Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone Solar Regional Mitigation Planning, Workshop #2

by the strategist

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is hosting a second public workshop for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone (SEZ) Solar Regional Mitigation Plan (SRMP) on October 24 and 25, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the Hampton Inn Tropicana, 4975 S. Dean Martin Dr., Las Vegas 89118.

Vegas baby!

The topic of the workshop will be baseline conditions and unavoidable impacts and will include a field tour to the SEZ on Oct. 24.  

Like I said, Vegas, baby!   Oh wait, does that say S-E-….Z?  My bad.

In August, BLM described their solar energy program and discussed the development of regional mitigation plans as outlined in the July 24 Final Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). At the first workshop, more than 70 participants, including representatives from federal, state and local government, Tribes, the solar industry, utilities, environmental and other non-governmental organizations were asked to provide thoughts and ideas about mitigation for the Dry Lake SEZ, as well as ideas on future environmental monitoring and adaptive management for the SEZ.

An agenda for the October workshop, summary of the August workshop, frequently-asked questions and a preliminary list of data sources BLM is reviewing in support of the identification of unavoidable adverse impacts can be found on the Dry Lake SEZ Mitigation Project website.   The impacts associated with the Dry Lake SEZ are listed in this memo.

Those interested in attending the Oct 24/25 workshop or who would like to provide comments on the materials posted on the website should RSVP and send comments to: drylakemitigation@blm.gov.

NOTE:  RSVP by October 17 to reserve a bus seat for the field trip. 

Visit the Solar Energy Development PEIS website for more information:  http://solareis.anl.gov