Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Kake to Petersburg Transmission Line Intertie Project

Tongass National Forest Wrangell-Petersburg, Alaska Petersburg Ranger District

Determine location for a power transmission line between the communities of Petersburg and Kake. No new roads would be constructed.

Location

Intertie is proposed to run from Petersburg, AK (Mitkof Island) to Kake, AK which is located on the neighboring island of Kupreanof.

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
07/28/2014
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
12/29/2014
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/24/2016
4
Objection Period Start
06/28/2016
5
Decision
11/2016 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
12/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityForest Service Energy Implementation Plan; Ira - Inventoried Roadless Area Activities Requiring Secretary/Undersecretary Approval
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityElectric Transmission; Special Use Authorizations
Kake to Petersburg Transmission Line Intertie ProjectDecision Signed Date: 11/30/2016
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsPetersburg Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionMitkof and Kupreanof Islands, linking the communities of Petersburg and Kake.
Special use management