BLM seeks public input for Dodge Flat Utility and Road Crossing Project EA
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The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Sierra Front Field Office has prepared the Dodge Flat Utility and Road Crossing Project, Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) to analyze the effects of authorizing the construction of access roads and buried utility lines across two parcels of BLM-administered land to serve the proposed Dodge Flat Solar Energy Center (DFSEC), and to use existing improved roads, segments of which cross public lands, as secondary access to the DFSEC as proposed by Dodge Flat Solar LLC. The BLM is seeking public comment and input on this DEA. Public comments will be accepted through August 8, 2019.
The DFSEC is located west of the intersection of State Route 447 and Olinghouse Road, approximately 3.5 miles northwest of the town of Wadsworth, in unincorporated Washoe County, Nevada. Dodge Flat Solar is developing the DFSEC as a 200-megawatt alternating current photovoltaic solar energy and storage facility on approximately 1,632 acres of private land.
A copy of the PEA is available in the Carson City District BLM Office and on the project webpage at https://go.usa.gov/xyfCs . Please send written comments to: Gerrit Burma, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, Nevada, 89701, or by email to: gbuma@blm.gov with Dodge Flat Utility and Road Crossing Project in the subject line. Comments may also be submitted electronically via the PEA webpage (under the “Contact Information” section), via email to blm_nv_ccdowebmail@blm.gov or via fax at (775) 885-6147 with the subject heading.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address or other personal information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment-including your personal information-may be publicly available at any time. While you ask us in your comment to withhold personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. After the public review period has ended, comments will be analyzed and considered part of the decision-making process.
For more information contact: Gerrit Buma, Planning and Environmental Coordinator at: 775-885-6000 or at the above address.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.