Appendix A: Public Scoping and Draft EA Material DOE/EA-1812 October 2011 A Notice of Public Scoping Meeting Postcard was sent on May 11, 2010 to the following Federal, State, and local agencies and tribal governments: Ms. Susan Linner Mr. Eugene Littlecoyote, President U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council Ecological Services PO Box 128 Colorado Field Office Lame Deer, MT 59043 P.O. Box 25486, DFC (MS 65412) Denver, CO 80225-0486 Northern Arapaho Tribe Mr. Richard Braman, Chairman Ms. Sandy Vana-Miller Arapaho Business Council U.S. Department of Interior PO Box 396 Fish and Wildlife Service Fort Washakie, WY 82514 P.O. Box 25486 DFC (65412) Denver, CO 80225-0486 Mr. Robert Goggles NAGPRA Representative Mr. Leroy Hall Northern Arapaho Tribe Natural Resources Conservation Service PO Box 396 Greeley Area Office Fort Washakie, WY 82514 4407 29th Street, Ste 300 Greeley, CO 80634-8703 Ms. JoAnn White Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Mr. Terry McKee Northern Arapaho Tribe U. S. Army Corps of Engineers PO Box 1056 Omaha District, Denver Regulatory Office Fort Washakie, WY 82514 9307 South Wadsworth Blvd Littleton, CO 80128-6901 Mr. Billy Evans Horse Chairman Larry Svoboda, NEPA Program Chief Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 369 EPA Region 8 (8EPR-N) Carnegie, OK 73015 1595 Wynkoop Street Denver, CO 80202-1129 Mr. George Daingkau NAGPRA Representative Eastern Shoshone Tribe: Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma Mr. Ivan Posey, Chairman 118 N. Stephens Shoshone Business Council Hobart, OK 73651 PO Box 538 Fort Washakie, WY 82514 Ms. Maxine Natchees, Chairwomen Ute Tribal Council Arlen Shoyo PO Box 190 Shoshone Business Council Tribal Office Building PO Box 538 Fort Duchesne, UT 84026 Fort Washakie, WY 82514 Ms. Betsy Capoose, Director Ms. Reba Tehran Cultural Rights and Protection Shoshone Cultural Office Ute Tribal Tribe PO Box 1008 PO Box 190 Fort Washakie, WY 82514 Tribal Office Building Fort Duchesne, UT 84026 Mr. Gilbert Brady Mr. Gordan Yellowman Tribal Historic Preservation Officer NAGPRA Historic Preservation Representative PO Box 128 Cheyenne-Araphao Tribe of Oklahoma Lame Deer, MT 59043 P.O. Box 38 Concho, OK 73022 Mr. Steven Brady Tribal Spokesperson Mr. William Lee Pedro, Jr. PO Box 542 Southern Arapaho Historic Preservation Lame Deer, MT 59043 & Sand Creek Representative Southern Arapaho of Oklahoma Ms. Cecelia Firethunder, President P.O. Box 41 Oglala Sioux Tribe Council Concho, OK 73022 PO Box 2070 Pine Ridge, SD 57770 Mr. Wallace Coffee Chairman Mr. Alex White Plume Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma Vice President HC 32-Box 908 Oglala Lakota Tribe Lawton, OK 73502 P. O. Box H Pine Ridge, SD 57770 Ms. Donna Sovo Acting THPO/NAGPRA/OEP Director Ms. Elaine Quiver Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma Grey Eagle Society Box 1720 Oglala Lakota Tribe Lawton, OK 73502 P.O. Box 550 Pine Ridge, SD 57770 Mr. Rodney Bordeaux, President Rosebud Sioux Tribal Council Mr. George E. Howell PO Box 430 President Rosebud, SD 57570 Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 470 Mr. Terry Gray Pawnee, OK 74058 Cultural Resources Coordinator Rosebud Sioux Tribe Mr. Francis Morris Sinte Gleska College Dir., Tribal Historical Preservation and PO Box 675 Repatriation Office Mission, SD 57555 Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 470 Mr. Harold Frazier, Chairman Pawnee, OK. 74058 Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Council PO Box 590 Mr. William Blind Eagle Butte, SD 57625 Interim Chairman Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe of Oklahoma James Ticote P.O. Box 38 Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Concho, OK 73022 Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe PO Box 590 Mr. Tim Mentz Eagle Butte, SD 57625 Tribal Historic Preservation Officer PO Box D Fort Yates, ND 59539 Mr. Ron His-Horse-is-Thunder Mr. Hal D. Simpson, P.E. Chairman State Engineer Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council Colorado State Engineer’s Office PO Box D 1313 Sherman Street, Rm. 818 Fort Yates, ND 59539 Denver, CO, 80203 Ms. Alonzo A. Coby, Chairman Ms. Karla Harding Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort Hall Regional Director Business Council Colorado Department of Transportation PO Box 306 Pina Drive 1420 2nd Street Fort Hall, ID 83203-0306 Greeley, CO 80632 Ms. LaRae Buckskin Mr. Don Ament Interim Cultural Resource Coordinator Commissioner Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Colorado Department of Agriculture PO Box 306 Pina Drive 700 Kipling St. Ste 4000 Fort Hall, ID 83203-0306 Lakewood, CO 80215-8000 Mr. Carl Venne, Chairman Ms. Georgianna Contiguglia Crow Tribal Council State Historic Preservation Office PO Box 159 Colorado Historic Society Crow Agency, MT 59022 1300 Broadway Denver, CO, 80203 Mr. Dale Old Horn Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Mr. Tom Kroening Crow Cultural Department Area Wildlife Manager PO Box 159 Colorado