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March 1982 Alaska Power Authority Public Part icipation Offi ce
Alaska Power Authority Board of
Directors Approves Routing of Intertie
Transmission Line
Eric P.Youki,ex.c:utM Dnc'lOf
Heney BlJndt.Dnetor 01 P\.lbAc
PortJelpallOn
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TRA NS M ISSION
LIME AO UTE
The general fOUtlng o f me transmission
line as sootovea by the Boa rd 0 1Direc tors
in November 198'is sho wn here
Alaska Po w~,Authorilv Board m ember s,
s lal/,resource persons.and me mbers o f
the p ublic are s ho wn d uring the
Novemoer 198 1 Board mee ting
The c rete n ec route (which appea rs on
this page)was approved by the AlaSka
Power Authority Board 01 Drrec rors on
November 19.1981.The route is the pro-
du el 0 1 econom ic ,environme nTa l ,and
fea sibili ly s tud ies.drs cu s stcn s wi t h
utilit ies and permitling agencie s .and In-
put h om the pubhc .II inc ludes a po t lion
wh ich we dubbed 'he "near ea ster ly "
rou te ma t was suggested by meeunq car -
ucceots In June 198 1 a t tne Susuna
Valley High scnocr.Tne rou te doe s not
pass through the Chase .CU Hy .and La ne
a reas bu t doe s pass throug h me Sherman
and Gold Cree k a reas .u avoid s Denali
Nationa l Pafk and all bu t a '11 mile corner
01 the Denali Slate Park ,In the area 01 the
palk e ntran ce into Denali Nationa l Park ,
the p rete r rec route goe s a way Irorn the
highway (in o rder to preserve Ihe views
near the entrance)and goes into the
Moody arid Montana Creek dra inage s
The Boa rd also app roved ccosnucuoo 01
the line a t 345 Kv with iOilial ccereuon a t
138 Kv
FUr1her Board A cti on
In add ition 10 me gene ral roullng of Ihe
line,access was an im pollanl issue a t t he
m eeting .The Board Icdl l our actions
regarding access ,
Fi rst.Commonwealth Associa tes,the
c coscuant s w ho roulHd and des igned Ihe
line l or Ihe Power AuthOri ty.rec ommend-
ed and th e Board app roved s trict
helicopter ccosuucuco and maint enanc e
In me Moody /Montana area .This re com-
me ndation ISin respect lo r Ih e und,sturb-
ed nature 0 1 t he area and me DaJl shee p
habital u enccoter cc nsnucncn would
also be limit ed to seasons othe'Ihan
lambin g li me
Second.Common ....eann had re commend-
ed gOing 00 me ea st s ide of Broad Pass
The Department 01 Natural Resources
(D NR)creters t hat tne line go wes t 01 the
highway in o rder to decrea se Visual Im-
pa ct.The Board directed the stanto mak e
a good faith etten to acc ommodate DNA
by work ing with Ihem and the rece ra r
gove rnmenl to engi"leer a land swap The
we stern route sugges ted by DNA would
reqc ire enc roachment o n a c orner 0 1
Denali Naliooal Park .
Third ly.a good la ith euc n to av(lId Denali
Slate Park was dir ected by me Board
Fourth ,the Board al so acceotec the
Power Au thority s ta n's re commendalion
10 ccostrucr 1M teo ha ll o f Super Link 3S
and all 01 55 in me neucccte r-assrstec
m ode (see crscusson on ccostrucuon
modes) ove r Comrnonweaun's re co-n-
merceuco lor c onvenuonat constr uction
in mat a rea The stall's recc rwrenoeuon
was ma in ly a re su ll 01 publ ic input re la ting
to lhe life styles and environmental c on-
cerns in that area The top half 0 1 3S is
no rth 01 the r eeeem e River :6S ru ns east
o rm e susnna River and through me Gold
Creek.Ind ia n River .arid c nomoe Pass
areas
Ex pla natIOn o r ConstructIOn M ode s '
'The d IViding line 1$the Talkeetna Rrve r
Methods 0 1 Construction
En"l ronment. 1Con s lde r.llons
EnVlron me nlal con side rat IOnS ale be ing
incorporaled in the llna f p lan EX !Sftng ana
p1anoect roads and t rans Will be used to
the maximum extent poss ible Int rOdUC ,
tion 01 access into area s where none
p revIOU Sly eos tec will be pl anned 10
m inImize s tream c ross eqs.extens we
SW itc hback s on s leep topog,aDhy and
heavy cl earing 01 veget a l lQn The iocauco
01 res idences and p nvate prope rty WIll be
respected as mu c h as poss ible as mo re
eer euee studies are nuna tec 10determ ine
Ihe "nat location 0 1 acce ss mr c the tlg hl '
ol -way .
