Modified Blythe Solar Power Project Proposed Amendment to Right-of-Way Grant CACA-048811
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2010084005
Lead Agency
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Document Title
Modified Blythe Solar Power Project Proposed Amendment to Right-of-Way Grant CACA-048811
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
vacant / California Desert Conservation Area Plan Multiple Use Class L
Document Description
The Blythe Solar Power Project (BSPP) was fully permitted and approved as a 1,000 megawatt solar thermal generating plant in 2010. NextEra Blythe Solar Energy Center, LLC (Grant Holder) purchased the fully permitted (un-built) project assets in mid-2012 and now proposes to modify the technology and reduce the size of the project entirely within the approved BSPP footprint. The Grant Holder is proposing to construct, operate, maintain, and decommission the BSPP using photovoltaic technology with a 485 MW capacity on 4,138 acres of BLM-administered public land. An amendment to the existing ROW authorization has been submitted to reduce the acreage of the project, change the technology from concentrating solar trough to photovoltaic, adjust the project layout per the new technology, and reduce the capacity from 1,000 to 485 MW.
Contact Information
Name
Frank McMenimen
Agency Name
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Blythe, Riverside
Counties
Riverside
Cross Streets
I-10 and Black Rock Road
Zip
92225
Total Acres
4138
Airports
Blythe
Waterways
McCoy Wash
Township
6S
Range
21E
Section
11
Base
SBB&M
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Power:Solar (Megawatts 485)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Recreation, Septic System, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Other
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