Solar, wind and pipeline developers on Illinois farmland
Free checklist for an Illinois agricultural impact mitigation agreement for solar or wind on farmland: who needs one, when, and what it covers.
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How it works
What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the NEPA environmental assessment door.
Modeled on: Illinois Department of Agriculture Standard Solar AIMA (version 8.19.19)
From public data
of nameplate capacity is where an Illinois solar facility counts as a commercial solar energy facility under the AIMA law
Source: 505 ILCS 147/10
Draft a NEPA environmental assessment and FONSI, or an EIS outline, that follows a reference document. Free to read; every unconfirmed fact is marked.
Questions
Owners of commercial solar or wind facilities on landowner property must enter an agreement with the Illinois Department of Agriculture setting construction and deconstruction standards that protect farmland. Solar construction must follow the Department's standard agreement.
Before the date of the county's required public hearing on the siting permit. The county then makes its siting decision within 30 days after the hearing ends.
Restoring farmland after construction and removal, topsoil removal and replacement, finding and repairing drain tile, underground cable depth, a deconstruction plan by an Illinois-licensed engineer, and financial assurance phased in to the county.
Related doors
What are you proposing, and where?
Where is the land under the solar array?
Which local government is this for?
Which school or facility is this for?
Where is the project in Vermont?
What is the project, and where?
Answer it and ePlan opens the NEPA environmental assessment door, which drafts the paperwork.