Environmental Assessment Completed

Powder River Energy Corporation (PRECorp) 69 kV Powerline Relocation at Black Thunder Mine

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland Campbell, Wyoming Douglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District

PRECorp proposal: installation of new 69kV 5-wire overhead powerline (treated wood poles, H-frame design, with raptor protection) and removal of old powerline to accommodate mine operation within the Black Thunder Mine permit area.

Location

Black Thunder Mine permit area.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/12/2015
2
Comment Period
08/26/2015
3
Decision
04/2016 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
04/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityElectric Transmission; Special Use Authorizations
69-kilovolt Powerline Relocation at Black Thunder MineDecision Signed Date: 04/15/2016
ForestsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
DistrictsDouglas and Thunder Basin Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNE1/4 NW1/4, W1/2 W1/2 of Section 11 and NW1/4 NW1/4 of Section 14 in T43N, R71W
Special use management