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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[1220–AL]
Notice of Availability of Truckhaven
Geothermal Leasing Area Final
Environmental Impact Statement,
California
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.),the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the Truckhaven Geothermal
Leasing Area, Imperial County, managed
by the El Centro Field Office.
DATES: BLM will issue a Record of
Decision (ROD) 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice (40 CFR
1506.10(b)(2)).
A copy of the FEIS has been
sent to affected Federal, State, and local
government agencies and interested
parties. The document will be available
electronically at the following
Truckhaven Geothermal Leasing Area,
Imperial County EIS Web site: https://
www.ca.blm.gov/elcentro. Copies of the
FEIS will be available for public
inspection at the following locations:
• Bureau of Land Management,
California State Office, 2800 Cottage
Way, Suite W–1834, Sacramento, CA
95825.
• Bureau of Land Management, El
Centro Field Office, 1661 S. 4th Street,
El Centro, CA 92243.
• Bureau of Land Management,
California Desert District, 22835 Calle
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FOR FURTHER IINFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
John Dalton, Truckhaven Geothermal
Leasing Area EIS Project Manager, at
(951) 691–5200, Bureau of Land
Management, 22835 Calle San Juan De
Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, CA 92553;
john_dalton@ca.blm.gov.
[MT–066–07–1610–DQ–024E]
The
Truckhaven Geothermal Leasing Area
encompasses approximately 14,731
acres of Federal minerals in western
Imperial County, California, north of
State Route 78 and generally west and
south of County Highway S–22. The
area is part of the California Desert
Conservation Area. The main issues
addressed in the Final EIS are
geothermal resource leasing, recreation,
and special status species. Three
alternatives are analyzed in the Final
EIS: (1) No action, which would not
lease any geothermal resources; (2)
leasing only lands with existing
noncompetitive lease applications; and
(3) the proposed action, which would
offer all BLM managed lands within this
area for lease, subject to certain
stipulations and mitigation measures to
be applied at the development stage.
Comments on the Truckhaven
Geothermal Leasing Area Draft EIS
received from the public and via
internal BLM review were incorporated
into the Final EIS. These comments
resulted in corrections, clarifying text,
and the addition of new data used in the
analysis of impacts. The Final EIS
includes measures to mitigate impacts
to off-highway vehicle restriction. The
Final EIS addresses comprehensive,
long-range decisions for the use and
management of geothermal resources in
the planning area and management of
other resources and uses potentially
affected by geothermal resource
management decisions. The reasonable
foreseeable development scenario for
the area projects a potential for two 25–
Megawatt geothermal power plants,
with a total surface disturbance of
502.25 acres of the 14,731 acres
proposed for leasing that are
administered by the BLM. The ROD for
this project will address only BLM’s
decisions for public lands and resources
administered by the BLM.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Alan Stein,
Acting Field Manager.
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Notice of Availability of Proposed
Resource Management Plan and Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Upper Missouri River Breaks
National Monument, Montana
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a
Proposed Resource Management Plan
(PRMP) and Final Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the Upper
Missouri River Breaks National
Monument.
The BLM Planning Regulations
(43 CFR 1610.5–2) state that any person
who participated in the planning
process, and has an interest which is or
may be adversely affected, may protest
the BLM’s approval of an RMP. Protests
must be filed within 30 days of the date
that the Environmental Protection
Agency publishes its Notice of
Availability in the Federal Register.
Instructions for filing protests are
described in the Dear Reader letter of
the Proposed RMP and Final EIS for the
Upper Missouri River Breaks National
Monument and in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry
Majerus, RMP Project Manager, Bureau
of Land Management, 920 Northeast
Main Street, P.O. Box 1160, Lewistown,
MT 59457; or by telephone at (406) 538–
1924.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Upper
Missouri River Breaks National
Monument is located in northcentral
Montana in Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus,
and Phillips Counties. The planning
area addressed in the Proposed RMP
comprises about 375,000 acres of public
land and 42,800 acres of existing oil and
gas leases administered by the BLM
Lewistown Field Office. The State of
Montana and Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus,
and Phillips Counties participated in
development of the plan as cooperating
agencies. The Proposed RMP and Final
EIS were developed through
collaborative planning and consider six
alternatives. The Proposed RMP and
Final EIS address the following six
major questions: (1) How will human
DATES:
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activities and uses be managed? (2)
What facilities and infrastructure are
appropriate to provide visitor
interpretation and administration of the
Monument? (3) How will the BLM
manage resource uses and protect the
biological, historical, cultural, and
visual values of the Monument? (4) How
will Monument management be
integrated with other agency and
community plans? (5) How will
transportation and access be managed?
