Transmission Line Routing Study & Permitting
Location: Ohio
Burns & McDonnell prepared a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need and submitted it to the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) for a 13-mile 138-kV transmission line project. The application addressed justification of need, route analysis, technical data, financial data, socioeconomic analysis and ecological analysis.
- Alternatives analysis
- Cultural resources
- GIS
- Land use
- Public involvement
- Social assessment
- Threatened and endangered species
- Visual assessment
In preparation for the OPSB application, Burns & McDonnell performed site visits, evaluated alternate transmission line routes, and prepared documents and figures for public open houses. The site visits consisted of collecting information from city, county, and state government agencies and assessing the environmental features (upland and wetland vegetation, streams, creeks, rivers, reservoirs, and wildlife) within the study area.
Burns & McDonnell provided cultural resource, threatened and endangered species and wetland surveys, based on results of the ecological analysis and at the request of the OPSB. Burns & McDonnell's wetland specialist delineated more than 20 different wetlands, including forested, scrub-shrub, and emergent. The wetland delineation report was completed and submitted to the Corps of Engineers and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for Section 404 and Section 401 permits, respectively. The construction permits were granted.
