10. Infeasibility of Environmentally Superior Alternative

The environmentally superior alternative is a combination of Red Bluff Substation A and Access Road 2, Gen-Tie Line GT-A-2 and either Solar Farm Layout C or Solar Farm Layout B. The feasibility of the environmentally superior alternative depends upon the BLM's grant of a right of way for constructing and operating the facilities on public lands. In the final EIS, the BLM identified Alternative 1 as the Agency Preferred Alternative, which includes Gen-Tie Line GT-A-1 rather than Gen-Tie Line GT-A-2, as its preferred alternative pursuant to NEPA; in the event that the BLM grants a right of way for Gen-Tie Line GT-A-1 rather than Gen-Tie Line GT-A-2, this component of the environmentally superior alternative will be legally infeasible since only BLM has the authority to select an alternative on BLM-administered public lands.