(6) How will Monument management
affect economic and social conditions in
the area?
Copies of the Proposed RMP and
Final EIS for the Upper Missouri River
Breaks National Monument have been
sent to affected Federal, State, and Local
Government agencies and to interested
parties. Copies of the Proposed RMP
and Final EIS are available for public
inspection at the BLM Lewistown Field
Office, 920 Northeast Main Street,
Lewistown, Montana or at the Missouri
Breaks Interpretive Center, 701 Seventh
Street, Fort Benton, Montana. Interested
persons may also review the Proposed
RMP and Final EIS on the Internet at:
https://www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/fo/
lewistown_field_office/um_rmp
_process.html.
Comments on the Draft RMP/EIS
received from the public and internal
BLM review comments were
incorporated into the Proposed RMP
and Final EIS. Public comments
resulted in the addition of clarifying
text, but did not significantly change
proposed land use decisions.
Instructions for filing a protest with
the Director of the BLM regarding the
Proposed RMP and Final EIS may be
found at 43 CFR 1610.5–2. E-mail and
faxed protests will not be accepted as
valid protests unless the protesting
party also provides the original letter by
either regular or overnight mail
postmarked by the close of the protest
period. Under these conditions, the
BLM will consider the e-mail or faxed
protest as an advance copy and it will
receive full consideration. If you wish to
provide the BLM with such advance
notification, please direct faxed protests
to the attention of Brenda HudgensWilliams, Protest Coordinator, at 202–
452–5112, and e-mails to
Brenda_Hudgens-Williams@blm.gov. All
protests, including the follow-up letter
(if e-mailing or faxing) must be in
writing and mailed to the following
address:
Regular Mail: Director (210),
Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box
66538, Washington, DC 20035.
Overnight Mail: Director (210),
Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.
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Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
protest, you should be aware that your
entire protest—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your protest to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
The Director will promptly render a
decision on a protest. The decision will
be in writing and will be sent to the
protesting party by certified mail, return
receipt requested. The decision of the
Director is the final decision of the
Department of the Interior.
Gene R. Terland,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT–070–1310–EJ]
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the West Tavaputs Plateau Natural Gas
Full Field Development Plan, Carbon
and Duchesne Counties, Utah
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS) for the West
Tavaputs Plateau Natural Gas Full Field
Development Plan prepared pursuant to
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA). The DEIS evaluates the
impacts of development of natural gas
resources on approximately 137,700
acres of public, state, and private lands
on the West Tavaputs Plateau in Carbon
and Duchesne Counties, Utah. This
NEPA analysis will provide a basis for
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
to amend the applicable land use plan
per 43 CFR 1610 if necessary.
DATES: The 90-day public review and
comment period of the DEIS will
commence on the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its notice of availability in the
Federal Register. Comments must be
submitted to the Price Field Office
during this period to assure their
consideration. Public open house
meetings will be held in Price,
Roosevelt, and in the Salt Lake City area
to assist the public in its review of the
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DEIS and to accept written comments.
Notice of these meetings will be
publicized through various media,
including the Utah BLM Environmental
Notification Bulletin Board, at least 15
days prior to the meetings.
ADDRESSES: Address written comments
to: Bureau of Land Management, Price
Field Office, 125 South 600 West, Price,
Utah 84501, Attn: West Tavaputs
Plateau Natural Gas Full Field
Development Plan DEIS, or submit them
electronically at https://www.blm.gov/ut/
st/en/fo/price/energy/oil_gas/.
Comments and information submitted
on the DEIS, including names, e-mail
addresses, and street addresses of
respondents, will be available for public
review and disclosure at the above
address. All comment submittals must
include the commenter’s name and
street address. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
FOR FURTHER INROMATION CONTACT: Brad
Higdon, Environmental Coordinator,
Price Field Office at (435) 636–3613.
The West Tavaputs Plateau Natural Gas
Full Field Development Plan DEIS is
available online at https://www.blm.gov/
ut/st/en/fo/price/energy/oil_gas/ or at
the Price Field Office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS
evaluates a proposal by Bill Barrett
Corporation and other operators to
develop up to 807 natural gas wells on
approximately 538 well pads within the
137,700 acre project area. The
development plan proposal also
includes a network of access roads,
production facilities, and other
operational infrastructure.
