Upper Great Plains Wind Energy Programmatic EIS news, events, and announcements.
Scoping comments received during the public scoping comment period are now available for downloading or viewing on the Search Scoping Comments page.
Meeting transcripts, the scoping meeting presentation, and posters displayed at the scoping meetings held for the Upper Great Plains Wind Energy Programmatic EIS in September and October 2008 are now available for downloading or viewing on the Public Meetings and Documents pages.
The Upper Great Plains Wind Energy Programmatic EIS Information Center Web site was launched September 11, 2008. This Web site is the online center for public information and involvement in the Upper Great Plains Wind Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.
The U.S. Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration (Western), and the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), will prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to evaluate the impacts of wind energy development within Western's Upper Great Plains Customer Service Region (UGP Region), which encompasses all or parts of the States of Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; and on the Service's landscape-level grassland and wetland easements in North Dakota, South Dakota, and eastern Montana.
Notice of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Evaluate Wind Energy Development in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s landscape-level easement program in North Dakota, South Dakota, and eastern Montana; and to Conduct Public Scoping Meetings (60 KB) published in the Federal Register.