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Rebecca Hunt, 620 E. Greene St.,
Carlsbad, NM 88220.
Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined at the Carlsbad Field
Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information and/or to have your
name added to our mailing list, contact
Rebecca Hunt, Planning and
Environmental Coordinator, telephone
(575) 234–5995; address: Carlsbad Field
Office, Attention: Rebecca Hunt, 620 E.
Greene St., Carlsbad, NM 88220; e-mail
Rebecca_Hunt@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HB
Potash, LLC, (Intrepid) is proposing to
construct and operate an ‘‘in-situ’’
solution mining project that would
involve injecting saline water into
previously mined, existing potash mine
workings, dissolving the potash and
creating a mineral-rich solution, and
pumping that solution back to the
surface. This solution, called ‘‘pregnant’’
solution, would be routed to a solar
evaporation pond system where the
potassium-bearing salts would be
separated out. The solid potassiumbearing salts would be harvested from
the ponds and routed to a flotation plant
for ore refinement. This solution mining
operation would occur on or within
Federal, State, and private surface lands
and mineral leases. The proposed action
consists of the following:
• Extracting and conditioning
groundwater from four wells that draw
from the Rustler Formation to create the
saline water injectate;
• Injecting this saline water via six
injection wells and a surface piping
system into the topographically lower
portion of the former underground
workings;
• Extracting the pregnant brine from
five extraction wells;
• Pumping the brine via a surface
piping system to solar evaporation
ponds;
• Harvesting precipitated potash at
the solar evaporation ponds and
transporting it to a new flotation mill;
• Refining the ore into a marketable
product;
• Recycling the leftover sodium
chloride to condition the injection
source groundwater; and
• Reclaiming all project components
when the ore is depleted and the
infrastructure and equipment are no
longer needed.
The expected lifespan of the proposed
HB ‘‘In-Situ’’ Solution Mine Project is
approximately 28 years. HB Potash,
LLC, estimates the project will consume
approximately 1,774 acre-feet of saline,
non-potable water each year. The
proposed HB ‘‘In-Situ’’ Solution Mine
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Project is located in Eddy County, New
Mexico. The area includes portions of
Township 19 South, Range 30 and 31
East, Township 20 South, Ranges 29, 30
and 31 East and Township 21 South,
Ranges 29 and 30 East, New Mexico
Principal Meridian. The project area is
located within the Carlsbad Potash
Mining District and is part of the
Secretary’s Potash Area, designated
under the 1986 Secretarial Order. The
Secretarial Order was issued by the
Secretary of the Interior and is titled Oil,
Gas, and Potash Leasing and
Development Within the Designated
Potash Area of Eddy and Lea Counties,
New Mexico, 51 FR 39425 (October 28,
1986), as corrected at 52 FR 32171
(August 26, 1987).
The proposed HB ‘‘In-Situ’’ Solution
Mine Project area encompasses
approximately 38,453 acres (60.08
square miles). The surface ownership of
these lands is approximately as follows:
• Federal Lands: 31,439 acres.
• State Lands: 4,954 acres.
• Private Lands: 2,060 acres.
Of the 38,453-acre proposed project
area, the actual extent of the open mine
workings and proposed flood zone is
only a small portion of the project area
as follows:
• Project Area: 38,453 acres.
• Targeted Open Mine Workings:
11,100 acres.
• Flood Zone within the Open Mine
Workings: 4,330 acres.
A number of alternatives in addition to
the proposed action, including the no
action alternative, will be evaluated in
the EIS in accordance with NEPA.
Alternatives may include consideration
of conventional underground mining of
remaining reserves; more extensive insitu mining; smaller in-situ flood extent;
and alternatives of the project
components (e.g., pipeline burial,
alternative pipeline routes, alternative
water supplies, using existing facilities
for ore processing, and alternative solar
pond locations). The purpose of the
public scoping process is to determine
relevant issues that will influence the
scope of the environmental analysis,
including alternatives, and guide the
process for developing the EIS. At
present, the BLM has identified the
following preliminary issues: Oil and
gas resources, land subsidence,
hydrology, air quality, water quality and
quantity, underground mine workings,
socioeconomics, migratory birds,
rangeland resources, recreation and
cultural resources.
You may submit comments on issues,
the project as proposed, other feasible
alternatives, possible mitigation
measures, and any other information
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relevant to the proposed action by
writing to the BLM, or attending a
public scoping meeting, or you may
submit them to the BLM using one of
the methods listed in the ADDRESSES
section above. Comments, including the
names and addresses of the commenter,
will be available for public inspection at
the BLM’s Carlsbad Field Office during
business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.),
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The minutes and list of
attendees for each scoping meeting will
also be available to the public after each
meeting and to any participant who
wishes to clarify the views he or she
expressed. The BLM will utilize and
coordinate the NEPA commenting
process to satisfy the public
involvement process required for
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C.
470f) as provided for in 36 CFR
§ 800.2(d)(3). Native American Tribal
consultations also will be conducted
and Tribal concerns will be given due
consideration, including impacts on
Indian trust assets. Federal, State, and
local agencies, along with other
stakeholders that may be interested in or
affected by the BLM’s decision on this
project, are invited to participate in the
scoping process and, if eligible, may
request or be requested by the BLM to
participate as a cooperating agency.
