To promote the development of these energy sources, the BLM provides sites for environmentally sound development of renewable energy on public lands. The BLM manages vast stretches of public lands that have the potential to make significant contributions to the nation’s renewable energy portfolio. The variance determination and supporting documentation, including the Input Summary Report, and additional information for the Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project can be found at. Proceeding with processing the Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project does not render project approval or otherwise entitle the applicant in any way, nor does it create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity by a party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person. Comments submitted during the initial evaluation will be further considered during the National Environmental Policy Act process for the project. The next step is to publish the Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, which will kick off the public scoping process and comment period. The BLM provided opportunities for input from the public and federal, state, and local agencies, and initiated government to government consultation with Tribes, including conducting field trips.
The BLM hosted two virtual information forums in December 2021 to provide interested parties with a description of the application evaluation process, including the variance process, on the proposed project. “Stakeholder engagement efforts by the BLM identified potential concerns and we will use this information during the environmental review for the Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project.” “After careful consideration, the BLM will continue processing the application and proceed with initiation of the National Environmental Policy Act process,” said Shonna Dooman, Las Vegas Field Office Manager. The Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project is a proposed 400 MW utility-scale photovoltaic solar power generation and battery storage facility on approximately 2,400 acres of BLM-managed public land located in the Pahrump Valley in Clark County, southeast of the Town of Pahrump and approximately 38 miles west of Las Vegas. After receiving public input, the BLM will initiate an environmental review of the project. LAS VEGAS – The BLM has completed the variance process for the Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project right-of-way application after coordination and consultation with appropriate federal, state, and local agencies and Tribes. If this solar project is approved, it will set an extremely bad precedent for facilitating the continuing extinction vortex of a federally threatened species.īLM ADVANCES ROUGH HAT CLARK COUNTY SOLAR PROJECT APPLICATION Class 1 includes recent and active tortoise sign. ^Tortoise sign on the Rough Hat Clark proposed solar project. The Rough Hat name apparently comes from a local mine. Stay tuned for more information as the scoping process begins for this utility-scale solar project by Candela Renewables, LLC-a company out of Spain. Water will be needed to try to suppress dust during construction-where will that come from? The project is proposed for the west side of highway 160 close to the boundary of Nye County in south Pahrump Valley. Recreational access will be cut off with 8-foot tall chainlink fences, and dust pollution will be a potential looming problem. Both can be moved out of the way of energy development. We made several site visits to this alluvial fan, and it is high quality Mojave desert tortoise habitat and contains Joshua trees. Now BLM will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and seek public comment. Last winter BLM held a virtual Variance Process determination meeting, where the agency assessed whether this large-scale solar project should be allowed to be built outside of an established Solar Energy Zone. JPahrump, NV - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that the 400-megawatt Rough Hat Clark Solar Project on 2,400 acres of public land just south of Pahrump, in Clark County, is moving forward in its application phase to an environmental review. ^Joshua tree on the proposed site of the Rough Hat Clark Solar Project. Rough Hat Clark Solar Project Moves Forward
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