CARSON CITY, NEV. The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Sierra Front Field Office has approved the Fish Springs Ranch Utility Lines and Access Road. The Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzed the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of authorizing the construction of access roads and buried utility lines across BLM-administered public land to serve the proposed Fish Springs Ranch Solar Energy Center (FSRSEC). A 14-day public comment period began on March 30 and ended on April 13, 2020.
The FSRSEC is in Washoe County, Nevada. Fish Springs Ranch Solar LLC is developing the FSRSEC as a 300-megawatt alternating current photovoltaic solar energy facility on approximately 2,191 acres of private land.
A copy of the EA and related documents are available on-line at https://go.usa.gov/xdhA6.
For more information contact: Gerrit Buma, Planning and Environmental Coordinator at 775-885-6004.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
