WIND TURBINE GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Announcement of Public Meeting
September 1 - 3, 2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will host a public meeting of the Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Rooms 200 A&B, Arlington, Virginia. The meeting agenda will include reports from Subcommittees and discussion of the current draft Recommendations to the Secretary. If you plan on attending, please submit a registration form by clicking on the link below, no later than August 26th.
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Welcome to the Service’s Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee webpage. This site will be updated regularly to provide information pertaining to Committee meetings, and will include all documents made available to or produced by the Committee.
Committee Background
On October 24, 2007, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced the appointment of 22 individuals as members of the Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee. The Committee was formed and will function in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The scope and objective of the Committee, as outlined in its charter, is to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary on developing effective measures to avoid or minimize impacts to wildlife and their habitats related to land-based wind energy facilities. The Committee members represent the varied interests associated with wind energy development and wildlife management. Current Committee members are listed below:
Dr. Taber Allison, Mass Audubon
Dr. Ed Arnett, Bat Conservation International
Mr. Michael Azeka, AES Wind Generation
Ms. Kathy Boydston, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Ms. René Braud, Horizon Wind Energy
Mr. Scott Darling, Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department
Mr. Mike Daulton, National Audubon Society
Ms. Aimee Delach, Defenders of Wildlife
Commissioner Karen Douglas, California Energy Commission
Mr. Greg Hueckel, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Ms. Jeri Lawrence, Blackfeet Nation
Mr. Steve Lindenberg, U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. Andrew O. Linehan, PPM Energy
Mr. Robert Manes, The Nature Conservancy
Ms. Winifred Perkins, Florida Power and Light
Mr. Steven Quarles, Crowell & Moring, LLP
Mr. Rich Rayhill, Ridgeline Energy, LLC
Dr. Robert Robel, Kansas State University
Mr. Keith Sexson, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Mr. Mark Sinclair, Clean Energy States Alliance
Mr. David J. Stout, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Mr. Patrick Traylor, Hogan & Hartson, LLP
Visit the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wind Energy website for resources related to wind energy and wildlife.
For more information on the Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee, e-mail or contact:
Rachel London
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Division of Habitat and Resource Conservation
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Room 840
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: 703-358-2161 |
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