The applicant delayed sending the Site-Specific Plan of Development 6 (SPOD-6) until May 23, 2019. The project Sponsor (Proponent, Power Company of Wyoming) is make business decisions to ensure that their transmission line (Transwest Express) is on a similar construction timeline. Currently, the Chokecherry Sierra Madre Project is under construction on Phase I and the haul road and infrastructure for Phase II. The proponent has permitting in place to allow for construction for all of the 2019 construction season. The proponent has anticipated to provide the BLM a draft of the EA for SPOD-6 the beginning of August. This is an applicant provided EA that the BLM will review, work through the required NEPA process and then may develop a Decision Record and Finding of No New Significant Impacts (FONNSI) base on the EA
PROJECT WEBSITE: Chokecherry/Sierra Madre Wind
All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
COMPLETE
COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
01/24/2020
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED
SECTOR
Renewable Energy Production
CATEGORY
Project Category
FAST-41 Covered Projects
LEAD AGENCY
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Description:
The Chokecherry and Sierra Madre (CCSM) Wind Energy Project was proposed by the Power Company of Wyoming (PCW) in 2008. The project consists of two wind development areas, Chokecherry and Sierra Madre. The two wind development areas, comprise a 219,707-acre conceptual area of development of mixed public and private land located about 10 miles south of Rawlins, Wyoming. The CCSM Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Record of Decision (ROD) was completed and signed on October 9, 2012. The CCSM project was analyzed under a programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and the Record of Decision was signed by the Secretary of the Interior on October 9, 2012. In the ROD, BLM determined that over 200,000 acres within the CCSM Project Area are suitable for wind energy development subject to the requirements described under the Selected Alternative in the ROD. Phase II of the project includes construction of turbines in the second wind development area.
Milestone: Issuance of Final EA and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
Requested extensions greater than 30 days for this Action are shown below:
Release for Public Review by 72 days
From: 06/28/2019
To: 10/11/2019
Issuance of Final EA and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) by 142 days
From: 07/31/2019
To: 12/20/2019