Comments closed August 28
Stop the Mosey Solar Project on Nevada desert public lands
Bureau of Land Management · Southern Nevada District, Las Vegas Field Office
- What
- A 500-megawatt solar facility would cover 3,565 acres of public desert land near Pahrump, Nevada.
- Where
- Southern Nevada District, Las Vegas Field Office, Pahrump Field Office, NV
- How much
- Approximately 3,565 acres of public land southeast of Pahrump, Nevada would be developed for utility-scale solar panels, battery storage, and access roads.
- Decided
- Comments closed August 28, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Federal Register ↗, read July 30, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur plain-English read of the Federal Register 2026-15270 ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the notice names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchThe first sentence of our What’s at risk read of the notice; the whole read is under Case.
- DecidedAugust 28, 2026, from Federal Register, the document’s comment close date (federalregister.gov) ↗. Read July 30, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
Justin Abernathy
Acting Nevada State Director
A person signed this, not an agency. The window has closed and the signature stands, which is exactly when accountability matters.
Nevada State Office
Justin Abernathy signed this decision and heads the office that would have to withdraw it.
Justin Abernathy's page on blm.gov →Short is better. You are asking State Director Abernathy to answer for a decision their office made.
My name is [your name] and I'm calling from [your city and state]. Justin Abernathy, Acting Nevada State Director, signed the decision on Stop the Mosey Solar Project on Nevada desert public lands. I'm asking the Nevada State Office to withdraw that decision and require full environmental review before anything proceeds. Please record that I called and tell me what the office intends to do.
Official channels only, about this decision. No personal phone numbers, no home addresses, no personal social accounts, and nothing abusive. The point is to make the office answer, and an abusive call is the one thing that lets it off the hook.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
No figure from the proposal has been checked against the decision on this fight yet. What the record does hold is the issues ledger below.
No decision document is on PLAN’s record for this fight yet. When the agency’s decision lands, what it answered goes here.
Affects public lands
A 500-megawatt solar facility would cover 3,565 acres of public desert land near Pahrump, Nevada.
What’s at risk
If this goes through
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
In the agency’s own words
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada State Director intends to prepare a Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment with an associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Mosey Solar Project, located in the Southern Nevada District, Las Vegas and Pahrump Field Offices and by this notice is announcing the beginning of the scoping period to solicit public comments, identify issues, and provide the planning criteria for public review.
The groups on this fight
4 groups predicted likely to care in Nevada
Predicted likely to care is a guess from the group's sourced work in Nevada, with no link to this decision. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Center for Biological Diversity
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Basin and Range National Monument, Nevada: Sued the Bureau of Land Management in March 2024 over its failure to complete the overdue management plan for Basin and Range National Monument.
- Conservation Lands Foundation
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, Nevada: Backed the Honor Avi Kwa Ame designation campaign alongside the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe and keeps the monument in its National Conservation Lands defense portfolio.
- Friends of Nevada Wilderness
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Basin and Range National Monument, Nevada: Campaigned for the 2015 designation and petitioned Nevada's governor and senators to remove Basin and Range from the federal monument review.
- Tahoe Rim Trail Association
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Works Nevada: Nevada is one of the 2 states they work in.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
Who signs it
Justin Abernathy
Acting Nevada State Director
Where the notice says so
The ground
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In court on this ground
No court case we track is over Las Vegas Field Office, Pahrump Field Office and 1 more unit.
Who holds the vote
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