BLM seeks public input for Fish Springs Ranch Utility Lines and Access Road EA
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CARSON CITY, NEV. The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Sierra Front Field Office has prepared the Fish Springs Ranch Utility Lines and Access Road, Preliminary Environmental Assessment to analyze the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of authorizing the construction of access roads and buried utility lines across BLM-administered public land to serve the proposed Fish Springs Ranch Solar Energy Center (FSRSEC). Public comments will be accepted through April 13, 2020.
The FSRSEC is in Washoe County, Nevada. Fish Springs Ranch Solar LLC is developing the FSRSEC as a 300-megawatt alternating current photovoltaic solar energy facility on approximately 2,191 acres of private land.
A copy of the PEA is available on-line at https://go.usa.gov/xdhA6 . For more information contact: Gerrit Buma, Planning and Environmental Coordinator at 775-885-6004. Please send comments to Attn: Gerrit Buma, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, Nevada 89701, or by email to: gbuma@blm.gov with the subject Fish Springs Ranch Utility Lines and Access Road.
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.
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.