TY - RPRT
TI - Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Searchlight Wind Energy Project
AU - US Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
AB - The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Searchlight Wind Energy Project is summarized in the following sections. This summary provides a general overview of the project and its purpose and need; briefly describes the Proposed Action and other alternatives; and summarizes major impacts for key resources.Searchlight Wind Energy, LLC, (the Applicant) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duke Energy has applied to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a right-of-way (ROW) grant on public land to develop a wind energy generation project (ROW application NVN-084626). The Proposed Project consists of construction, operation and maintenance (O&M), and decommissioning of an approximately 200- megawatt (MW) wind energy facility and associated infrastructure. The Western Area Power Administration (Western) proposes to construct, operate, and maintain a new switching station to interconnect the Searchlight Wind Energy Project and has submitted a ROW application (NVN-086777) to the BLM for construction and operation of the switching station. Western’s proposed interconnection switching station also is analyzed as part of this EIS.
DA - 2012/12//
PY - 2012
SP - 420
PB - US Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
UR - https://www.energy.gov/nepa/downloads/eis-0413-final-environmental-impact-statement
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Land-Based Wind
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Environmental Impact Assessment
ER -