Notice of Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Hawai‘i Interisland Renewable Energy Program: Wind (DOE/EIS-0459)

DOE announces its intention to prepare a Programmatic EIS with the State of Hawai`i as joint lead agencies pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the Hawai`i Environmental Policy Act. The Hawai`i Interisland Renewable Energy Program: Wind Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (hereinafter referred to as the Hawai`i Wind EIS or the EIS) will assess the foreseeable environmental impacts which may arise from wind energy development under the Hawai`i Interisland Renewable Energy Program (HIREP). Hawai`i proposes to facilitate the development of wind-generated electric energy and the required improvements to the existing electric transmission infrastructure in Hawai`i. This EIS is the first phase of a programmatic environmental review of developing and increasing renewable energy technologies in Hawai`i.