Kayenta - Shiprock 230-kilovolt and Lost Canyon - Ship rock 230-kilovolt Transmission Line Nest Removal Project San Juan County, New Mexico, Apache and Navajo and Montezuma County, Colorado Counties, Arizona, Project Number 2016-065 CX(s) Applied: B1.3...
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July 20, 2016
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Kayenta - Shiprock 230-kilovolt and Lost Canyon - Ship rock 230-kilovolt Transmission Line Nest Removal Project San Juan County, New Mexico, Apache and Navajo and Montezuma County, Colorado Counties, Arizona, Project Number 2016-065
CX(s) Applied: B1.3
Date: 07/20/2016
Location(s): Multiple Locations
Offices(s): Western Area Power Administration-Rocky Mountain Region
Western Area Power Administration proposes to remove 32 unoccupied bird nests located on Structures on the Kayenta - Shiprock 230-kilovolt Transmission Line in New Mexico and Arizona and the Lost Canyon - Shiprock 230-kilovolt Transmission Line in New Mexico and Colorado. Nests located on the crossarms of structures above energized wires present a safety hazard for the birds, maintenance personnel, and reliability risks for the transmission line. Because of the hazards, Western Area Power Administration periodically removes nests from structures when they become numerous and/or very large after years of bird occupation. An aerial survey of the transmission line was conducted to identify nests and determine the species occupying those nests. No golden or bald eagle nests would be impacted.