Project ATLiS
Summary
SCH Number
2024110237
Lead Agency
United States Department of Energy
Document Title
Project ATLiS
Document Type
EA - Environmental Assessment
Received
Present Land Use
The Project site is zoned M-2-G-PE (Medium Industrial/Geothermal Overlay – Pre-existing). The Imperial County General Plan (2015) designates the land use for the Project site as Agriculture.
Document Description
EnergySource Minerals, LLC (ESM or Applicant), is proposing to build a commercial lithium (Li) production plant within the known geothermal resource area at Salton Sea in Imperial County, California (Project). The plant will be capable of producing lithium carbonate (Li2CO3), lithium hydroxide (LiOH), and other commercially viable substances.
ESM has applied for a federal loan pursuant to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program (ATVM Program), which was created by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to provide incentives, including funds for engineering costs, for projects that retrofit, expand, or create manufacturing facilities in the United States for advanced-technology vehicles or qualifying components.
Contact Information
Name
Molly Cobbs
Agency Name
U.S. Department of Energy
Job Title
NEPA Document Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Calipatria, El Centro
Counties
Imperial
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
West McDonald and Davis Roads
Zip
92233
Total Acres
79
Jobs
71
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 Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT)
Development Types
Industrial (Sq. Ft. 730000, Acres 79, Employees 71)
Local Actions
Redevelopment
Project Issues
Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Noise, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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