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Issuance of a NPS Right-of-Way to TVA for Construction of an Aerial Power Line Near Milepost 159.2
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TVA completed an EA for the project in January 2017 (see https://www.tva.gov/Energy/Transmission-System/Transmission-System-Projects/Red-Hills-Leake-Transmission-Project-Southwest-Mississippi-Service-Area), which focused on the broader impacts of TVA's project. The NPS created this EA to address specific impacts to Natchez Trace Parkway resources from the issuance of a ROW and the construction of a new 161-kV transmission across approximately 2,000 feet of NPS land. Two alternatives are considered by the NPS in this EA, the No Action Alternative and the alternative for Issuance of a NPS ROW to TVA for Transmission Line Construction. The NPS EA also identifies mitigation strategies to offset permanent impacts of a new transmission line to the designed cultural landscape and wetland/floodplain resources of the Natchez Trace Parkway.