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BLM district manager tells Yerington council of faster NEPA reviews, solar-lease revenue split
Summary
BLM District Manager Kimberly Dow told the Yerington City Council that recent federal NEPA changes let project proponents fund expedited reviews and described revenue-sharing for solar leases (25% state, 25% county, 50% U.S. Treasury); council asked for quarterly updates.
Kimberly Dow, District Manager for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), briefed the Yerington City Council on recent federal changes to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures and what they could mean for solar development in the region.
Dow said a recently enacted federal provision allows project proponents to pay for an expedited NEPA review — "six…
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