81 FR 83797 - Dairyland Power Cooperative: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold Additional Public Scoping Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 225 (November 22, 2016)
Rural Utilities Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 225 (November 22, 2016)
| Page Range | 83797-83798 | |
| FR Document | 2016-27988 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 22, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 83797-83798] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-27988] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 22, 2016 / Notices [[Page 83797]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Utilities Service Dairyland Power Cooperative: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold Additional Public Scoping Meetings AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and hold additional public scoping meetings. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and hold additional 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 two public scoping meetings in an open-house format at the following locations: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date Location Time Venue ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 6, 2016................... Peosta, Iowa.......... 4:00-7:00 p.m......... Peosta Community Center, 7896 Burds Road, Peosta, IA 53068. December 7, 2016................... Barneveld, Wisconsin.. 4:00-7:00 p.m......... Deer Valley Lodge, 401 West Industrial Drive, Barneveld, WI 53507. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The additional meetings are being held to give the public more opportunities to review the project and provide comments. 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. The public comment period for the proposed project will extend through January 6, 2017. 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 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 [[Page 83798]] 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: November 15, 2016. Kellie Kubena, Director, Engineering and Environmental Staff, Rural Utilities Service. [FR Doc. 2016-27988 Filed 11-21-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P
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Service (USFWS) are participating in CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
the environmental review process as would be limited to the specific foreign- ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s
cooperating agencies, with RUS as the status materials/components and Web site, which is accessible via
lead Federal agency. specific finished products described in www.trade.gov/ftz.
RUS will use input provided by the submitted notification (as described For further information, contact
government agencies, private below) and subsequently authorized by Christopher Kemp at
organizations, and the public in the the FTZ Board. Christopher.Kemp@trade.gov or (202)
preparation of the Draft EIS. The Draft Production under FTZ procedures 482–0862.
EIS will be available for review and could exempt ZF Transmissions from
Dated: November 16, 2016.
comment for 45 days. A Final EIS that customs duty payments on the foreign-
Andrew McGilvray,
considers all comments received will status materials/components used in
export production. On its domestic Executive Secretary.
subsequently be prepared. The Final EIS
sales, ZF Transmissions would be able [FR Doc. 2016–28111 Filed 11–21–16; 8:45 am]
will be available for review and
comment for 30 days. Following the 30- to choose the duty rates during customs BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
day comment period, RUS will prepare entry procedures that apply to
a Record of Decision (ROD). Notices automatic transmissions and powertrain
announcing the availability of the Draft subassemblies and parts, transmission DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
EIS, the Final EIS, and the ROD will be shafts and cranks (duty rate ranges from
free to 2.5%) for the foreign-status Foreign-Trade Zones Board
published in the Federal Register and in
local newspapers. materials/components noted below and [S–162–2016]
Any final action by RUS related to the in the existing scope of authority.
proposed project will be subject to, and Customs duties also could possibly be Foreign-Trade Zone 163—Ponce,
contingent upon, compliance with all deferred or reduced on foreign-status Puerto Rico, Application for Subzone,
relevant federal, state, and local production equipment. Best Petroleum Corporation, Toa Baja,
environmental laws and regulations and The materials/components sourced Puerto Rico
completion of the environmental review from abroad include: Adhesive labels;
steel chains; steel torx screws; steel An application has been submitted to
requirements as prescribed in the RUS the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Environmental Policies and Procedures hexagon screws; steel hexalobular
driving screws; steel hexalobular and Board) by CODEZOL, C.D., grantee of
(7 CFR part 1970). FTZ 163, requesting subzone status for
hexalobular screws; snap rings; studs;
Dated: November 15, 2016. split rings; wire rings; supporting rings; the facility of Best Petroleum
Kellie Kubena, retaining clamps; cylindrical pins; Corporation, located in Toa Baja, Puerto
Director, Engineering and Environmental retaining rings; USIT rings; stop rings; Rico. The application was submitted
Staff, Rural Utilities Service. pole rings; U-rings; crescent rings; pursuant to the provisions of the
[FR Doc. 2016–27988 Filed 11–21–16; 8:45 am] damper rings; slot pins; grooved pins; Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended
BILLING CODE P splash rings; support rings; pressure (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the regulations
pins; differential shafts; plugs; retaining of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was
clips; detent disks; cable terminals; formally docketed on November 15,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE sockets; retaining rings; circlips; balls; 2016.
clips; closing caps; shackles; oil coolers; The proposed subzone (5 acres) is
Foreign-Trade Zones Board tapered-roller bearings; roller bearings; located at Road #2, KM. 20.5, BO.
axial needle bearings; needle cages; Candelaria Arenas, Toa Baja. The
[B–79–2016] proposed subzone would be subject to
needle sleeves; combination bearings;
needle bearings; axial bearings; axial the existing activation limit of FTZ 163.
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 38—
plain bearings; plain bearings; metal No authorization for production activity
Spartanburg County, South Carolina;
gaskets; metal pressure seals; metal has been requested at this time.
Notification of Proposed Production
gaskets; front axle shafts; axle drives; In accordance with the Board’s
Activity; ZF Transmissions Gray Court,
stator shafts; input shafts; output shafts; regulations, Camille Evans of the FTZ
LLC; (Automatic Transmission and
differential and bearing brackets; Staff is designated examiner to review
Powertrain Subassemblies and Parts,
differential covers; silencers; gear shift the application and make
Transmission Shafts and Cranks);
systems; guide discs; rear axle outputs; recommendations to the Executive
Gray Court, South Carolina
spur gears and differentials; spur gear Secretary.
ZF Transmissions Gray Court, LLC drives and differentials; differential Public comment is invited from
(ZF Transmissions) submitted a cases; holding fixtures; frames; front interested parties. Submissions shall be
notification of proposed production axle outputs; and, front axle addressed to the Board’s Executive
activity to the FTZ Board for its differentials (duty rate ranges from free Secretary at the address below. The
facilities in Gray Court, South Carolina to 8.5%). closing period for their receipt is
within FTZ 38. The notification Public comment is invited from January 3, 2017. Rebuttal comments in
conforming to the requirements of the interested parties. Submissions shall be response to material submitted during
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR addressed to the Board’s Executive the foregoing period may be submitted
400.22) was received on November 10, Secretary at the address below. The during the subsequent 15-day period to
January 17, 2017.
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2016. closing period for their receipt is
ZF Transmissions already has January 3, 2017. A copy of the application will be
authority to produce automatic A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection at the
transmissions for motor vehicles within available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary,
Sites 20 and 25 of FTZ 38. The current Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
request would add finished products Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
and foreign status materials/components 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
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| Action | Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and hold additional public scoping meetings. | |
| Dates | RUS will conduct two public scoping meetings in an open-house format at the following locations: | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 83797 |
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