Volume III: Apendices B-T Of the Biological Opinion

• Description: related to the Platte River Endangered Species Partnership ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP)‎
• State: NE
• Basin: North Platte
• Date: 7/1/1997
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Grand Island, Nebraska
• Title: Volume III: Appendices B - T of the Biological Opinion ‎(BO)‎ on the Federal Engergy Regulatory Commission's ‎(FERC)‎ Preferred Alternative for the Kinglsey Dam Project ‎(No. 1417)‎ and the Northe Platte/Keystone Dam Project ‎(No 1835)‎ ‎(PROJECT NO. 1835)‎
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Biological Opinion

AGREEMENT ON TRANSMISSION LINES
Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) agrees to the following measures with respect to certain
NPPD -owned transmission lines:
1. Within six months from the date of this Agreement, NPPD will provide to the U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service ( USFWS) a map showing the location of NPPD -owned
transmission lines 34.5 kV and above located within one mile of the North Platte and
Platte Rivers between Kingsley Dam and Chapman, Nebraska, and the location of
confirmed whooping crane sightings documented in the last twenty years within one
mile of those Iines except for sightings within incorporated communities and other
residential or industrial areas. Also, NPPD will 1) meet with the USFWS to review
and evaluate the mapping and sighting information; 2) work with the USFWS to
evaluate the site - specific merits of marking any NPPD lines; 3) take this USFWS
information and other pertinent information into consideration; and 4) proceed in a
reasonable and prudent manner to mark NPPD transmission lines where such marking
is warranted to reduce the likelihood for a collision with a whooping crane.
2. Prior to the development of any new transmission lines (34.5 kV and above) located
within one mile of the North Platte and Platte Rivers between Kingsley Dam and
Chapman, Nebraska, NPPD will consult with the USFWS to determine whether the
lines are likely to pose a hazard for whooping cranes and if so, whether they can
reasonably be designed and constructed to reduce the likelihood of impact by
whooping cranes.
3. This Agreement on transmission lines will not become part of any new Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) license since the transmission lines are not subject
to the licensing jurisdiction of FERC. If for any reason FERC imposes license
conditions relating to the marking of NPPD transmission lines, this Agreement will
be null and void. Otherwise, this Agreement will continue for 20 years and thereafter
until terminated by the written notice of either NPPD or the USFWS.