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Solano 4 Wind Project EIR July 2019 8 References Executive Summary No references are cited in this chapter. Chapter 1, “Introduction” No references are cited in this chapter. Chapter 2, “Project Description” California Energy Commission. 2018 (August). Operational Wind Projects, Solano Wind Resource Area, 2018. Map scale 1:24,000. Available: https://www.energy.ca.gov/maps/renewable/wind/WindResourceArea_Solano.pdf. Accessed March 27, 2019. CEC. See California Energy Commission. Solano County. 1987 (May). Solano County Wind Turbine Siting Plan and Environmental Impact Report. Department of Environmental Management, Fairfield, CA. U.S. Geological Survey. 2019 (January). U.S. Wind Turbine Database. Available: https://eerscmap.usgs.gov/uswtdb/viewer/#14.02/38.16164/-121.79729. Accessed February 9, 2019. USGS. See U.S. Geological Survey. Chapter 3, “Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures” Section 3.1, “Aesthetics” Black & Veatch. 2019 (January 3). 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Prepared for Sacramento Municipal Utility District. ———. 2018c (October 11). California Red-legged Frog Habitat Assessment for the Solano 4 Wind Project. Technical memorandum submitted to Sacramento Municipal Utility District. ———. 2018d (October 15). Giant Garter Snake Habitat Assessment for the Solano 4 Project. Technical memorandum submitted to Sacramento Municipal Utility District. ———. 2019a (January). Sacramento Municipal Utility District Solano Wind 4 Project Botanical Survey Report. Prepared for Sacramento Municipal Utility District. ———. 2019b (February). Preliminary Delineation of Waters of the United States, Including Wetlands, for the SMUD Solano 4 Wind Project. Prepared for Sacramento Municipal Utility District. Althouse and Meade. See Althouse and Meade Biological and Environmental Services. Althouse and Meade Biological and Environmental Services. 2017 (September). Invasive Species Monitoring Report for Solano Wind Farm. 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