284. If DEP has any concerns, PPL will contact DEP and develop an appropriate solution. PPL St. 9-R, p. 6. 285. The Route is located north of Route D-1. PPL St. 4-R, p. 4. Citizens’ PPL’s 286. The Route moves the location for the West Pocono Substation Citizens’ approximately 4.7 miles northwest from Route D-1. PPL St. 4-R, p. 4. PPL’s 287. If the Route were adopted and the West Pocono Substation moved Citizens’ northwest, PPL would have to build approximately 5.2 additional miles of 69 kV transmission line from the substation to connect it to the existing 69 kV lines located near Thomas Road in Monroe County. PPL St. 4-R, p. 4-5. 288. The Route would have a greater impact on intact forest lands than Citizens’ Route D-1. PPL St. 4-R, p. 8. PPL’s 289. Route D-1 mirrors the boundary of the Lackawanna State Forest with PPL’s adjacent privately owned lands. PPL St. 4-R, p. 8. 290. The Route crosses through the north central section of the Citizens’ Lackawanna State Forest, then turns northeast and crosses two additional sections of the Lackawanna State Forest. PPL St. 4-R, p. 8. 291. The Route would traverse through isolated sections of forest that Citizens’ are presently much less fragmented by human influenced land uses than Route D-1. PPL’s PPL St. 4-R, p. 9. 292. North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Standard requires that transmission facility owners, such as PPL, adopt and keep current a formal transmission vegetation management program that has been reviewed and approved by NERC. PPL St. 7-R, p. 2.
284. If DEP has any concerns, PPL will contact DEP and develop an appropriate solution. PPL St. 9-R, p. 6. 285. The Citizens’ Route is located north of PPL’s Route D-1. PPL St. 4-R, p. 4. 286. The Citizens’ Route moves the location for the West Pocono Substation approximately 4.7 miles northwest from PPL’s Route D-1. PPL St. 4-R, p. 4. 287. If the Citizens’ Route were adopted and the West Pocono Substation moved northwest, PPL would have to build approximately 5.2 additional miles of 69 kV transmission line from the substation to connect it to the existing 69 kV lines located near Thomas Road in Monroe County. PPL St. 4-R, p. 4-5. 288. The Citizens’ Route would have a greater impact on intact forest lands than PPL’s Route D-1. PPL St. 4-R, p. 8. 289. PPL’s Route D-1 mirrors the boundary of the Lackawanna State Forest with adjacent privately owned lands. PPL St. 4-R, p. 8. 290. The Citizens’ Route crosses through the north central section of the Lackawanna State Forest, then turns northeast and crosses two additional sections of the Lackawanna State Forest. PPL St. 4-R, p. 8. 291. The Citizens’ Route would traverse through isolated sections of forest that are presently much less fragmented by human influenced land uses than PPL’s Route D-1. PPL St. 4-R, p. 9. 292. North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Standard requires that transmission facility owners, such as PPL, adopt and keep current a formal transmission vegetation management program that has been reviewed and approved by NERC. PPL St. 7-R, p. 2.