81 FR 71696 - Dairyland Power Cooperative: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold Public Scoping Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 201 (October 18, 2016)
Rural Utilities Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 201 (October 18, 2016)
| Page Range | 71696-71697 | |
| FR Document | 2016-25132 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 71696-71697] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-25132] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Utilities Service Dairyland Power Cooperative: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold Public Scoping Meetings AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold Public Scoping Meetings. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and hold public scoping meetings in connection with possible impacts related to the Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission Line Project proposed by Dairyland Power Cooperative (DPC). Other utilities participating in the Project are American Transmission Company LLC, by its corporate manager ATC Management Inc. and ITC Midwest LLC. The proposal consists of the construction of a 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line and associated infrastructure connecting the Hickory Creek Substation in Dubuque County, Iowa, with the Cardinal Substation in the Town of Middleton, Wisconsin (near Madison, Wisconsin). The Project also includes a new intermediate 345/138-kV substation near the Village of Montfort in either Grant County or Iowa County, Wisconsin. The total length of the 345-kV transmission lines associated with the proposed project will be approximately 125 miles. DPC and the other project participants have identified proposed and alternate segments and locations for transmission lines and associated facilities and for the intermediate substation. Dairyland Power Cooperative is requesting RUS to provide financing for its portion of the proposed project. DATES: RUS will conduct four public scoping meetings in an open-house format at the following locations: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date Location Time Venue ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 31, 2016................... Peosta, Iowa.......... 3:00-6:00 p.m......... Peosta Community Center, 7896 Burds Road, Peosta, IA 53068. November 1, 2016................... Cassville, Wisconsin.. 4:00-7:00 p.m......... Cassville Middle School Cafeteria, 715 E. Amelia Street, Cassville, WI 53806. November 2, 2016................... Dodgeville, Wisconsin. 4:00-7:00 p.m......... Dodgeville Middle School Cafeteria, 951 Chapel St., Dodgeville, WI 53533. November 3, 2016................... Middleton, Wisconsin.. 4:00-7:00 p.m......... Madison Marriott West, 1313 John Q Hammons Dr., Middleton, WI 53562. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDRESSES: To send comments or for further information, contact Dennis Rankin, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2244, Stop 1571, Washington, DC 20250-1571 Email: [email protected] Washington, DC 20250-1571. An Alternative Evaluation Study (AES) and Macro Corridor Study (MCS), prepared by Dairyland Power Cooperative, will be presented at the public scoping meetings. The reports are available for public review at the RUS address provided in this notice and at Dairyland Power Cooperative, 3251 East Avenue, South, La Crosse, WI 54602. In addition, the reports will be available at RUS' Web site, http://www.rd.usda.gov/publications/environmental-studies/impact-statements and at local libraries in the project area. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Preliminary proposed transmission line corridors, the siting area for the intermediate substation, and the two existing end-point substations have been identified. The EIS will address the construction, operation, and [[Page 71697]] management of the proposed project, which includes the following: A new 345-kV terminal within the existing Hickory Creek Substation in Dubuque County, Iowa; a new intermediate 345/138-kV substation near the Village of Montfort in either Grant or Iowa County, Wisconsin; a new 345-kV terminal within the existing Cardinal Substation in the Town of Middleton in Dane County, Wisconsin; a new 45- to 65-mile (depending on the final route) 345-kV transmission line between the Hickory Creek Substation and the intermediate substation; a new 45- to 60-mile (depending on the final route) 345-kV transmission line between the intermediate substation and the existing Cardinal Substation; a short, less than one-mile, 69-kV line in Iowa; facility reinforcement needed in Iowa and Wisconsin; construction and maintenance of access roads for all proposed transmission lines and rebuild of the Turkey River Substation in Dubuque County, Iowa with two 161/69 kV transformers, four 161-kV circuit breakers, and three 69-kV circuit breakers. Total length of the transmission lines for the proposed project will be approximately 125 miles. The project study area includes part or all of the following counties in Iowa: Clayton and Dubuque. In Wisconsin, the project area includes parts of the following counties: Dane, Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette. Among the alternatives RUS will address in the EIS is the No Action alternative, under which the project would not be undertaken. In the EIS, the effects of the proposed project will be compared to the existing conditions in the area affected. Alternative transmission line corridors and the intermediate substation location will be refined as part of the EIS scoping process and will be addressed in the Draft EIS. RUS will carefully study public health and safety, environmental impacts, and engineering aspects of the proposed project and all related facilities. