The Los Alamos Monitor reports that the Santa Fe National Forest is accepting comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the potential effects of geothermal energy development on 195,000 acres of land within SFNF boundaries, located west and north of Valles Caldera
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The EIS process was initiated in response to an Expression of Interest from Nevada-based Ormat Technologies. The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance and the All Pueblo Council have both come out against the project.
Find information on the project at http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=46886 . For best consideration, submit feedback before the formal comment period ends Friday.
Send comments to: comments-southwestern-santafe@fs.fed.us, fax to 505-438-5390 or mail to Comments, Santa Fe National Forest Headquarters, 11 Forest Lane, Santa Fe, NM 87508.