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40 See id.
41 See Morgan Lee, Ocotillo Wind Project Advances Despite Tribal Objections ,
San Diego Union-Tribune (May 12, 2012).
42 Complaint of Quechan Indian Tribe for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief
at ¶ 5, Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation v. U.S. Dep't
of the Interior (S.D. Cal. May 14, 2012).
43 Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation v. U.S. Dep't of the
Interior , 2013 WL 755606 at 1 (S.D. Cal. Feb. 27, 2013).
44 Id.
45 Miriam Raftery, Native American Heritage Commission Declares Ocotillo
Wind Farm Site a Sacred Site; Asks Attorney General to Weigh Legal Action ,
East County Magazine (Apr. 26, 2013), available at http://eastcountymag-
azine.org/node/13103 (last visited Aug. 14, 2013).
46 See, e.g ., Jessica Testa, Sacred Ground? Citing 'Viewshed,' Tribe Pushes Back
Against Solar Plant , Cronkite News (May 1, 2012), available at http://
cronkitenewsonline.com/2012/05/sacred-ground-citing-signiicant-views-tribe-
pushes-back-against-solar-plant/ (last visited Aug. 15, 2013).
47 See generally Louis Sahagun, Discovery of Indian Artifacts Complicates
Genesis Solar Project , Los Angeles Times (April 24, 2012).
48 Id.
49 See Letter re: Comments of the Colorado River Indian Tribes on the DRECP
Interim Document (Docket No. 09-RENEW EO-01) from the Colorado River
Indian Tribes to the California Energy Commission (Jan. 30, 2013), available
at www.drecp.org/documents/docs/comments-evals/Colorado_River_Indian_
Tribes_comments.pdf (last visited Aug. 15, 2013).
50 Id. at 5 (citing California Energy Commission Desert Renewable Energy
Conservation Plan Interim Document (Docket No. 09-RENEW EO-01), 4.3-4
(2012)).
51 See Indigenous Peoples Subcomm., Nat'l Envtl. Justice Advisory Council, EPA,
Guide on Consultation and Collaboration with Indian Tribal Governments
and Public Participation of Indigenous Groups and Tribal Members in
Environmental Decision Making at 5 (EPA/300-R-00-009, 2000), available
at www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/resources/publications/nejac/ips-consult
ation-guide.pdf (last visited Aug. 15, 2013)
52 Id. at 14.
53 Quechan Tribe, supra note 33, 55 F. Supp.2d at 1119.
54 Lee, supra note 41.
55 For example, in the Canadian province of Canada, disputes have arisen between
the Ojibwe tribe and the city of Thunder Bay over a proposed 16-turbine
wind farm on city-owned land in the Nor'Wester Mountains. According to
a newspaper article, the Ojibwe have “lived and worshipped” on the project
site for “thousands of years” and have always considered the mountain range
as a “sacred place.” See Ontario Ojibwe Rally to Battle Wind-Farm Plans on
Sacred Nor'Wester Mountains , Indian Country Today Media Network
(May 29, 2013), available at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.
com/2013/05/29/ontario-ojibwe-rally-battle-wind-farm-plans-sacred-norwest
er-mountains-149599 (last visited Aug. 16, 2013).
56 Marcelino Madrigal & Steven Stoft, Transmission Expansion for Renewable
Energy Scale-Up: Emerging Lessons and Recommendations at 95, The Energy
and Mining Sector Board (June 2011), available at http://web.worldbank.org/
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24, 2014).