Conc eptual PI."B ecomes A Working
Plen
The conc eptual plan Will be meddled In
ac corda nce With Pf'rmi!l;n.,;,age n cy
StipulatIonS and w ill be 11nallzed puor to
the start 0 1 const ruc tIOn As ce-rs 01 tne
plan bec ome I lflulized .lhey w.lI be
d iSCu ssed in ful ure newslellers
lor nn eee mar shalling ya rds alOng l he en-
me length 0 1 170 m ile s Matefla ls can be
lOaded on trucks Of raIl ca rs and d irec tly
shlPPE'd to a selec tee ya rd WIth a
min imum 01 handling ,resulting In mrnlmal
damage and loss
.lee-a.Yo The Righl.()t·W.y
Ac cess TO the right-o l-way I rom the
radroad Ot hlQhway and mar shalling yards
wi ll be needed on a da lly ba SISdu ring con-
snoct oo.de livery 01 mate nats.,"stall",·
lion 0 1 loundation s.assembly and erec-
lion o f struc tures ,a nd st ringIng of c on-
ductor a nd shield w ir es
Yr."el Along The Rlght ·Or·w. y
The m achines and eq u ipment reccu eo lor
tounoauons .structure s,and w ire stringing
ac tivities ar e br oughl lnilialty overland 0fI ·
10 me righ T-o f.way fr om the rna,shailing
yards by way of f road or trail and then
s lay on the nght -ol -way un td me 100 IS
comp leled Where natura r oostac 'es TO
cconnucos c cosnucncn (such as rivers
c anyons ,o r steep slopes)p revent trus.me
cont ractor Wltl have 10 exrt Irom lne flghl·
o l-way and re lurn to It tun ner atong ee
rout e
Conceptual Access Plan
M.r a hlllllng Vards
Greal c oncern was VOiC ed by bot h the
publIC ancl me per rnlltlng aseeces abou t
construc ti o n a cce ss ,In large pari
because normuch w as known abou t whal
lhe op tron s w ere Common w eallh
develOped and r..esentec a conceptua l
ptan to shOw hOw access would mosl like--
Iy occur .This plal"l wa s p resenlfld 10 the
Boa rd 01 Duec tcrs In November 1981 ,
This pl an depend s heav ily on eXlshng
roads ,ueus .ancl pleviously d lslurbed
a reas (l or example .old gravel Pits c ould
be fNI rshall ,ng yards )The cooceot 01
cceretcos That goe s With IhiS access IS
cescreec belOw
The loc ation,size an(!crs tence betw een
ma rsha lling yards are oe termoeo by me
neatness to est ablished transpo llahon
recute s .site availabi lity.and limita tiOnS
of access The p1 al"l shOwn here prOVides
The c onceptual pla n c alls tor selected
marsha lhng yard s alon g th e Park s
Highway and the Alaska Railroad Ma r-
shalhng yard s are sto rage places l or
matenal s and equipment. The m aterials
and equip ment Will be delivered by truck
o r railroad 10 the marshalling yards and
then uen sccrteo to the line rlghl-ol ·way
where msrananon OCCur s
II is e xpe c ted Th at the tmat access plan
u sed Will be very similar 10 tne one
de scribed ne .e.How ever ,ther e ca n and
probably w ill be variations.Every contrac-
lor goes abou t his wo rk a lillie d llterently
and in ord er not 10c reate mo re pr oblems
tnan wh al are SOl ved.lhe tear ac c.e ss
p tan must also ccesoe -ue cowecrors
needs ,The f inal access plan w ill be
oeveooec JOIntty by me perm llflng age ~
ces.Ihe ccon ector.and the Alaska
Power Authon ty ThiS hna!plan will I~
c lude the cc etco 01 marShalling yards
FInal cecrscos Will nol be reached uem
1983 ?u b tlc c once rns Will be rep rese nted
by born tne pe rm'fl.ng ace ree s and the
Powoe r A...tno rlty n.ere IS eve ry reason to
ee'eve mat the !lna l plan wll!c ontInue 10
re ly heav Ily on e l(ISling develOped and
pla l1ed access
Pre fer red M lXIe
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bottom hall 0 1 3"
lop ha ll 0 1 3 ·
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The !OI IOW ln~cha rt srcws the selected
method 0 1 ccosu ccroo lor ea ch Super
link ,The Super L;nks Of Incremen ts a re
sho wn on tne ma p on pa ge 3
C =ConventIOnal land COflSlr ueh on
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HA =He licop ter Ass is ted
Helicopler Iranspo ,1 01 labor .
eQuipment,and ma lerials with
neucccte r assistance 10 all coere -
ucos The no lable eeceon-os 10
the helicopt er assis tance will be
me coeretons ,nvolving reels 01
c able and the equ ipment call ed
me tensice ere and pu llers.w hich
w ill be br ought over land 10 the
work sues.
