Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon Proposed Trust Acquisition and Resort and Casino Project, Cascade Locks, Hood River County, OR, 51363-51364 [05-17167]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon
Proposed Trust Acquisition and Resort
and Casino Project, Cascade Locks,
Hood River County, OR
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
[FEMA–1591–DR]
15:17 Aug 29, 2005
Michael D. Brown,
Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness
and Response, Department of Homeland
Security.
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AGENCY:
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Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and
Households Disaster Housing Operations;
97.050 Individuals and Households ProgramOther Needs, 97.036, Public Assistance
Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program)
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public
that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
as lead agency, in cooperation with the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon (Tribes),
intends to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed
25-acre trust acquisition and resort and
casino project, including transportation
system improvements, to be located
within the city of Cascade Locks, Hood
River County, Oregon. Other
cooperating agencies include the Oregon
Department of Transportation, the city
of Cascade Locks, the port of Cascade
Locks, Hood River County and, because
of proposed transportation system
improvements to Interstate 84, the
Federal Highway Administration. The
purpose of the proposed action is to
improve the economy of the Tribes and
help their members attain economic
self-sufficiency. This notice also
announces public scoping meetings to
identify potential issues and alternatives
to be considered in the EIS.
DATES: Written comments on the scope
of the EIS or implementation of the
proposal must arrive by September 30,
2005.
Public scoping meetings will be held
on the following dates and times:
1. September 15, 2005, 6 p.m. to 8:30
p.m., Cascade Locks, Oregon.
2. September 17, 2005, 9:30 a.m. to
12:00 p.m., Cascade Locks, Oregon.
3. September 19, 2005, 5 p.m. to 8
p.m., Portland, Oregon.
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4. September 21, 2005, 6 p.m. to 8:30
p.m., Hood River, Oregon.
5. September 28, 2005, 6 p.m. to 8:30
p.m., Stevenson, Washington.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry
written comments to Ms. June Boynton,
Environmental Protection Specialist,
Division of Environment, Safety, and
Cultural Resources Management, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, 911 Northeast 11th
Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232. You
may also fax your comments to (503)
231–6791, or submit them electronically
at the project Web site,
www.gorgecasinoEIS.com. (Note: BIA
cannot receive electronic comments
directly via e-mail at this time.) Please
include your name, return address, and
the caption, ‘‘DEIS Scoping Comments,
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon Trust
Acquisition and Resort/Casino Project,’’
on the first page of your written
comments.
The locations of the public scoping
meetings are as follows:
1. Cascade Locks—Port of Cascade
Locks Gorge Pavilion, Marine Park, 355
Wa-Na-Pa Street, Cascade Locks,
Oregon.
2. Cascade Locks—Port of Cascade
Locks Gorge Pavilion, Marine Park, 355
Wa-Na-Pa Street, Cascade Locks,
Oregon.
3. Portland—Benson High School
Cafeteria, 546 NE 12th Avenue,
Portland, Oregon.
4. Hood River—Hood River Inn, 1108
East Marina Way, Hood River, Oregon.
5. Stevenson—Rock Creek Center, 710
SW Rock Creek Drive, Stevenson,
Washington.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
June
Boynton, (503) 231–6749.
The
Bureau of Indian Affairs is considering
the Tribes’ application for 25 acres of
land to be taken into trust for the
development of gaming and related
entertainment facilities. The 25 acres
proposed for trust acquisition are part of
a 60-acre tract located at the eastern
edge of the city of Cascade Locks in
Hood River County, Oregon.
The EIS will include an evaluation of
alternatives for meeting the proposed
facilities’ access needs from Interstate
84. The transportation analysis will
include all reasonable alternatives for
access from Interstate 84, including
modifying or eliminating the existing
partial interchanges known as Herman
Creek Interchange and East Cascade
Locks Interchange. The EIS will also
analyze a new interchange at Forest
Lane. Although the eventual size and
scope of the facilities may be modified
based on information obtained through
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the EIS process, the Tribes’ current
proposal for the new gaming facility, on
acquired trust land, would have a
90,000-square-foot gaming floor
connected to retail shops, dining
venues, and a 250-room hotel and spa.
The facility would provide parking for
3,600 vehicles, including a parking
garage and spaces for oversized
vehicles. The proposed action
encompasses the various federal
approvals required to implement the
Tribes’ fee-to-trust application. Areas of
environmental concern identified so far
for analysis in the EIS include water
resources, air quality, biological
resources, cultural resources,
socioeconomic conditions, traffic and
transportation, land use, public utilities
and services, noise, lighting, hazardous
materials, environmental justice, and
visual resources/aesthetics. The range of
issues and alternatives to be addressed
in the EIS may be expanded based on
comments received in response to this
notice and at the public scoping
meetings.
Public Comment Availability
Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the
mailing address shown in the
ADDRESSES section during regular
business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except
holidays. Individual respondents may
request confidentiality. If you wish us to
withhold your name and/or address
from public review or from disclosure
under the Freedom of Information Act,
you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your written comment.
Such requests will be honored to the
extent allowed by law. We will not,
however, consider anonymous
comments. All submissions from
organizations or businesses and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses will be
made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
Authority
This notice is published in
accordance with section 1503.1 of the
Council on Environmental Quality
regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through
1508) implementing the procedural
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and
the Department of Interior Manual (516
DM 1–6), and is in the exercise of
authority delegated to the Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary ‘‘ Indian
Affairs by 209 DM 8.1.
