Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed Shu'luuk Wind Project on the Campo Indian Reservation in San Diego County, CA, 2423-2424 [2013-00439]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) for the Proposed Shu’luuk Wind
Project on the Campo Indian
Reservation in San Diego County, CA
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
This notice advises the public
that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
as lead Federal agency, with the Campo
Band of Mission Indians (Tribe) as a
cooperating agency, intends to file a
DEIS with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) for the
Proposed Shu’luuk Wind Project in San
Diego County, California. This notice
also advises the public that the DEIS is
now available for public review and
provides the date, time, and location of
public meetings.
DATES: Written comments on the DEIS
must arrive 45 days after EPA publishes
its Notice of Availability in the Federal
Register. Two public hearings will be
held, one on January 29, 2013, and the
other on January 30, 2013 from 6 p.m.
to 9 p.m., and the BIA will accept
written comments at the hearings and
throughout the comment period. Oral
comments will also be taken at each
public hearing by a court reporter.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or handdeliver written comments to Robert
Eben, Superintendent, Southern
California Agency, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, 1451 Research Park Drive,
Riverside, CA 92507. The January 29,
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2013 public hearing will be held at the
Alpine Community Center, 1830 Alpine
Boulevard, Alpine, California. The
January 30, 2013 public hearing will be
held at the Campo Indian Reservation
Tribal Hall, 31690 Church Road, Campo,
California. See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice for
instructions on submitting comments
and locations where the DEIS is
available for review.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lenore Lamb, Southern California
Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1451
Research Park Drive, Riverside, CA
92507, telephone (951) 276–6625 (ext.
254).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public
review of the DEIS is part of the
administrative process for the BIA
evaluation of the lease between the
Tribe and the developer to enable
construction and operation of the
proposed Shu’luuk Wind Project.
Subsequent to the approval of the lease,
a wind energy project would be
developed on the Campo Indian
Reservation in southeastern San Diego
County, approximately 60 miles east of
San Diego. A Notice of Intent to prepare
the DEIS was published in the Federal
Register on May 20, 2011. The BIA held
public scoping meetings for the project
environmental review on June 21, 2012,
and June 22, 2012, at the Mountain
Empire High School, 3305 Buckman
Springs Road, Pine Valley, California,
and the Campo Indian Reservation
Tribal Hall, 31690 Church Road, Campo,
California, respectively. Pursuant to
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) regulations (40 CFR
1506.10), the publication of this Notice
of Availability in the Federal Register
initiates a 45-day public comment
period.
Background: The proposed action
consists of BIA approval of a lease
between the Tribe and Invenergy Wind
California, LLC to construct and operate
a renewable energy facility for up to 35
years on the Campo Indian Reservation.
The purpose of the project is to improve
the economic conditions of the Campo
Band and to provide environmental
benefits for the San Diego region
through the construction and operation
of a renewable energy facility.
The project site is located on the
Campo Indian Reservation in
southeastern San Diego County,
California. The lease area would be up
to 900 acres, based on final project
design, which is dependent upon which
alternative is ultimately selected. The
actual disturbance area would be less
than the lease area. The project would
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be a wind energy project with one
alternative that may include some solar
energy generation. The approval of the
lease would allow Invenergy, LLC to
develop and operate a wind power
generation facility capable of generating
up to 250 MW of electricity, and would
consist of up to 85 turbines, depending
on which alternative is selected. Each of
the four alternatives, with the exception
of the No Action Alternative, would
achieve the generation of electricity
from wind turbines installed by
Invenergy.
The manufacturer and model of the
wind turbines have not yet been
selected for the Shu’luuk Wind Project
as the advancement in technology
continues throughout the project site
approval process. The turbines for the
proposed project would have a tower
hub height of up to 309 feet, a rotor
diameter up to 414 feet, and a total
height (to tip) of up to 515 feet. Each
turbine would be set on a concrete
foundation, and turbines would be
connected by underground electrical
cable to a project substation. The
substation would be sited on a two-acre
area and would consist of a graveled,
fenced area containing transformer and
switching equipment and an area for
vehicle parking. Up to five miles of new
three-phase 138 kV overhead
interconnection transmission circuit
would be constructed within the Campo
Indian Reservation from the project
collector substation to a San Diego Gas
& Electric (SDG&E) pole located on
private land. Other required facilities,
all located within the Campo Indian
Reservation, would include: up to three
permanent meteorological towers;
temporary material laydown areas
during construction; temporary office
areas; an operations and maintenance
facility; approximately 25 miles of new
access roads; approximately 22 miles of
improved existing roads; an electrical
collection and communications system;
and a temporary concrete batch plant.
The wind power generation facility
would operate year-round for a
minimum of 25 years. Construction of
the proposed project is anticipated to
take between 11 and 24 months
depending on the alternative selected.
