PSC issues final environmental impact statement for Glacier Hills Wind Park (11:46 a.m. 10/1/09)

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Thursday released its final environmental impact statement for the Glacier Hills Wind Park in Columbia County.

The proposed project would consist of a 90-turbine wind farm with a capacity of up to 207 megawatts within 17,350 acres of mostly agricultural land in the towns of Randolph and Scott.

A public hearing on the project is scheduled for 3 to 7 p.m. Nov. 4 at Randolph Town Hall.

The PSC is scheduled to make its final decision on the project by Jan. 25.

A copy of the environmental impact statement is available online at http://psc.wi.gov/apps/erf_share/view/viewdoc.aspx?docid=120688.