Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the Proposed Mountain View IV Wind Energy Project, 66252-66253 [E8-26476]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Land Management
• Land Management Bureau

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 217 (Friday, November 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66252-66253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26476]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA 660-07-5101-ER]


Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the Proposed Mountain View IV 
Wind Energy Project

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), with the City of Palm Springs, has prepared a 
Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/
EIR) for the proposed Mountain View IV Wind Energy Project and by this 
notice is announcing the availability of the document. The BLM is the 
lead Federal agency for the preparation of this EIS and the City of 
Palm Springs is the lead State of California agency for the preparation 
of this EIR.

DATES: The document will be available for 30 days following publication 
of a Notice of Availability (NOA) of this document, in the Federal 
Register, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The BLM will 
not issue a final decision on the proposal for a minimum of 30 days 
following publication of EPA's NOA.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the Final EIS/EIR for the Proposed Mountain View 
IV Wind Energy Project is available for review at the BLM Palm Springs-
South Coast Field Office, 690 W. Garnet Avenue, North Palm Springs, 
California, during regular business hours of 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except holidays, and at the Palm Springs Public 
Library located at 300 South Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262. 
Copies are also available via the Internet at https://www.blm.gov/ca/
palmsprings. Electronic (on CD-ROM) or paper copies may also be 
obtained by contacting the BLM at the aforementioned address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Greg 
Hill, Bureau of Land Management, Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office, 
(760) 251-4840, or by e-mail at Greg_Hill@ca.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Mountain View Power Partners IV, LLC has 
applied for a right-of-way on public lands and a conditional use permit 
on private lands to construct a wind energy generating facility in the 
Coachella Valley, in Riverside County. The project site is west of 
Indian Avenue and is within the corporate boundary of the City of Palm 
Springs and within the planning area for the draft Coachella Valley 
Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan. Operations are expected to 
last approximately 30 years. The proposed project would install a total 
of approximately 42 to 50 wind turbines on public and private lands, 
with a total generating capacity of approximately 49 megawatts. Related 
structures would include access roads, a 34.5-kV powerline and an 
electrical substation. If approved, the wind energy generating facility 
on public lands would be authorized in accordance with Title V of FLPMA 
and the Federal regulations at 43 CFR part 2800. The proposed project 
would take approximately 7 months to construct. A Notice of Intent To 
Prepare an EIS/EIR was published in the Federal Register on June 5, 
2006, and invited comments on issues which may have been relevant to 
preparation of the document. A public scoping meeting was held on June 
27, 2006 in the City of Palm Springs. The Draft EIS/EIR was released 
for public review, with a 45-day comment period, on February 23, 2007. 
Following release of the Draft EIS/EIR, a public meeting was held to 
solicit additional comments on the document. Two comment letters were 
submitted on the Draft EIS/EIR. No comments contained in these letters 
resulted in substantive changes being made to the Draft EIS/EIR in 
preparing the Final EIS/EIR.
    The BLM will consider any comments submitted during this period to 
determine whether they identify significant new circumstances or 
information relevant to environmental concerns bearing upon the 
proposed action. The BLM will prepare a Record of Decision (ROD) for 
the proposed project after the 30-day period following publication of 
the NOA. 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

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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.

John Kalish,
Field Manager, Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office.
[FR Doc. E8-26476 Filed 11-6-08; 8:45 am]
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