EA-1746: Final Environmental Assessment

Department of Energy Loan Guarantee to Nevada Geothermal Power Company for Blue Mountain Geothermal Development Project; Humboldt and Pershing Countie

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance

December 4, 2007

Department of Energy Loan Guarantee to Nevada Geothermal Power Company for Blue Mountain Geothermal Development Project; Humboldt and Pershing Counties, Nevada

DOE, to support Nevada Geothermal Power, Inc.’s application for a federal loan guarantee, adopted BLM’s final EA that analyzes the potential environmental impacts of a proposed geothermal generation facility, electrical transmission line, switching station, and support facilities on BLM managed lands.

For more information, see Department of Energy Loan Guarantee to Nevada Geothermal Power Company for Blue Mountain Geothermal Development Project.

  • Environmental Assessment Blue Mountain Geothermal Development Project, DOE/EA-1746 (December 2007) (4.18 MB)
    The geothermal component of the proposed project includes the construction and operation of power generation facilities, geothermal fluid production and injection well pads and wells, access roads, geothermal pipelines, and groundwater production wells.The electrical generation component of the proposed project includes the construction and operation of an electrical transmission line, switching station, and support facilities. The proposed geothermal operations are located on the western slope of Blue Mountain approximately 25 miles west of Winnemucca In Humboldt County, Nevada.