PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ADVANCED RAIL ENERGY …

PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE

ADVANCED RAIL ENERGY STORAGE REGULATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROJECT

Submitted to: Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District Office Renewable Energy Coordination Office

Submitted by: ARES Nevada, LLC

Updated December 2014

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Table of Contents

1.0 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. 2 2.0 PROPOSED ACTION ........................................................................................................................... 3

2.1 Purpose and Need............................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Requested of the BLM......................................................................................................................... 4 2.3 Authorizations, Permits, Reviews and Approvals ............................................................................... 5 2.4 Project Components ........................................................................................................................... 8 3.0 PROJECT DISTURBANCE .................................................................................................................. 12 4.0 COMPONENT DESCRIPTIONS .......................................................................................................... 13 4.1 Rail Line Corridor and Vehicles ......................................................................................................... 13

4.1.1 Single Track Rail Line Corridor .............................................................................................. 13 4.1.2 Rail Line Vehicles................................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Maintenance, Control, and Support Facilities .................................................................................. 18 4.3 Transmission Interconnection Line and Gen-Tie .............................................................................. 19 4.4 Project Access Roads......................................................................................................................... 21 4.4.1 Interconnection Access......................................................................................................... 21 4.4.2 Rail Corridor Access .............................................................................................................. 21 5.0 PROJECT CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE ....................................................... 22 5.1 Preconstruction Activities ................................................................................................................. 22 5.1.1 Land Surveys ......................................................................................................................... 22 5.1.2 Aerial Surveys........................................................................................................................ 22 5.1.3 Engineering Surveys.............................................................................................................. 22 5.1.4 Cultural Resource Surveys .................................................................................................... 23 5.1.5 Biological Surveys.................................................................................................................. 23 5.1.6 Interconnection Geotechnical Investigation......................................................................... 23 5.2 Rail Corridor Construction Activities................................................................................................. 24 5.3 Interconnection Transmission Line Construction ............................................................................. 24 5.4 Interconnection Construction Access ............................................................................................... 24 5.4.1 Materials ............................................................................................................................... 25 5.4.2 Project Access Roads............................................................................................................. 25

5.4.3 Rail Line ................................................................................................................................. 25 5.4.4 Catenary Power Distribution Line......................................................................................... 27 5.4.5 Building and Support Facilities.............................................................................................. 27 5.4.6 Cleanup ................................................................................................................................. 28 5.5 Operation and Maintenance............................................................................................................. 28 5.6 Reclamation ...................................................................................................................................... 29

List of Figures

Figure 1. Proposed location of the ARES REM facility. .............................................................................. 2 Figure 2. Proposed location of the ARES REM project ROW. ................................................................... 3 Figure 3. Proposed alignment overview. ...................................................................................................... 5 Figure 4. Culvert locations for the ARES project. ........................................................................................ 9 Figure 5. Artistic rendering of the proposed shuttle train and overhead catenary line. ................................ 9 Figure 6. Detail showing O&M facilities area. ........................................................................................... 10 Figure 7. Typical road and rail cut and fill section for the ARES project. ................................................. 14 Figure 8. Typical cross section, looking side-long at the rail, for rail corridor areas including 48 inch culverts........................................................................................................................................................ 14 Figure 9. Typical cross section, looking straight along the rail, for rail corridor areas including storm culverts........................................................................................................................................................ 15 Figure 10. North realignment detail of Loop Boundary Road. ................................................................... 15 Figure 11. South realignment detail of Loop Boundary Road. ................................................................... 15 Figure 12. Proposed tortoise escape passages from between the rails. ....................................................... 15 Figure 13. Detail of the rail corridor siding. ............................................................................................... 16 Figure 14. Typical section detailing the cut and fill for the rail siding. ...................................................... 16 Figure 15. Preliminary design of the catenary power distribution line. ...................................................... 17 Figure 16. Elevation view of the rail car maintenance building. ................................................................ 18 Figure 17. Elevation view of the control facilities and crew building. ....................................................... 18 Figure 18. Typical track cut and fill section of the maintenance yard. ....................................................... 19 Figure 19. Transmission tower for upgraded portion of the existing VEA 230kV line.............................. 21 Figure 20. Conceptual plan for a standard railway roadbed. ...................................................................... 27

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