Published on Thursday, July 10, 2008
By JAHMAL PETERS
Responding to public demand, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has rescinded a decision to stop accepting applications for future solar development on public lands.
Inundated with 125 proposals for generators that convert the sun's rays and wind into electrical power to be built on the 11 million acres of the BLM California Desert District, the bureau in June imposed a moratorium on new applications while the Department of Energy and bureau complete an environmental impact study to gauge the effect of the generators on wildlife and public lands.
The agencies held a series of meetings to gain public input on the study.
"We heard the concerns expressed during the scoping period about waiting to consider new applications," Bureau of Land Management Director James Caswell said in a release.
The meetings were held in Riverside, Barstow and Sacramento in June. Three more meetings were held in early July in San Luis Obispo, El Centro and Tucson, Ariz
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