Calico Solar (formerly Stirling Solar One) Final Environmental Impact Statement
Summary
SCH Number
2010074007
Lead Agency
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Document Title
Calico Solar (formerly Stirling Solar One) Final Environmental Impact Statement
Document Type
FIN - Final Document
Received
Present Land Use
Various
Document Description
NOTES: Final/Review per Lead
The Calico Solar Project would also include a new 230-kilovolt (kV) Calico Solar Substation; approximately 2 miles of single-circuit 230-kV transmission line to connect the new substation to the existing Southern California Edison (SCE) Pisgah Substation, interior project roads, perimeter fencing, an administration building and maintenance complex. Approximately 0.1 miles of the new 230-kV connecting transmission line would be outside of the project site and within the SCE ROW. The solar facility has an expected lifespan of 40 years, and the BLM is considering a 20-year renewable ROW grant to coincide with a 20-year Purchase Power Agreement (PPA) signed by the Applicant and SCE on August 9, 2005. Significant upgrades to the SCE transmission system outside of the project site would be required to handle generating capacity beyond installation of the first 275 MW. In addition to the 850-MW Proposed Action, the FEIS includes a 275-MW Reduced Acreage Alternative; an 850-MW action alternative which avoids 1,718 acres of donated lands and acquired lands purchased with Land and Water Conservation Funds; and an 850-MW Agency Preferred Alternative which avoids sensitive wildlife, vegetation and cultural resources with a 6,215-acre project footprint.
Contact Information
Name
Erin Dreyfuss
Agency Name
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Barstow
Counties
San Bernardino
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Other (Natural Resource Management)
Local Actions
Use Permit, Solar Project
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife
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