Shoshone-Bannock Tribes - Idaho Power

Idaho Power CompanyResponses to CommentsRESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-170As to alleged off-reservation treaty rights, see Response to Comment SBT1-2. Moreover, traditionalplant resources have been identified in the oral history reports completed by the Confederated Tribesof the Warm Springs Reservation (confidential Technical Report E.4-13, Chapter 2) and the BurnsPaiute Tribe (confidential Technical Report E.4-13, Chapter 1). See Response to CommentSBT1-58.RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-171None of the transmission lines discussed in either the DLA or the FLA are located on theFort Hall Indian Reservation. In addition, IPC has decided to remove all transmission linesassociated with the HCC, except the Pine Creek–Hells Canyon 69-kV line (Line 945), from theFLA. These lines will not be relicensed by FERC as a part of the HCC because they are nolonger primary lines subject to FERC licensing jurisdiction. The Pine Creek–Hells Canyon line(Line 945) parallels the Oxbow–Hells Canyon road and typically occurs in the road verge. Itdoes not have service roads associated with it.RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-172As to alleged off-reservation treaty rights, see Response to Comment SBT1-2. None of thetransmission lines discussed in either the DLA or the FLA are located on the Fort Hall IndianReservation.RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-173Impacts to botanical resources, in some cases at the species level, are described in the licenseapplication, Exhibit E.3.3. As to alleged “tribal plant resources,” see Response to CommentSBT1-2.RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-174As to alleged off-reservation treaty rights, see Response to Comment SBT1-2.RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-175Participation of all entities involved in the HCC relicensing process is summarized in the FLA,Consultation Appendix, section I, Attachment G. See also Response to Comment SBT1-170.RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-176In a meeting held in February 1998, IPC discussed the 100-meter width of the APE with theIdaho State Historic Preservation Office (Idaho SHPO) staff, U.S. Forest Service (USFS) staff,and principal investigators from Applied Paleoscience and Rain Shadow Research. The staff ofthe Oregon SHPO were invited to the meeting, but they could not attend. The Idaho and OregonSHPOs and the USFS were notified of the APE definition in a letter from Mark Druss, IPCarchaeologist, dated March 5, 1998. Dr. Robert Yohe, the Idaho Deputy State HistoricHells Canyon Complex Page 73