H =Heli copter Only .
Helicopters will be used l or ceo-
s t ruc ucn a nd u ltimately l or
main tenance Spec ial equipme nt
will be fa bric ated so lhallhe reels
o f ca ble .the tereooer s .and the
pullers can be eree by rercccter .
A marS1l alllng yard,01 stagIng area IS
ShOwn here.EkBC t localions 1nd sizes 01
marShalling yards on /his (Jr('iecl will be
det ermined ;emtly by the resource agen-
cie s.cont ractors ,and the Power Authority
d uring 1982 and earty 1983
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What Is the background ot
the Intertle?
Thf'poss ibility 0 1 mte rconnecnnq Pair-
ba rks and Anchor age h as be en discussed
fo r .1 numoer 01 years and c ulminated in a
May 1981 l easib ilily report.p repared by
Commonwealth Associate s In this reoort
the tw o potential be nents 01 an inlmlie
we re ctscos sec
TM Polent..1 Benefits
The lir st beneut is c alled KOftOmy 'n l ...•
change.The merit 0 1 economy inte r.
chang e hinges upon the tact thai the 01'
burn ed '"f airbanks is.and pr omises 10
be.subs lan\la Uy more c o sI ly than the
n atural g as bu rned In A nchorage r nus.II
energy provided by lower c ost gas cou ld
be tran sported 10 Fairbanks to replace
ene rgy pr ooucec there With oil ,the re
wou ld be a COSI redu ction ove rall ,The
es t imated sav ings is $160 mi llion lor the
period 1984 10 ,,,93 .
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DeSign recommenc1,)lIons tor me rnerne mclude mis x·lower ro be cons tructed o f Corten
(na turally rus ting s leel)The c onc1UC lors (w ,res'Will be a non specu1ar m'terialtha t Will
reduce light r eflectIon.
The secondbenefit is c alled ,...,.,.ahlr-
ing.The demand l or eie ctncuv vanes
th roughou t Ihe year ,depe nding on the
time 01 da y.the weame r.e tc .A Utility
mu s t have a gen erating c apacity well in
excess 01 Ihe peak (heaviest)de mand in
orde r to Cope w ith equipmen tlailur es and
unanticipated load s such as th ose c au sed
b y unseasonably c old weather .This ex-
ce ss is defined as me reserve.II IS
e st imaled by sharing re se rves An chorage
c an reduce its need ror new generating
capacity by 70 MW (by 1993)and Fan -
bank s c an reduce its need by 55 MW.
br inging the tote r redu ction 10 125 MW
Th is will save an aCld ilional S14 mi llion in
the 1984·1993 time I rame .Thu s Ihe totat
saving in the 1983-1994 per iOd is roughly
$174 mun on in 1982 dollars
What's In the future for the
Intertle?
A ream is cu rrenlly In me li eld (February
and Ma rch)TO de lermlne m ore p rec isely
me locat ion 01 a 400 root r ight -ol-way Ar·
reeled r es -ce nts wer e con tec rec and their
input IS be ing soncuee .Foundation tests
Will be l ak en Ihroug h Apr il.Surveyor s Will
be working along th e rig hl-ol ·way mOSI 0 1
the summer ,Bid pa ckage s l or long lead
li m e ma terials Will be issued by mid-
summe r 1982.Right-ol-way clearing con -
tra cts (sufllcien l for t he i nterne only)wil l
be issued in mid-1982 and cco strc cuco
c onn ects Will be issued in ea rly 1983
ConSlructiOn is planned 10 be cornp lelect
by me fall 0 11984
page foul
Geotechnical Explorations
Beginning
During Ma rch a nd Ap r il 1982 .th e
geophysical ccenectcr will be conducting
geolechnical e l(plo rations They plan to
make l oundation bo rings at up to 73 toea-
ucos.Samples w ill be analyZed tc see i r
the ground c onditions ale eoec cete l or
tee-canons
Pre sently the plan c alls l or ove rland cnu-
ing a t 3 1 Ioca lions 10 be fol lowed by
helicopter surveying a l Ihf'l other 42
locati ons .
