility Project - Brookings County, SD

• Federal Register Notice to Hold Public Scoping Meetings and Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (February 6, 2009 - 54 KB).
• Draft Environmental Impact Statement - Complete Document (December 2009 - 17 MB)

Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.

• Federal Register Notice to Hold Public Scoping Meeting and Prepare an Environmental Assessment (11/29/05 - 47 KB).

• Power Supply Alternative Evaluation (June 2005 -1.1 MB)

• Macro-Corridor Study Report (November 2005 - 931 KB)

City of Albany, KY, Cagle Water Expansion Project

• City of Albany, KY, Final Environmental Impact Statement

• City of Albany, KY, Record of Decision

Dairyland Power Cooperative, Inc.

400-MW Coal-Fired Electric Generating Facility, Iowa

• Federal Register Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS (1/13/04)
• Alternative Evaluation Report (609 KB)

• Public Scoping Report (12.6 MB)

• Site Selection Study Report (6.9 MB) 

• Site Selection Study Map Book (24.5 MB)

CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-LaCrosse 345-kV Transmission Line Proposal

• Federal Register Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS and Hold Public Scoping Meetings(5/28/09 - 48 KB) - Public Comment Period Has Been Extended to July 25, 2009
• Alternative Evaluation Study (March 2009 - 14.7 MB)
• Macro Corridor Study (May 2009 - Entire Document - 66.5 MB)
• Macro Corridor Study - Individual Sections
  • Chapters 1-4 (9.1 MB)
  • Chapter 5 (14.8 MB)
  • Chapters 6-7 (4.7 MB)
  • Appendices (4.0 MB)

East Kentucky Power Cooperative

• Federal Register Notice to Hold Public Scoping Meetings and Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (10/6/06) (57 KB)

• Alternatives Evaluation and Site Selection Study for the Proposed J. K. Smith Circulating Fluidized Bed Generating Units (July 2006) (5.3 MB)

• Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Kentucky Pioneer Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Demonstration Project, November 2002 (Department of Energy)

• Public Scoping Report, August 2007 (28.9 MB)

Jackson County Lake Project, Kentucky/Kentucky Highlands Empowerment Zone

• Jackson County Lake Project, Draft Environmental Impact Statement

  • Jackson County Lake Project - Water Needs Analysis

  • Jackson County Lake Project - Alternatives Analysis

  • Jackson County Lake Project - Recreational Needs Analysis

  • Jackson County Lake Project - Endangered Species Screening Study

• Jackson County Lake Project, Final Environmental Impact Statement

• Jackson County Lake Project Record of Decision

Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water, Existing System North/Lyon County Phase and Northeast Phase Expansion

• Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Complete Document)

  • Federal Register Notice Announcing the Availability of the Draft EIS

  • Executive Summary (w/o Graphics)

  • DEIS Figures (2.4 MB)
    

• Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water, Final Environmental Impact Statement

  • Federal Register Notice Announcing the Availability of  Final EIS

• Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System, Record of Decision (9/16/1999)
• Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System, Record of Decision, Federal Register (10/4/1999)

Minnkota Electric Cooperative, Inc. - Bemidji-Grand Rapids 230 kV Line

• Federal Register Notice to Hold Public Scoping Meeting and Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (7/18/08 - 49KB).
• Federal Register Notice to Extend the Public Comment Period for the Scoping Process (9/11/08 - 50KB).
• Alternative Evaluation Study (June 2008) (1.5 MB)
• Macro-Corridor Study Report Complete Report (June 2008; revised 9/2/08) (32.7 MB)
  • Macro-Corridor Study Report without Figures or Appendices (June 2008; revised 9/2/08 ) (1 MB)
  • Figures 1-5 (13.2 MB)
  • Figures 6-11 (6MB)
  • Figure 12 and Appendices (15.6 MB)
• Scoping Report/Decision (December 2009) (1.7 MB)

Oglethorpe Power Cooperative

100-MW Biomass Power Plant Proposal

• Alternatives Report (June 2009) (13.2 MB)

100-MW Biomass Power Plant Proposal, Appling County, GA

• Federal Register Notice to Hold Public Scoping Meeting and Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement - Appling County, GA (6/22/09 - 46 KB).

100-MW Biomass Power Plant Proposal, Warren County, GA

• Federal Register Notice to Hold Public Scoping Meeting and Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement - Warren County, GA (6/26/09 - 46 KB).

Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc.

• Federal Register Notice to Hold Public Scoping Meetings and Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (10/11/2005) (57 KB)
• Final Environmental Impact Statement (Units 1 and 2, 1979) (19.2 MB)
• Plan of Study (General Discussion of the Proposed Action) (10.1 MB)
• State of Florida Site Certification Application Materials

  • Volume 1 March 2006 (41.6 MB)

  • Volume 2 March 2006 (36.6 MB)

  • Volume 3 March 2006 (37.6 MB)

Southern Montana Electric Cooperative, Inc.

