There were seven appeals received pertaining to this decision as of the close of the appeal filing period (February 24, 2012). The appeals went through a disposition process which was completed on April 9, 2012 (45 days from the end of the appeal filing period). A press release was issued on April 10 describing the denial of the four remaining appeals.

This action prepares, prints and mails the ROD (1/3-1/6/2012); publishes the Notice of Availability for the decision (1/6); and publishes the legal notice (1/9)

The Forest Service released the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the proposed Deerfield Wind Project for public comment in mid-December 2010. The minimum 45-day comment period was expected to run through February 18, 2011 but in order to allow for adequate public input, the comment period was extended through March 18, 2011. Roughly 570 individual responses totaling more than 1,000 separate comments were received. Responses to the comments and any additional analysis resulting from them are incorporated in the FEIS. A Record of Decision (ROD) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was issued on January 3, 2012. The public comment period on the decision ended on February 23, 2012. On April 9, 2012, Eastern Regional Forester Chuck Myers, acting as appeal deciding officer, upheld Forest Supervisor Colleen Madrid's January 3, 2012 decision to approve the construction of a 15-turbine wind energy facility on national forest system lands in Vermont.

A legal notice announcing the ROD will be published in the Rutland Herald which is the Green Mountain National Forest’s paper of official record. Once the legal notice has been published, a mandatory 45-day administrative appeal period will begin.

With several phases of the NEPA process already behind them, the GMNF is slated to issue a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on January 3, 2012. The FEIS will outline, quantify and address the various impacts and public concerns that have been raised throughout the NEPA process. The FEIS will be accompanied by a Record of Decision (ROD) issued by the Forest Supervisor. This official decision will bring the environmental review process to a close.