WHERE CAN I REVIEW THE FEIS? AURORA COUNTY LIBRARY
Plankinton City Library
123 North Main
Plankinton, SD 57368
605-942-7600

BRULE COUNTY LIBRARY
Kimball Public Library
140 North Main Street
Kimball, SD 57355
605-778-6690

COZARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Chamberlain
110 East Lawler Avenue
Chamberlain, SD 57325
605-234-4414

JERAULD COUNTY LIBRARY
Wessington Springs
Carnegie Library
109 West Main
Wessington Springs, SD 57382
605-539-1803

TRIPP COUNTY LIBRARY
Winner Public Library
425 Monroe Street
inner, SD 57580inner, SD 57580
605-842-0330

WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION
Upper Great Plains Customer Service Region
SD Maintenance Office
200 4th Street SW
Huron, SD; 57350
605-353-2501

RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Mail Stop 1571, Room 2244
Washington, DC 20250-1571
202-720-1953

SOUTH DAKOTA PRAIRIE WINDS PROJECT

​PrairieWinds, SD1, Incorporated, a subsidiary of Basin Electric, proposes to construct, own, operate, and maintain the South Dakota PrairieWinds Project, a 150-MW wind-powered generation facility, including 101 wind-turbine generators, electrical collector lines, collector substation(s), transmission line, communications system, and service access roads to access wind- turbine sites.

There are two possible locations for the proposed Project. One site is located on about 37,000 acres about 15 miles north of White Lake, S.D., within Brule, Aurora and Jerauld counties, South Dakota. For this alternative, the requested interconnection is with WAPA’s electric transmission system at Wessington Springs Substation, located in Jerauld County, South Dakota. The other site is located on about 83,000 acres about 8 miles south of Winner, S.D., entirely within Tripp County, South Dakota. If this alternative is selected, the interconnection request will be with WAPA’s electric transmission system at Winner Substation, located in Tripp County.

FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AVAILABLE

WAPA and the USDA Rural Utilities Service have jointly issued a final environmental impact statement for the proposed South Dakota PrairieWinds Project and Wind Partners’ proposed development.

PROJECT UPDATES

• Announcement of FEIS availability (59 kb pdf)
• Request a copy of the draft environmental impact statement
• Notice of DEIS availability and public hearing announcement (215 kb pdf)
• Project area map (2.5 MB pdf)
• Scoping meeting advertisement (260 kb pdf)
• Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (55 kb pdf)
• EIS determination (18 kb pdf)

FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

• Complete Final Environmental Impact Statement (40.9 MB pdf)
• Cover (87 kb pdf)
• Cover sheet (16 kb pdf)
• Table of contents (51 kb pdf)
• Acronyms and abbreviations (46 kb pdf)
• Executive summary (529 kb pdf)
• Chapter 1 – Introduction and purpose and need (2.7 MB pdf)
• Chapter 2 – Alternatives and proposed Federal action (264 kb pdf)
• Chapter 3 – Affected environment (4.5 MB pdf)
• Chapter 4 – Environmental consequences (1.4 MB pdf)
• Chapter 5 – Cumulative impacts (1.2 MB pdf)
• Chapter 6 – Unavoidable adverse impacts (47 kb pdf)
• Chapter 7 – Irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources (47 kb pdf)
• Chapter 8 – Short-term use and long-term productivity (2.7 MB pdf)
• Chapter 9 – Consultation and coordination (69 kb pdf)
• Chapter 10 – Disclosure statement (52 kb pdf)
• Chapter 11 – References (98 kb pdf)
• Chapter 12 – Glossary (100 kb pdf)
• Index (61 kb pdf)
• Appendix A – Scoping materials (8.4 MB pdf)
• Appendix B – Engineering drawings (1.6 MB pdf)
• Appendix C – Biological resources (1.1 MB pdf)
• Appendix D – Cultural resources (90 kb pdf)
• Appendix E – DEIS public outreach (9.0 MB pdf)
• Appendix F – Comment and response (12.0 MB pdf)
• Appendix G – Biological documents (8.5 MB pdf)

DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

The entire South Dakota Prairie Winds Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available here for download by section.

