Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians' Proposed 29.87 Acre Fee-to-Trust Transfer and Casino Project, Contra Costa County, California, 10055-10056 [E6-2755]
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Title: Water Request, 25 CFR 171.
Summary: In order for irrigators to
receive water deliveries, information is
needed by the BIA to operate and
maintain its irrigation projects and
fulfill reporting requirements. Section
171.7 of 25 CFR part 171, [Irrigation]
Operation and Maintenance, specifies
the information collection requirement.
Water users must apply for water
delivery. The information to be
collected includes: name; water delivery
location; time and date of requested
water delivery; duration of water
delivery; rate of water flow; number of
acres irrigated; crop statistics; and other
operational information identified in the
local administrative manuals. Collection
of this information is currently
authorized under an approval by OMB
(OMB Control Number 1076–0141). All
information is collected at least
annually from each water user with a
response required each time irrigation
water is provided. Annual reporting and
recordkeeping burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 8
minutes per request. There is a range of
1 to 10 requests from each irrigation
water user each season with an average
of 5 responses per respondent. For all 5
responses, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection
of information, the total per respondent
is 40 minutes. The total number of
respondents is estimated at 10,300 per
year. Thus, the total annual reporting
and recordkeeping burden for this
collection is estimated to be 4,292
hours.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: BIA
Irrigation Project Water Users.
Total Respondents: 10,300.
Total Annual Responses: 51,500.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,867
hours.
Electric Service Application
OMB Control Number: 1076–0021.
Type of review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Electric Service Application, 25
CFR 175.
Summary: In order for electric power
consumers to be served, information is
needed by the BIA to operate and
maintain its electric power utilities and
fulfill reporting requirements. Section
175.22 of 25 CFR part 175, Indian
electric power utilities, specifies the
information collection requirement.
Power consumers must apply for
electric service. The information to be
collected includes: name; electric
service location; and other operational
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information identified in the local
administrative manuals. Collection of
this information is currently authorized
under an approval by OMB (OMB
Control Number 1076–0021). All
information is collected from each
electric power consumer. Annual
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 30 minutes for each
response for 3,000 respondents,
including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the
data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information.
Thus, the total annual reporting and
recordkeeping burden for this collection
is estimated to be 1,500 hours.
Frequency of Collection: On Occasion.
Description of Respondents: BIA
Electric Power Consumers.
Total Respondents: 3,000.
Total Annual Responses: 3,000.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,500
hours.
Dated: February 22, 2006.
Debbie L. Clark,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo
Indians’ Proposed 29.87 Acre Fee-toTrust Transfer and Casino Project,
Contra Costa County, California
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public
that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
has filed a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency for a
proposed 29.87 acre fee-to-trust land
transfer and casino project to be located
within unincorporated Contra Costa
County, California. The purpose of the
proposed action is to help provide for
the economic development of the Scotts
Valley Band of Pomo Indians (Tribe).
This notice also announces a hearing for
the public to provide comments on the
DEIS.
DATES: Written comments on the DEIS
must arrive by April 28, 2006. The
public hearing will be held March 15,
2006, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., or until the
last public comment is received.
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You may mail or hand carry
written comments to Clay Gregory,
Regional Director, Pacific Regional
Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2800
Cottage Way, Sacramento, California
95825. Please include your name, return
address, and the caption, ‘‘DEIS
Comments, Scotts Valley Casino
Project,’’ on the first page of your
written comments.
The public hearing will be held at the
Richmond Memorial Auditorium, 403
Civic Center Plaza, Richmond,
California.
The DEIS will be available for review
at the Richmond Public Library, Main
Library, 325 Civic Center Plaza,
Richmond, California 94804, and at the
Contra Costa County Library, San Pablo
Branch, 2300 El Portal Drive, Suite D,
San Pablo, California 94806. General
information for the Richmond Public
Library can be obtained by calling (510)
620–6555 and for the Contra Costa
County Library by calling (925) 646–
6423.
If you would like to obtain a copy of
the DEIS, please write or call John
Rydzik, Chief, Division of
Environmental, Cultural Resource
Management and Safety, Pacific Region,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2800 Cottage
Way, Room W–2820, Sacramento, CA
95825, telephone (916) 978–6042. An
electronic version of the DEIS may be
viewed at
https://www.analyticalcorp.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Rydzik, (916) 978–6042.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribe
has requested that the BIA take into
trust 29.87 acres of land currently held
in fee by the Tribe, on which the Tribe
proposes to construct a casino, parking
areas and other facilities. The proposed
project is located in unincorporated
Contra Costa County, contiguous with
the City of Richmond. The project site
is adjacent to Richmond Parkway and
Parr Boulevard, within 3 miles of
Interstate 80.
