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DoD Regional Wind Work Group UpdateNevada Joint Military Affairs Committee

January 16, 2007

DeEllen BrasherDepartment of Defense

Regional Environmental Coordinator OfficerNavy Region Southwest


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DoD Regional WWG

Accomplishments

Interagency Coordination Bureau of Land Management

Utility Commissions

USDA, Forest Service

States

Counties

Extensive Outreach

GIS-Based Red, Yellow, Green Mapping Tool

Wind Proposal Process and Wind Industry

Coordination


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2006 COMPLETED OUTREACH

State of Nevada Wind Work Group (Updates continued through 2006) Joint Military Affairs Commission (Updates 3/16/06 and 7/17/06) Nevada Bureau of Land Management Annual Meeting 7/24/06

Bureau of Land Management (Las Vegas Field Office) Meeting 3/06 State of Nevada Wind Forum 7/25/06 Nevada Wind Coordinating Committee (Department of Energy) Wind Power & Radar Issue Forum

7/27/06 San Bernardino National Forest 1/17/06 Desert Managers Group Kern County, CA State Parks, Desert Environmental Mgrs - 1/18/06 USAF Western Pacific Airspace and Range Counsel - 1/19/06 Tribal Relations Symposium 1/24/06 Arizona Commanders Summit (3/1/06 and 9/6/06) Joint Services Environmental Management 3/22/06 Bureau of Land Management Phoenix State Office visit 8/06 Bureau of Land Management California Meetings various throughout 2006 Department of Energy Washington, DC Steve Lindenberg and Phil Dougherty 7/06 and 8/06 National Research Environmental Lab Larry Flowers San Diego Gas & Electric Ongoing updates

AWEA National Conference in Pittsburg 6/06 AWEA Fall Symposium in Phoenix 11/06 National Association of Counties in Sacramento 5/11/06 Southwest Defense Alliance Chicago 7/12/06 Long Range Radar JPO/JNDPG Annual Meeting in Las Vegas - 11/06 Range Commanders Conference Ongoing updates Joint National Air Space System Defense Planning Group

Long Range Radar Technical Work Group San Diego 8/06 Wind Industry (KWEA, Oak Creek, others) Ongoing updates


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DoD Regional Wind Work Group

Goals for 2007 Continue to be proactive on wind generated energy facility issues;

Pursue validation, charter and champion at the Washington level

for the group;

Continue coordination with California, Nevada, and Arizona landmanagement agencies, wind industry, and others;

Allow dedicated time for individual states (NV and AZ) either at the

end of each wind work group meeting or on a separate day; Continue Red, Yellow, Green strategy map preparation and

distribution and maintain consistencies across states, boundaries,and services. Specifically, completion of draft San Bernardino

County and draft State of Nevada maps; Continue using DoD Regional Wind Work Group Wind Proposal

Process to answer wind industry with one voice; and

Strive to institutionalize our process with land management

agencies.


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RYG MAPPING TOOL UPDATE

RED-YELLOW-GREEN STRATEGY MAP UPDATE

Draft Nevada RYG Map 1/07

Draft Nevada BLM ROW Application Maps 1/3/06

Draft Arizona Map 2007

Draft California BLM ROW Application Maps 10/10/05

Draft California Map 8/9/05

Ventura County Map 7/15/05 (Part of Planning Procedures)

Draft San Bernardino County Map 5/24/05 (working with wind

industry)

Draft Los Angeles County Map 5/2/05

Kern County Map 2/05 (Part of Zoning Ordinance)


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DoD Wind Work Group Process Flow Chart

(WWG Projects Only)

NAVAIR receivesdata for analysisfrom proponent

Requestmore data

NAVAIR maps

project & sends toprimary POCs. Cc:

to Core WWG &Long Range Radar

NAVAIR sends most

restrictive response toproponent & finalizes DoD

response throughindustry/DoD communications

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No

YesNAVAIRdecides if

adequate tomap?

POCs distribute further,

analyze impacts, & getimpacts to NAVAIR(approximately a 2

week turnaround)


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Current Action ItemsContinue to:

Integrate long-range radar evaluation into proposal process;

Attend/Coordinate Interagency Meetings: Work specific wind projects with wind industry, BLM, and other land

management agencies

Coordinate DoD response to BLM showing military impact for WindRight of Way Pending and Authorized Permit Application locations

Participate on transmission corridor PEIS planning and continue tocoordinate projects with utility commissions

Prepare and distribute Draft Red-Yellow-Green Maps to military,wind industry, and agencies;

Monitor, coordinate, and later implement the DoD/BLM MOU for

wind energy; Coordinate with land management agencies to include military

language in land management plans; and

Provide outreach internally, and other agencies and the windindustry.


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Questions?


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Maintain our capability to fulfill national security obligations

Military Readiness Training and Testing Ranges Installations and Facilities Military Training Routes and Special use Airspace

Promote highest level of environmental stewardship consistent withnational security mission requirements

Mission


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WGEFs & Military OpsSome things just dont mix!!

Two Primary

Safety Issues

Obstruction

Radar Interference


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(Region IX) Established 2003 to address Kern County challenges, expanded

to Region IX, and now recognized as model for other regions

Mission Statement: Support renewable energy developmentwhile protecting military mission and maintaining access tocritical land, sea, and air space

Purpose of the Group

Familiarize each partner with respective missions, priorities,and processes relative to land planning and air spacemanagement

Share resources and information Analyze, discuss, and resolve areas of concern

Implement and sustain effective implementation of eachagencies respective mission and operations


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(Region IX)

Participants include: Internal Region IX Military (Nevada, California, Arizona)

Bureau of Land Management

Utility Commissions

Forest Service State Parks

Documents

1-16-07 Jmac Wwg Brief - Deellen Brasher