S.Amdt. 443

SA 443. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1086. ESTABLISHMENT OF MODELING FOR DETERMINING ADVERSE
EFFECT BY WIND TURBINES ON AIR COMMERCE,
MILITARY TRAINING ROUTES, OR SPECIAL USE
AIRSPACE.

(a) Analytical Model.--
(1) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2021, the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
Transportation and the heads of such other Federal agencies
as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate, shall
develop and establish a wind turbine structure contour
analytical model that shall consider and analyze wind turbine
structures that interfere with air commerce, military
training routes, or special use airspace.
(2) Elements.--The wind turbine structure contour
analytical model required under paragraph (1) shall include
an analysis of the following:
(A) The height and blade dimension of wind turbine
structures, the energy generated by such structures, and
other factors relating to such structures as the Secretary of
Defense determines appropriate.
(B) Topographical and environmental considerations
associated with the location of wind turbine projects.
(C) The impact of individual wind turbine structures and
the combined impact of proposed and existing wind turbine
structures within a 50-mile radius of commercial or military
airfields or military training routes, including the amount
and pattern of turbulence from a single wind turbine
structure in a horizontal and vertical direction.
(D) The proximity of wind turbine structures to general
aviation, commercial or military training routes,
installations of the Department of Defense, and special use
airspace.
(E) The impact of wind turbine structure operation,
individually or collectively, on--
(i) approach and departure corridors;
(ii) established military training routes;
(iii) radar for the National Weather Service;
(iv) radar for air traffic control;
(v) instrumented landing systems; and
(vi) other factors, as determined by the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration and the Secretary of
Defense.
(b) Certification of Projects.--On and after the date on
which the analytical model under subsection (a) is
established, no wind turbine structure may be built, and no
wind turbine project may be carried out, unless the Secretary
of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
Transportation, certifies through the use of such analytical
model that such structure or project will have no adverse
effect on air commerce, military training routes, or special
use airspace.
(c) Report.--Not later than July 31, 2020, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the
progress of the establishment of the analytical model
required under subsection (a), including any requirements
needed to complete the model by September 30, 2021.
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