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reduction action to not less than 10 deer
per square mile through sharpshooting
and through capture and euthanasia.
These actions would be taken for the
purposes of assessing disease presence,
prevalence, and distribution. These
actions may also minimize the
likelihood of CWD becoming
established, minimize the likelihood of
amplification and spread if the disease
is introduced, and promote elimination
of CWD, if possible.
Alternative D, the NPS Preferred
Alternative, would combine actions of
Alternative C to directly reduce the deer
population with reproductive control of
does as under Alternative B to maintain
population levels. CWD response
actions would be the same as described
for Alternative C.
Changes to the FEIS as a result of
public comment on the DEIS consist of
factual updates to baseline data and
clarifications added to the text. No
changes were made to the preferred
alternative or other alternatives
evaluated nor was the outcome of the
impact analysis changed. Agency and
public comments received on the DEIS
with NPS responses are provided as
Appendix F of the FEIS.
Dennis R. Reidenbach,
Regional Director, Northeast Region, National
Park Service.
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comment period ending on July 30,
2009.
DATES: Several individuals and
organizations have requested an
extension of the comment period. The
Agencies have decided to act in
accordance with these requests;
therefore, comments on the solar energy
study areas will now be accepted
through September 14, 2009. Comments
received or postmarked after September
14, 2009 will be considered to the extent
practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by the following methods:
• Electronically, using the online
comment form available on the project
Web site: https://solareis.anl.gov. This is
the preferred method of commenting.
• In writing, addressed to: Solar
Energy PEIS, Argonne National
Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue—EVS/
900, Argonne, IL 60439.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact: Linda
Resseguie, BLM Washington Office,
linda_resseguie@blm.gov, 202–452–
7774; or Lisa Jorgensen, Department of
Energy, Golden Field Office,
lisa.jorgensen@go.doe.gov, 303–275–
4906. You may also visit the Solar PEIS
Web site at https://solareis.anl.gov.
Mike Pool,
Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Reclamation
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Madera Irrigation District Water Supply
Enhancement Project
Notice of Extension of Public
Comment Period for Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement To
Develop and Implement AgencySpecific Programs for Solar Energy
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AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension.
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy
and the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) (the Agencies) are extending the
public comment period for the
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement to Develop and Implement
Agency-Specific Programs for Solar
Energy Development (Solar PEIS). The
Solar PEIS includes BLM-administered
lands in the States of Arizona,
California, Colorado, New Mexico,
Nevada, and Utah. A notice published
in the Federal Register on June 30, 2009
[74 FR 31307] provided for a public
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AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and notice
of public meeting for the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (Draft
EIS).
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) has made available for
public review and comment the Draft
EIS for the Madera Irrigation District
Water Supply Enhancement Project
(MID WSEP). Reclamation proposes to
approve the banking of up to 55,000
acre-feet per year of Central Valley
Project (CVP) water outside the MID
service area and the alteration of
Reclamation-owned facilities. The total
banking capacity of the MID WSEP is
250,000 acre-feet.
The draft EIS evaluates the potential
environmental effects of the proposed
MID WSEP on the property known as
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Madera Ranch (west of the City of
Madera, Madera County, CA), and the
improvements to associated facilities
needed to operate the MID WSEP.
Portions of the 24.2 Canal, Section 8
Canal, Main Number 1 Canal,
Cottonwood Creek, and Gravelly Ford
Canal would be enlarged, extended, or
improved.
The MID WSEP would be completed
in two phases. Phase 1 would involve
recharge-related facilities only. Phase 2
would involve supplemental recharge
facilities and facilities for recovery of
banked water. The draft EIS addresses
both phases.
DATES: Submit written comments on the
draft environmental document on or
before September 25, 2009.
A public meeting will be held on
August 27, 2009 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in
Madera, CA to discuss the purpose and
content of the draft environmental
document and to provide the public an
opportunity to comment on the draft
environmental document. Written
comments will also be accepted at the
public meeting.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
held at Madera Irrigation District Office,
2152 Road 281⁄4, Madera, CA 93637.
Written comments on the Draft EIS
should be addressed to Ms. Patricia
Clinton, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N
Street, Fresno, CA 93721–1831.
Copies of the draft document may be
requested from Ms. Patricia Clinton at
the above address, by calling 559–487–
5127, TDD 559–487–5933, or at
pclinton@usbr.gov. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section for locations where
copies of the Draft EIS are available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Patricia Clinton, Bureau of Reclamation
at the phone numbers or e-mail address
above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Groundwater levels in the Madera
subbasin have experienced steep
declines. These conditions have made it
increasingly expensive for farmers to
pump groundwater. In addition, in
many years, MID has been unable to
deliver sufficient surface water to
farmers either because surface water is
available primarily during the early
months of the year when irrigation
demand is low, or surface water is
available only for short periods of time
during the growing season.
