and numerous other organizations with whom the three-laboratory team has interacted during this project. The project team would also like to acknowledge the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) for very close collaboration in implementing its energy policy and regulations database into the Energy Zones Mapping Tool, as well as Navigant Consulting for its contributions related to demand-side resources.

The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), were the lead agencies that prepared a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) related to the Section 368a Corridors (DOE 2008). This addressed item 2 listed above for the western 11 contiguous states. Records of Decision designating the corridors were issued by the BLM (2009) and U.S. Forest Service USFS (2009). Congressional direction under Section 368(b) of EPAct differs from that provided under Section 368(a). Specifically, Section 368(b) requires: the secretaries of the Agencies, in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), affected utility industries, and other interested persons, to jointly-(1) identify corridors for oil, gas, and hydrogen pipelines and electricity transmission and distribution facilities on Federal land in States other than the 11 western states other than those described in subsection (a); and

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