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7 invisible_toc_marker CHAPTER 7 – REFERENCES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY None. SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE AND NEED None. SECTION 2 – DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES AWEA (American Wind Energy Association). 2011. Industry Statistics. http://www.awea.org/ learnabout/industry_stats/index.cfm. Accessed September 2011. BLM (U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management). 2012. Solar Energy Development Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. http://solareis.anl. gov/documents/fpeis/Solar_FPEIS_Volume_2.pdf. Accessed October 12, 2012. _____. 2011. National Environmental Policy Act Compliance for Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Right-of-Way Authorizations. Instruction Memorandum No. 2011-059. U.S. Department of Interior, BLM, Washington, D.C. _____. 2007. Record of Decision on the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Vegetation Treatments Using Herbicides on Bureau of Land Management Lands in 17 Western States. http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/wo/Planning_and_Renewable_Resources/v eis/dear_reader_letter.Par.95872.File.dat/RecordofDecision.pdf. Accessed July 2012. _____. 2005. Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Wind Energy Development on BLM-Administered Lands in the Western United States. http://windeis. anl.gov/documents/fpeis/index.cfm. Accessed July 2012. CEC (California Energy Commission). 2010. Geothermal Energy in California. http://www. energy.ca.gov/geothermal/. Accessed September 2011. _____. 2009. Integrated Energy Policy Report 2009. http://www.energy.ca.gov/ 2009publications/CEC-100-2009-003/CEC-100-2009-003-CMF.PDF. Accessed September 2011. _____. 2008. An Assessment of Biomass Resources in California, 2007. http://biomass.ucdavis. edu/files/reports/2008-cbc-resource-assessment.pdf. Accessed September, 2011. CPUC (California Public Utilities Commission). 2011. June 2011: California Solar Initiative 2011 Annual Program Assessment (Legislative Report). http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/ energy/Solar/apa2011.htm. Accessed September 2011. EERE (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy). 2008. Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and Performance Trends: 2008. http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy08osti/ 43025.pdf. Accessed April 2012. enXco. 2011a. Desert Harvest Solar Plan of Development. Submitted to Bureau of Land Management Plan Springs-South Coast Field Office, CA. April. November 2012 Desert Harvest Solar Project Final EIS and Proposed CDCA Plan Amendment 7-1 7. REFERENCES _____. 2011b. Responses to Data Request #1. October 5, October 11, October 12, and October 13. _____. 2011c. Response to ROW width request. October 20. _____. 2011d. Responses to Data Request #2. October 24 and October 25. _____. 2011e. Responses to Data Request #3. October 28. SECTION 3.1 – INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW None. SECTION 3.2 – AIR RESOURCES CARB (California Air Resources Board). 2011a. Ambient Air Quality Standards available on ARB Website. http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/aaqs/aaqs2.pdf. Accessed September 2011. _____. 2011b. Portable Equipment Frequently Asked Questions. http://www.arb.ca.gov/portable/ perp/perpfaq.pdf. Accessed September 2011. _____. 2011c. Air Designation Maps available on ARB website. http://www.arb.ca.gov/desig/ adm/adm.htm. Accessed September 2011. _____. 2011d. ARB Top 4 Measurements and Days Above the Standard. http://www.arb.ca. gov/adam/topfour/topfour1.php _____. 2008a. Advisory Number 377: New Idling Limits for Owners, Operators, Renters or Lessees of In-Use Off-Road Diesel Vehicles, Effective 6/15/08. http://www.arb.ca.gov/ msprog/ordiesel/knowcenter.htm. Accessed September 2011. _____. 2008b. Written Idling Policy Guidelines. http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/ordiesel/ ordiesel.htm. Accessed September 2011. DFG (California Department of Fish and Game). 2007. California Wildlife: Conservation Challenges. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/WAP/docs/report/full-report.pdf. Accessed August 2012. IMPROVE (Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments). 2011. IMPROVE Data Resources. http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/improve/Data/IMPROVE/summary_data.htm. Accessed September 2011. McAuliffe, Joseph R. 2011. Desert Soils. http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_desert_ soils.php. Accessed September 2011. SCAQMD (South Coast Air Quality Management District). 2005. Rule 403: Fugitive Dust. http://www.aqmd.gov/rules/reg/reg04/r403.pdf. Accessed September 2011. USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency). 2011a. Currently Designated Nonattainment Areas for All Criteria Pollutants. http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/greenbk/ ancl.html. Accessed September 2011. _____. 2011b. Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET). http://java.epa.gov/castnet/ index.jsp. Accessed September 2011. November 2012 Desert Harvest Solar Project Final EIS and Proposed CDCA Plan Amendment 7-2 7. REFERENCES WRCC (Western Regional Climate Center). 2011. Twenty Nine Palms California: NCDC 1981-2010 Monthly Normals. http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?catwen+sca. Accessed August 2012. SECTION 3.3 – BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES – VEGETATION Baldwin, B. G., S. Boyd, B. J. Ertter, R. W. Patterson, T. J. Rosatti, D. Wilken, and M. Wetherwax (eds.). 2002. The Jepson Desert Manual: Vascular Plants of Southeastern California. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. Bell, D. 2009. Noteworthy collection Riverside County, California (Cynanchumutahense). Crossosoma 35:96. BLM (U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management). 2011a. Desert Sunlight Solar Farm Project California Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement. Palm Springs–South Coast Field Office. April. _____. 2011b. Plan Amendment/Final EIS for the Genesis Solar Energy Project. Palm Springs– South Coast Field Office. May. _____. 2010a. Plan Amendment/Final EIS for the Palen Solar Power Project. Palm Springs– South Coast Field Office. August. _____. 2010b. Special status plants. BLM California State Director’s Office, Sacramento. http:// www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/ssp.html. Accessed 3 Oct 2011. _____. 2009. Survey Protocols Required for NEPA/ESA Compliance for BLM Special Status Plant Species. BLM, California State Office, Sacramento. BLM and CDFG (Bureau of Land Management and California Department of Fish and Game). 2002. Proposed Northern & Eastern Colorado Desert Coordinated Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared by the BLM California Desert District Office and the CDFG Inland, Desert and Eastern Sierra Region. July. Bossard, C. C., J. M. Randall, and M. C. Hoshovsky (eds.). 2000. Invasive Plants of California’s Wildlands. University of California Press, Berkeley. 360 pp. [pp.18-19]. CDFG (California Department of Fish and Game). 2011. Special Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Lichens List. July. _____. 2010. Natural Communities List. September. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/biogeodata/ vegcamp/pdfs/natcomlist.pdf. Accessed 6 September 2011. _____. 2009. Protocols for Surveying and Evaluating Impacts on Special Status Native Plant Populations and Natural Communities. CDFG, Sacramento, California. http://www.dfg. ca.gov/biogeodata/cnddb/pdfs/Protocols_for_Surveying_and_Evaluating_Impacts.pdf CNDDB (California Natural Diversity Database). 2011. Rarefind Version 3.1.1. California Department of Fish and Game. Biogeographic Data Branch. Version Date September 03, 2011. CNPS (California Native Plant Society). 2011. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-01a). California Native Plant Society. Sacramento. http://www.cnps.org/ inventory. Accessed Aug 2011. November 2012 Desert Harvest Solar Project Final EIS and Proposed CDCA Plan Amendment 7-3 7. REFERENCES DeGroot, S. J. 2008. Meet Harwood’s woolly-star (Eriastrumharwoodii). Fremontia 36(4):15-16. EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency). 2012. Wetlands Definitions. http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/guidance/wetlands/definitions.cfm. Accessed August 2012. Gowen, D. 2008. New taxa following a reassessment of Eriastrumsparsiflorum (Polemoniaceae). Madrono 55:82-87. Holland, R. F. 1986. Preliminary descriptions of the terrestrial natural communities of California. California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA. 156 pp. Ironwood (Ironwood Consulting Inc). 2010. Biological Resources Technical Report, Desert Sunlight Solar Farm Project, BLM Case File Number CACA-48649, Riverside County, California. Prepared for Desert Sunlight Holdings, LLC. July 20. Laudenslayer and Boggs. 1988. Desert scrub. Pages 114-15 in K. E. Mayer and W. F. Laudenslayer, eds., Guide to Wildlife Habitats of California. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Sacramento, California. 166 pp. Laudenslayer, W. F. 1988. Desert 2ash. Pages 112-13 in K. E. Mayer and W. F. Laudenslayer, eds., Guide to Wildlife Habitats of California. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Sacramento, California. 166 pp. Lovich, J. E., and D. Bainbridge. 1999. Anthropogenic Degradation of the Southern California Desert Ecosystem and Prospects for Natural Recovery and Restoration. Environmental Management Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 309–326. Morefield, J. D. 2006. Stylocline. Pages 450-453 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.), Flora of North America vol. 19. Oxford University Press, New York. Munz , P. A. 1974. A Flora of Southern California. University of California Press, Berkeley. 1086 pp. Phillips, S. J., and P. W. Comus. 2000. A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. 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