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are participating in the environmental review process as cooperating agencies, with RUS as the lead Federal agency. RUS will use input provided by government agencies, private organizations, and the public in the preparation of the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS will be available for review and comment for 45 days. A Final EIS that considers all comments received will subsequently be prepared. The Final EIS will be available for review and comment for 30 days. Following the 30- day comment period, RUS will prepare a Record of Decision (ROD). Notices announcing the availability of the Draft EIS, the Final EIS, and the ROD will be published in the Federal Register and in local newspapers. Any final action by RUS related to the proposed project will be subject to, and contingent upon, compliance with all relevant federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations and completion of the environmental review requirements as prescribed in the RUS Environmental Policies and Procedures (7 CFR part 1970). Dated: October 12, 2016. Kellie Kubena, Director, Engineering and Environmental Staff, Rural Utilities Service. [FR Doc. 2016-25132 Filed 10-17-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P
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Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: complaint_filing_cust.html, or complete ACTION:Notice of Intent to Prepare an
(202) 401–0142. Email: the form at any USDA office, or call Environmental Impact Statement and
maureen.hessel@wdc.usda.gov. (866) 632–9992 to request the form. You Hold Public Scoping Meetings.
may also write a letter containing all of
VIII. Other Information
the information requested in the form. SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service
A. Paperwork Reduction Act Send your completed complaint form or (RUS) intends to prepare an
In accordance with the Paperwork letter to us by mail at U.S. Department Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Reduction Act of 1995, the information of Agriculture, Director, Office of and hold public scoping meetings in
collection requirements associated with Adjudication, 1400 Independence connection with possible impacts
renewable energy system and energy Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250– related to the Cardinal-Hickory Creek
efficiency improvements grants and 9410, by fax (202) 690–7442 or email at
Transmission Line Project proposed by
guaranteed loans, as covered in this program.intake@usda.gov.
Individuals who are deaf, hard of Dairyland Power Cooperative (DPC).
Notice, have been approved by the Other utilities participating in the
hearing or have speech disabilities and
Office of Management and Budget Project are American Transmission
wish to file either an EEO or program
(OMB) under OMB Control Number Company LLC, by its corporate manager
complaint, please contact USDA
0570–0050. The information collection ATC Management Inc. and ITC Midwest
through the Federal Relay Service at
requirements associated with energy LLC.
(800) 877–8339 or (800) 845–6136 (in
audit and renewable energy
Spanish). The proposal consists of the
development assistance grants have also Persons with disabilities, who wish to
been approved by OMB under OMB construction of a 345-kilovolt (kV)
file a program complaint, please see transmission line and associated
Control Number 0570–0059. information above on how to contact us infrastructure connecting the Hickory
B. Nondiscrimination Statement directly by mail or by email. If you Creek Substation in Dubuque County,
require alternative means of Iowa, with the Cardinal Substation in
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
communication for program information the Town of Middleton, Wisconsin (near
(USDA) prohibits discrimination against
(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.)
its customers, employees, and Madison, Wisconsin). The Project also
please contact USDA’s TARGET Center
applicants for employment on the basis includes a new intermediate 345/138-kV
at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD).
of race, color, national origin, age, substation near the Village of Montfort
disability, sex, gender identity, reprisal Dated: October 12, 2016. in either Grant County or Iowa County,
and where applicable, political beliefs, Justin Hatmaker, Wisconsin. The total length of the 345-
marital status, familial or parental Acting Administrator, Rural Business- kV transmission lines associated with
status, religion, sexual orientation, or all Cooperative Service. the proposed project will be
or part of an individual’s income is [FR Doc. 2016–25163 Filed 10–17–16; 8:45 am] approximately 125 miles. DPC and the
derived from any public assistance BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P other project participants have
program, or protected genetic identified proposed and alternate
information in employment or in any segments and locations for transmission
program or activity conducted or funded DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE lines and associated facilities and for
by the Department. (Not all prohibited the intermediate substation. Dairyland
bases will apply to all programs and/or Rural Utilities Service
Power Cooperative is requesting RUS to
employment activities.) Dairyland Power Cooperative: Notice provide financing for its portion of the
If you wish to file a Civil Rights proposed project.
