BLM Solar Energy Land Conveyance
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2021-10-19 — La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act: cross-connection with solar-energy-public-lands: The La Paz County proposal connects public-land solar development with BLM-to-county land conveyance, pairing the proposed transfer with cultural-resource exclusions and a mineral-leasing withdrawal. (novelty: 2)
- 2021-04-21 — La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act of 2021: The introduced La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act of 2021 would direct Interior to convey approximately 4,800 acres of BLM land to La Paz County, Arizona, for solar energy development, with tribal artifact protections and withdrawal of the parcel from federal mining laws; the finding does not establish enactment or quantify jobs, costs, or generating capacity. (novelty: 2)