The legislation resolved concerns about
effects to the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds
of Prey National Conservation Area and allowed the transmission line to be
routed using the BLM Resource Advisory Council's (RAC) preferred
alternative, which was also supported by the State
of Idaho.
In Greenwich, the court left open whether the provision
of a convenient
alternative did more than simply impact on the court's remedial discretion — that is, whether it had the
effect of extinguishing the original right
of way itself, and substituting instead a right
of way over the
alternative route provided.