Environmental Assessment Completed

Tri-State Montrose-Nucla-Cahone Transmission Improvement Project

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests Dolores; Montrose; Ouray; San Miguel, Colorado Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest All Units

Tri-State is proposing to upgrade existing Montrose-Nucla-Cahone 115-kV transmission line to 230-kV. BLM website: http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/district_offices/southwest/ TriState230kVRebuild.htm. For construction info see: http://tristate.coop/mnc

Location

Existing Tri-State transmission corridor on Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnsion and San Juan National Forests, Southwestern Distrct Bureau of Land Management and private lands.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/05/2014
2
Comment Period
11/03/2015
3
09/02/2016
4
Objection Period Start
09/07/2016
5
Decision
02/2017 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
03/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityForest Service Energy Implementation Plan; Nepa Document Prepared By Another Federal Agency
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityElectric Transmission; Special Use Authorizations
Tri-State Montrose-Nucla-Cahone Transmission Improvement ProjectDecision Signed Date: 02/03/2017
ForestsGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests; San Juan National Forest
DistrictsNorwood Ranger District; Ouray Ranger District; Mancos/Dolores Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Special use management