Tule Wind Energy Project
CACA-49698
Variance Requests
| Variance Request |
Variance Request Submitted | Variance Issued |
Location | Description |
| 001 | October 26, 2012 | November 2, 2012 | Geotechnical Activities | Use of one Type II Water Tender and one Type III Engine in-lieu of a Type VI Skid Mount pump unit. |
| 002 | May 16, 2013 | May 20, 2013 | Geotechnical Activities | Variance 002 includes the following activities; use of additional existing roads, use of a track-mounted excavator, ability to shift small to medium sized boulders and use of a chain-saw or similar type equipment to trim vegetation |
| 003 | December 20, 2016 | February 14, 2017 | A-string, F-string, and G-string | Realignment of access roads along the A-string, F-string, and G-string to minimize disturbance to previously undisturbed areas, to avoid impacts to sensitive environmental resources, and to accommodate construction and engineering design. |
| 004 | January 9, 2017 | N/A | G-string | Addition of seven areas outside of the previously approved limits of disturbance to allow for the relocation of boulders along the G-string for project constructability. This variance request has been combined with 006. |
| 005 | February 9, 2017 | February 23, 2017 | Temporary Laydown Yards 9 and 11 | The use of generators to provide power for up to four Conex storage trailers including:
• Two Conex trailers and one generator within the 2-acre laydown yard (Yard 9) off of McCain Valley Road. • Two Conex trailers and one generator within the 2-acre laydown yard (Yard 11) located off the H-string access road. |
| 006 | March 24, 2017 | April 24, 2017 | Project Wide | Allows for Tule Wind LLC and the BLM field team to approve, on a case-by-case basis, specific project-related activities within a 20-foot-buffer outside the limits of disturbance approved in the 2016 Plan of Development. |
| 007 | March 3, 2017 | April 14, 2017 | Project Access Roads | Addition of small impact areas for the installation of riprap associated with 48 culverts along project access roads. |
| 008 | March 24, 2017 | April 18, 2017 | 2-Acre Laydown Yard (Laydown Yard 6) | Addition of a concrete batch plant facility in an existing 2-acre laydown yard. |
| 009 | March 28, 2017 | May 16, 2017 | Project Wide | Includes additional temporary areas needed for turbine installation for blade overhang areas, Nacelle tagline areas, and turbine top section staging areas. |
| 010 | March 29, 2017 | June 14, 2017 | McCain Valley Road | Includes additional areas needed for constructability and safety associated with travel along McCain Valley Road near the Lark Canyon Campground and off-highway vehicle (OHV) staging area. |
| 011 | April 7, 2017 | April 24, 2017 | Laydown Yards 9 and 11 | Relocation of office trailers from San Diego County land to laydown yards 9 and 11. |
| 012 | April 20, 2017 | May 24, 2017 | McCain Valley Road | Includes widening portions of McCain Valley Road at three specific areas for constructability and safety during construction. |
| 013 | Revised June 13, 2017 | June 21, 2017 | Overhead Collection Line | Includes adjustments to the overhead collector line pole locations, associated access roads, and construction areas to reduce impacts to recently identified environmentally sensitive areas. |
| 014 | Revised July 3, 2017 | July 27, 2017 | Project Wide | Includes additional pull areas for wire pulling along the transmission and collector lines, the use and widening of an existing access road, and shifting of a transmission line structure. |
| 015 | June 16, 2017 | July 12, 2017 | Turbine B-5 | Requests turbine B-5 to be approved as an alternate turbine that would replace an approved turbine, should it be determined necessary. |
| 016 | July 7, 2017 | July 12, 2017 | McCain Valley Road | Requests a change in the means for installing underground collector line under McCain Valley Road from boring to trenching. |
| 017 |
Submitted June 25, 2018; Revised August 24, 2018 |
September 7, 2018 | Project Wide | Requested to rectify the difference in road widths between the Project plans and widths observed on the ground. |
| 018 | February 24, 2020 | April 8, 2020 | McCain Valley Road | Requested extending the work area beyond the previously approved limits of disturbance to implement erosion control improvements. |
CONTACT INFORMATION
Compliance Monitors
800-735-0848
tulewindeccmp@dudek.com
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BLM El Centro Field Office
1661 S. 4th Street
El Centro, CA 92243
Carrie Sahagun
Assistant Field Manager for
Resources and Planning
Phone: 760-337-4437
Email: csahagun@blm.gov
Tule Wind LLC
855-369-9937
windcommunity@avangrid.com
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