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Dated: August 3, 2005.
Debbie L. Clark,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs.
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ADDRESSES:
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The Department of the Interior (DOI)
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concurrent development of the oil and
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concerning decisions to deny the approval to
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standards of four (4) feet of 10 percent K2O
as sylvite and four (4) feet of 4 percent K2O
as langbeinite, or a combination of the two,
as defined by Van Sickle in 1974, continue
to identify the thickness and quality of
potash which is mineable under existing
technology and economics’’ as required by
the SO. The BLM has the same concerns and
prepared the report referenced in this notice.
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Mineral Report’’
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www.blm.gov/nhp/300/wo320/
potash.pdf. A hard copy may be
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Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and
Resource Protection.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
Proposed Trust Acquisition and Resort and Casino Project, Cascade
Locks, Hood River County, OR
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, in cooperation with the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (Tribes), intends to
prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed 25-acre
trust acquisition and resort and casino project, including
transportation system improvements, to be located within the city of
Cascade Locks, Hood River County, Oregon. Other cooperating agencies
include the Oregon Department of Transportation, the city of Cascade
Locks, the port of Cascade Locks, Hood River County and, because of
proposed transportation system improvements to Interstate 84, the
Federal Highway Administration. The purpose of the proposed action is
to improve the economy of the Tribes and help their members attain
economic self-sufficiency. This notice also announces public scoping
meetings to identify potential issues and alternatives to be considered
in the EIS.
DATES: Written comments on the scope of the EIS or implementation of
the proposal must arrive by September 30, 2005.
Public scoping meetings will be held on the following dates and
times:
1. September 15, 2005, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Cascade Locks, Oregon.
2. September 17, 2005, 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Cascade Locks,
Oregon.
3. September 19, 2005, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Portland, Oregon.
4. September 21, 2005, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Hood River, Oregon.
5. September 28, 2005, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Stevenson, Washington.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry written comments to Ms. June
Boynton, Environmental Protection Specialist, Division of Environment,
Safety, and Cultural Resources Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
911 Northeast 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232. You may also fax
your comments to (503) 231-6791, or submit them electronically at the
project Web site, www.gorgecasinoEIS.com. (Note: BIA cannot receive
electronic comments directly via e-mail at this time.) Please include
your name, return address, and the caption, ``DEIS Scoping Comments,
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon Trust
Acquisition and Resort/Casino Project,'' on the first page of your
written comments.
The locations of the public scoping meetings are as follows:
1. Cascade Locks--Port of Cascade Locks Gorge Pavilion, Marine
Park, 355 Wa-Na-Pa Street, Cascade Locks, Oregon.
2. Cascade Locks--Port of Cascade Locks Gorge Pavilion, Marine
Park, 355 Wa-Na-Pa Street, Cascade Locks, Oregon.
3. Portland--Benson High School Cafeteria, 546 NE 12th Avenue,
Portland, Oregon.
4. Hood River--Hood River Inn, 1108 East Marina Way, Hood River,
Oregon.
5. Stevenson--Rock Creek Center, 710 SW Rock Creek Drive,
Stevenson, Washington.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June Boynton, (503) 231-6749.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Indian Affairs is considering
the Tribes' application for 25 acres of land to be taken into trust for
the development of gaming and related entertainment facilities. The 25
acres proposed for trust acquisition are part of a 60-acre tract
located at the eastern edge of the city of Cascade Locks in Hood River
County, Oregon.
The EIS will include an evaluation of alternatives for meeting the
proposed facilities' access needs from Interstate 84. The
transportation analysis will include all reasonable alternatives for
access from Interstate 84, including modifying or eliminating the
existing partial interchanges known as Herman Creek Interchange and
East Cascade Locks Interchange. The EIS will also analyze a new
interchange at Forest Lane. Although the eventual size and scope of the
facilities may be modified based on information obtained through
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the EIS process, the Tribes' current proposal for the new gaming
facility, on acquired trust land, would have a 90,000-square-foot
gaming floor connected to retail shops, dining venues, and a 250-room
hotel and spa. The facility would provide parking for 3,600 vehicles,
including a parking garage and spaces for oversized vehicles. The
proposed action encompasses the various federal approvals required to
implement the Tribes' fee-to-trust application. Areas of environmental
concern identified so far for analysis in the EIS include water
resources, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources,
socioeconomic conditions, traffic and transportation, land use, public
utilities and services, noise, lighting, hazardous materials,
environmental justice, and visual resources/aesthetics. The range of
issues and alternatives to be addressed in the EIS may be expanded
based on comments received in response to this notice and at the public
scoping meetings.
Public Comment Availability
Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the mailing address shown in the
ADDRESSES section during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except holidays. Individual respondents may
request confidentiality. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or
address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of
your written comment. Such requests will be honored to the extent
allowed by law. We will not, however, consider anonymous comments. All
submissions from organizations or businesses and from individuals
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations
or businesses will be made available for public inspection in their
entirety.
Authority
This notice is published in accordance with section 1503.1 of the
Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through
1508) implementing the procedural requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.),
and the Department of Interior Manual (516 DM 1-6), and is in the
exercise of authority delegated to the Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary `` Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.1.
Dated: August 3, 2005.
Debbie L. Clark,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-17167 Filed 8-29-05; 8:45 am]
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