Completed
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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 EIS described the impacts of 1,000 wind turbines and described a NEPA framework for how the project would be authorized but did not identify individual turbine locations. The ROD identified the proposed project area suitable to accommodate a 2,000- to 3,000-megawatt wind farm consisting of up to 1,000 wind turbine generators.
Based on the analysis, multiple site-specific, environmental assessments (EAs) tiered to the EIS were envisioned prior to issuing the wind energy development right-of-way (ROW). These EAs apply to the following components:
Decision records for EA2 and EA3 will also be signed by DOI, consistent with the 2012 EIS ROD and EA1.
The table below indicates the current progress of EA2.