Pacific County Department of Community Development PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BUILDING SOUTH BEND OFFICE LONG BEACH OFFICE Courthouse Annex 7013 Sandridge Road 1216 W. Robert Bush Drive Long Beach, WA 98631 P.O. Box 68 South Bend, WA 98586 (360)642-9382 FAX (360)642-9387 (360)875-9356 Naselle (360)484-7136 FAX (360)875-9304 Tokeland (360)268-0891 E-Mail Address:
[email protected] PACIFIC COUNTY COURTHOUSE National Historic Site STAFF REPORT DATE: January 26, 2011 TO: Pacific County Board of Adjustment FROM: Mike Stevens, Senior Planner Department of Community Development SUBJECT: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 09-0144SB, submitted by Pe Ell North LLC, applicants, and Weyerhaeuser Company, land owner (Development Permit Application No. 15062434000/15062500000). GENERAL INFORMATION: Request: The Coyote Crest Wind Park is a 118 MW Wind Energy Power Generation Facility and 115 kV Transmission Line. The project involves the installation of 47 individual wind turbines which will vary in tower height from 262’ – 328’. Three (3) of the proposed wind turbine towers will be located in Pacific County and are the subject of the requested Conditional Use Permit. The other 44 wind turbine towers will be located in Lewis County. Electrical power from all wind turbine generators will be collected by a project power cable system that delivers the electrical energy to an on-site substation where the power is transformed to 115kV for deliver to the regional power grid. The upgraded transmission line will follow or be located near existing Weyerhaeuser roads and Grays Harbor PUD utility easements in Lewis County and in Grays Harbor County and will run through the existing 115kV substation at Cedarville, Washington, and will continue north and interconnect to the Bonneville Power Administration power line at South Elma, Washington.