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Repsol updates commissioners on Rail Tie wind project as neighbors press for FAA lighting approvals and noise protections
Summary
Repsol updated Albany County commissioners on the Rail Tie 504 MW wind project’s construction progress and ADLS submissions to the FAA while neighbors and land‑use attorneys pressed the developer for turbine‑level FAA lighting approvals, final siting maps and fuller noise analysis.
Repsol representatives told Albany County commissioners they are advancing the Rail Tie wind project’s construction-phase work and have submitted updated aircraft-lighting detection system (ADLS) materials to the Federal Aviation Administration, while local landowners and attorneys urged the county to require firm FAA approvals and final turbine siting information before more construction occurs.
Henry Waltag, director of western development for Repsol, said the project is a 504-megawatt wind development sited on roughly 26,000 acres about 15 miles south of Laramie and that it interconnects to an existing Alta–Craig 345 kV transmission line. Waltag said permitting with the Industrial Siting Council and earlier FAA obstruction reviews were completed…
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