Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Cotterel Wind Power Project and Cassia Resource Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Impact Statement, 52340 [E6-14647]
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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 5, 2006 / Notices
Public Review and Comments
The Service has made a preliminary
determination that the proposed
Agreement and permit application are
eligible for categorical exclusion under
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA). We explain the basis
for this determination in an
Environmental Action Statement, which
is also available for public review.
Individuals wishing copies of the
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The Service provides this notice
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pursuant to implementing regulations
for NEPA (40 CFR 1506.6).
Susan Moore,
Acting Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and
Wildlife Office, Sacramento, California.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ID 220 5101 ER D025]
Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the Cotterel Wind Power
Project and Cassia Resource
Management Plan Amendment/
Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Lead Agency—Bureau of Land
Management, Interior; Cooperating
Agencies—U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Interior; Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior; Bonneville Power
Administration, Energy; Idaho
Department of Lands; Cassia County
Commissioners; Participating Agency—
Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a
Record of Decision (ROD).
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 and the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the
Bureau of Land Management announces
the availability of the ROD for the Cassia
Resource Management Plan
Amendment/Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Cotterel Wind
Power Project, located in south central
Idaho. The decision contained in the
ROD is two-fold. It approves both the
amendment to the Cassia Resource
Management Plan and the issuance of a
right-of-way grant pursuant to Title V of
the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Cotterel Wind
Power Project ROD are available upon
request from the Field Office Manager,
Burley Field Office, Bureau of Land
Management, 15 East 200 South, Burley,
ID 83318. The document may also be
viewed on the following Web site:
https://www.id.blm.gov/offices/burley/
index.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Barker, Project Manager, Burley
Field Office, Bureau of Land
Management, 15 East 200 South, Burley,
ID 83318, phone (208) 677–6678, fax
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(208) 677–6699 or e-mail:
Scott_Barker@blm.gov.
Windland,
Inc. proposes to construct, operate, and
maintain a wind-powered electric
generation facility on the ridgeline of
Cotterel Mountain, near the towns of
Albion, Malta, and Burley in south
central Idaho. Windland, Inc. has a
development agreement with Shell
Wind Energy, Inc. for this project.
Four alternatives were analyzed in a
four-year collaborative process to arrive
at the decisions contained in the ROD.
The approved Cassia Resource
Management Plan Amendment permits
the development of a single wind energy
project as described in Alternative C of
the Final Environmental Impact
Statement, published in March 2006,
and in the Plan of Development (POD)
and environmental protection measures,
which are attached to and made a part
of the ROD.
BLM received eight protests to the
proposed plan amendment, all of which
have been resolved. The Governor
determined this project EIS and plan
amendment are both consistent with
State policy by letter dated May 30,
2006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: July 31, 2006.
Kenneth E. Miller,
Burley Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ID 220 5101 ER D025]
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Cotterel
Wind Power Project and Cassia Resource Management Plan Amendment/
Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Lead Agency--Bureau of Land Management, Interior; Cooperating
Agencies--U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior; Bureau of
Reclamation, Interior; Bonneville Power Administration, Energy; Idaho
Department of Lands; Cassia County Commissioners; Participating
Agency--Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a Record of Decision (ROD).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Bureau
of Land Management announces the availability of the ROD for the Cassia
Resource Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Cotterel Wind Power Project, located in south central Idaho.
The decision contained in the ROD is two-fold. It approves both the
amendment to the Cassia Resource Management Plan and the issuance of a
right-of-way grant pursuant to Title V of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Cotterel Wind Power Project ROD are available
upon request from the Field Office Manager, Burley Field Office, Bureau
of Land Management, 15 East 200 South, Burley, ID 83318. The document
may also be viewed on the following Web site: https://www.id.blm.gov/
offices/burley/index.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Barker, Project Manager, Burley
Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 15 East 200 South, Burley, ID
83318, phone (208) 677-6678, fax (208) 677-6699 or e-mail: Scott--
Barker@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Windland, Inc. proposes to construct,
operate, and maintain a wind-powered electric generation facility on
the ridgeline of Cotterel Mountain, near the towns of Albion, Malta,
and Burley in south central Idaho. Windland, Inc. has a development
agreement with Shell Wind Energy, Inc. for this project.
Four alternatives were analyzed in a four-year collaborative
process to arrive at the decisions contained in the ROD.
The approved Cassia Resource Management Plan Amendment permits the
development of a single wind energy project as described in Alternative
C of the Final Environmental Impact Statement, published in March 2006,
and in the Plan of Development (POD) and environmental protection
measures, which are attached to and made a part of the ROD.
BLM received eight protests to the proposed plan amendment, all of
which have been resolved. The Governor determined this project EIS and
plan amendment are both consistent with State policy by letter dated
May 30, 2006.
Dated: July 31, 2006.
Kenneth E. Miller,
Burley Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land Management.
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