Bureau of Land Management's Decision Record and Environmental

Jersey Valley Geothermal Development Project
Environmental Assessment: NV063 -EAO8-09 1
The following mitigation measure is recommended to reduce the visual impacts from the
permanent facilities at the north end of the transmission line corridor.
Mitigation Measure
The substation at the north end of the transmission line corridor would be painted a color,
subject to approval by the authorized officer, which would blend with the landscape. Prior
to painting, Ormat would contact the Mount Lewis Field Office project lead.
3.14.2.2 Alternative 1
The impacts of Alternative 1 to Visual Resources would not be different from that of the
Proposed Action. The mitigation measures proposed under the Proposed Action would be
equally applicable for Alternative 1.
3.15 Soclo-EcoNoMic VALUES
3.15.1 Affected Environment
The closest population center to the project area is Battle Mountain, in Lander County. Adjacent
population centers/counties are Lovelock, in Pershing County and Winnemucca, in Humboldt
County. Pertinent economic values are provided in Table 13.
Table 13: Economic Values Data
Total
Population Units
Housing Labor
Occupied Median Value ($) of
(%) owner-occupied
Labor
Force
Leading Employers
Management, professional and
Pershing
County
(U.S. Census
Bureau 2009a)
6,693 2,389 82.1 82,200 2,478
‘
related industries (22.7%)
Service occupation (19.9%)
Sales and office industry
(18.9%)
‘ Service occupation (25.9%)
Lovelock
(U.S. Census
Bureau 2009b)
2,003 957 81.8 81,700 917
Management, professional and
related industries (23.2%)
Production, transportation, and
material moving occupations
(19.9%)
‘ Management, professional and
related industries (24.4%)
Lander
Construction, extraction, and
County
(U.S. Census
5,794 2,780 75.3 82,400 2,741
maintenance occupations
(21.7%)
Bureau 2009c) Production, transportation, and
material moving occupations
(19.1%)
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