DECISION ISSUED FOR 2012 PERMIT

The BLM Black Rock Field Office issued a decision to renew Black Rock City's Special Recreation Permit for the Burning Man Event for 2012.  For more information, please use the following links: 

Click here to view a PDF of the Burning Man 2012-2016 Decision Record >>> Click here to view a PDF of the Burning Man 2012-2016 Finding of No Significant Impact >>>  Click here to view a PDF of the Final EA >>>

2012 Special Recreation Permit

2012 Permit Decision

Previous Permit Information:

2011 Permit

2006-2010 Permit

2012 Special Recreation Permit Project Lead:

  

Contact Information

Cory Roegner Bureau of Land Management Winnemucca District Office 5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd. Winnemucca, NV 89445 775.623.1500 e-mail: burningmannepa@blm.gov

*In all correspondence please be sure to include the project name, the document you are referencing and page/section number.  Thank you.

News Release

Dear Interested Party Letter

Decision Record (DNA)

Determination of NEPA Adequacy (DNA)

     2011 Special Recreation Permit Stipulations

Burning Man 2011 Operating Plan (Black Rock City, LLC)
Click on the image at left to view the 2011 Burning Man Operating Plan.

2011 Special Recreation Permit Decision
Click on the image at left to view the 2011 Decision for the Special Recreation Permit for the Burning Man event.

2011 Special Recreation Permit Stipulations
Click on the image at left to view the 2011 Decision for the Special Recreation Permit for the Burning Man event.

2006 - 2010 Permit:

 2006-2010 Special Recreation Permit Environmental Assessment

Click on the image at left to view the complete Environmental Analysis for the Burning Man Recreation Permit completed in 2006.

Decision Record >>>>

Finding of No Significant Impact >>>>

 

2006 Special Recreation Permit Stipulations

Click on the image at left to view the 2006 Special Recreation Permit Stipulations for the Burning Man event.

Each of the four years after the initial 2006 decision, special stipulations need to be developed based on the previous years' clean up efforts and permit compliance checks.  This year's stipulations are available from the following link:

2010 Special Recreation Permit Stipulations

Click on the image at left to view the 2010 Special Recreation Permit Stipulations for the Burning Man event.

Desert Research Institute 2010 Report on Playa of the Black Rock Desert
This study was commissioned by BLM to look at impacts from human uses on process associated with micro-dune formations and macro-invertebrates that live in the surface layers of the playa.

Black Rock Playa, Northwestern Nevada: Physical Processes and Aquatic Life  2010.  Adams, Ken & Don Sada. Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV

Burning Man 2009 Cleanup Evaluation
Report prepared after the 2009 Burning Man event evaluating the 2009 cleanup effort and comparing that effort to two previous events held at the same location on the playa.

BLM 2009 Burning Man Cleanup Inspection Memo