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Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the Chokecherry and
Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project and
Approved Visual Resource
Management Plan Amendment for
Public Lands Administered by the
Bureau of Land Management, Rawlins
Field Office, Carbon County, Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Chokecherry and Sierra
Madre Wind Energy Project and
Approved Plan Amendment to the
Rawlins Resource Management Plan
(RMP) for Visual Resource Management
(VRM), the applicable plan for the
project site and the surrounding areas
located in the Rawlins Field Office. The
Secretary of the Interior signed the ROD
on October 9, 2012, which constitutes
the final decision of the Department.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD
including the Approved Plan
amendment to the Rawlins RMP are
available upon request from the BLM
Rawlins Field Office, 1300 North Third
Street, Rawlins, Wyoming; or via the
Internet at the following Web site:
https://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/
NEPA/documents/rfo/
Chokecherry.html.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pamela Murdock, BLM Project Manager,
at 307–775–6259; through mail at BLM
Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY
82007; or email at pmurdock@blm.gov.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the
above individual during normal
business hours. The FIRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
message or question with the above
individual. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
evaluated the potential wind energy
development on a broad level to
determine appropriate areas and
restrictions for the Power Company of
Wyoming, LLC (PCW) to develop a wind
energy facility on public lands in the
Application Area administered by the
BLM in compliance with the Federal
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Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, BLM right-of-way (ROW)
regulations, and other applicable
Federal laws. This decision does not
authorize development of the wind
energy project; rather, it sets the
parameters for which future ROW
applications may be submitted by PCW.
The ROW applications will be screened
against the analysis conducted in this
environmental impact statement (EIS),
and then the appropriate level of
subsequent, tiered National
Environmental Policy Act analysis will
be conducted prior to the BLM issuing
a decision on ROW applications. The
BLM selected this manner of analyzing
the project based on its size and
complexity of resources. Accordingly,
through this decision the BLM is (1)
determining whether the area identified
in PCW’s proposal is appropriate for
wind energy development; (2)
Identifying the requirements for future
wind development in the area; and (3)
Amending the VRM class decision
portions of the 2008 Rawlins RMP for
the designated Decision Area. Two
resulting decisions are as follows: (1)
The BLM has determined that portions
of the Application Area are suitable for
wind energy development and
associated facilities on public lands
subject to the requirements for all future
wind development in the area as
described under the Preferred
Alternative in the CCSM project Final
EIS, herein referred to as the Selected
Alternative. The Selected Alternative
analyzed a wind energy development
proposal by PCW in the 219,707-acre
alternative boundary to accommodate
development of a 2,000- to 3,000megawatt (MW) project consisting of up
to 1,000 turbines and ancillary facilities
in the two sites—the 109,086-acre
Chokecherry site and the 110,161-acre
Sierra Madre site—and off-site access on
460 acres. Power generated by the
project would be routed to one or more
of up to five potential transmission lines
analyzed in detail in separate EISs or an
existing transmission line on the
northern edge of the Project Site, all of
which were considered in the
cumulative impact analysis for this
project. (2) The BLM is requiring that
certain project design features and
mitigation measures be incorporated
into any future CCSM wind energy
development authorizations. These
design features and mitigation measures
include the identified BLM
environmental constraints, applicantcommitted measures and best
management practices, and mitigation
measures identified through the EIS
process. The CCSM project also would
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be subject to additional constraints
identified in the Programmatic
Agreement for cultural and Native
American resources, Biological Opinion,
development of Eagle Conservation
Plans (ECPs) and Avian Protection Plans
(APPs) in coordination with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and
other monitoring and implementation
plans amended to the ROW grant. The
BLM will not issue ROWs for the
Chokecherry and Sierra Madre portions
of the project to PCW until USFWS
issues letters of concurrence for the
APPs and ECPs.
The Proposed Plan Amendment/Final
EIS and CCSM Project Final EIS were
released for a 30-day public review and
protest period commencing on June 29,
2012. At the close of the 30-day protest
period on July 30, 2012, thirteen timely
and complete written protests were
received and resolved. Their resolution
is summarized in the Director’s Protest
Summary Report attached to the ROD.
The proposed amendment to the
Rawlins RMP was not modified as a
result of the protest resolution.
Simultaneously with the protest period,
the Governor of Wyoming conducted a
60-day consistency review of the
proposed Rawlins RMP Amendment to
identify any inconsistencies with State
or local plans, policies or programs; no
inconsistencies were identified.
Because this decision is approved by
the Secretary of the Interior, it is not
subject to administrative appeal (43 CFR
4.410(a)(3)).
