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2 www.DesertMessenger.com February 19, 2020 QUALITY BEADS AND JEWELRY American Indian Jewelry Pottery – Beads – Supplies Gemstone Jewelry Black Hills Gold Jewelry Hardies Beads & Jewelry 1250 W. Main Street - P O Box 1920 - Quartzsite, AZ 85346 Across the street from McDonalds 928-927-6381 Open Mon thru Sat 8:30am-4pm, Sun 9am-2pm The Pet Patio Full line of nylon products and comfort harnesses, fleece coats, dog boots, doggles, etc. EASY TO FIND! Tyson Wells Centre Space #21 419-215-8295 ~ Gerry Singer & Vivian Adams CUSTOM MADE PET ACCESSORIES 20 BWRC Wed Feb 05, DM.indd 1 1/29/20 11:39 AM BLM To Hold Public Pre-Application Meeting On Orion Solar Proposal In Quartzsite PHOENIX-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites the public to participate in an infor- mational pre-application workshop regarding the Orion Solar facil- ity proposed on BLM-administered public lands south of Interstate 10, 30 miles east of Quartzsite. The FEBRUARY 19 workshop will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Quartzsite Community Center located at 295 E. Chandler Street, Quartzsite. The BLM is considering a pro- posal from 174 Power Global, Corp. to construct, operate, maintain, and decommission a utility-scale photo- voltaic solar facility on 4,654 acres of BLM-administered public land in southeastern La Paz County. The proposed project would produce ap- BLM to hold Meeting Feb. 19 proximately 800 megawatts of elec- tricity constructed in two or more phases. A 4.6-mile 500 kilovolt transmission line would connect the solar facility to the regional electri- cal system via an adjacent new sub- station for the approved Ten West Link 500 kilovolt transmission line. The project would be within a variance area, which are BLM-ad- ministered public lands that are outside of a BLM solar energy zone identifi ed in BLM's Western Solar Plan. Variance areas are potentially available for utility-scale solar ener- gy development, but the BLM must consider projects proposed in vari- ance areas in accordance with the established BLM variance process. The BLM will hold the Feb. 19 public meeting with a presentation followed by a public workshop, to in- form the public about the project and the variance process, and solicit feed- back on the solar facility proposal.

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