RE:NCI Solar Submarines + what Floats Boats At the same time, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is considering an update to its guiding documents for how it plans out development on public land within Nevada. The agency creates local Resource Management Plans, or RMPs, to map out uses on public lands in 12 areas across the state. But those plans, on average, are more than 20 years old.
The federal agency's state office, as a result, has proposed a statewide RMP update. That's a big deal because it would update the plans for the whole state,
referred to in one agency presentation, as the "public lands version of municipal zoning." Chris Rose, an agency spokesperson, said the statewide planning proposal is being reviewed by the agency's national headquarters in Washington, D.C. But
according to a presentation, the proposal, if it goes through, would seek to align the plan to the Interior Department's priorities.
And one of those priorities reads as follows:
"Identifying steps to accelerate responsible development of renewable energy on public lands and waters."