Since a ll samples Will be an alyzed ee tc-c
a ccrccnere toc ooanons ca n be de signed .
res idents in me areas should not assu me
a tcorcenoo Will be m ade al the pl aces
l hey see machines or nenccoter s
In a ddi lio n 10 thes e explora tions .
geo logists will be surveying l he enure
rou te dl.ring this pe riod to gather
geol ogical infor malion
There Will be no employment oppor -
tu nities atlenda nt to thi s ex plo ration since
t he c cetrectcr will ha ve tus own drill
equipment and crews
Will I be able to get a Jobon
the Intertle?
The Public Parli cipalion omce has been
gelling Questions aboul j ob ccoc rnmtnes
on Ihe mterte.While oppo rtun ities are not
imminent.il appear s mar job s wi ll be
av ailab le in the l uture ,oct di rectly Ir om
l he Power AuthOrity .hOwever,bu t from
Ihe c learing and cons truc tion companies
Right-o f-way c lea rlOg connects w ill be
issued later nus sum me r ,and construe-
t ion con nects in ea rly 1983 ,The c oo-
sunants ha ve be en i"1 slructed 10 wr ite t he
ccm rac t docume nlS so as to p rovide the
ma ximum participa l iOn opport Unlly po ssi-
b le l or Alaska turns and Ala ska re sidents
Man y or Ihe jobs WIll reqc ue scecuc
suns.As pla ns p rogress and mo re mtcr,
ma non becomes availab le ,it will appear
In tuf ure newsletters
Dr.H.WJ A.Kornlwrg.Bonne vIlle Powe r
Admmis tratlOfl,Vanc ou ver ,Wasllingl on,
on loan nom the Electrical Power
Rese arc h In s/l tu te
November '98 1
Dr.5.".M lc"""on.Professor 01 Radld '
IJOIIBIOlOg y and 8IopIJySlCS and Associate
Professor of MediCme and o f Labo ra to ry
Ani ma l Me dlcme i n th e SChool of
Med ICIne and Dent is try ,Unrw"SIIy o t
Roc hes ter
Biological Effects Research
Reviewed
In response 10 puDhc concern s about
possole har mlul biological euect s.lhe
Board heard Irom Dr ,S M Michaelson
and Dr ,Ha rry KornDefg They reviewed
research 10 dale on the DialogICal euecr s
01 hlQh 'IOItage t ,anS/TIISSiOn ees Dr ,
M IChaelson IS Prolessor 01 Radla hon
BIOlogy and B tOPhySlCS and As:;oclCl le
Pro lessor or u eoeee and ol laboralory
Anim al Med ICIne rn t he School 01
Medlc i"le and Denh stry,a l lhe Un,verSity
01 Bccnester Dr .l(OInbe r g is on loa n
trom me Elec l tlc Power Research In-
stuute 10 l he Bonne ville PoYve r Ad-
m,niSlratlon rn Vancouver ,Washlnglon
Bo th men have ee tenswe knowledge and
experie nce in trns f,eld and ccecnoec
mete a re no dellnite cata c onllrm ,ng
harmful DlOloglcal enects assoc iated w llh
a nan srmsson line ne size 0 1 the Willow
to H ealy In ler tie (3 45 kv)
Public Participation Process
Now Emphasizes One -an-
One Involvement
The empha SIS 01 publiC mvotv emenl IIl lhe
enerte pr oteCl has now c hanged I rom
cornmunica tlOO";w llh commun,ties 10
coe-coooe involvement.111 order 10 In-
volve ee people who ale more dlfectly a l -
teeter by the line DLaIOgue wllh lOCa l ere-
perty owne r s nea r the Iran SffilSSlOO rOUle
De9an In early Fetlruary 198 2 and con-
t inue s w llh me follow ing acnvme s",.-,,,,,
CUrNnt ly Under Way
In Fetlruary and M arc h 1982 ,small rn-
d lvldual mee lll"l9S are D9'Ing held wl l h pr o-
pefty owners nea r l he proposed route
Con tac ts l o r me se mttehngs ar e be ing
m ade di reclly Dy Land Fie ld services
Mos t contact IS be ing rn aoe cnecw w tth
tre p rope r ty owner s list ed on lega l
records .Some cco tecre also be rng maoe
through bu Sh ra oo and the CB "qtape-
vee."The ece tcos 01 mese mee llngs
a re Fa irbanks ,Ca ntwell .r eneeroa .