The proposed action includes the
development of a 225,000 square foot
casino complex, 45 feet in height, which
would consist of a combination of uses.
These include a main gaming hall,
restaurant, entertainment lounge, buffet,
sports bar, food court, banking and
administration facilities and events
center. The proposed facility would also
include a five level parking structure
with 2,044 parking spaces and
approximately 1,275 surface parking
spaces to accommodate self-parking,
valet parking, overflow parking, bus and
RV parking, employee parking, and
executive parking. Driveways along Parr
Boulevard would provide access to the
ADDRESSES:
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parking areas and casino. Regional
access to the casino complex would be
from Richmond Parkway via Interstate
80.
A range of project alternatives is
considered in the DEIS. These are as
follows: (1) The proposed casino
complex; (2) a reduced casino; (3) a
reduced casino and commercial
development; (4) retail/office
development; and (5) no action.
Environmental issues addressed in the
DEIS include land resources, water
resources, air quality, biological
resources, cultural resources,
socioeconomic conditions,
environmental justice, transportation,
land use, agriculture, public services,
noise, hazardous materials, visual
resources, cumulative effects, indirect
effects, growth inducing effects and
mitigation measures.
The BIA is the lead agency for the
EIS/DEIS on this project. The Tribe,
Contra Costa County and the California
Department of Transportation are
participating as cooperating agencies. A
public scoping meeting for the EIS was
held by the BIA on August 4, 2004, in
Richmond, California.
Public Comment Availability
Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the BIA
address shown in the ADDRESSES
section, during 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 the
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.
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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 the Interior Manual
(516 DM 1–6), and is in the exercise of
authority delegated to the Principal
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Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs by 209 DM 8.l.
Dated: February 10, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6–2755 Filed 2–27–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Amendment (Title 8 of the Tribal Code)
to Omaha Tribe’s Beverage Control
Ordinance
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice publishes an
Amendment to Title 8 of the Omaha
Tribe’s Beverage Control Ordinance.
The Ordinance regulates and controls
the possession, sale and consumption of
liquor within the Omaha Tribe’s
Reservation. The Reservation is located
on trust land and this Ordinance allows
for the possession and sale of alcoholic
beverages within the exterior
boundaries of the Omaha Tribe’s Indian
Reservation. This Ordinance will
increase the ability of the tribal
government to control the community’s
liquor distribution and possession, and
at the same time will provide an
important source of revenue for the
continued operation and strengthening
of the tribal government and the
delivery of tribal services.
DATES: Effective Date: This Ordinance is
effective on February 28, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Steele, Sr., Tribal Government
Officer, Great Plains Regional Office,
115 Fourth Avenue SE, Aberdeen, SD
57401, Telephone (605) 226–7376; or
Ralph Gonzales, Office of Tribal
Services, 1951 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Mail Stop 320–SIB, Washington,
DC 20240, Telephone (202) 513–7629.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Act of August 15, 1953, Public
Law 83–277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C.
1161, as interpreted by the Supreme
Court in Rice v. Renner, 463 U.S. 713
(1983), the Secretary of the Interior shall
certify and publish in the Federal
Register notice of adopted liquor
ordinances for the purpose of regulating
liquor transactions in Indian country.
The Omaha Tribal Council adopted this
Amendment to Title 8 of the Omaha
Tribe’s Beverage Control Ordinance by
Ordinance No. 04–54 on June 15, 2004.
The purpose of this Ordinance is to
govern the sale, possession and
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distribution of alcohol within the
Omaha Tribe’s Indian Reservation.
This notice is published in
accordance with the authority delegated
by the Secretary of the Interior to the
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs. I certify that the Tribal
Council duly adopted this Amendment
to Title 8 of the Omaha Tribe’s Beverage
Control Ordinance of the Omaha Tribe
on June 15, 2004.
Dated: February 22, 2006.
Debbie L. Clark,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs.
The Amendment to Title 8 of the
Omaha Tribe’s Beverage Control
Ordinance reads as follows:
The Omaha Tribal Code (2003), Title 8,
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL, shall
be, and hereby is, amended to delete
reference to ‘‘in the State of Iowa’’ at Sections
8–1–1(m), 8–1–8, 8–2–14, and by such
amendment, specifically makes such Omaha
Tribal Code (2003), Title 8 ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGE CONTROL applicable to any and
all territory within the confines of the Omaha
Indian Reservation, and to any and all future
additions of land acquired within or without
said boundary lines by the Secretary of the
Interior for the Tribe or by the Tribe, and,
The Omaha Tribal Code (2003), Title
8, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL,
shall now read as follows:
Omaha Tribal Code (2003): Title 8.