• Federal Register Notice of Intent to Hold Public Scoping Meeting and Prepare an EIS (9/24/2004) (57 KB)

•  Alternative Evaluation Study, Section 1 (10/2004) (752 KB)

• Alternative Evaluation Study, Section 2 (10/2004) (2.55 MB)

• System Load Forecast (10/2004) (11.3 MB)

• Site Screening Study (10/2004) (6.6 MB)

• Site Selection Study (10/15/2004) (9.4 MB)

• RUS Scoping Meeting Summary of Comment (10/2004) (9.7 MB)

• Montana Department of Environmental Quality Scoping Meeting Materials (4/6/2005) (1.2 MB)

• Montana Department of Environmental Quality Scoping Report (June 2005) (6.9 MB)

• Federal Register Notice Announcing the Availability of Draft EIS and Public Meeting , June 29, 2006

• Federal Register Notice Announcing U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's receipt of the Draft EIS, July 3, 2006

• Federal Register Notice Announcing the Extension of Public Comment Period (to August 30) and Additional Public Meeting (Havre, MT), August 7, 2006

• Draft Environmental Impact Statement - with appendices (6/27/06) (47.3 MB)

• Draft Environmental Impact Statement - compressed file (6/27/06) (27 MB)

• Draft Environmental Impact Statement - Individual Sections

  • Cover (166 KB)
  • Abstract (17 KB)
  • Executive Summary (79 KB)
  • Table of Contents (43 KB)
  • Chapter 1 - Introduction (384 KB)
  • Chapter 2 - Alternatives Including the Proposed Action (3.7 MB)
  • Chapter 3 - Affected Environment (9.7 MB)
  • Chapter 4 - Environmental Consequences (8.6 MB)
  • Chapter 5 - Cumulative Impact (147 KB)
  • Chapter 6 - References Cited (116 KB)
  • Chapter 7 - List of Preparers (22 KB)
  • Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations (21 KB)
  • Appendix B: Glossary (64 KB)
  • Appendix C: Relevant Federal and State Environmental Laws and Regulations (52 KB)
  • Appendix D: List of Persons/Agencies Consulted (12 KB)
  • Appendix E: List of Terms (20 KB)
  • Appendix F: Fish, Wildlife and Vegetation Resources Inventory (484 KB)
  • Appendix G: Cultural Resource Inventory and Evaluation (4.2 MB)
  • Appendix H: Native American Presence in Cascade County and the Great Falls Area During the Historic Period (18 KB)
  • Appendix I: DEQ Supplementary Preliminary Determination on Air Quality Permit for HGS (502 KB)
  • Appendix J: Significant Criteria (78 KB)
  • Appendix K: Preliminary Cause-Effects-Questions Diagram (180 KB)
• Final Environmental Impact Statement - with appendices (January 2007) (30 MB)
  • Executive Summary (116 KB)
  • FEIS Volume 1 - Main Report (23.2 MB)
  • FEIS Volume 2 - Appendices (7.1 MB)
• Federal Register Notice Announcing the Availability of Final EIS, February 9, 2007
• Federal Register Notice Announcing U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's receipt of the Final EIS, February 9, 2007
• Record of Decision, May 10, 2007 (3.6 MB)
• Federal Register Notice Announcing the Availability of the Record of Decision, May 22, 2007.

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.

San Luis Valley-Calumet-Comanche Transmission Project - Huerfona, Alamosa and Pueblo Counties, CO - The agency has decided to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on this proposal; the original level-of-review was an Environmental Assessment.

• Federal Register Notice to hold Scoping Meeting and the intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment (August 3, 2009 - 47 KB)
• Calumet-Comanche Electric System Improvement Project - Macro Corridor Study (May  2009 - 24 MB MB)
• San Luis Valley-Calumet-Comanche Transmission Project - Alternatives Evaluation (June 2009 - 510 KB)

• San Luis Valley Electric System Improvement Project - Alternatives Evaluation and Macro Corridor Study (June 2008 - 14.2 MB)

• Public Scoping Report (November 16, 2009 - 28.6 MB)
  • Index of Public Comments

Western Farmers Electric Cooperative/Brazos Electric Power Cooperative

• Federal Register Notice to Hold Public Scoping Meetings and Prepare a Environmental Impact Statement (10/20/2004) (47 KB)
• Alternatives Report (October 2004) (20.5 MB) (includes Purpose and Need, Capacity Alternatives, Siting Alternatives, and Transmission Line Macro-Corridor Analyses)
• Proposed Transmission Line Macro-Corridor Maps
  • Hugo to Valley (765 KB)
  • Hugo to Atoka (917 KB)
  • Hugo to Paris (991 KB)
  • Hugo to Valliant (557 KB)
• Western Farmers Coal-Fired Power Plant and Associated Transmission Final Environmental Impact Statement (8/1978) (64.3 MB)