ML17296A515

Discusses Rejection of Preferred right-of-way for Alignment of Transmission Line from Plant Site to Kyrene,Az, & Provides Alternative Routing Through Rainbow Valley.One Oversize Drawing,Available in Central Files Only

ML17296A515
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	12/03/1979
From:	Van Brunt E ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR
To:	Gilbert R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
ANPP-14363, NUDOCS 7912130561
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Discusses rejection of preferred right-of way for alignment of transmission 'line from plant site to. KyteneiAZ~ 3 provides alternative routing through Rainbow Valley. One oversize drawing~available in Central Files onlygencl ~

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ARIZONA NUCLEAR ER PROJECT Post Office Box 21666 Phoenix, Arizona 85036 December 3, 1979 PNPP-14363 - JMA/JRM Dr. Robert A. Gilbert Project Manager Environmental Projects Branch 3 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Re: Docket Nos. STN 50-528/529/530 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2 8 3 (PVNGS)

Dear Dr. Gilbert:

As discussed in Section 3.8 of the Final Environmental Statement related to the construction of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2 8 3 (NUREG-75/078), dated September 1975, the proposed PVNGS transmission line alignments "have alternatives which might be employed if the preferred alignments are not acceptable to any governmental agency having jurisdiction in such matters." Despite extensive negotiations through the summer of 1976, the Tribal Council of the Gila River Indian Community rejected a request for right-of-way for the preferred alignment of the PVNGS-Kyrene Transmission Line. This preferred alignment was previously approved by the Arizona Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee (Siting Committee) and is discussed in NUREG-75/078, Section 3.8. 1.

As a result of the Tribal Council's action, alternative routings of the PVNGS to Kyrene line were studied and an application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility was filed with the Siting Committee seeking approval for one of such alternatives. Following a public hearing on July 25, 1977, the Siting Committee approved the corridor route depicted in Attachment and a Certificate of 1

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Dr. Robert A. Gilbert December 3, 1979 ANPP-14363 - JMA/JRM Page 2 The corridor route depicted in Attachment 1 is a combination of Routes A and B discussed in NUREG-75/078, Section 9.3.1. It consists of the first 23 miles of Route A and the last 34 miles of Route B connected by a link of approximately 17 miles designated the "Rainbow Valley Alternate Link." Route A corresponds to the proposed PVNGS to Kyrene route discussed in Section 3.8 of NUREG-75/078. Route B was proposed as an alternate route. The Rainbow Valley Alternate Link is not discussed in NUREG-75/078; as shown in Attachment 1, it lies mostly on 'land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

On December 7, 1977, an application for right-of-way for the Rainbow Valley Alternate Link was filed with the Arizona State Office of BLM.

On August 8, 1979, after extensive field work, the application was "perfected" (the centerline located exactly on BLM lands). The BLM is preparing an Environmental Analysis Record for the Rainbow Valley Alternate Link. A portion of the Rainbow Valley Alternate Link has previously been reviewed in conjunction with a BLM transmission line FES not related to the Palo Verde project.

When BLM has completed their Environmental Analysis Record and approved the final alignment for the Rainbow Valley Alternate Link, the final alignment for the entire length of the Palo Verde-Kyrene Transmission Line within the corridor route depicted on Attachment 1 will be sub-mitted pursuant to NUREG-75/078 Summary and Conclusions, Condition

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