The
changes
came
partly
in
response
to
more
than
80,000
comments
by
developers,
other
stakeholders
and
residents
on
the
draft
plan,
released
last
December.
After
it
is
published
in
the
Federal
Register,
a
90-day
public
comment
period
will
begin
for
the
Supplement
to
the
Programmatic
Environmental
Impact
Statement
for
Solar
Energy
Development.
The
582-page
supplement
“establishes
for
the
first
time
a
blueprint
for
landscape-level
planning
that
will
help
facilitate
smarter
siting
of
solar-energy
projects”,
says
Interior
Secretary
Ken
Salazar.
Among
the
changes
is
the
reconfiguration
of
17
of
the
24
original
Solar
Energy
Zones,…