Division of Wildlife Crow Agency, MT 59022 Brush Service Center 122 E. Edison Mr. Francis Brown P.O. Box 128 Chairman Brush, CO 80723 Medicine Wheel Coalition for Sacred Sites in North America Wendy Figueroa, Conservation Biologist P.O. Box 2378 Colorado Division of Wildlife Rancho de Taos, NM 87557 P.O. Box 128 Brush, CO 80723 Mr. Ed Nichols, SHPO Colorado Historical Society Dan Cacho Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation District Wildlife Manager 1300 Broadway Colorado Division of Wildlife Denver, CO 80203 122 East Edison P.O. Box 128 Mr. Bruce McCloskey Brush, CO 80723 Director Colorado Division of Wildlife Kristie M. Bay 6060 Broadway Colorado Division of Wildlife Denver, CO, 80216 Habitat Biologist – Area 3 122 E. Edison Brush, CO 80723 Mr. Larry Budde Susan Roll Walters Area Wildlife Manager Phillips County Board of Commissioners Colorado Division of Wildlife 221 South Interocean Avenue Brush Service Center Holyoke, CO 80734-1534 122 E. Edison P.O. Box 128 Randy Schaefer Brush, CO 80723 Phillips County Administrator 221 South Interocean Avenue James Edwards Holyoke, CO 80734-1534 Logan County Board of Commissioners 315 Main Street Phillips County Economic Development Sterling, CO 80751 Corporation 212 West Interocean Drive Debbie Zwirn Holyoke, CO 80734-1535 Logan County Board of Commissioners 315 Main Street Holyoke Chamber of Commerce Sterling, CO 80751 212 West Interocean Drive Holyoke, CO 80734-1535 Jack McLavey Logan County Board of Commissioners 315 Main Street Sterling, CO 80751 Jim Neblett Logan County Planner 315 Main Street, Suite 2 Sterling, CO 80751 Pamela M. Schneider Logan County Clerk 315 Main Street Sterling, CO 80751 Logan County Economic Development Corporation P.O. Box 72 Sterling, CO 80751 Haxtun Chamber of Commerce 145 S. Colorado Avenue Haxtun, CO 80731 Jerry Beavers Phillips County Board of Commissioners 221 South Interocean Avenue Holyoke, CO 80734-1534 Bud Biesemeier Phillips County Board of Commissioners 221 South Interocean Avenue Holyoke, CO 80734-1534 NOTICE OF SCOPING NOTICE OF SCOPING The U.S. Department of Energy is inviting public comments on the The U.S. Department of Energy is inviting public comments on the scope of an Environment Assessment (EA) being prepared to evaluate scope of an Environment Assessment (EA) being prepared to evaluate the potential impacts of a 30-megawatt wind energy project proposed for the potential impacts of a 30-megawatt wind energy project proposed for portions of Phillips and Logan counties, Colorado. For this project, 17 to portions of Phillips and Logan counties, Colorado. For this project, 17 to 20 1.5- or 2-megawatt wind turbines will be installed in a 60-square-mile 20 1.5- or 2-megawatt wind turbines will be installed in a 60-square-mile area south of Haxtun, Colorado, and the project will interconnect with area south of Haxtun, Colorado, and the project will interconnect with an existing substation near that town. an existing substation near that town. Information on the project is available at the DOE Golden Field Office website: Information on the project is available at the DOE Golden Field Office website: http://www.eere.energy.gov/golden/Reading_Room.aspx http://www.eere.energy.gov/golden/Reading_Room.aspx To learn more about this project and share with DOE your comments on the scope of this To learn more about this project and share with DOE your comments on the scope of this EA, you are invited to attend a public meeting on Thursday May 27 from 7:00 to 9:00 EA, you are invited to attend a public meeting on Thursday May 27 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Haxtun Community Center. pm at the Haxtun Community Center. You may also submit comments to the DOE Golden Field Office c/o Melissa Rossiter, You may also submit comments to the DOE Golden Field Office c/o Melissa Rossiter, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, or by email to [email protected]. 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, or by email to [email protected]. Please send your comments by June 11, 2010. Please send your comments by June 11, 2010. NOTICE OF SCOPING NOTICE OF SCOPING The U.S. Department of Energy is inviting public comments on the The U.S. Department of Energy is inviting public comments on the scope of an Environment Assessment (EA) being prepared to evaluate scope of an Environment Assessment (EA) being prepared to evaluate the potential impacts of a 30-megawatt wind energy project proposed for the potential impacts of a 30-megawatt wind energy project proposed for portions of Phillips and Logan counties, Colorado. For this project, 17 to portions of Phillips and Logan counties, Colorado. For this project, 17 to 20 1.5- or 2-megawatt wind turbines will be installed in a 60-square-mile 20 1.5- or 2-megawatt wind turbines will be installed in a 60-square-mile area south of Haxtun, Colorado, and the project will interconnect with area south of Haxtun, Colorado, and the project will interconnect with an existing substation near that town.