6. Environmentally Superior Alternative

Pursuant to CEQA, the EIR/EIS identifies the environmentally superior alternative, other than the "no project" alternative, as the ECO Substation Alternative combined with the ECO Partial Underground 138 kV Transmission Route Alternative, Tule Wind Alternative 5 (reduction in turbines) combined with Tule Wind Alternative 2 (underground the 138 kV transmission line from the operations and maintenance and collector substation facilities co-located on Rough Acres Ranch), and the ESJ Gen-Tie Overhead Alternative Alignment.

The EIR/EIS also identifies the BLM's preferred alternative pursuant to NEPA requirements; the BLM's preferred alternative is the same as the environmentally superior alternative.

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