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Board seeks moratorium extension for commercial solar permitting in Basin 162 while drafting ordinance
Summary
The Water District approved an amended letter asking commissioners to extend the moratorium on new commercial solar permits in Basin 162 to give the board time to draft a Basin‑specific ordinance; the board voted to send the amended, basin‑specific language.
The board approved an amended letter asking the Nye County Board of Commissioners to extend the moratorium on permitting new commercial solar electric facilities in the Pahrump Regional Planning District — limited to Hydrographic Basin 162 — to allow time to draft an ordinance to address water impacts from solar development.
Board members debated whether the request should apply countywide or be limited to over‑appropriated basins; legal counsel advised the letter could (and was) amended to specify Basin 162. "If you want this letter to go forward... include the language of that specificity of Basin 162," the liaison Commissioner Strickland said on the record. The board approved the amended letter and directed staff to work with counsel on final language.
