Documents

Links to documents related to the BLM's Solar Energy Program are available through this page for downloading or online browsing. Documents specific to the solar energy zones (SEZs) (for example, groundwater models, mitigation and monitoring strategy information) are provided through the SEZ-specific pages, accessible under Solar Energy Zones.

Solar PEIS Record of Decision

Approved Resource Management Plan Amendments/Record of Decision (ROD) for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States (6.9 MB)

Press Release: Obama Administration Approves Roadmap for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development on Public Lands, October 12, 2012 (1.1 MB)

Draft, Supplement, and Final Solar PEIS

The Draft, Supplement, and Final Solar PEIS are available through the Solar PEIS website.

Other Documents Related to the Solar Energy Program

The following documents are related to the Solar Energy Program and provided here for reference.

Public Land Order No. 7818; Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Protection and Preservation of Solar Energy Zones for Future Energy Development; Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah (216 KB) published in Federal Register on July 5, 2013

Notice of Amended Proposed Withdrawal; Partial Termination of Segregative Effect; Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah (216 KB) published in Federal Register on December 17, 2012

Programmatic Agreement Regarding Solar Energy Development on Lands Administered by the BLM (157 KB)

Mineral Potential Reports for the SEZs

Ethnographic Studies for Select SEZs

Biological Opinion and Conservation Review for Solar Energy Program (569 KB)