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Reclamaton Releases Finding of No Signficant Impact and Final Environmental Assessment for River Mountains Solar Project

Media Contact: Rose Davis , 702-293-8421, jdavis@usbr.gov
Faye Streier, 702-293-8132, fstreier@usbr.gov

For Release: June 12, 2015

Boulder City, Nevada -- The Bureau of Reclamation has released a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the issuance of a Right of Use contract to River Mountains Solar, LLC for a solar facility on Reclamation land. The solar facility will be located entirely within the boundaries of the area that is permitted to Southern Nevada Water Authority for the River Mountains Water Treatment Plant, and will generate electricity for the plant.

The Draft EA was released for public review in May, 2015. The Final EA includes all comments received on the Draft EA. The FONSI and Final EA are posted on Reclamation’s website at http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g2000/envdocs.html at the link titled, “River Mountains Solar Project Finding of No Significant Impact and Final Environmental Assessment.”

For questions on the project or to request a compact disk or paper copy of the FONSI and Final EA, please contact Ms. Streier at 702-293-8132.

The FONSI and Final EA were prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act.

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