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BLM completes Environmental Assessment for Dixie Meadows geothermal project

BLM completes Environmental Assessment for Dixie Meadows geothermal project Stillwater Range in Churchill County, Nevada (source: flickr/ Ken Lund, creative commons)
Alexander Richter 9 May 2017

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) U.S. has completed an Environmental Assessment of the 30 MW Dixie Meadows geothermal project by Ormat in Nevada.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District in Nevada has today announced the completion of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Dixie Meadows Geothermal Development Project by Ormat. The BLM is also seeking public input under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for the Project. This includes seeking information and identifying historic properties in or near the Project area. Public comments will be accepted through June 8, 2017.

This EA analyzes the potential impacts from the proposed development of this project including the construction of up to two 30 MW net rated geothermal power plants; drilling, testing, and operating up to 15 geothermal production and injection well sites and eight core hole sites; constructing and operating pipelines to carry geothermal fluid between well fields and the power plant(s)s; and constructing either a 120-kilovolt (kV) or a 230-kV gen-tie and associated structures.  The geothermal portions of the Project are located within the Combined Dixie Meadows Geothermal Unit Area.  It also contains mineral rights to 760 acres of US Navy land known as the Lamb Mineral interests.  This project is located on public lands in Churchill and Pershing Counties, Nevada.

A copy of the EA is available in the Carson City District BLM Office and on the project webpage at  https://bit.ly/2qWH2MK  Please send written comments to: Dave Schroeder, Dixie Meadows EA Project Lead, Stillwater Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 89701.  Comments may also be submitted electronically via the EA webpage (under the “Contact Information” section), via email to blm_nv_ccdowebmail@blm.gov or via fax at (775) 885-6147 with the subject heading “Dixie Meadows Geothermal Development EA”.

Source: BLM release