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Board hears BLM approval of Rough Hat Clark solar; staff and commissioners flag Basin 162 water concerns
Summary
Nye County staff summarized BLM’s approval of the Rough Hat Clark utility-scale solar project and provided an estimate of construction water use; board members urged the District to consider solar projects in the Basin 162 Groundwater Management Plan.
The board discussed a Bureau of Land Management decision to approve the Rough Hat Clark utility-scale solar project and the potential groundwater impacts to Basin 162.
Nye County Natural Resources staffer Megan Labadie (spelled L A B A D I E in the record) told the board the project’s anticipated construction-period water use is about 800 acre-feet per year and that construction would last an estimated 12 to 18 months. Labadie said that equates to roughly 9,600 acre-feet over 12 months or 14,400…
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