DOE's Loan Programs Office issued this Record of Decision on October 28, 2024, authorizing an Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan to Lithium Nevada Corp. for Phase 1 of the Thacker Pass Project in Humboldt County, Nevada. Phase 1 covers construction of a sulfuric acid plant, lithium processing facility, and associated infrastructure on BLM-administered public land approximately 17 miles west-northwest of Orovada. DOE adopted the 2020 BLM Final EIS (DOE/EIS-0561) as its own NEPA document and evaluated two alternatives: issuing the loan (Proposed Action) or not. DOE selected the Proposed Action as the environmentally preferable alternative, citing potential annual CO2 reductions of approximately 3.07 million tons from EVs using the project's lithium carbonate output.12