Who will develop site-specific and species-specific resource mitigation measures for projects since these are not addressed in the Final Programmatic EIS?
Site-specific and species-specific issues will be addressed during individual project reviews. The BLM and operators will need to develop project-specific Plans of Development (PODs) and must contact appropriate agencies, property owners, and other stakeholders to identify potentially sensitive land uses and issues, rules that govern wind energy development locally, and land use concerns specific to the region. Additional mitigation measures would be applied in the form of stipulations in the right-of-way (ROW) authorization.