Request a Copy of the Final Environmental Impact Statement
Western has released the Big Stone II Power Plant and Transmission Project Final Environmental Impact Statement, including responses to comments received on the Draft EIS and Supplemental Draft EIS. You may request a copy of the Final EIS through the online request form.
The Final EIS is published in multiple volumes.
- Executive Summary
- Volume I will contain the Final Environmental Impact Statement.
- Volume II will contain a summary of the public comment submissions received in response to the Draft EIS and Supplemental Draft EIS along with Western's responses to comments.
- Volume III will contain the Appendices. (Only available at DOE Reading Rooms, public libraries and on the CD-ROM)
- Volume IV will contain the public comment submissions. (Only available at DOE Reading Rooms, public libraries and on the CD-ROM)
About Big Stone II
The Big Stone II Project involves the construction of an approximately 600-MW, coal-fired generating facility near Milbank, in Grant County, S.D. The Big Stone II generating unit would be located next to the existing Big Stone Plant, and would require new or upgraded transmission lines in the area. Two transmission alternatives are proposed in South Dakota and Minnesota. Voltage on the proposed transmission lines would most likely be 230 kV.
Project updates:
- Sign up to receive the Big Stone II Final EIS (pdf 253 kb)
- Final Environmental Impact Statement Notice of Availability - Federal Register notice, June 26,2009 (48 kb pdf)
- Supplemental Draft EIS Notice of Availability - Federal Register notice, October 26, 2007 (pdf 50 kb)
- Newsletter, March 2007 (pdf 276 kb)
- Extension of comment period - Federal Register notice, July 7, 2006 (pdf 50 kb)
- Draft EIS Notice of Availability - Federal Register Notice, May 23, 2006 (pdf 59 kb)
- Local Notice of Availability of Draft EIS and Public Hearing Notice
- Scoping Summary Report (pdf 1.61 MB)
- Notice of Intent (pdf 58 MB)
- Newsletter, June 2005 (pdf 11 MB, 11"x17")
- EIS Determination; April 2005
Contact information:
NEPA Document Manager
Big Stone II EIS, B0400
Upper Great Plains Region
Western Area Power Administration
P.O. Box 35800
Billings, MT 59107-5800
1-800-336-7288 or 406-247-7405
Fax: 406-247-7408
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