Documents Relating to Our Court Case to Halt the Wind Project
June 26, 2015 - Searchlight NV - As part of our Basin & Range Watch lawsuit along with Friends of Searchlight Desert and Mountains and local residents against Department of Interior and Apex Energy (as Searchlight Wind Energy, LLC), represented by Dave Becker Law Office of David H. Becker and Erin Madden of Cascadia Law, to halt development of the proposed Searchlight Wind Energy Project on yucca-studded hills near the Colorado River, we listed here the related documents. These include new information discovered though the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process, court briefs, and other documents. For a summary of the hearing see >>here.
Documents discovered through FOIA:
Searchlight-Greg's emails 2-19-2015(part 1).pdf
Searchlight-2015_00496_Final_Response.pdf
Other documents:
Apex-Navy curtailment agreement: The US Navy made an agreement with the project applicant Apex Clean Energy, Inc. to avoid conflicts of spinning wind turbines with their Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake in the California Desert, while conducting sensor tests. When a "clean doppler radar environment" is needed by the Navy, Apex has agreed to curtail wind turbine generators temproarily, and the rotors are locked so they do not move. The spinning blades cause electromegntic interference. The curtailment agreement is for up to 300 hours per year.
Searchlight-Wind-Opinion on Summary Judgment 2-3-15
Briefs:
Federal Defendants' Reply in Support of Their Motion for Reconsideration 5-22-15
Plaintiffs' Response to Federal Defendants' Motion for Reconsideration
Federal Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Permanent Injunction - 3-26-15
Federal Defendants' Brief in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Vacatur - 3-26-15
Searchlight's Joinder to Federal Defendant Responses Docket Nos. 107, 108, & 109 - 3-26-15
Opinion on Summary Judgment - 2-3-15