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Source: Omaha Tribal Council
Resolution No. 92–88 (6–1–92);
repealing 92–48 (12–17–91); repealing
in part 85–89 (11–7–85). See 58 FR
8888–01 (2–17–93), 1993 WL 37754 (FR)
Chapter 1. Alcoholic Beverages
Section 8–1–1. Definition of Terms
Terms used in this Title, unless the
context otherwise plainly requires, shall
mean as follows:
(a) ‘‘Alcoholic Beverages’’ shall mean
any intoxicating liquor, beer or any
wine as defined under the provisions of
this Title.
(b) ‘‘Application’’ shall mean a formal
written request for the issuance of a
license supported by a verified
statement of facts.
(c) ‘‘Intoxicating Liquor’’ shall mean
any liquid either commonly used, or
reasonable adopted to use for beverage
purposes, containing in excess of three
and two-tenths percentum of alcohol by
weight. This shall include any type of
wine, regardless of alcohol content.
(d) ‘‘Legal Age’’ shall mean the age
requirements as defined by Chapter 4.
(e) ‘‘Liquor Store’’ shall mean any
store, established for the sale of
alcoholic beverages.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Scotts Valley Band
of Pomo Indians' Proposed 29.87 Acre Fee-to-Trust Transfer and Casino
Project, Contra Costa County, California
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) has filed a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a proposed 29.87 acre
fee-to-trust land transfer and casino project to be located within
unincorporated Contra Costa County, California. The purpose of the
proposed action is to help provide for the economic development of the
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians (Tribe). This notice also announces
a hearing for the public to provide comments on the DEIS.
DATES: Written comments on the DEIS must arrive by April 28, 2006. The
public hearing will be held March 15, 2006, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., or
until the last public comment is received.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry written comments to Clay Gregory,
Regional Director, Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825. Please include your
name, return address, and the caption, ``DEIS Comments, Scotts Valley
Casino Project,'' on the first page of your written comments.
The public hearing will be held at the Richmond Memorial
Auditorium, 403 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, California.
The DEIS will be available for review at the Richmond Public
Library, Main Library, 325 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, California
94804, and at the Contra Costa County Library, San Pablo Branch, 2300
El Portal Drive, Suite D, San Pablo, California 94806. General
information for the Richmond Public Library can be obtained by calling
(510) 620-6555 and for the Contra Costa County Library by calling (925)
646-6423.
If you would like to obtain a copy of the DEIS, please write or
call John Rydzik, Chief, Division of Environmental, Cultural Resource
Management and Safety, Pacific Region, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2800
Cottage Way, Room W-2820, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone (916) 978-
6042. An electronic version of the DEIS may be viewed at https://
www.analyticalcorp.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Rydzik, (916) 978-6042.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribe has requested that the BIA take
into trust 29.87 acres of land currently held in fee by the Tribe, on
which the Tribe proposes to construct a casino, parking areas and other
facilities. The proposed project is located in unincorporated Contra
Costa County, contiguous with the City of Richmond. The project site is
adjacent to Richmond Parkway and Parr Boulevard, within 3 miles of
Interstate 80.
The proposed action includes the development of a 225,000 square
foot casino complex, 45 feet in height, which would consist of a
combination of uses. These include a main gaming hall, restaurant,
entertainment lounge, buffet, sports bar, food court, banking and
administration facilities and events center. The proposed facility
would also include a five level parking structure with 2,044 parking
spaces and approximately 1,275 surface parking spaces to accommodate
self-parking, valet parking, overflow parking, bus and RV parking,
employee parking, and executive parking. Driveways along Parr Boulevard
would provide access to the
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parking areas and casino. Regional access to the casino complex would
be from Richmond Parkway via Interstate 80.
A range of project alternatives is considered in the DEIS. These
are as follows: (1) The proposed casino complex; (2) a reduced casino;
(3) a reduced casino and commercial development; (4) retail/office
development; and (5) no action. Environmental issues addressed in the
DEIS include land resources, water resources, air quality, biological
resources, cultural resources, socioeconomic conditions, environmental
justice, transportation, land use, agriculture, public services, noise,
hazardous materials, visual resources, cumulative effects, indirect
effects, growth inducing effects and mitigation measures.
The BIA is the lead agency for the EIS/DEIS on this project. The
Tribe, Contra Costa County and the California Department of
Transportation are participating as cooperating agencies. A public
scoping meeting for the EIS was held by the BIA on August 4, 2004, in
Richmond, California.
Public Comment Availability
Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the BIA address shown in the ADDRESSES
section, during 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 the
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 the 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.l.
Dated: February 10, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-2755 Filed 2-27-06; 8:45 am]
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