W IllOw.and possibly Anc horage .so l hat
indIVIdual pr operty owners can go to ire
meehng CIoseS I to men curr ent pla ce o f
resoeoce
Lit .,In t he Spri ng
Alt ef tt ns st ep er hne re hnemenl,p rope rty
owner s w ill ag ain be conta cted by a Land
FM!kt ser vee s rep resentalIVe s eekIng pe r.
m lSSIOO 10 dO sur ve y wori e ThiS will be
another oppo rtunrly lor Indi vidual owne rs
nea r the route to pr ovide ecvce on the
a lignment Dy givi ng d irect Input to u e
r eore s cnrenve
II land IS In ta ct attectec by me 119hl-ol .
wa y ,an Independent app r aiser (no t yet
~lcc l edl WIll accr aee me Impa Ct.Soml'I
l ime m ereatter.Land Field Services.us-
Ing the sur vey Inlormat lon and Ihe In-
ceoe roeu app raisa l.Will c onlacl the
IandaNner 10 recc nete th e a ctual co-o.
re nser ce
Who Is Land Field services?
L and Field Services I l FSI '5 a contra clor
irIvoIved in the hne-lunlOQ 01 the interi M!
roete II is an Alaskan c orpOlallOO WIth 01·
te es 10 Fan'bank s and Anchorage ,11 1$a
mullloodl sclPlrnary land consull ing I I,m .
specialiZ ing 10 land managemenl.pr Ojecl
ma ncgemen t.neoo l1ahons ,nne S8lV1Ce .
real property appraI sal.rou te seectee.
aCQwSlt lOO 01 flgh ls-ol-wa y and c orol lary
permits LFS wi ll partiCipa te wl lh C0m-
monw ealth Asscca tes and Dryden and
LaRue ,an Anchor age eng lneerrng I I,m ,In
li ne l uning the Iran sm lSS lon line rout ing
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Summary of Public Participation During 1981
Al lhe November 198 1 Board me eling o f
the Alaska Power AuthO rity,Nancy
Blunck ,Dn ector 01 Pub lic Pa lll Clpa lion ,
summarized the acuvnres 0 1 Ihe cuce
and the Input from me public In 1 ~'3 1
relative 10 the mterue .This sum mary is ,n ·
e luded bel ow
The three ma jor corecnves 01 me Public
Part icipa tion omce lPPOl we re 10:I )in·
form Ihe c uouc :2)record !helf resconses .
and 3)inCOIporate pli ohc preference s ntc
Ihe decision s of a rocre
In /Orming me publi c wa s eccorcnseec by
m a ilin g s .rneetm q s. reue re .a nd
d islnbUling ma ps ,
Maili ng s A total 0 1uve n1a ihng s weot oot
I rom Jan uary 1981 th rough December
1981.They c an be broken down in lhe
following way :
January.450 people
Ma rch -1700 people "
May ·1700 people "
June .1700 people "
August ·1700 people "
"I ncluded eu eoxncice rs In Willow ,
taneema .Trapp er Cree k.c emweu.
Mc Kinley Park and Healy.
Meetings A total 01 15 pub lic mee nnqs
were held :n Ihe a rea s 01 Fairbanks ,
Mc Kinley Park,Cantwell ,TalkeetnafTrap-
pe r Cleek.and Ancho rage Over 650 pe l>
pie eueooec these mee lings whiCh wer e
held Janu<.oy 1981 throu gh November
1981 .with many ceooie atte nding mo re
than ooe meeunc
Map.Over 200 maps were dl shibuted
throughout the process 10 Interested in-
ovccets at meeunae and by mai l Some
per sons stopped by lhe Power AuthQrlty
cuee to ge l me maps
LeUer.Fa rlY-SIX ietter s we re d lrec lly
received in tne PubliC e emccenc- otnce
EighTy·fIVe percen t wer e frorr:smaller
c o rne-u mne s (other m an AnchQrage and
Fai rba nks).An aonnonet fo rly-eight lel-
te rs were receiv ed in me Govern or's 0 1-
l ice an1 rc te rrec to the Power Authorily
Whenever accr ccna te.responses were
senl.
Wh ile each c ommunll y had c oncerns
soecmc to li s area ,some con cerns were
heard through out the r ai!belt.1)the Visual
impacl ctme ene :2)coteotrat ATVuse 0 1
any new access roads ,and 3 )possible
biolog ical e l-ects 0 1 the high vcnece line
The t ransrmssron line route l hal wa s ap-
proved by tile Board of Directors reu ecrs
a pptoxun a tely 90%of t ne pu bli c
preferences heard during 198 1
The emphasis o f public Involvement ha s
now c hanged from com munica llOns WITh
large gr oups 0 1 people (commumhes)10 a
one-on -one involveme nt.DUring February
a nd March 1982 ,p roperly ow ners and at-
recteo per sons a re be ing cco tecteo by
l and Fie ld Services ,me contractor which
is involved in the l ine lu ning 01 me rouling
o f the line ,
rne pr ocess began in January 198 1.........
A partICiPant marks his map dUring ffte
Talkeetna meeting
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