BP Wind Energy of North America proposes building the Mohave County Wind Farm project comprising up to 258 wind turbines on federally managed lands in Mohave County. The site – about 49,000 acres of public land – is in the White Hills area about 40 miles northwest of Kingman and 20 miles southeast of Hoover Dam.
The proposed area includes about 40,000 acres of BLM land and about 9,000 acres of Bureau of Reclamation land.
The project is anticipated to provide up to 500 megawatts of electricity. Construction may be in phases. Transmission lines are planned to connect to existing Western Area Power Administration lines.
BLM Arizona is in the process of preparing a draft environmental impact statement (EIS), which is expected to be released in early 2012. The public will have a chance to comment in a series of meetings after the draft EIS is released.
The final EIS is anticipated to be released in late 2012. The final EIS will provide the framework for the record of decision by the BLM.
For further information, or to submit a comment for the EIS, you may send an email to KFO_WindEnergy@blm.gov or write to:
Mohave County Wind Farm
BLM Kingman Field Office
2755 Mission Boulevard
Kingman, Arizona 84601
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