LAKEPORT — Settlement negotiations will continue in the lawsuit regarding Bottle Rock Power, LLC (BRP) expansion after attorneys told a judge Monday the parties needed more time to mull over a new proposal.
Friends of Cobb Mountain, a local environmental group, filed a petition in May asking the court to reverse decisions made by the Lake County Board of Supervisors (BOS) approving the BRP project.
The company proposes to construct two new geothermal well pads, drill up to 22 production and injection wells, and add nearly 1.3 miles of pipeline on roughly 470 acres of surface land it leases on High Valley Road in Cobb.
BRP operates a power plant and three geothermal well pads on land adjacent to the expansion area.
The petition lists the County of Lake and the BOS as respondents. BRP is among several “real parties in interest.”
A representative of the County Counsel”s Office appeared in Department 1 Monday afternoon for a case management conference. Attorneys for the petitioner and BRP participated by phone.
Donald B. Mooney, who represents Friends of Cobb Mountain, told Judge David W. Herrick that an initial settlement effort failed but the group recently submitted a revised proposal to BRP.
Herrick agreed to continue the conference for several weeks to allow the company time to review the new offer. The judge rescheduled the proceedings for March 5 at 1:15 p.m.
Contact Jeremy Walsh at jwalsh@record-bee.com or call him at 263-5636, ext. 37.
