Draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Mohave County Wind Farm Project
By: BLM Kingman Field Office
Contributors: United States. Department of the Interior; United States. Bureau of Land Management
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Kingman Field Office
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Kingman, Ariz
Language: eng
Subjects: Public lands; Management; Environmental aspects; Wind power plants; Environmental impact statements; BP America (Firm)
Other titles: Mohave County Wind Farm Project draft environmental impact statement; Proposed Mohave County Wind Farm Project draft environmental impact statement
Description: BP Wind Energy North America Inc. submitted a right-of-way application to construct, operate, maintain and decommission a wind energy facility and associated infrastructure in the White Hills area of northwestern Mohave County, Arizona. The proposed wind energy facility would occupy 38,099 acres of public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Kingman Field Office and 8,960 acres of Federal land managed by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). The proposed project would produce up to 500 MW of power. This Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzes in detail the environmental effects of four alternatives: Alternative A ́ proponent́s proposed action  Alternative B ́ a reduced wind farm site footprint that encompasses approximately 30,872 acres of BLM-managed land and 3,848 acres of land managed by Reclamation ̐ʺ Alternative C ́ a reduced wind farm site footprint that encompasses approximately 30,172 acres of BLM-managed land and 5,124 acres of land managed by Reclamation Alternative D ́ No Action, in which BLM would not authorize construction and operation of the wind energy facility
Notes: Cover title.

"April 2012."

"BLM/AZ/PL-12/006."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also available online via BLM website.
Table of contents: title: Volume 1 : DEIS; title: volume 2 : Appendices.