BLM seeks public input on Lucky Star Wind Transmission Line Project
RAWLINS, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Rawlins Field Office initiated a 15-day public scoping period prior to preparing an environmental assessment (EA) for the Lucky Star Wind Transmission Line Project in Carbon and Albany counties.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis is a required part of the process. The EA will analyze the possible project as well as other alternatives. Please visit our ePlanning website for the full scoping notice and to provide feedback at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2035206/510.
Lucky Star Wind, LLC, plans to construct, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission 24.8 miles of new 230-kilovolt alternating current transmission lines, including 4.8 miles crossing BLM managed land and 20 miles of non-federal lands. The project involves a 300-foot temporary right-of-way (ROW) and a 250-foot permanent ROW to facilitate construction, operation, and maintenance of the project over a 50-year period.
Planned work on BLM land includes the construction of 38 above-ground H-frame transmission towers, along with temporary work areas, and pulling and tensioning sites. To minimize impacts, existing roads and two-tracks will be used to access the project ROW during construction and no new crossings of perennial streams on BLM land are planned.
The transmission line will connect a 500-megawatt private wind farm in Albany County to PacifiCorp’s Aeolus and Freezeout substations near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, with segments on BLM land primarily aligned within the West-Wide Energy Corridor, a BLM-designated energy-transmission corridor.
The scoping period will conclude Jan. 7, 2025, at 4 p.m. MST. For questions, please contact the Rawlins Field Office, 307-328-4224. Submit written comments to the Rawlins Field Office, P.O. Box 2407, Rawlins, WY 82301-2407, Attn: Lucky Star Wind Transmission Line Project.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.