U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY - WEST-WIDE ENERGY CORRIDOR
SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy, the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and United States Department of Defense (the Agencies) has prepared a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to evaluate issues associated with the designation of energy corridors on federal lands in eleven Western states. Based upon the information and analyses developed in this PEIS, each Agency would amend its respective land use plans by designating a series of energy corridors. This Web site is the online center for public information and involvement in the PEIS process.
WEST-WIDE ENERGY CORRIDOR WEBSITE
LPA POSITION/COMMENTS:
- December 2007 LPA West-Wide Energy Corridor Petition.
- February 14, 2008 letter from LPA to West-wide Energy Corridor PEIS.
- March 24, 2008 correspondence from Tom Udall to Chairman Grijalva requesting congressional hearings on the PEIS.
- April 7, 2008 Hearing Notice - Subcommittee on National Parks, Forest and Public Lands and Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold an oversight hearing on April 15, 2008.
- April 15, 2008 Statement of Joanna Prukop,
Secretary, New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department before the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands and Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on the West-wide Energy Corridor Process: State and Community Impacts.
- On this link, you can click on each Subcommittee witness and it will take you to their written statements.