To increase water storage, enhance
water supply reliability and flexibility
for current and future water demand
and reduce local overdraft, MID
proposes to implement the WSEP. MID
would bank CVP water and other
imported water in the aquifer
underlying Madera Ranch. In wet years,
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water would be banked in the
overdrafted aquifer for use in dry years.
To help alleviate the overdraft
condition, 10 percent of the water
banked would remain in the aquifer.
The Draft EIS considers the direct,
indirect, and cumulative effects on the
physical, natural, and human
environment that may result from the
construction and operation of a water
bank on Madera Ranch. The Draft EIS
addresses potentially significant
environmental issues and recommends
adequate and feasible mitigation
measures to reduce or eliminate
significant environmental impacts,
where possible. Three banking
alternatives as well as the no action
alternative are addressed.
Copies of the Draft EIS are available
for public review at the following
locations:
• Bureau of Reclamation, Denver
Office Library, Building 67, Room 167,
Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling,
Denver, CO 80225.
• Natural Resources Library, U.S.
Department of the Interior, 1849 C
Street, NW., Main Interior Building,
Washington, DC 20240–0001.
• Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific
Regional Office Library, 2800 Cottage
Way, W–1825, Sacramento, CA 95825–
1898.
• Bureau of Reclamation, SouthCentral California Area Office, 1243 N
Street, Fresno, CA 93721–1831.
• Madera Library, 121 North G Street,
Madera, CA 93637.
• Chowchilla Library, 300 Kings
Avenue, Chowchilla, CA 93610.
• Madera Ranchos Library, 37167 Ave
12 Suite 4C, Madera, CA 93636.
• Fresno County Public Library, 2420
Mariposa, Fresno, CA 93721.
• Clovis Regional Library, 1155 Fifth
Street, Clovis, CA 93612.
If special assistance is required at the
public meeting, please contact Ms.
Patricia Clinton at 559–487–5127, TDD
559–487–5933, or at pclinton@usbr.gov
no less than five working days before
the meeting to allow Reclamation to
secure the needed services. If a request
cannot be honored, the requestor will be
notified.
Before including your name, 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.
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Dated: March 23, 2009.
Richard M. Johnson,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
Editorial Note: This document was
received in the Office of the Federal Register
on July 22, 2009.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and
Possible Resource Management Plan
Amendments for the North Steens
Transmission Line Project in Harney
County, OR
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Burns District
Office, Oregon, intends to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and to solicit public comments pursuant
to section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 in response to a right-of-way
application filed by Echanis, LLC, for
the proposed North Steens
Transmission Line Project. The project
will involve BLM-administered public
lands, private lands, and lands
administered by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Malheur National
Wildlife Refuge, Harney County,
Oregon.
DATES: This notice initiates public
scoping. Scoping comments shall be
submitted on or before August 26, 2009.
The BLM will announce public
scoping meetings to identify relevant
issues through local news media,
newsletters, and the BLM Web site
(https://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns)
at least 15 days prior to each meeting.
Public meetings will tentatively be held
in Burns, Bend, Diamond, and
Frenchglen, Oregon, and other
communities if the interest warrants.
We will provide additional
opportunities for public participation
upon publication of the Draft EIS,
including a public comment period.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
to the North Steens Transmission Line
Project Lead, BLM Burns District Office,
28910 Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon
97738; Fax (541) 573–4411; or e-mail:
OR_Burns_NS_Transmission_Line_EIS@
blm.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information and/or to have your
name added to our mailing list, contact
the North Steens Transmission Line
Project Lead, BLM Burns District Office,
28910 Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon
97738; (541) 573–4400; Fax (541) 573–
4411; or e-mail: OR_Burns_NS_
Transmission_Line_EIS@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
December 2008, Harney Electric
Cooperative filed a preliminary
application for a right-of-way with the
BLM for construction, operation,
maintenance, and termination of a 29mile long 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission
line that would connect the Echanis
Wind Energy Project with Harney
Electric Cooperative’s existing
transmission system near Diamond
Junction, Oregon. The application was
subsequently assigned to Echanis, LLC,
a subsidiary of Columbia Energy
Partners, LLC, who proposes to fund,
construct, and oversee the initial
development and commissioning of the
project. Upon commission, the
transmission line would be deeded to
Harney Electric Cooperative for longterm operation and maintenance as part
of their electric transmission and
distribution system in southeast Oregon
and northern Nevada. The purpose of
the project would be to transmit up to
approximately 103.5 megawatts (MW) of
renewable energy from the Echanis
Wind Energy Project to target service
areas in the Pacific Northwest. The
proposed transmission project would
also be designed with additional
capacity to conduct power generated
from other possible renewable energy
generation facilities that may be
planned in the future. The proposed
transmission line would begin at the
Echanis Wind Energy Project southeast
of Diamond, Oregon, on private lands,
and end at Harney Electric
Cooperative’s existing 115 kilovolt (kV)
line near Diamond Junction. The
proposed line would cross
approximately 19 miles of private land,
9 miles of public land administered by
the BLM, and 1.3 miles of land on the
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, including a span over the
Blitzen Valley of approximately 1,800
feet. Echanis, LLC, proposes to utilize
steel structures approximately 90 to 140
feet in height with average spans
between towers of 700 feet. The
proposed right-of-way would be 150 feet
wide. Additional temporary work space
would also be required during
construction for material storage, line
tensioning sites, and construction
access.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Madera Irrigation District Water Supply Enhancement Project
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and notice of public meeting for the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS).
