irwa 2014 federal agency update bureau of land management (blm) energy corridors update
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IRWA 2014 Federal Agency Update Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Energy Corridors Update. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) www.blm.gov. Manage more land than any other agency 245 million surface acres 700 million subsurface acres 12 State Offices with 90 field offices Washington Office (DC) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
www.blm.govManage more land than any other agency
o 245 million surface acreso 700 million subsurface acres
12 State Offices with 90 field offices
Washington Office (DC)National Operations Center (Denver)National Interagency Fire Center (Boise)National Training Center (Phoenix)
BLM’s Multiple Use Mission• Manage for “multiple use and
sustained yield”
• Administer over 107,000 rights-of-way
• Administer lands via land use plans (LUPs) or resource management plans (RMPs)
• Designate corridors in LUPs; Corridors are preferred locations for large linear infrastructure projects
Energy Corridors on Federal Lands
Section 368 of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PL 109-58) directs Secretaries of Interior, Agriculture, Defense, Commerce, Energy to designate corridors in 11 western states
Agencies prepare Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 2006-2008 • BLM Record of Decision (ROD) January 2009
designates 5,000 miles of corridors (119 total corridors); amends 92 LUPs
• USFS ROD January 2009 designates 990 miles of corridors; amends 38 LUPs
Energy Corridor LitigationBLM, Forest Service (USFS), Dept of Energy (DOE) sued in 2009• July 2013 case dismissed and Settlement
approved
83 of 119 BLM corridors have no concerns identified by Plaintiffs
Plaintiffs identify 45 Corridors of Concern (COC)• Concerns identified primarily with portions of
corridors• Siting projects within COCs may involve:
o additional litigationo increased mitigationo significant environmental impactso consideration of alternative siting options
Section 368 Energy Corridors
Settlement Deliverables (subject to available funds)• BLM/USFS/DOE conduct Corridor Study by July 2014
• BLM to issue corridor policy April 2014
Stakeholders will be engaged in: • Regional reviews of corridors to develop recommended
new, deleted or modified corridors
• Review Interagency Operating Procedures (IOPs); agencies to capture changes in updated guidance
Energy Corridor Litigation continued
BLM/USFS/DOE to publish Request for Information (RFI) late March 2014 with 60 day comment period• Solicit feedback on data sources to support corridor study• Solicit feedback on public venues for coordination (e.g
Resource Advisory Council meetings)• Seek feedback on Interagency Operating Procedures
(IOPs)
Stakeholders (including the public) will be engaged in: • Processing land use plan (LUP) amendments that consider
workgroup recommendationso Las Vegas Draft Resource Management Plan anticipated
release June/July 2014o Other plans ongoing or upcoming
BLM/USFS/DOE seek your feedback and participation:Steve Fusilier; [email protected] Woodruff; [email protected] Jackson; [email protected]
Corridor Info:www.blm.gov/so/st/en/prog/energy/transmission.html
http://corridoreis.anl.gov/
Lucas Lucero, Senior [email protected]