Desert Quartzite Solar Project

Desert Quartzite Solar Project

Note: Review Per Lead The applicant proposes to construct, operate, maintain, and decommission the DQSP in the southern CA inland desert. The project would generate up to 450 MW using solar pv technology. The project would occupy 3,616 acres of BLM land. In addition to the BLM ROW application, the applicant submitted a CUP application to the county of Riverside on Feb 25, 2015 (Riverside County CUP no. 3721), for 160 acres of privately-owned land adjacent to the BLM-administered land. Within this application area, the applicant has proposed a project that would occupy approx 3,770 acres.

Blythe

Riverside

Cal Fire, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Colorado River Board, Department of General Services (DGS), Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6

Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6

Power:Solar (PV)(Megawatts 450)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire