2-April-2024
NMEC submitted, ‘Comments on BLM’s Draft Programmatic EIS for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development and Associated Resource Management Plan Amendments’. Many thanks to Debra Struhsacker, Elizabeth Zbinden, and Dave Shaddrick for the research and resulting eleven page comment letter.
Click here for the letter: https://nvmec.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NV-Mineral-Exploration-Coalition-Comment-Letter-on-the-Draft-Programmatic-EIS-Western-Solar-Plan-040224_Final.pdf
BLM Summary
The Programmatic EIS updates the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 2012 Western Solar Plan to support current and future national clean energy goals, long-term energy security, climate resilience, and improved conservation outcomes. The proposal would allow the BLM to more appropriately site solar projects to meet the goal of siting 25 GW of renewable energy on public lands by 2025, as well as help lay a framework for additional future development. Large-scale planning, such as this effort, will help expedite implementation of national clean energy goals while maintaining BLM’s multiple‑use mission.
For BLM background information on 2023/2024 Solar Programmatic EIS, click here; https://blmsolar.anl.gov/solar-peis-2023/
For BLM NEPA Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development PEIS/RMPA, click here: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2022371/510