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FSEC adopts Resolution 3‑57 setting nest buffers for Horse Heaven Wind project
Summary
The Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council on Oct. 15 adopted Resolution 3‑57, partly approving and partly denying requests to place primary infrastructure within 0.6 to 2 miles of documented ferruginous hawk nests for the Horse Heaven Wind Farm application.
The Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council on Oct. 15 adopted Resolution 3‑57, partly approving and partly denying requests to place primary infrastructure within 0.6 to 2 miles of documented ferruginous hawk nests for the Horse Heaven Wind Farm application.
The resolution implements mitigation measure “SPEC 5” in the project’s site certification agreement, which establishes conditional setbacks to protect ferruginous hawk nests. Council members voted in favor after staff explained that the Preoperational Technical Advisory Group (PTAG) provided site‑by‑site technical advice and that the council’s action applies the mitigation measures already analyzed in the project’s final environmental impact statement and SCA.
FSEC staff said draft…
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