• Cover (688 kb pdf)
• Cover sheet (16 kb pdf)
• Table of contents (28 kb pdf)
• Acronyms and abbreviations (106 kb pdf)
• Executive summary (556 kb pdf)
• Chapter 1 – Introduction and purpose and need (985 kb pdf)
• Chapter 2 – Alternatives and proposed Federal action (1.5 MB pdf)
• Chapter 3 – Affected environment (4.7 MB pdf)
• Chapter 4 – Environmental consequences (1.7 MB pdf)
• Chapter 5 – Cumulative impacts (947 kb pdf)
• Chapter 6 – Unavoidable adverse impacts (16 kb pdf)
• Chapter 7 – Irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources (16 kb pdf)
• Chapter 8 – Short-term use and long-term productivity (16 kb pdf)
• Chapter 9 – Consultation and coordination (57 kb pdf)
• Chapter 10 – Disclosure statement (20 kb pdf)
• Chapter 11 – References (125 kb pdf)
• Chapter 12 – Glossary (121 kb pdf)
• Index (38 kb pdf)
• Appendix A – Scoping materials (6.6 MB pdf)
• Appendix B – Engineering drawings (904 kb pdf)
• Appendix C – Biological resources (2.3 MB pdf)
• Appendix D – Cultural resources (782 kb pdf)

SCOPING MEETING MATERIALS

• Basin Electric’s project objectives (80 kb pdf)
• Comment form (45 kb pdf)
• DOE, NEPA and You brochure (593 kb pdf)
• Environmental impact statement process and schedule (1.3 MB pdf) Fact sheet (232 kb pdf)
• Project overview PowerPoint presentation (2.4 MB pdf)
• Rural Utilities Service role and need for agency action (79 kb pdf)
• Scoping process overview (65 kb pdf)
• South Dakota wind resource map (1.4 MB pdf)
• Turbine and transmission siting (73 kb pdf)
• WAPA role and need for agency action (79 kb pdf)

SCOPING REPORT

• Scoping report (365 kb pdf)
• Appendix A – EIS Determination (54 kb pdf)
• Appendix B – Proposed Project Alternatives Site Maps (845 kb pdf)
• Appendix C – Notice of Intent (96 kb pdf)
• Appendix D – Local Newspaper Notices (2.4 MB pdf)
• Appendix E – Post Card Scoping Advertisement (169 kb pdf)
• Appendix F – Native American Tribe Letter and Recipient List (87 kb pdf)
• Appendix G (complete) – Interagency / Scoping Meeting Materials and Scoping Meeting Sign-in Sheets (9.1 MB pdf)
  • Appendix G – Pages 1-10 (1.7 MB pdf)
  • Appendix G – Pages 11-18 (1.3 MB pdf)
  • Appendix G – Pages 19-26 (3.7 MB pdf)
  • Appendix G – Pages 27-44 (2.2 MB pdf)
• Appendix H – Interagency Meeting Invitation Letter / Interagency Meeting and Request to be a Cooperating Agency Invitation Letter and Recipient List (118 kb pdf)
• Appendix I (complete) – Comment Forms and Letters Received (9.2 MB pdf)
  • Appendix I – Pages 1-49 (2.8 MB pdf)
  • Appendix I – Pages 50-104 (3.4 MB pdf
  • Appendix I – Pages 105-156 (3.0 MB pdf)

CONTACT INFORMATION

Liana Reilly, Document Manager
Western Area Power Administration
Corporate Services Office
A7400 P.O. Box 281213
Lakewood, Colorado 80228-8213
Phone: 1-800-336-7288
Fax: 720-962-7263
E-mail: sdprairiewindseis@wapa.gov

Dennis Rankin, Project Manager
Engineering and Environmental Staff
Rural Utilities Service, Utilities Program
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Mail Stop 1571
Washington, DC 20250–1571
Phone: 202-720–1953
E-mail: dennis.rankin@wdc.usda.gov