Inyo National Forest

Projects & Plans - Basalt Canyon Geothermal Pipeline Project

GENERAL PROJECT INFORMATION

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Forest Service, and Mono County are seeking comments on a combined Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Environmental Assessment (EA) that evaluates the potential environmental effects to construct, operate, maintain and decommission a geothermal resource pipeline project proposed by Mammoth Pacific, L.P. (MPLP). The project is located west and east of U.S. Highway 395 and north of State Route 203, near the Town of Mammoth Lakes in Mono County, California. The Project is designed to deliver approximately 3,600 gallons per minute of geothermal fluid through a new pipeline to two existing MPLP geothermal power plants located east of the Town of Mammoth Lakes. The geothermal fluid would be produced from two geothermal exploration wells that would be drilled, completed and tested as part of the previously approved Basalt Canyon Geothermal Exploration Project and/or Upper Basalt Geothermal Exploration Project. The text of the combined EIR and EA is available for review on this web site. There was a 45-day review and comment period that ended September 6, 2005. On October 14 a decision was made. The Record of Decision is available below.

PROJECT DOCUMENTS

Record Of Decision (.pdf, 300 kb)

EA Draft EIR

Summary Contents & Chapter 1 (.pdf, 1.8 mb)

Chapter 2 (.pdf, 1.2 mb)

Sections 3.1 - 3.4 (.pdf, 1.3 mb)

Section 3.5 Part 1 (.pdf, 1.2 mb)

Section 3.5 Part 2 (.pdf, 1.4 mb)

Section 3.6 - Chapter 7 (.pdf, 1.5 mb)

Appendix A (.pdf, 1.7 mb)

Appendices B & C (.pdf, 1.3 mb)