In addition to the No Action
Alternative, three alternatives are
evaluated in the DEIS.
Alternative 1 consists of 250 MW
generated from up to 85 3–MW wind
turbines. Each turbine would have a hub
height up to 309 feet, rotor diameter up
to 414 feet, and tip height up to 515 feet.
Alternative 2 consists of 200 MW
generated primarily from up to 80 2–
MW wind turbines (totaling 160 MW
from wind) in combination with up to
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40 1–MW solar photovoltaic (PV) panels
(totaling 40 MW from solar). Each
turbine would generate 2 MW, have a
hub height up to 305 feet, a rotor
diameter up to 375 feet, and a tip height
up to 493 feet.
Alternative 3 consists of 160 MW
generated from up to 71 3–MW to 2.3–
MW wind turbines. Each turbine would
have a hub height of up to 308 feet, rotor
diameter of up to 407 feet, and tip
height of up to 515 feet.
Environmental issues addressed in
this DEIS include effects on land
resources, water resources, air quality,
biological resources, climate change,
cultural resources, socioeconomic
conditions, resource use patterns,
traffic, noise, visual and aesthetic
resources, public health and safety, and
cumulative effects.
Directions for Submitting Comments:
Please include your name, return
address, and ‘‘EIS Comments, Shu’luuk
Wind Project, San Diego County, CA,’’
on the first page of your written
comments.
Locations Where the DEIS is Available
for Review: The DEIS is available for
review at the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Southern California office, 1451
Research Park Drive, Riverside, CA
92507; at the offices of Campo EPA,
Suite 4, 36190 Church Rd, Campo, CA
91906; and at the Campo-Morena
Village Branch Library, San Diego
County Library System, 31356 Hwy 94,
Campo, CA 91906. Comments can be
submitted electronically to
shuluukcomments@aecom.com. The
DEIS is also available online at https://
www.shuluukwind.com/. To obtain a
compact disk copy of the DEIS please
provide your name and address in
writing or by voicemail to Lenore Lamb.
Contact information is listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this notice. Individual paper copies of
the DEIS will be provided upon
payment of applicable printing expenses
by the requestor for the number of
copies requested.
Public Comment Availability:
Comments, including the names and
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the BIA
mailing address shown in the
ADDRESSES section during regular
business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday excluding
holidays. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
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information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authority: This notice is published
pursuant to Sec. 1503.1 of the CEQ
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through
1508) and Sec. 46.305 of the Department of
Interior regulations (43 CFR part 46),
implementing the procedural requirements of
NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.), and is in the
exercise of authority delegated to the
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209
DM 8.
Dated: October 12, 2012.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed
Shu'luuk Wind Project on the Campo Indian Reservation in San Diego
County, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead Federal agency, with the Campo Band of Mission
Indians (Tribe) as a cooperating agency, intends to file a DEIS with
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Proposed
Shu'luuk Wind Project in San Diego County, California. This notice also
advises the public that the DEIS is now available for public review and
provides the date, time, and location of public meetings.
DATES: Written comments on the DEIS must arrive 45 days after EPA
publishes its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. Two
public hearings will be held, one on January 29, 2013, and the other on
January 30, 2013 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., and the BIA will accept written
comments at the hearings and throughout the comment period. Oral
comments will also be taken at each public hearing by a court reporter.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand-deliver written comments to Robert
Eben, Superintendent, Southern California Agency, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, 1451 Research Park Drive, Riverside, CA 92507. The January 29,
2013 public hearing will be held at the Alpine Community Center, 1830
Alpine Boulevard, Alpine, California. The January 30, 2013 public
hearing will be held at the Campo Indian Reservation Tribal Hall, 31690
Church Road, Campo, California. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this notice for instructions on submitting comments and
locations where the DEIS is available for review.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lenore Lamb, Southern California
Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1451 Research Park Drive, Riverside,
CA 92507, telephone (951) 276-6625 (ext. 254).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public review of the DEIS is part of the
administrative process for the BIA evaluation of the lease between the
Tribe and the developer to enable construction and operation of the
proposed Shu'luuk Wind Project. Subsequent to the approval of the
lease, a wind energy project would be developed on the Campo Indian
Reservation in southeastern San Diego County, approximately 60 miles
east of San Diego. A Notice of Intent to prepare the DEIS was published
in the Federal Register on May 20, 2011. The BIA held public scoping
meetings for the project environmental review on June 21, 2012, and
June 22, 2012, at the Mountain Empire High School, 3305 Buckman Springs
Road, Pine Valley, California, and the Campo Indian Reservation Tribal
Hall, 31690 Church Road, Campo, California, respectively. Pursuant to
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) regulations (40 CFR 1506.10), the publication of this Notice
of Availability in the Federal Register initiates a 45-day public
comment period.
