Notice2025-01231
Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Rough Hat Clark Solar Project in Clark County, NV
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Published
January 17, 2025
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Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
In compliance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) for the Rough Hat Clark Solar Project located in Clark County, Nevada. The ROD/Approved RMPA constitutes the final decision of the BLM as approved by the Department of the Interior (DOI).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 5985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01231]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[PO4820000251]
Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan
Amendment for the Rough Hat Clark Solar Project in Clark County, NV
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) and Approved
Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) for the Rough Hat Clark Solar
Project located in Clark County, Nevada. The ROD/Approved RMPA
constitutes the final decision of the BLM as approved by the Department
of the Interior (DOI).
ADDRESSES: The ROD is available online at <a href="https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2019992/510">https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2019992/510</a>. Printed copies of the ROD are
available for public inspection at the Southern Nevada District Office,
Las Vegas Field Office, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada
89130, or can be provided upon request by contacting Jessica Headen,
Project Manager, telephone (702) 515-5206, address Bureau of Land
Management, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130.
The Protest Resolution Report is available at: <a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/planning-and-nepa/public-participation/protest-resolution-reports">https://www.blm.gov/programs/planning-and-nepa/public-participation/protest-resolution-reports</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Headen, Project Manager,
telephone (702) 515-5206, address Bureau of Land Management, 4701 N.
Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130.; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7812101d191c1d16381a1415561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d5bfbdb0b4b1b0bb95b7b9b8fbb2baa3">[email protected]</span></a>.
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting
Ms. Headen. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The applicant, Candela Renewables, LLC,
submitted a right-of-way (ROW) application to the BLM Las Vegas Field
Office for the Rough Hat Clark Solar Project (Project), a 400-megawatt
(MW) solar photovoltaic power generating facility and 700 MW of battery
energy storage system (BESS) on approximately 2,469 acres of BLM-
managed public land located in the Pahrump Valley in Clark County,
Nevada, southeast of the town of Pahrump and approximately 38 miles
west of Las Vegas. The Project would include a solar field, BESS, and a
230 kV transmission line from the solar facility to the GridLiance
Trout Canyon Substation.
The Department of the Interior has approved the BLM's decision to
issue a ROW grant for the Project as described in the Proposed RMPA/
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) as the Resources Integration
Alternative. The ROD documents the BLM's decision to authorize the
construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of the 400 MW
photovoltaic solar power generating facility with battery energy
storage on BLM-managed land in Clark County, Nevada. Approval of this
ROW constitutes the final decision of the Department of the Interior
and is not subject to appeal under Departmental regulations at 43 CFR
part 4.
There were no changes to the Approved RMPA from the Proposed RMPA/
Final EIS, which was published on November 1, 2024. The Approved RMPA
changes the existing 1998 Las Vegas Resource Management Plan to
reclassify the Project area from Visual Resource Management (VRM) Class
III to VRM Class IV.
The BLM provided the Proposed RMPA/Final EIS for public protest on
November 1, 2024, for a 30-day protest period and received seven valid
protests. The BLM Director resolved all protests. Responses to protest
issues were compiled and documented in a Protest Resolution Report (see
ADDRESSES).
The BLM provided the Proposed RMPA/Final EIS to the Governor of
Nevada for a 60-day Governor's consistency review on November 1, 2024.
The Governor's Office replied on December 17, 2024, confirming that the
proposed RMPA is consistent with State and local plans, policies, and
programs. The Governor's Office had no objections to the approval of
the RMPA.
The DOI's Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and
Minerals Management signed the ROD/Approved RMP Amendment, which is in
effect upon signature.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 (2022); 43 CFR 1610.5-1)
Jon K. Raby,
Nevada State Director.
[FR Doc. 2025-01231 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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