Progammatic Environmental Impact Statement for Geothermal Leasing in the Western United States
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2008064005
Lead Agency
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Document Title
Progammatic Environmental Impact Statement for Geothermal Leasing in the Western United States
Document Type
OTH - Other Document
Received
Document Description
The Proposed Action, the BLM and FS have identified ~117 million acres of BLM administered public lands and 75 million acres of NFS lands as open to geothermal leasing subject to existing laws, regulations, formal orders, stipulations attached to the lease form, and terms and conditions of the standard lease form. To protect special resource values, the BLM and FS have developed a comprehensive list of stipulations, best management practices, and procedures.
The BLM is proposing to amend 122 land use plans to adopt the allocations and the appropriate stipulations, and the FS would use the PEIS to facilitate subsequent consent decisions for any leasing on NFS lands. An alternative to the proposed action limits the lands available for geothermal leasing to those that are in close proximity to existing transmission lines or those under development. The no action alternative would allow the processing of pending geothermal lease applications; however, they would be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and would require additional environmental review.
Contact Information
Name
Jack Peterson
Agency Name
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Other Location Info
Programmatic EIS
Notice of Completion
State Reviewing Agencies
Cal Fire, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of General Services (DGS), Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Economics/Jobs, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Recreation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife
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