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last month alleging the Bureau of Land Management failed to properly assess the impacts to the land and water supply before approving the first phase of the project.from Ormat Technologies to drill 13 exploratory wells deep into the earth’s crust on the silt playas of Washoe County, Nevada, looking for super-heated pockets of liquid that can be used to create clean, renewable energy.
“This is not about Burning Man,” a retired BLM manager for the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon National Conservation Area said. “This is about the potential negative adverse impacts to life and property in the community of Gerlach.”“It's a much bigger project than 19 wells,” said Andy Moore, who joined the lawsuit as an individual landowner in Gerlach. “The area of interest is just outside of town — that is literally our backyard. It’s where we explore and recreate constantly.