RIVERHEAD TO CANAL SECOND CABLE PROJECT APPLICATION To The NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION For a CERTIFICATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY AND PUBLIC NEED Pursuant to Article VII of The Public Service Law LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY NOVEMBER 2008
Riverhead to Canal 138kV Cable Installation Service List October 9, 2008 Hon. Carol Ash Commissioner NYS Office Of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation One Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12238 Hon. Patrick Hooker Commissioner NYS Dept. of Agriculture & Markets 10 B Airline Drive Albany, NY 12235 Hon. Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez Secretary of State NYS Department of State 41 State Street Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12231 Avi Schick Acting Downstate Chairman Empire State Development 633 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017-6706 Hon. Astrid Glynn Commissioner NYS Department of Transportation Building 5 State Campus 1220 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12232 Hon. Pete Grannis Commissioner NYS Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway Albany, NY 12233
October 9, 2008 Hon. Kenneth LaValle New York State Senate 325 Middle Country Rd. Suite 4 Selden, NY 11784 in Street, Southampton NY, 11968 Supervisor Linda A. Kabot Town of Southampton 116 Hampton Road Southampton, NY 11968 Hon. Steve Levy Suffolk County Executive H. Lee Dennison Building P.O. Box 6100 Hauppauge, NY 11788 Hon. Jay Schneiderman Suffolk County Legislator P.O. Box 1827 Sag Harbor, NY 11963 Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. 2302 Main Street Box 3062 Bridgehampton, NY 11932 Subimal Chakraborti, PE Regional Director NYS Department of Transportation Region 10, NYS Office Building 6th floor, Traffic and Safety 250 Veterans Highway Hauppauge, NY 11788 Eugene Smith Regional Permit Engineer NYS Department of Transportation Region 10, NYS Office Building 6th floor, Traffic and Safety 250 Veterans Highway Hauppauge, NY 11788 Frank Pearson Regional Traffic Engineer NYS Department of Transportation Region 10, NYS Office Building 6th floor, Traffic and Safety 250 Veterans Highway Hauppauge, NY 11788
October 9, 2008 David Macks Office of Energy Efficiency and the Environment NYS Department of Public Service Three Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223-1350 Paul Agresta, Esq. Counsel, Environment and Planning NYS Department of Public Service Three Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223-1350 Steven V. Dalton Project Licensing Coordinator Keyspan Corporation Environmental Engineering Department 175 East Old Country Road Hicksville, NY 11801 Margaret Conklin Regional Utility Engineer State of New York Department of Transportation State Office Building 250 Veteran's Memorial Highway Hauppauge, New York 11788 Peter A. Scully Commission Chair Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning and Policy Commission P.O. Box 587 3525 Sunrise Highway, 2 nd Floor Great River, NY 11739 Westhampton Public Library 7 Library Avenue Westhampton Beach, New York 11978 Riverhead Public Library 330 Court Street Riverhead, NY 11901 Quogue Library 90 Quogue Street, P.O. Drawer LL Quogue, NY 11959
Rogers Memorial Library 91 Coopers Farm Road Southampton, NY 11968 October 9, 2008 Hampton Bays Public Library 52 Ponquogue Avenue Hampton Bays, NY 11946
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Application 1.0 INTRODUCTION...1 1.1 Description of the Proposed Electric Transmission Facility...2 1.2 Project Location...3 1.3 Summary of Environmental Studies and Environmental Impact...4 1.4 Need for the Facility...4 1.5 Coordination between LIPA and NYSDOT...9 1.6 Description of Alternate Routes and Technology...12 1.7 Other Relevant Information...13 2.0 CONCLUSION...13 Public Notice Motion for Waiver Exhibits 1 General Information...E1-1 2 Location of Facilities...E2-1 3 Alternatives...E3-1 4 Environmental Impact...E4-1 5 Design Drawings...E5-1 6 Economic Effects of the Proposed Facility...E6-1 7 Local Ordinances...E7-1 8 Other Pending Filings...E8-1 9 Cost of Proposed Facility...E9-1 10 (E-1) Description of the Proposed Transmission Line...E10-1 11 (E-2) Other Facilities...E11-1 12 (E-3) Underground Electric Transmission Construction...E12-1 13 (E-4) Engineering Justification...E13-1 14 (E-5) Effect on Communications & Electromagnetic Fields...E14-1 15 (E-6) Effect on Transportation...E15-1 16 Public Outreach Activities...E16-1 Prepared Testimony i
TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont d) Attachments Exhibit 2, Attachment A NYSDOT Quadrangle Map (1:24,000) NYSDOT Quadrangle Map (1:250,000) Exhibit 2, Attachment B Land Use Map Exhibit 2, Attachment C Aerial Photographs Exhibit 3, Attachment A NYS Route 24 Alternative Cable Route Exhibit 4, Attachment A Photographs Exhibit 4, Attachment B Agency Correspondence Exhibit 7, Attachment A 2000 Filing Local Ordinance Review Exhibit 13 (E-4), Attachment E-4-1 LIPA Transmission Analysis Exhibit 13 (E-4), Attachment E-4-2 SRIS Correspondence Figures Exhibit 13 (E-4), Figure E-4-1 Exhibit 13 (E-4), Figure E-4-2 Exhibit 13 (E-4), Figure E-4-3 Long Island Power System East End Transmission Facilities One-Line Diagram Tables Table 3-1 Comparison of Capital Costs Table 4-1 Rare or State-listed Wildlife Species Reported by NYSDEC NHP Table 4-2 Rare or State-listed Ecological Species and Communities Reported by NYSDEC NHP Table 4-3 State-listed Rare Plants Identified in the Shinnecock Hills Area in 1999 Table 4-4 Habitat Suitability for Species Identified by the New York Natural Heritage Program Table 5-1 Design Drawings for Riverhead to Canal Second Cable Table 7-1 County and Town Laws, Ordinances and Regulations Table E-4-1 East End Generation Table E-4-2 Major East End LIPA Projects Table 15-1 Maintenance and Protection of Traffic (MPT) Notes and Plans ii