Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources

Renewable Energy Resources Committee

Multi-Site National Teleconference/Brown Bag

Renewable Energy Project Permitting: The Major Challenges and Potential Resolutions

January 19, 2005

Questions and Answers – Please e-mail questions to pdmostow@stoel.com. You may begin to e-mail questions before and during the program.

If you are having any problems call CEEP- Donna Denley at 518-432-6400 ext. 224 or Robyn Stewart at Ext. 221

Expert Panel:

Edna Sussman - Hoguet, Newman & Regal, LLP
Peter Mostow - Stoel Rives LLP
Brenda Aird - Renewable Energy Ombudsman, U.S. Department of Interior
Ray Brady - Chief of Lands and Realty, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Andrew Linehan - Director of Permitting, PPM Energy, Inc.
Richard Wiebe - Law Office of Richard Wiebe

The following materials are made available for your review to complement the teleconference program.

Agenda

Speaker Biographies

Renewable Energy Committee Overview and Public Service Project

The Department of Interior's Role in Renewable Energy Project Permitting
Brenda Aird

Wind Project Permitting on BLM Lands: Recent Policy Developments and Current Issues
Ray Brady

The Developer's Perspective
Andrew Linehan

Addressing Environmental Issues in Project Permitting
Richard Wiebe

Suggested Additional Reading

National Wind Coordinating Committee, Wind Turbine Interactions with Birds and Bats: A Summary of Research Results and Remaining Questions (Nov.2004)

Executive Summary, BLM Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Wind development on Federal Lands (September 2004)

BLM Instruction Memorandum establishing policy for processing right of way applications for solar energy projects on public lands (October 2004)