“The Bureau of Land Management today is currently processing 30 applications for major transmission rights-of-way on public lands which we oversee.  Seven of these projects are fast-track projects in Idaho, California and Nevada.  We anticipate these projects will clear the permitting process before the end of next year.  That will give them time to qualify for incentives that are included in the economic recovery act and will be therefore able to put people to work in the timeframe of the recovery act.”