How is this action related to the Department of Energy’s decision to designate national interest electric transmission corridors?
Section 1221(a) of the Energy Policy Act authorizes DOE to designate “national interest electric transmission corridors” to relieve congestion revealed in a separate congestion study. DOE designated National Interest Corridors through a process separate and independent of this PEIS. The BLM and the Forest Service are not involved in the designation of national interest corridors under Section 1221(a). National interest corridor designations involve county-specific geographic areas in the mid-Atlantic and Southwestern United States rather than the narrow, linear areas proposed in the 11 contiguous western states for this action. Siting procedures for proposed projects within the national interest corridors would apply to all lands in federal, state, and private ownership, while the siting and permitting procedures proposed in this PEIS would apply only to lands in federal ownership and only to those federal lands identified in the PEIS. The Congestion Study, completed by the DOE under S
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