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Milestone Extension: Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

Submitted by georgeann.smal… on

The schedule modification is needed to reconcile errors on the initial CPP schedule as well as delays in receiving a delivery of a final Plan of Development (POD) to the BLM on 4 April 2025. According to BLM Nevada policy under NV IM 2024-019, BLM specialists must be allowed 90 days to review the final POD. NV IM 2024-019 is a Nevada-specific policy for all program areas for projects requiring completion of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process. The purpose of the IM is to outline the BLM NV NEPA project management process with greater clarity, incorporate improvements learned over time and include changes to the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) (Public Law 118-5 Section 107(f) changes to NEPA. The NV IM requires that the Project provided the Supplemental Information Reports and the Supplemental Environmental Reference (SIRs & SERs) to ensure a thorough review and completeness of the POD to mitigate delays in the formal NEPA process.

Action
Project Name:
Samantha Solar
Responsible Agency:
Bureau of Land Management
Status:
Planned
POC Name:
Robbie McAboy
POC Title:
District Manager
POC Email:
rmcaboy@blm.gov

Description:

Resource Management Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement

Milestones:

Issuance of Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Scoping (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Official Notice of Availability of a Draft EIS published in the Federal Register (FR) beginning both the public comment period and concurrent CAA Section 309 Review (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Official Notice of Availability of a Final EIS published in the FR beginning both the public review period and concurrent CAA Section 309 Review (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Issuance of Lead Agency Record of Decision (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:


View Action's Modification History

Milestone
Issuance of Lead Agency Record of Decision (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Project

All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.

In Progress

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
IN PROGRESS

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ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
10/21/2026

0 out of 3

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED

Renewable Energy Production

SECTOR
Renewable Energy Production

Project Category

CATEGORY
Project Category FAST-41 Covered Projects

Department of the Interior

LEAD AGENCY
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

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Description:

Balanced Rock Power proposes to construct a 600-megawatt (MW), alternating current (AC) solar photovoltaic (PV) power generating facility with a battery energy storage system (BESS).  The Project’s primary purpose is to produce 600-MW of energy annually.  The Project site would be located in White Pine County, Nevada on approximately 2,891 acres of lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), approximately 15 miles west of Ely, Nevada.  The Project site would be divided into two areas of BLM-managed land adjacent to and on the east and west sides of another proposed solar project.  The Project would also include a 5.8-mile transmission interconnection line at either 500 or 345 kV to interconnect the project to the existing Robinson Summit Substation. 

field_status
Reject for Administrative Reasons
System Comments
Furthest out
Original Target Date: 08/22/2026
Milestone: Issuance of Lead Agency Record of Decision (Agency Action)

Requested extensions greater than 30 days for this Action are shown below:

Issuance of Lead Agency Record of Decision (Agency Action) extended by 237
From: 08/22/2026
To: 04/16/2027
Approver Comments
No EDD required as BLM plans to move only the NOI and Scoping milestones. BLM committed to meeting the now compressed NEPA timeline for the DEIS (3 months from scoping to DEIS) through concurrent and expedited reviews, as confirmed by the State Office.
Missed Date Process
No
Missed Date Triggered by Extension
No
Original Milestone
Issuance of Lead Agency Record of Decision (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Furthest Original Target Date Milestone
Issuance of Lead Agency Record of Decision (Agency Action)
Current Target Date: