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Great Northern Transmission Line Project: Final Environmental Impact Statement 5.0 Affected Environment and Potential Impacts 247 Itasca County Koochiching County Itasca County Saint Louis County Big Fork River Watershed Little Fork River Watershed Prairie-Willow River Watershed St. Louis River Watershed Mississippi River Headwaters Watershed Leech Lake Watershed Deer Lake O'Reilly Lake Little Sand Lake Trestle Lake Big Diamond Lake Grass Lake Foot Lake Eve Lake Dead Man's Pond Christmas Lake Klingendiel Lake Wilson Lake Bass Lake Larson Lake Swan River Bear River Valley River Day Brook Prairie River Prairie River Deer Creek East River Sucker Brook Venning Creek J2 Segment Option Hibbing Cohasset Grand Rapids Nashwauk Taconite Coleraine Effie Marble Bovey Keewatin Bigfork Calumet La Prairie Deer River Zemple Barr Footer: ArcGIS 10.3, 2015-03-05 17:50 File: I:\Projects\23\31\1152\Maps\Reports\DEIS\Chapter_05\Map 5-21 Water Resources in East Section.mxd User: mbs2 I 5.5 0 5.5 Miles Map 5-21 WATER RESOURCES IN EAST SECTION Great Northern Transmission Line Final Environmental Impact Statement Proposed Routes Blue/Orange Route Blue Route Orange Route Segment Option Alternatives Route Variation Alignment Modification Existing Transmission Lines ! ! 69 or 115 kV ! ! 230 kV ! ! 500 kV ! y Trailer Launch Water Access NHD Watercourse PWI Watercourse MPCA Impaired Stream NHD Waterbody PWI Waterbody MPCA Impaired Waterbody Wild Rice Lake Watershed Boundary (HUC-8) National Wetland Inventory PAB, Freshwater Pond PUB, Freshwater Pond & Other PEM, Freshwater Emergent Wetland PFO, Freshwater Forested/Shrub Wetland PSS, Freshwater Forested/Shrub Wetland Lake Riverine FEMA Floodplain Data 100-Year Floodplain 500-Year Floodplain Project Section Note: This map only depicts proposed alignments. The Applicant will be issued a Route Permit with a specific route width. The proposed route widths are shown in Appendix S.
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WATER RESOURCESIN EAST SECTION
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CORRIDOR SHARINGIN EAST SECTION
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