Updates

Name: Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (solar thermal power tower)
Location: Eastern San Bernardino County, California, near Primm, Nevada.
Date EIS published or expected: BLM- Final EIS Proposed California Desert Conservation Act Plan Amendment out August 6, 2010, plus 30 days comment period.
Contact: BLM- Tom Hurshman, Project Manager, telephone (970) 240-5345; address: Bureau of Land Management, 2465 South Townsend Avenue, Montrose, Colorado 81401 or by e-mail: caisegs@blm.gov. Copies of the proposed CDCA Plan Amendment/Final EIS are available for public inspection at the Needles Field Office, 1303 South Highway 95, Needles, California 92363. Interested persons may also review the CDCA Plan Amendment/Final EIS at the following Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/needles/nefo_nepa.html. All protests of the proposed CDCA Plan Amendment must be in writing and mailed to one of the following addresses: Regular Mail: BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box 66538, Washington, DC 20035. Overnight Mail: BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L Street, N.W., Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20036.
CEC- Full Commission Hearing for final vote and decision September 15, 2010: the public may call in comments at the hearing, and submit written comments until September 2, 2010. The Energy Commission encourages comments by e-mail. Please include your name or organization’s name in the name of the file. Those submitting attached comments by electronic mail should provide them in either Microsoft Word format or as a Portable Document (.pdf) to docket@energy.state.ca.us. One paper copy must also be sent to the Energy Commission’s Docket Unit, 1516 Ninth Street, MS-4, Sacramento, CA 95814. Identify all comments with “Docket No. 07-AFC-5.”
If you want to participate by telephone, call toll free 1-888-823-5065 on Business Meeting days after 10:01 a.m. (PDT). When asked, please answer “Business Meeting and Mr. Jerome Lee” and the operator will connect you into the meeting. Should you want to speak on a specific item, please inform the operator and provide the item number. (For assistance, you can also call the Public Adviser’s Office at (916) 654-4489 or (800) 822-6228 or by e-mail: publicadviser@energy.state.ca.us, she is very nice.
End of comment period: BLM- September 6, 2010. CEC-Public comments September 2, 2010, but you may still call in comments at the Full Commission Hearing on September 15, 2010.

Name: NextLight (now First Solar ) Silver State (thin-film photovoltaic)
Location: Clark County in Ivanpah Valley, Nevada.
Date EIS published or expected: Draft EIS out April 16, 2010, plus 45 days comment period.
Contact: BLM, Las Vegas Field Office 
Attn:  Greg Helseth 
Renewable Energy Project Manager 
4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive 
Las Vegas, NV  89130
Or by email:  Nextlight_Primm_NV_SEP@blm.gov
Or by fax: 702-515-5023
End of comment period: BLM- Final EIS due out early September, and ROD may be simultaneous. May be September 10, 2010.

Name: Granite Mountains Wind Energy Project
Location: San Bernardino County near Lucerne Valley.
Date EIS published or expected: Final EIS/EIR due out soon.
Contact: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/barstow.html.
E-mail: GraniteWindProject@blm.gov.
Fax: (760) 252-6099.
Mail: Edythe Seehafer, BLM Barstow Field Office, 2601 Barstow Road, Barstow, California 92311.
End of comment period: Unknown, may be 30 days after release of FEIS.

Name: Imperial Valley Solar Project (Stirling dish)
Location: Imperial County, California near Ocotillo Wells.
Date EIS published or expected: BLM – Final EIS and Proposed CDCA Plan Amendment released July 28, 2010. This notice initiates a 30-day protest period for the proposed amendment to the California Desert Plan, a necessary step before the project could be approved.  Details on filing a protest can be found in the Federal Register Notice or in the Final EIS, available online at http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/elcentro/nepa/stirling.html
CEC- Last evidentiary hearing August 16, 2010, then PMPD will be released.
Contact: BLM- Public comments: Jim Stobaugh, National Project Manager, by mail: Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, NV 89520-0006; or 1340 Financial Blvd, Reno, NV 89502; or email: caivspp@blm.gov. CEC- Christopher Meyer
Project Manager
Siting, Transmission and Environmental Protection (STEP) Division,
California Energy Commission,
1516 Ninth Street, MS-15
Sacramento, CA 95814.
Phone: 916-653-1639.
E-mail: cmeyer@energy.state.ca.us
End of comment period: BLM- August 26, 2010. Also deadline for IBLA protests. CEC- unknown, probably in September.

Name: Calico Solar Project (Stirling dish)
Location: San Bernardino County, California east of Barstow on Old Route 66.
Date EIS published or expected: BLM- Final EIS Proposed CDCA Plan Amendment out August 6, 2010, plus 30 days for public comment and IBLA protest.
Contact: BLM- This FEIS release initiates a 30-day protest period for the proposed amendment to the California Desert Plan, a necessary step before the project could be approved.  Details on filing a protest can be found in the Federal Register Notice or in the Final EIS, available online at http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/barstow/solar_one_calico.html. Public comments: Jim Stobaugh, National Project Manager, by mail: Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, NV 89520-0006; or 1340 Financial Blvd, Reno, NV 89502; e-mail at cacalicospp@blm.gov or  Jim_Stobaugh@blm.gov. CEC- Christopher Meyer,
Project Manager
Siting, Transmission and Environmental Protection (STEP) Division,
California Energy Commission,
1516 Ninth Street, MS-15
Sacramento, CA 95814.
Phone: 916-653-1639.
E-mail: cmeyer@energy.state.ca.us

End of comment period: BLM- September 6, 2010.
CEC- Last evidentiary hearing August 18, 2010, PMPD will follow. Deadline unknown, but probably in September.

Name: Eagle Mountain Hydroelectric Project (pumped storage for renewable projects)
Location: Next to Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, California.
Date EIS published or expected: Draft EIR released July 28, 2010.

Contact: Mr. Paul Murphy

Hearings and Special Projects
State Water Resources Control Board
1001 I Street, 14th Floor

Sacramento  CA  95814http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs /water_quality_cert/ceqa_projects.shtml#eagle

End of comment period: September 7, 2010.