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Region 1 Report Section 368 Energy Corridor Review June 2019 Region 1 Report Section 368 Energy Corridor Review June 2019 Region 1 Report Section 368 Energy Corridor Review June 2019 Contents Notation ........................................................................................................................................................ v Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations .................................................................................................. v Units of Measure ...................................................................................................................................... vi Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................. ES-1 1. Introduction and Background ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 West-wide Energy Corridor Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement .......................... 1 1.1.2 Lawsuit and Settlement Agreement ........................................................................................... 1 1.1.3 Corridor Study ............................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 Overview of Regional Reviews ............................................................................................................. 4 1.2.1 Scope ........................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2.2 Stakeholder Process .................................................................................................................... 6 1.2.3 Available Tools ............................................................................................................................ 7 2. Region 1 Review ...................................................................................................................................... 11 2.1 Current Conditions and Projected Growth ........................................................................................ 11 2.1.1 Final Solar Energy Development PEIS ..................................................................................... 133 2.1.2 Arizona Restoration Design Energy Project (RDEP) ................................................................ 133 2.1.3 Southern Nevada .................................................................................................................... 144 2.1.4 California Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) .......................................... 144 2.1.5 State of California Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative 2.0 ......................................... 166 2.1.6 Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) Study Program: Section 368 Energy Corridor Spatial Assessment ................................................................................................... 177 2.1.7 NREL Assessment of Studies Regarding the Future Energy Portfolio in the Western United States ............................................................................................................................ 18 2.2 Land Use Planning Process and the Regional Reviews ...................................................................... 18 2.3 Summary of Stakeholder Input ........................................................................................................ 200 2.3.1 Environmental Concerns ......................................................................................................... 233 2.3.2 Corridor Issues and Use Opportunities ................................................................................... 255 2.3.3 Stakeholder Engagement and the Regional Review Process .................................................. 277 2.3.4 Key Corridor Characteristics That Could Affect Energy Development ................................... 311 3. Region 1 Section 368 Energy Corridor Summary of Considerations ..................................................... 333 3.1 Corridor Revisions, Deletions, or Additions ..................................................................................... 333 3.2 General Considerations for Future Energy Development ............................................................... 333 3.3 Potential Revisions, Deletions, or Additions to Interagency Operating Procedures ....................... 400 3.3.1 Potential IOP Additions ........................................................................................................... 400 3.3.2 Potential IOP Revisions ........................................................................................................... 422 3.3.3 General Considerations for IOP Revisions, Deletions, and Additions ..................................... 433 3.4 Region 1 – Section 368 Energy Corridor Summaries ....................................................................... 433 Corridor 23-25 .................................................................................................................................. 444 Corridor 23-106 ................................................................................................................................ 500 i Region 1 Report Section 368 Energy Corridor Review June 2019 Corridor 27-41 .................................................................................................................................. 566 Corridor 27-225 ................................................................................................................................ 633 Corridor 27-266 .................................................................................................................................. 69 Corridor 30-52 .................................................................................................................................. 744 Corridor 37-39 .................................................................................................................................. 833 Corridor 37-223 ................................................................................................................................ 877 Corridor 37-232 ................................................................................................................................ 922 Corridor 39-113 ................................................................................................................................ 966 Corridor 39-231 .............................................................................................................................. 1022 Corridor 41-46 .............................................................................................................................. 10909 Corridor 41-47 ................................................................................................................................ 1144 Corridor 46-269 ............................................................................................................................ 11818 Corridor 46-270 .............................................................................................................................. 1222 Corridor 47-231 .............................................................................................................................. 1266 Corridor 107-268 ............................................................................................................................ 1311 Corridor 108-267 ............................................................................................................................ 1355 Corridor 115-238 .......................................................................................................................... 13939 Corridor 223-224 ............................................................................................................................ 1477 Corridor 224-225 ............................................................................................................................ 1522 Corridor 225-231 ............................................................................................................................ 1600 Corridor 236-237 ............................................................................................................................ 1644 Corridor 264-265 ............................................................................................................................ 1677 4. References .......................................................................................................................................... 1711 5. GIS Data Layers in Section 368 Energy Corridor Mapping Tool .......................................................... 1755 6. Glossary ............................................................................................................................................... 1811 7. List of Preparers, Collaborators, and Reviewers ................................................................................. 2033 Index………………… .................................................................................................................................... 2077 Reference Documents ............................................................................................................................
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