Silver Peak Lithium Mine Amendment to Plan of Operations Project

Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability

This is a weekly EPA Notice of Availability listing EISs filed August 25 to August 29, 2025. The primary new NEPA action listed is a Draft EIS prepared by the Bureau of Land Management for the Silver Peak Lithium Operation Expansion Project in Nevada, with a public comment period closing October 6, 2025. The notice also lists a DOE adoption of an NRC Final EIS for Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Unit 1 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and an amended notice extending the comment period for a USACE Draft SEIS for the Mississippi River Baton Rouge to Gulf project in Louisiana to September 12, 2025.

Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Silver Peak Lithium Mine Amendment to Plan of Operations Project, Esmeralda County, Nevada

The Bureau of Land Management Tonopah Field Office has issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the Silver Peak Lithium Mine Amendment to Plan of Operations Project in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Applicant Albemarle U.S. Inc. seeks to amend its authorized plan of operations for the Silver Peak Lithium Operation to legalize 770 acres of existing unauthorized surface disturbance on public lands and to expand operations by an additional 658 acres. The EIS will analyze impacts to air quality, water resources, cultural resources, special status species, and Native American concerns. Cooperating agencies include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Program and the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The scoping period closes March 31, 2025, with a draft EIS expected mid-2025 and a ROD in early 2026.