McCoy Solar Energy Project
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Summary
- SCH Number
- 2012054002
- Lead Agency
- Bureau of Land Management (U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management)
- Document Title
- McCoy Solar Energy Project
- Document Type
- EIS - Draft EIS
- Received
- Document Description
- Per Lead Agency, Ref SCH# 2011101007, 2012011019 McCoy Solar LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources LLC (Applicant), proposes to construct, operate, maintain, and decommission an up-to-750 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) solar energy generating facility and related infrastructure in unincorporated Riverside County, CA, to be known as the McCoy Solar Energy Project (MSEP or Project). The majority of the MSEP would be developed on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Approximately 477 acres of privately owned land would be included in the proposed solar plant site boundary. The Project would generate and deliver solar-generated power to the CA electrical grid through an interconnection at the Colorado River Substation (CRS) owned by Southern CA Edison (SCE).
- Contact Information
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Jeffery Childers
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Desert District Office 22835 Calle San Juan de Los Lagos
Moreno Valley, CA 92553-9046
951 697 5308
Location
- Coordinates
- 33°41'44.96"N 114°44'23.47"W
- Cities
- Riverside Blythe
- Counties
- Riverside
- Cross Streets
- North of I-10, south of McCoy Wash, east of McCoy Mountains
- Zip
- 92225
- Total Acres
- 8170
- State Highways
- Hwy 95
- Railways
- UPRR
- Airports
- Blythe
- Schools
- Palo Verde Valley
- Waterways
- Colorado River
- Township
- 5S
- Range
- 21
- Section
- 36
- Base
- SBB&M
Notice of Completion
- Review Period Start
- Review Period End
- Development Type
- Other (Commercial Solar)
- Local Action
- Use Permit
- Project Issues
- Cumulative Effects Water Supply Water Quality Vegetation Traffic/Circulation Toxic/Hazardous Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Noise Geologic/Seismic Forest Land/Fire Hazard Flood Plain/Flooding Fiscal Impacts Economics/Jobs Drainage/Absorption Biological Resources Archaeologic-Historic Air Quality Aesthetic/Visual
- Reviewing Agencies
- Colorado River Board Native American Heritage Commission Air Resources Board, Airport/Energy Projects California Department of Parks and Recreation California Energy Commission California Highway Patrol California Public Utilities Commission Caltrans, District 8 Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6 Department of Toxic Substances Control Office of Historic Preservation Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 7 Resources Agency State Lands Commission