Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
September 28, 2017Western Area Power Administration proposes to conduct routine maintenance to raise the heights of Structures 5/4, 5/5, 10/4, and 10/5 on the Lovell-Thermopolis 115-kilovolt Transmission Line, located approximately 10 miles north of Thermopolis, Wyoming. Electrical safety and reliability standards require that these structures be modified in order to raise the electrical conductors an adequate distance from the ground.