of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
program complaint of discrimination,
Impact Statement and Hold Public
complete the USDA Program DATES: RUS will conduct four public
Scoping Meetings
Discrimination Complaint Form (PDF), scoping meetings in an open-house
found online at www.ascr.usda.gov/ AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. format at the following locations:
Date Location Time Venue
October 31, 2016 ................. Peosta, Iowa ...................... 3:00–6:00 p.m ................... Peosta Community Center, 7896 Burds Road, Peosta,
IA 53068.
November 1, 2016 ............... Cassville, Wisconsin .......... 4:00–7:00 p.m ................... Cassville Middle School Cafeteria, 715 E. Amelia
Street, Cassville, WI 53806.
November 2, 2016 ............... Dodgeville, Wisconsin ....... 4:00–7:00 p.m ................... Dodgeville Middle School Cafeteria, 951 Chapel St.,
Dodgeville, WI 53533.
November 3, 2016 ............... Middleton, Wisconsin ........ 4:00–7:00 p.m ................... Madison Marriott West, 1313 John Q Hammons Dr.,
Middleton, WI 53562.
ADDRESSES: To send comments or for An Alternative Evaluation Study publications/environmental-studies/
further information, contact Dennis (AES) and Macro Corridor Study (MCS), impact-statements and at local libraries
Rankin, Environmental Protection prepared by Dairyland Power in the project area.
Specialist, U.S. Department of Cooperative, will be presented at the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, public scoping meetings. The reports are
available for public review at the RUS Preliminary proposed transmission line
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room
address provided in this notice and at corridors, the siting area for the
2244, Stop 1571, Washington, DC
Dairyland Power Cooperative, 3251 East intermediate substation, and the two
20250–1571 Email: dennis.rankin@
Avenue, South, La Crosse, WI 54602. In existing end-point substations have
wdc.usda.gov Washington, DC 20250–
addition, the reports will be available at been identified. The EIS will address
1571.
RUS’ Web site, http://www.rd.usda.gov/ the construction, operation, and
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management of the proposed project, day comment period, RUS will prepare DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
which includes the following: A new a Record of Decision (ROD). Notices
345-kV terminal within the existing announcing the availability of the Draft International Trade Administration
Hickory Creek Substation in Dubuque EIS, the Final EIS, and the ROD will be [A–588–876, A–583–859, A–489–829]
County, Iowa; a new intermediate 345/ published in the Federal Register and in
138-kV substation near the Village of local newspapers. Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From
Montfort in either Grant or Iowa County, Japan, Taiwan and the Republic of
Wisconsin; a new 345-kV terminal Any final action by RUS related to the
proposed project will be subject to, and Turkey: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-
within the existing Cardinal Substation Value Investigations
in the Town of Middleton in Dane contingent upon, compliance with all
County, Wisconsin; a new 45- to 65-mile relevant federal, state, and local AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
(depending on the final route) 345-kV environmental laws and regulations and International Trade Administration,
transmission line between the Hickory completion of the environmental review Department of Commerce.
Creek Substation and the intermediate requirements as prescribed in the RUS DATES: Effective October 11, 2016.
substation; a new 45- to 60-mile Environmental Policies and Procedures
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(depending on the final route) 345-kV (7 CFR part 1970).
