RProject

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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Permit & Documents

  • R-Project Final Habitat Conservation Plan
  • R-Project Final Migratory Bird Conservation Plan
  • R-Project Restoration Management Plan
  • Memorandum: Transmittal of Final Intra-Service Biological Opinion on Issuance of an Incidental Take Permit for American burying beetle for the R-Project in Nebraska
  • Biological Opinion: Proposed Issuance of Incidental Take Permit for the Federally Endangered American Burying Beetle (Nebraska Public Power District R-Project Transmission Line)
  • Findings and Recommendations for the Issuance of an Endangered Species Act Section 10(A)(1)(B) Incidental Take Permit for the P-Project Transmission Line Habitat Conservation Plan
  • Final Environmental Impact Statement on Issuance of an Incidental Take Permit and Implementation of a Habitat Conservation Plan for the R-Project Transmission Line
  • USFWS Record of Decision: Proposed Issuance and Responses to Public Comments Regarding Incidental Take Permit and Implementation of a Habitat Conservation Plan for the R-Project Transmission Line, Authorizing Incidental Take of the Endangered American Burying Beetle in Central Nebraska
  • Analysis of Public Comments of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Issuance of an Incidental Take Permit and Implementation of a Habitat Conservation Plan for the R-Project Transmission Line
  • Evaluation of Need for a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Application for an Incidental Take Permit for the R-Project Transmission Line
  • A Review and Critique of Risk Assessments Considered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regarding the Collision Risk for Whooping Cranes with NPPD’s R-Project

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COST OF PROJECT

The total project cost estimate for the transmission line and substations is approximately $417.3 million.

What is NPPD’s R-Project?

NPPD plans to construct a 345,000-volt transmission line from NPPD's Gerald Gentleman Station near Sutherland to NPPD's existing substation east of Thedford. The new line will then proceed east and connect to a second substation to be sited in Holt County.

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