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Data format: Shapefile File or table name: RDEP_REDA_alt3_load_BLM Coordinate system: Universal Transverse Mercator Theme keywords: RDEP, REDA, BLM-administered lands |
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BLM RDEP Final EIS DATA. Restoration Design Energy Project. Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, in conjunction with Environmental Management and Planning Solutions, Incorporated (EMPSi). GIS data created by Marcia Rickey, EMPSi, 303-447-7160, in conjunction with Kathy Pedrick, BLM Project Manager, David Batts, EMPSi, Lane Cowger 602-417-9612, BLM Assistant Project Manager, and Ray Suazo, State Director. RDEP data was also created with input and data from the BLM RDEP interdisciplinary team, AZ BLM field office managers and staff, cooperating agencies, environmental groups, utility and industry groups, and the general public.
This data represents the Renewable Energy Development Areas (REDAs) for RDEP. REDAs are areas in Arizona with low or no known resource conflicts according to our analysis, and therefore may be suitable for renewable energy development. RDEP is a statewide analysis but decisions will be made on BLM land only.
REDA data were created by compiling over forty GIS datasets of known resource constraints, such as National Landscape Conservation System lands, Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, wildlife habitat and species of concern data, recreation and visual data, etc. RDEP FEIS Chapter 2 Table 2-1, list of known resource conflicts lists data sets used for areas eliminated from consideration. The RDEP references section lists full references for data sources listed in Table 2-1.
The data set RDEP_AZ_resources.shp shows many resources used in the analysis, not all datasets were included due to some datasets being private or sensitive.
This data should be used in conjunction with RDEP_nominatedsites data. RDEP nominated sites were disturbed or low conflict sites nominated by the public during scoping.
RDEP REDA does not include any potential Solar Energy Zones nominated by the Solar PEIS.
RDEP FEIS GIS data are provided to the public. RDEP GIS data are on a statewide scale and therefore suitable for broad scale use. Detailed, site-specific analysis would be required to identify actual renewable energy project sites and to analyze potential impacts of development.
As per GIS Data and Graphics note on page 1-14 of FEIS: Data were collected from a variety of sources, including the BLM, collaborative partners, stakeholders, and cooperating agencies. Given the scale of programmatic analyses, the compatibility restraints between datasets, and lack of data for some resources, all calculations are approximate and serve for comparison purposes only. BLM may receive additional GIS data; therefore the acreages may be recalculated and revised at a later date. |
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BLM RDEP Final EIS DATA. Restoration Design Energy Project. Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, in conjunction with Environmental Management and Planning Solutions, Incorporated (EMPSi). GIS data created by Marcia Rickey, EMPSi, 303-447-7160, in conjunction with Kathy Pedrick, BLM Project Manager, David Batts, EMPSi, Lane Cowger 602-417-9612, BLM Assistant Project Manager, and Ray Suazo, State Director. RDEP data was also created with input and data from the BLM RDEP interdisciplinary team, AZ BLM field office managers and staff, cooperating agencies, environmental groups, utility and industry groups, and the general public. This data represents the Renewable Energy Development Areas (REDAs) for RDEP. REDAs are areas in Arizona with low or no known resource conflicts according to our analysis, and therefore may be suitable for renewable energy development. RDEP is a statewide analysis but decisions will be made on BLM land only. REDA data were created by compiling over forty GIS datasets of known resource constraints, such as National Landscape Conservation System lands, Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, wildlife habitat and species of concern data, recreation and visual data, etc. RDEP FEIS Chapter 2 Table 2-1, list of known resource conflicts lists data sets used for areas eliminated from consideration. The RDEP references section lists full references for data sources listed in Table 2-1. The data set RDEP_AZ_resources.shp shows many resources used in the analysis, not all datasets were included due to some datasets being private or sensitive. This data should be used in conjunction with RDEP_nominatedsites data. RDEP nominated sites were disturbed or low conflict sites nominated by the public during scoping. RDEP REDA does not include any potential Solar Energy Zones nominated by the Solar PEIS. RDEP FEIS GIS data are provided to the public. RDEP GIS data are on a statewide scale and therefore suitable for broad scale use. Detailed, site-specific analysis would be required to identify actual renewable energy project sites and to analyze potential impacts of development. As per GIS Data and Graphics note on page 1-14 of FEIS: Data were collected from a variety of sources, including the BLM, collaborative partners, stakeholders, and cooperating agencies. Given the scale of programmatic analyses, the compatibility restraints between datasets, and lack of data for some resources, all calculations are approximate and serve for comparison purposes only. BLM may receive additional GIS data; therefore the acreages may be recalculated and revised at a later date.
This data was developed as Alternative 3: Load Offset REDA during the RDEP alternatives development process. Alternative 1 serves as the base data for Alternatives 2-6. Alternative 3 is the same as Alternative 1, but eliminates REDA outside of 10 miles of Arizona incorporated cities, 5 miles around US Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Central Arizona Project right-of-way and irrigation pumping sites, and 20 miles around Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant and the town of Gila Bend. All land surface administration types were analyzed and decisions will be made on BLM land. This dataset is on BLM-administered lands only. Changes in REDA from DEIS to FEIS: Alternative 1: 1. Incorporated Solar PEIS desert tortoise conservation areas, which include ACECs, NPS lands, and State Parks. These areas overlap with other areas eliminated from consideration as defined in the DEIS and therefore had a minimal effect on REDA on BLM-administered lands. 2. Airports were removed as areas eliminated from consideration. 3. REDAs must be greater than 8 acres. Also, as part of the data clean-up process, some REDAs larger than 8 acres but narrow polygons usually along land ownership boundaries were eliminated. 4. Private lands surrounded by military land were removed from REDA on non-BLM-administered lands. 5. The nominated sites were screened in the Final EIS, please see nominated sites metadata. 6. Added Lower Sonoran RMP ROD decisions that are REDA screens (VRM class 3, SRMAs, and ACECs on BLM-administered lands). 7. Alternative 2: Included REDAs within 5 miles of a transmission line and if part of a REDA was within 5 miles of a transmission line and another contiguous part of that REDA was outside of 5 miles of a transmission line, the entire area was included as a REDA. This was also carried into alternative 6, Collaborative-Based REDA.
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Impact analysis was done with the RDEP_REDA_alt_x_BLM.shp data and the RDEP_nominatedsites_alt_x_BLM data merged together.
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