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<br />r--- <br />o <br />If':) <br /> <br />USDA-REA ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT <br /> <br />YAMPA PROJECT <br /> <br />Prepared in Accordance with <br />Sec. J,02 (2) (C) of P.L. 91-190 <br /> <br />Summary Sheet <br /> <br />I. Draft (x) <br /> <br />Final ( ) <br /> <br />II. Rural Electrification Administration <br /> <br />III. Administrative (X) <br /> <br />Legislative ( ) <br /> <br />IV. This action involves the request for insured and <br />guaranteed loan funds from the Rural Electrification <br />Administration to partially finance a new generating <br />station to be located near Craig, Colorado. The <br />project will include two new 380 MW (net output) <br />stearn generating units, a supplemental water supply <br />from an addition to the Elkhead Creek Reservoir, <br />and approximately 11 miles of railroad spurline. <br />Coal fuel will be delivered by motor vehicle from a <br />nearby open-pit mine. The transmission portion of <br />the project includes: (a) 23.5 miles of 230 kV trans- <br />mission line from the Craig substation to the Hayden <br />substation, double-circuited with the Craig-Hayden <br />345 kV transmission line from the Craig substation <br />to a point near the Hayden substation~ (b) 12.5 miles <br />of double-c~rcuit 230 kV transmission line from the <br />Craig substation to interconnect with the existing <br />USBR 230 kV Hayden to Rifle transmission line~ (c) <br />86 miles of single-circuit 230 kV t~ansmission line <br />from the Craig substation to the existing USBR Rifle <br />substation~ (d) 60 miles of 230 kV transmission line <br />from the existing Wolcott substation to the existing <br />USBR Mt. Elbert substation. <br /> <br />The affected counties are Moffat, Routt, Eagle, <br />Pitkin, Lake, Rio Blanco, and Garfield counties, all <br />in the State of Colorado. <br /> <br />The first generating unit is scheduled for commercial <br />operation in April, 1978, and the second generating <br />unit a year later. <br /> <br />V. Every reasonable effort will be made~,to minimize the <br />environmental impact of the proposed action. The new <br />generating plant will incorporate into its design the <br />latest technology with respect to pollution control. <br />However, some oxides of sulfur and nitrogen will be <br />released to the atmosphere along with a limited quan- <br />tity of particulate matter. During the useful life <br />