Summary of Public Scoping Comments Received during the Scoping Period for the Solar Energy Development Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. Final Report

摘要

In Executive Order 13212 (Actions to Expedite Energy-Related Projects, 2001), the President ordered that executive departments and agencies take appropriate actions to expedite projects that will increase the production, transmission, or conservation of energy. In addition, of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58) provides that the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) should, within 10 years of enactment of the Act, seek to have approved non-hydropower renewable energy projects located on the public lands with a generation capacity of at least 10,000 megawatts of electricity. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (the Agencies) have identified solar energy development as a potentially critical component in meeting these mandates. The Agencies have determined that specific actions should be taken to further such energy development. The Agencies are considering the development and implementation of agency-specific programs that would establish environmental policies and mitigation strategies for utility-scale solar energy development.