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has made available for
public review and comment the Draft EIS for the Madera Irrigation
District Water Supply Enhancement Project (MID WSEP). Reclamation
proposes to approve the banking of up to 55,000 acre-feet per year of
Central Valley Project (CVP) water outside the MID service area and the
alteration of Reclamation-owned facilities. The total banking capacity
of the MID WSEP is 250,000 acre-feet.
The draft EIS evaluates the potential environmental effects of the
proposed MID WSEP on the property known as Madera Ranch (west of the
City of Madera, Madera County, CA), and the improvements to associated
facilities needed to operate the MID WSEP. Portions of the 24.2 Canal,
Section 8 Canal, Main Number 1 Canal, Cottonwood Creek, and Gravelly
Ford Canal would be enlarged, extended, or improved.
The MID WSEP would be completed in two phases. Phase 1 would
involve recharge-related facilities only. Phase 2 would involve
supplemental recharge facilities and facilities for recovery of banked
water. The draft EIS addresses both phases.
DATES: Submit written comments on the draft environmental document on
or before September 25, 2009.
A public meeting will be held on August 27, 2009 from 5 to 6:30
p.m. in Madera, CA to discuss the purpose and content of the draft
environmental document and to provide the public an opportunity to
comment on the draft environmental document. Written comments will also
be accepted at the public meeting.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at Madera Irrigation
District Office, 2152 Road 28\1/4\, Madera, CA 93637.
Written comments on the Draft EIS should be addressed to Ms.
Patricia Clinton, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA
93721-1831.
Copies of the draft document may be requested from Ms. Patricia
Clinton at the above address, by calling 559-487-5127, TDD 559-487-
5933, or at pclinton@usbr.gov. See Supplementary Information section
for locations where copies of the Draft EIS are available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Patricia Clinton, Bureau of
Reclamation at the phone numbers or e-mail address above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Groundwater levels in the Madera subbasin
have experienced steep declines. These conditions have made it
increasingly expensive for farmers to pump groundwater. In addition, in
many years, MID has been unable to deliver sufficient surface water to
farmers either because surface water is available primarily during the
early months of the year when irrigation demand is low, or surface
water is available only for short periods of time during the growing
season.
To increase water storage, enhance water supply reliability and
flexibility for current and future water demand and reduce local
overdraft, MID proposes to implement the WSEP. MID would bank CVP water
and other imported water in the aquifer underlying Madera Ranch. In wet
years,
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water would be banked in the overdrafted aquifer for use in dry years.
To help alleviate the overdraft condition, 10 percent of the water
banked would remain in the aquifer.
The Draft EIS considers the direct, indirect, and cumulative
effects on the physical, natural, and human environment that may result
from the construction and operation of a water bank on Madera Ranch.
The Draft EIS addresses potentially significant environmental issues
and recommends adequate and feasible mitigation measures to reduce or
eliminate significant environmental impacts, where possible. Three
banking alternatives as well as the no action alternative are
addressed.
Copies of the Draft EIS are available for public review at the
following locations:
Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office Library, Building 67,
Room 167, Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, Denver, CO 80225.
Natural Resources Library, U.S. Department of the
Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., Main Interior Building, Washington, DC
20240-0001.
Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office
Library, 2800 Cottage Way, W-1825, Sacramento, CA 95825-1898.
Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area
Office, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721-1831.
Madera Library, 121 North G Street, Madera, CA 93637.
Chowchilla Library, 300 Kings Avenue, Chowchilla, CA
93610.
Madera Ranchos Library, 37167 Ave 12 Suite 4C, Madera, CA
93636.
Fresno County Public Library, 2420 Mariposa, Fresno, CA
93721.
Clovis Regional Library, 1155 Fifth Street, Clovis, CA
93612.
If special assistance is required at the public meeting, please
contact Ms. Patricia Clinton at 559-487-5127, TDD 559-487-5933, or at
pclinton@usbr.gov no less than five working days before the meeting to
allow Reclamation to secure the needed services. If a request cannot be
honored, the requestor will be notified.
Before including your name, 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.
Dated: March 23, 2009.
Richard M. Johnson,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
Editorial Note: This document was received in the Office of the
Federal Register on July 22, 2009.
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