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[RC] Wind Farms near Virginia City and Carson City not off topic - Sheila_Larsen


I saw this article and thought people might be interested if you ride in
this area or if there are rides in this area.  I don't know enough about
the area to know.  Wind turbines are particularly fun when they shed the
115 -170 foot long blades.... Let alone the fire risk and oh they make that
lovely whomping noise.. (That is a personal comment that I have seen and
heard).  There should be a Federal Register Notice that may give more
information I am suprised that information wasn't included.  If you want
information about scoping meetings feel free to email  me.


VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. -- Federal land managers said Monday they will gather
public comment and assess the potential environmental impacts of a proposal
to build dozens of wind-power turbines on the mountains north of Carson
City and west of Virginia City.
Great Basin Wind LLC has submitted an application to the U.S. Bureau of
Land Management for a right of way to build and operate the New Comstock
Wind Energy Project near the 1860s-era tourist destination that has been
designated a National Historic District.
BLM officials said they will conduct a public scoping meeting on Dec. 10 to
identify issues and concerns as they begin work on a formal environmental
impact statement on the commercial wind farm.
Plans call for it to include an estimated 69 wind turbines capable of
producing up to 192 megawatts of electricity, enough to power up to 192,000
homes, agency officials said.
The towers would be anywhere from 210 feet to 330 feet tall, each with
three blades 115 feet to 170 feet long, they said.
The turbines would be connected to a proposed electric substation with
approximately 20 miles of underground electrical distribution system. An
overhead transmission line also would need to be built to connect the new
substation to an existing one operated by Sierra Pacific Power Co. about 5
miles away near U.S. Highway 50 east of Carson City.
A series of access roads also would have to be constructed as part of the
project.
Most of the wind turbine towers would be installed within the National
Historic District and about half would be in the Comstock Historic
District.
The company map shows the ridge line above American Flat (above Mound House
and to the west of Gold Hill) where tracks are being laid for the
reconstruction of the V&T Railroad as one location where turbines would be
visible on the Comstock side of the mountain range.
Another cluster on the map shows turbines atop Scott Peak above Virginia
City where the Virginia City High School's giant white V is on the
mountainside. Other turbines would be visible from Gold Hill.
The BLM's scoping meeting is scheduled from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Dec. 10 at
the BLM's district office in Carson City.
Comments will be accepted through Jan. 30, 2009.
Thanks,
Sheila


"For if one link in nature's chain might be lost, another might be lost,
until the whole of things will vanish by piecemeal."
- Thomas Jefferson



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