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.
Timothy Spisak,
Deputy Assistant Director, Minerals and
Realty Management, Bureau of Land
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the
Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project and Approved Visual
Resource Management Plan Amendment for Public Lands Administered by the
Bureau of Land Management, Rawlins Field Office, Carbon County, Wyoming
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability
of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre
Wind Energy Project and Approved Plan Amendment to the Rawlins Resource
Management Plan (RMP) for Visual Resource Management (VRM), the
applicable plan for the project site and the surrounding areas located
in the Rawlins Field Office. The Secretary of the Interior signed the
ROD on October 9, 2012, which constitutes the final decision of the
Department.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD including the Approved Plan amendment to
the Rawlins RMP are available upon request from the BLM Rawlins Field
Office, 1300 North Third Street, Rawlins, Wyoming; or via the Internet
at the following Web site: https://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/documents/rfo/Chokecherry.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Murdock, BLM Project Manager,
at 307-775-6259; through mail at BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82007; or email at pmurdock@blm.gov.
Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call
the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to
contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question
with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM evaluated the potential wind energy
development on a broad level to determine appropriate areas and
restrictions for the Power Company of Wyoming, LLC (PCW) to develop a
wind energy facility on public lands in the Application Area
administered by the BLM in compliance with the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, BLM right-of-way (ROW) regulations, and other
applicable Federal laws. This decision does not authorize development
of the wind energy project; rather, it sets the parameters for which
future ROW applications may be submitted by PCW. The ROW applications
will be screened against the analysis conducted in this environmental
impact statement (EIS), and then the appropriate level of subsequent,
tiered National Environmental Policy Act analysis will be conducted
prior to the BLM issuing a decision on ROW applications. The BLM
selected this manner of analyzing the project based on its size and
complexity of resources. Accordingly, through this decision the BLM is
(1) determining whether the area identified in PCW's proposal is
appropriate for wind energy development; (2) Identifying the
requirements for future wind development in the area; and (3) Amending
the VRM class decision portions of the 2008 Rawlins RMP for the
designated Decision Area. Two resulting decisions are as follows: (1)
The BLM has determined that portions of the Application Area are
suitable for wind energy development and associated facilities on
public lands subject to the requirements for all future wind
development in the area as described under the Preferred Alternative in
the CCSM project Final EIS, herein referred to as the Selected
Alternative. The Selected Alternative analyzed a wind energy
development proposal by PCW in the 219,707-acre alternative boundary to
accommodate development of a 2,000- to 3,000-megawatt (MW) project
consisting of up to 1,000 turbines and ancillary facilities in the two
sites--the 109,086-acre Chokecherry site and the 110,161-acre Sierra
Madre site--and off-site access on 460 acres. Power generated by the
project would be routed to one or more of up to five potential
transmission lines analyzed in detail in separate EISs or an existing
transmission line on the northern edge of the Project Site, all of
which were considered in the cumulative impact analysis for this
project. (2) The BLM is requiring that certain project design features
and mitigation measures be incorporated into any future CCSM wind
energy development authorizations. These design features and mitigation
measures include the identified BLM environmental constraints,
applicant-committed measures and best management practices, and
mitigation measures identified through the EIS process. The CCSM
project also would
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be subject to additional constraints identified in the Programmatic
Agreement for cultural and Native American resources, Biological
Opinion, development of Eagle Conservation Plans (ECPs) and Avian
Protection Plans (APPs) in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS), and other monitoring and implementation plans amended
to the ROW grant. The BLM will not issue ROWs for the Chokecherry and
Sierra Madre portions of the project to PCW until USFWS issues letters
of concurrence for the APPs and ECPs.
The Proposed Plan Amendment/Final EIS and CCSM Project Final EIS
were released for a 30-day public review and protest period commencing
on June 29, 2012. At the close of the 30-day protest period on July 30,
2012, thirteen timely and complete written protests were received and
resolved. Their resolution is summarized in the Director's Protest
Summary Report attached to the ROD. The proposed amendment to the
Rawlins RMP was not modified as a result of the protest resolution.
Simultaneously with the protest period, the Governor of Wyoming
conducted a 60-day consistency review of the proposed Rawlins RMP
Amendment to identify any inconsistencies with State or local plans,
policies or programs; no inconsistencies were identified.
Because this decision is approved by the Secretary of the Interior,
it is not subject to administrative appeal (43 CFR 4.410(a)(3)).
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.
Timothy Spisak,
Deputy Assistant Director, Minerals and Realty Management, Bureau of
Land Management.
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