Background: The proposed action consists of BIA approval of a lease
between the Tribe and Invenergy Wind California, LLC to construct and
operate a renewable energy facility for up to 35 years on the Campo
Indian Reservation. The purpose of the project is to improve the
economic conditions of the Campo Band and to provide environmental
benefits for the San Diego region through the construction and
operation of a renewable energy facility.
The project site is located on the Campo Indian Reservation in
southeastern San Diego County, California. The lease area would be up
to 900 acres, based on final project design, which is dependent upon
which alternative is ultimately selected. The actual disturbance area
would be less than the lease area. The project would
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be a wind energy project with one alternative that may include some
solar energy generation. The approval of the lease would allow
Invenergy, LLC to develop and operate a wind power generation facility
capable of generating up to 250 MW of electricity, and would consist of
up to 85 turbines, depending on which alternative is selected. Each of
the four alternatives, with the exception of the No Action Alternative,
would achieve the generation of electricity from wind turbines
installed by Invenergy.
The manufacturer and model of the wind turbines have not yet been
selected for the Shu'luuk Wind Project as the advancement in technology
continues throughout the project site approval process. The turbines
for the proposed project would have a tower hub height of up to 309
feet, a rotor diameter up to 414 feet, and a total height (to tip) of
up to 515 feet. Each turbine would be set on a concrete foundation, and
turbines would be connected by underground electrical cable to a
project substation. The substation would be sited on a two-acre area
and would consist of a graveled, fenced area containing transformer and
switching equipment and an area for vehicle parking. Up to five miles
of new three-phase 138 kV overhead interconnection transmission circuit
would be constructed within the Campo Indian Reservation from the
project collector substation to a San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) pole
located on private land. Other required facilities, all located within
the Campo Indian Reservation, would include: up to three permanent
meteorological towers; temporary material laydown areas during
construction; temporary office areas; an operations and maintenance
facility; approximately 25 miles of new access roads; approximately 22
miles of improved existing roads; an electrical collection and
communications system; and a temporary concrete batch plant. The wind
power generation facility would operate year-round for a minimum of 25
years. Construction of the proposed project is anticipated to take
between 11 and 24 months depending on the alternative selected. In
addition to the No Action Alternative, three alternatives are evaluated
in the DEIS.
Alternative 1 consists of 250 MW generated from up to 85 3-MW wind
turbines. Each turbine would have a hub height up to 309 feet, rotor
diameter up to 414 feet, and tip height up to 515 feet.
Alternative 2 consists of 200 MW generated primarily from up to 80
2-MW wind turbines (totaling 160 MW from wind) in combination with up
to 40 1-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) panels (totaling 40 MW from solar).
Each turbine would generate 2 MW, have a hub height up to 305 feet, a
rotor diameter up to 375 feet, and a tip height up to 493 feet.
Alternative 3 consists of 160 MW generated from up to 71 3-MW to
2.3-MW wind turbines. Each turbine would have a hub height of up to 308
feet, rotor diameter of up to 407 feet, and tip height of up to 515
feet.
Environmental issues addressed in this DEIS include effects on land
resources, water resources, air quality, biological resources, climate
change, cultural resources, socioeconomic conditions, resource use
patterns, traffic, noise, visual and aesthetic resources, public health
and safety, and cumulative effects.
Directions for Submitting Comments: Please include your name,
return address, and ``EIS Comments, Shu'luuk Wind Project, San Diego
County, CA,'' on the first page of your written comments.
Locations Where the DEIS is Available for Review: The DEIS is
available for review at the Bureau of Indian Affairs Southern
California office, 1451 Research Park Drive, Riverside, CA 92507; at
the offices of Campo EPA, Suite 4, 36190 Church Rd, Campo, CA 91906;
and at the Campo-Morena Village Branch Library, San Diego County
Library System, 31356 Hwy 94, Campo, CA 91906. Comments can be
submitted electronically to shuluukcomments@aecom.com. The DEIS is also
available online at https://www.shuluukwind.com/. To obtain a compact
disk copy of the DEIS please provide your name and address in writing
or by voicemail to Lenore Lamb. Contact information is listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Individual
paper copies of the DEIS will be provided upon payment of applicable
printing expenses by the requestor for the number of copies requested.
Public Comment Availability: Comments, including the names and
addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the
BIA mailing address shown in the ADDRESSES section during regular
business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday excluding
holidays. Before including your address, phone number, email address,
or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should
be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority: This notice is published pursuant to Sec. 1503.1 of
the CEQ Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508) and Sec. 46.305
of the Department of Interior regulations (43 CFR part 46),
implementing the procedural requirements of NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4371 et
seq.), and is in the exercise of authority delegated to the
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.
Dated: October 12, 2012.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2013-00439 Filed 1-10-13; 8:45 am]
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