Emily Halle at (202) 482–0176 (Japan);
transmission line between the Dated: October 12, 2016. Jun Jack Zhao at (202) 482–1396
intermediate substation and the existing
Kellie Kubena, (Taiwan); and Myrna Lobo at (202) 482–
Cardinal Substation; a short, less than
Director, Engineering and Environmental 2371 (Republic of Turkey), AD/CVD
one-mile, 69-kV line in Iowa; facility
Staff, Rural Utilities Service. Operations, Enforcement and
reinforcement needed in Iowa and
[FR Doc. 2016–25132 Filed 10–17–16; 8:45 am] Compliance, U.S. Department of
Wisconsin; construction and
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
maintenance of access roads for all BILLING CODE P
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
proposed transmission lines and rebuild
of the Turkey River Substation in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dubuque County, Iowa with two 161/69 The Petitions
kV transformers, four 161-kV circuit DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
breakers, and three 69-kV circuit On September 20, 2016, the
breakers. Bureau of Industry and Security Department of Commerce (the
Total length of the transmission lines Department) received antidumping duty
for the proposed project will be Discontinuance of Information (AD) petitions concerning imports of
approximately 125 miles. The project Collection 0694–0009: Triangular steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar)
study area includes part or all of the Transactions ‘‘Stamp’’ Covered by a from Japan, Taiwan, and the Republic of
following counties in Iowa: Clayton and U.S. Import Certificate Turkey (Turkey), filed in proper form on
Dubuque. In Wisconsin, the project area behalf of the Rebar Trade Action
includes parts of the following counties: AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Coalition and its individual members
Dane, Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette. Security, Commere. (Petitioners).1 The Petitions were
Among the alternatives RUS will accompanied by a countervailing duty
address in the EIS is the No Action ACTION: Notice. (CVD) petition on rebar from Turkey.2
alternative, under which the project Petitioners are domestic producers of
would not be undertaken. In the EIS, the SUMMARY: The Department of rebar.3
effects of the proposed project will be Commerce, as part of its continuing On September 23 and 30, 2016, the
compared to the existing conditions in effort to reduce paperwork and Department requested additional
the area affected. Alternative respondent burden, has discontinued information and clarification of certain
transmission line corridors and the Information Collection 0694–0009, areas of the Petitions.4 Petitioners filed
intermediate substation location will be ‘‘Triangular Transactions Covered by a
refined as part of the EIS scoping U.S. Import Certificate.’’ Although this 1 See Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping
process and will be addressed in the and Countervailing Duties: Steel Concrete
collection has been discontinued, the Reinforcing Bar from Japan, Taiwan, and the
Draft EIS. RUS will carefully study Triangular Transactions ‘‘Stamp’’ is still Republic of Turkey, dated September 20, 2016 (the
public health and safety, environmental valid and has been added to collection Petitions). The individual members of the Rebar
impacts, and engineering aspects of the 0694–0017 as a supplemental Trade Action Coalition are Bayou Steel Group, Byer
proposed project and all related Steel Group, Inc., Commercial Metals Company,
document. Gerdau Ameristeel U.S. Inc., Nucor Corporation,
facilities. and Steel Dynamics, Inc.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 2 Id.
(USACE) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Requests for additional information 3 See Volume I of the Petitions, at 2 and Exhibits
Service (USFWS) are participating in should be directed to Mark Crace, BIS I–1.
the environmental review process as ICB Liaison, (202)482–8093 or
4 See Letter from the Department to Petitioners
cooperating agencies, with RUS as the entitled ‘‘Petitions for the Imposition of
Mark.Crace@bis.doc.gov. Antidumping Duties on Imports of Steel Concrete
lead Federal agency. Reinforcing Bar from Japan, Taiwan, and the
RUS will use input provided by Sheleen Dumas, Republic of Turkey and Countervailing Duties on
government agencies, private Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Imports of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the
organizations, and the public in the Information Officer. Republic of Turkey: Supplemental Questions,’’
dated September 23, 2016 (General Issues
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preparation of the Draft EIS. The Draft [FR Doc. 2016–25125 Filed 10–17–16; 8:45 am] Supplemental Questionnaire); see also Letter from
EIS will be available for review and BILLING CODE 3510–33–P the Department to Petitioners entitled ‘‘Petition for
comment for 45 days. A Final EIS that the Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Imports
considers all comments received will of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Japan:
Supplemental Questions,’’ dated September 23,
subsequently be prepared. The Final EIS 2016 (Japan Supplemental Questionnaire); see also
will be available for review and Letter from the Department to Petitioners entitled
comment for 30 days. Following the 30- Continued
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| FR Citation | 81 FR 71696 |
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