Fw: RETI-LIST: Public Meeting 10/13/09 to discuss and comment on the draft Best Management Practices and Guidance Manual: Desert Renewable Energy Projects

[J Godfrey]

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Subject: RETI-LIST: Public Meeting 10/13/09 to discuss and comment on the
draft Best Management Practices and Guidance Manual: Desert Renewable Energy
Projects

> On November 17, 2008, Governor Schwarzenegger signed Executive Order
> S-14-08. This renewable energy-focused Executive Order increases the
> California Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) target to 33 percent by 2020
> and establishes planning and conservation processes for permitting
> renewable energy projects.
>
> The Executive Order directs the California Energy Commission and the
> California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) to work collaboratively with
> other state, federal and local agencies and interested stakeholders to
> establish a comprehensive and integrated strategy to accelerate the
> permitting of renewable portfolio standard projects in the California
> desert region while minimizing environment impacts and conserving valuable
> natural resources.
>
> The primary objectives are to identify areas in the Colorado and Mojave
> deserts suitable for future renewable energy development, to identify
> areas to conserve, and to develop a conservation strategy that will lead
> to completing the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP).
> Another major requirement of the Executive Order is to prepare a best
> management practices (BMP) manual by December 31, 2009.
>
> The draft Best Management Practices and Guidance Manual has been developed
> collaboratively by the Energy Commission, CDFG, U.S. Bureau of Land
> Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and with input
> from the Desert Managers Group that is developing BMPs for solar energy
> projects. The draft BMP manual will be available on October 5 at:
>
> http://www.energy.ca.gov/33by2020/documents/index.html
>
> A public workshop to discuss and solicit comments on the draft BMP manual
> will be held:
>
> TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009
> 10 a.m.
> City of Victorville
> 14343 Civic Drive
> Training Rooms 1 and 2
> Victorville, CA 92392
> (wheelchair accessible)
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