Desert Harvest Solar Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft CA Desert Conservation
7 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2011094004
Lead Agency
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Document Title
Desert Harvest Solar Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft CA Desert Conservation
Document Type
NOI - Notice of Intent
Received
Present Land Use
BLM - administered land, CDCA Multiple Use Class M (Moderate)
Document Description
The proposed project would be located on BLM-administered lands in Riverside County about 6 miles north of the rural community of Desert Center, California. The overall site layout and generalized land uses would include a substation, an administration building, operations and maintenance facilities, a transmission line, and temporary construction lay down areas, with a total proposed project footprint of ~1,280 acres. The project's 230-kilovolt (kV) generation interconnection transmission line would either be via the First Solar Desert Sunlight 230 kV gen-tie (as a shared facility), or would be located on private and BLM-administered lands and would utilize a planned 230-to 500 kV substation (referred to as the Red Bluff Substation). The Red Bluff Substation would connect the project to the Southern California Edison regional transmission grid.
Contact Information
Name
Lynnette Elser
Agency Name
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Riverside
Cross Streets
6 mi. north of Desert Center
Zip
92239
Total Acres
1,280
State Highways
Hwy 177
Township
4S
Range
15E
Section
25-27
Other Location Info
Lake Tamarisk and Desert Center
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 Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), 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, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, Department of Toxic Substances Control
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Department of Toxic Substances Control
Development Types
Power:Solar (Solar Photovoltaic)(Megawatts 150)
Local Actions
Plan Amendment
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Env. Justice
Disclaimer: The document was originally posted before CEQAnet had the capability to host attachments for the public. To obtain the original attachments for this document, please contact the lead agency at the contact information listed above. You may also contact the OPR via email at state.clearinghouse@opr.ca.gov or via phone at (916) 445-0613.