Surprise Valley Geothermal Exploration Project

Surprise Valley Geothermal Exploration Project

The Project involves the development of up to eleven geothermal test wells on nine well pads drilled to a depth of 3,000-5,000 feet. During installation, each well pad would accommodate a drilling rig, support equipment, portable bathroom, baker tanks, and project vehicles. Well testing would consist of flowing the exploration well into baker tanks stationed on the well pad and monitoring the captured geothermal fluid for temperatures, pressures, flow rates, chemistry and other parameters. Three new access roads would be developed to access well pads. The proposed access roads would stem off from Surprise Valley Road to the well pads. Existing access roads may require improvements to accommodate transportation of well and drilling equipment. Improved roads may be widened and surfaced as needed.

Alturas, Lake City

Modoc

Northern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 2 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan South Lake Tahoe Region 6 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Industrial (Sq. Ft. 172000, Acres 39.5, Employees 15)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Tribal Cultural Resources, Energy, Greenhouse Gases, Water Supply/Groundwater, Wildfire