To address potential effects on the
multiple resources which make up the
affected environment, the BLM, in
coordination with its cooperating
agencies, has developed five alternatives
in the DEIS. The alternatives include a
No Action Alternative, the Proposed
Action, a Transportation Impact
Reduction Alternative, a Conservation
Alternative, and an Agency Preferred
Alternative, which includes
components from each of the former
alternatives. The alternatives
incorporate best management practices
for oil and gas development and other
measures necessary to adequately
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[MT-066-07-1610-DQ-024E]
Notice of Availability of Proposed Resource Management Plan and
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Upper Missouri River
Breaks National Monument, Montana
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Proposed Resource Management Plan
(PRMP) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Upper
Missouri River Breaks National Monument.
DATES: The BLM Planning Regulations (43 CFR 1610.5-2) state that any
person who participated in the planning process, and has an interest
which is or may be adversely affected, may protest the BLM's approval
of an RMP. Protests must be filed within 30 days of the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. Instructions for filing protests are described in
the Dear Reader letter of the Proposed RMP and Final EIS for the Upper
Missouri River Breaks National Monument and in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Majerus, RMP Project Manager,
Bureau of Land Management, 920 Northeast Main Street, P.O. Box 1160,
Lewistown, MT 59457; or by telephone at (406) 538-1924.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Upper Missouri River Breaks National
Monument is located in northcentral Montana in Blaine, Chouteau,
Fergus, and Phillips Counties. The planning area addressed in the
Proposed RMP comprises about 375,000 acres of public land and 42,800
acres of existing oil and gas leases administered by the BLM Lewistown
Field Office. The State of Montana and Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, and
Phillips Counties participated in development of the plan as
cooperating agencies. The Proposed RMP and Final EIS were developed
through collaborative planning and consider six alternatives. The
Proposed RMP and Final EIS address the following six major questions:
(1) How will human
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activities and uses be managed? (2) What facilities and infrastructure
are appropriate to provide visitor interpretation and administration of
the Monument? (3) How will the BLM manage resource uses and protect the
biological, historical, cultural, and visual values of the Monument?
(4) How will Monument management be integrated with other agency and
community plans? (5) How will transportation and access be managed? (6)
How will Monument management affect economic and social conditions in
the area?
Copies of the Proposed RMP and Final EIS for the Upper Missouri
River Breaks National Monument have been sent to affected Federal,
State, and Local Government agencies and to interested parties. Copies
of the Proposed RMP and Final EIS are available for public inspection
at the BLM Lewistown Field Office, 920 Northeast Main Street,
Lewistown, Montana or at the Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center, 701
Seventh Street, Fort Benton, Montana. Interested persons may also
review the Proposed RMP and Final EIS on the Internet at: https://
www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/fo/lewistown_field_office/um_rmp_process.html.
Comments on the Draft RMP/EIS received from the public and internal
BLM review comments were incorporated into the Proposed RMP and Final
EIS. Public comments resulted in the addition of clarifying text, but
did not significantly change proposed land use decisions.
Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM
regarding the Proposed RMP and Final EIS may be found at 43 CFR 1610.5-
2. E-mail and faxed protests will not be accepted as valid protests
unless the protesting party also provides the original letter by either
regular or overnight mail postmarked by the close of the protest
period. Under these conditions, the BLM will consider the e-mail or
faxed protest as an advance copy and it will receive full
consideration. If you wish to provide the BLM with such advance
notification, please direct faxed protests to the attention of Brenda
Hudgens-Williams, Protest Coordinator, at 202-452-5112, and e-mails to
Brenda_Hudgens-Williams@blm.gov. All protests, including the follow-up
letter (if e-mailing or faxing) must be in writing and mailed to the
following address:
Regular Mail: Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box
66538, Washington, DC 20035.
Overnight Mail: Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your protest, you should be
aware that your entire protest--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your protest to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
The Director will promptly render a decision on a protest. The
decision will be in writing and will be sent to the protesting party by
certified mail, return receipt requested. The decision of the Director
is the final decision of the Department of the Interior.
Gene R. Terland,
State Director.
[FR Doc. E8-1790 Filed 1-31-08; 8:45 am]
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