Upper Great Plains Wind Energy PEIS Public Scoping Meetings

Public scoping meetings for the Upper Great Plains Wind Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) were held during September 2008.

Public scoping meetings to obtain comments on the PEIS were held at the following locations on the dates specified below. A press release regarding the public meetings is available.

Public Meetings Schedule

Scoping Meeting Transcripts

Transcripts of the scoping meetings are provided below.

	Sioux Falls SD, September 30, 2008 (206 KB)
	Bismarck ND, October 1, 2008 (210 KB)
	Billings MT, October 2, 2008 (152 KB)

Scoping Meeting Materials

Materials presented at the scoping meetings are provided below.

Scoping Meeting Presentation

Upper Great Plains Wind Energy PEIS Scoping Meeting Presentation (12 MB)

Scoping Meeting Posters

	Upper Great Plains Wind Energy PEIS: Proposed Action and Goals (196 KB)
	Upper Great Plains Wind Energy PEIS: Project Area (198 KB)
	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Easement Program (227 KB)
	Wind Resources and Installed Wind Power Capacity in the United States (208 KB)
	Wind Energy Trends (170 KB)
	Wind Energy Facilities (161 KB)
	Upper Great Plains Wind Energy PEIS: Process and Schedule (154 KB)
	Upper Great Plains Wind Energy PEIS: How to Comment (179 KB)

Scoping Meeting Format

Scoping meetings included introductory presentations on the proposed action by Western and the Service; an overview of wind-energy technologies, interconnections; and the public participation process. Oral comments from the public commenced immediately after the presentations. Equal consideration will be given to electronic, oral, and written comments.