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Final Scoping Statement FINAL SCOPING STATEMENT High Bridge Wind Project, Case 18-F-0262 Town of Guilford, Chenango County, New York Prepared For: High Bridge Wind, LLC 717 Texas Ave Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77002 Contact: Mr. Alec Jarvis, Director of Development Phone: (207) 956-1169 Prepared By: Environmental Design & Research, Landscape Architecture, Engineering & Environmental Services, D.P.C. 41 State Street, Suite 401 Albany, New York 12207 Contact: Gregory S. Liberman Phone: (518) 451-9510 July 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND ARTICLE 10 PROCESS OUTLINE ............................................................................ 1 1.1. FACILITY DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................................... 2 1.2. FACILITY BENEFITS ................................................................................................................................. 4 1.3. SUMMARY OF PRE-APPLICATION ACTIVITIES ..................................................................................... 6 1.4. POTENTIAL IMPACTS .............................................................................................................................. 8 1.5. IMPACT AVOIDANCE MEASURES ........................................................................................................ 10 1.6. ORGANIZATION OF THE FSS ................................................................................................................ 12 2.0 CONTENT OF APPLICATION ...................................................................................................................... 13 2.1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................. 13 2.2. OVERVIEW AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT............................................................................................. 14 2.3. LOCATION OF FACILITIES ..................................................................................................................... 19 2.4. LAND USE ............................................................................................................................................... 22 2.5. ELECTRIC SYSTEM EFFECTS .............................................................................................................. 29 2.6. WIND POWER FACILITIES ..................................................................................................................... 39 2.7. NATURAL GAS POWER FACILITIES ..................................................................................................... 42 2.8. ELECTRIC SYSTEM PRODUCTION MODELING .................................................................................. 42 2.9. ALTERNATIVES ...................................................................................................................................... 44 2.10. CONSISTENCY WITH ENERGY PLANNING OBJECTIVES .................................................................. 51 2.11. PRELIMINARY DESIGN DRAWINGS ..................................................................................................... 58 2.12. CONSTRUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 63 2.13. REAL PROPERTY ................................................................................................................................... 66 2.14. COST OF FACILITIES ............................................................................................................................. 68 2.15. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ............................................................................................................. 69 2.16. POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITIES ...................................................................................................... 77 2.17. AIR EMISSIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 78 2.18. SAFETY AND SECURITY ....................................................................................................................... 80 2.19. NOISE AND VIBRATION ......................................................................................................................... 86 2.20. CULTURAL RESOURCES .................................................................................................................... 101 2.21. GEOLOGY, SEISMOLOGY, AND SOILS .............................................................................................. 109 2.22. TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY AND WETLANDS ...................................................................................... 118 2.23. WATER RESOURCES AND AQUATIC ECOLOGY .............................................................................. 151 2.24. VISUAL IMPACTS ................................................................................................................................. 162 2.25. EFFECT ON TRANSPORTATION ......................................................................................................... 176 2.26. EFFECT ON COMMUNICATIONS ........................................................................................................ 182 2.27. SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS .............................................................................................................. 187 2.28. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ................................................................................................................ 194 2.29. SITE RESTORATION AND DECOMMISSIONING ................................................................................ 195 2.30. NUCLEAR FACILITIES .......................................................................................................................... 198 2.31. LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES ....................................................................................................... 198 Final Scoping Statement High Bridge Wind Project Page i Case 18-F-0262 2.32. STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ..................................................................................................... 202 2.33. OTHER APPLICATIONS AND FILINGS ................................................................................................ 205 2.34. ELECTRIC INTERCONNECTION ......................................................................................................... 206 2.35. ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS ................................................................................................... 208 2.36. GAS INTERCONNECTION .................................................................................................................... 210 2.37. BACK-UP FUEL ..................................................................................................................................... 210 2.38. WATER INTERCONNECTION .............................................................................................................. 210 2.39. WASTEWATER INTERCONNECTION.................................................................................................. 210 2.40. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERCONNECTION ................................................................................. 211 2.41. APPLICATIONS TO MODIFY OR BUILD ADJACENT .......................................................................... 211 3.0 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS .............................................................................................................. 212 4.0 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................ 221 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Sources of Data Used to Prepare Mapping of Specially Designated Areas ............................................... 23 Table 2. Sources of Data Used to Prepare Mapping of Recreational and Sensitive Areas ...................................... 24 Table 3. Summary of High Bridge Wind Design Goals and Sound Standards ....................................................... 96 Table 4. Land Cover Classes Found within the Facility Site .................................................................................. 119 Table 5. Preliminary Disturbance Area Assumptions. ............................................................................................ 122 Table 6. Protected and Sensitive Areas within 10 Miles of the Facility Site. .......................................................... 131 Table 7. NYSDEC-Mapped Wetlands .................................................................................................................... 134 Table 8. Demographic Information for the Town of Guilford .................................................................................. 188 Table 9. List of All State Approvals for the Construction and Operation of the Facility that are Procedural in Nature and Whether supplanted by PSL Article 10. .......................................................................................... 203 Table 10. Federal Permits and Approvals for the Facility ....................................................................................... 206 Table 11. FSS Content Matrix ................................................................................................................................ 214 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Regional
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