PrairieWinds Project - Brule, Aurora, Jerald, and Tripp Counties, SD

• Federal Register Notice to Hold Public Scoping Meetings and Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (April 7, 2009 - 55 KB).

• Scoping Report (July 23, 2009 - 22.5 MB)

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (January 2010)

• Cover (688 kb pdf)

• Cover sheet (16 kb pdf)

• Table of contents (28 kb pdf)

• Acronyms and abbreviations (106 kb pdf)

• Executive summary (556 kb pdf)

• Chapter 1 - Introduction and purpose and need (985 kb pdf)

• Chapter 2 - Alternatives and proposed Federal action (1.5 MB pdf)

• Chapter 3 - Affected environment (4.7 MB pdf)

• Chapter 4 - Environmental consequences (1.7 MB pdf)

• Chapter 5 - Cumulative impacts (947 kb pdf)

• Chapter 6 - Unavoidable adverse impacts (16 kb pdf)

• Chapter 7 - Irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources (16 kb pdf)

• Chapter 8 - Short-term use and long-term productivity (16 kb pdf)

• Chapter 9 - Consultation and coordination (57 kb pdf)

• Chapter 10 - Disclosure statement (20 kb pdf)

• Chapter 11 - References (125 kb pdf)

• Chapter 12 - Glossary (121 kb pdf)

• Index (38 kb pdf)

• Appendix A - Scoping materials (6.6 MB pdf)

• Appendix B - Engineering drawings (904 kb pdf)

• Appendix C - Biological resources (2.3 MB pdf)

• Appendix D - Cultural resources (782 kb pdf)

NOTE: The DRAFT EIS documents reside on a server outside of USDA. Please report any broken links to the www.wapa.gov webmaster.

Final Environmental Impact Statement (July 2010)

• Cover(688 kb pdf)

• Cover sheet (16 kb pdf)

• Table of contents (28 kb pdf)

• Acronyms and abbreviations (106 kb pdf)

• Executive summary (556 kb pdf)

• Chapter 1 - Introduction and purpose and need (985 kb pdf)

• Chapter 2 - Alternatives and proposed Federal action (1.5 MB pdf)

• Chapter 3 - Affected environment (4.7 MB pdf)

• Chapter 4 - Environmental consequences (1.7 MB pdf)

• Chapter 5 - Cumulative impacts (947 kb pdf)

• Chapter 6 - Unavoidable adverse impacts (16 kb pdf)

• Chapter 7 - Irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources (16 kb pdf)

• Chapter 8 - Short-term use and long-term productivity (16 kb pdf)

• Chapter 9 - Consultation and coordination (57 kb pdf)

• Chapter 10 - Disclosure statement (20 kb pdf)

• Chapter 11 - References (125 kb pdf)

• Chapter 12 - Glossary (121 kb pdf)

• Index (38 kb pdf)

• Appendix A - Scoping materials (6.6 MB pdf)

• Appendix B - Engineering drawings (904 kb pdf)

• Appendix C - Biological resources (2.3 MB pdf)

• Appendix D - Cultural resources (782 kb pdf)

• Appendix E - Public Outreach ( 8.95 MB pdf)

• Appendix F - Comment and Response (12.0 MB pdf)

• Appendix G - Biological Documents (8.47 MB pdf)

• Federal Register Notice for the Record of Decision (October 5, 2010 - 53 KB)

• Record of Decision (2.0 MB pdf)