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Reclamation Releases Environmental Documents on the Lahontan Substation Rebuild and Upgrade Project in Nevada
Media Contact:
Mat Maucieri, 916-978-5100, mmaucieri@usbr.gov
For Release: August 04, 2014
CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact to authorize the Lahontan Substation Rebuild and Upgrade Project.
The EA analyzed the effects of authorizing NV Energy a right-of-way to rebuild the Lahontan Substation on a new site approximately one-half mile northeast of Lahontan Dam and approximately 200 feet to the northeast of the existing substation, on land under Reclamation jurisdiction in Churchill County, Nevada.
The substation is the primary source for customers in the Fallon, Nevada, area as well as the Naval Air Station. Upgrades to the substation are necessary to more reliably serve NV Energy’s customers by bringing the substation facilities up-to-date while ensuring facility operations function in a dependable manner and to bring geothermal generation into NV Energy’s system from the Stillwater, Nevada, area.
The comment period for the Draft EA ended May 28. No comments were received during the period.
The Final EA and FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and may be viewed online at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=17446. If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
To request a copy of the environmental documents or for additional information, please contact Julia Long at 775-884-8372 or jlong@usbr.gov.
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