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.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7.
Jesse Juen,
Acting State Director.
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[FWS–R1–ES–2009–N232; 91400–5110–
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Multistate Conservation Grant
Program; Priority List for Conservation
Projects
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (FWS), announce the
FY 2010 priority list of wildlife and
sport fish conservation projects from the
Association of Fish and Wildlife
Agencies (AFWA). As required by the
Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
Programs Improvement Act of 2000,
AFWA submits a list of projects to us
each year to consider for funding under
the Multistate Conservation Grant
program. We then review and award
grants from this list.
ADDRESSES: John C. Stremple, Multistate
Conservation Grants Program
Coordinator, Division of Federal
Assistance, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mail
Stop MBSP–4020, Arlington, Virginia
22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
C. Stremple, (703) 358–2156 (phone) or
John_Stremple@fws.gov (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
Programs Improvement Act of 2000
(Improvement Act, Pub. L. 106–408)
amended the Pittman-Robertson
Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669
et seq.) and the Dingell-Johnson Sport
Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et
seq.) and established the Multistate
Conservation Grant Program. The
Improvement Act authorizes us to
award grants of up to $3 million
annually from funds available under
each of the Restoration Acts, for a total
of up to $6 million annually. We may
award grants from a list of priority
projects recommended to us by AFWA.
The FWS Director, exercising the
authority of the Secretary of the Interior,
need not fund all projects on the list,
but all projects funded must be on the
list.
Grantees under this program may use
funds for sport fisheries and wildlife
management and research projects,
boating access development, hunter
safety and education, aquatic education,
fish and wildlife habitat improvements,
and other purposes consistent with the
enabling legislation.
To be eligible for funding, a project
must benefit fish and/or wildlife
conservation in at least 26 States, or in
a majority of the States in any one FWS
Region, or it must benefit a regional
association of State fish and wildlife
agencies. We may award grants to a
State, a group of States, or one or more
nongovernmental organizations. For the
purpose of carrying out the National
Survey of Fishing, Hunting and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation, we may
award grants to the FWS, if requested by
AFWA, or to a State or a group of States.
Also, AFWA requires all project
proposals to address its National
Conservation Needs, which are
announced annually by AFWA at the
same time as its request for proposals.
Further, applicants must provide
certification that no activities conducted
under a Multistate Conservation grant
will promote or encourage opposition to
regulated hunting or trapping of wildlife
or to regulated angling or taking of fish.
Eligible project proposals are
reviewed and ranked by AFWA
Committees and interested
nongovernmental organizations that
represent conservation organizations,
sportsmen’s organizations, and
industries that support or promote
fishing, hunting, trapping, recreational
shooting, bowhunting, or archery.
AFWA’s Committee on National Grants
recommends a final list of priority
projects to the directors of State fish and
wildlife agencies for their approval by
majority vote. By statute, AFWA then
must transmit the final approved list to
the FWS for funding under the
Multistate Conservation Grant program
by October 1.
This year, we received a list of 13
recommended projects. We recommend
them for funding in 2010. AFWA’s
recommended list follows:
MSCGP 2010 CYCLE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS
Title
Submitter
10–007 ........
State Fish and Wildlife Agency Director Travel
Administration and Coordination.
State Fish and Wildlife Agency Coordination and
Administration.
Why Do Some Anglers Not Fish Every Year, and
Others Do?.
Protect State Wildlife Agencies Authority to
Sustainably Manage Wildlife Resources in Concert with Federal Actions Required by International Treaties and Conventions.
Identifying and Implementing Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Natural Resources: A
Series of Regional Climate Change Workshops
for State Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
Establishment of a National United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Liaison Biologist Position.
Implementation of the Hunting Heritage Action
Plan.
Midwest Fish Habitat Partnerships: Meeting National Fish Habitat Action Plan Goals through
Development of a Coordinated Scientific Network.
Explore Bowhunting Education Program ...............
Coordination of the Industry and Federal and
State Agency Coalition.
Formulating a Vision for Fish Health Management
in Fishery Conservation: Bridging Knowledge
Gaps.
Hunting Heritage Conservation Challenge Badge
Initiative.
AFWA .............................
$82,500.00
$82,500.00
$165,000.00
AFWA .............................
318,920.71
318,920.71
637,841.42
AFWA .............................
0.00
289,536.00
289,536.00
AFWA .............................
70,125.00
70,125.00
140,250.00
AFWA .............................
60,000.00
60,000.00
120,000.00
University of Tennessee
and WMI.
405,000.00
0.00
337,500.00
WMI ................................
296,560.00
0.00
296,560.00
MAFWA ..........................
0.00
398,000.00
398,000.00
ATA ................................
AFWA .............................
266,217.30
90,600.00
0.00
90,600.00
266,217.30
181,200.00
MSU ...............................
0.00
480,932.00
480,932.00
NWTF .............................
173,300.00
0.00
173,300.00
10–008 ........
10–009 ........
10–011 ........
10–014 ........
10–016 ........
10–026 ........
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10–027 ........
10–025 ........
10–032 ........
10–055 ........
10–057 ........
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MSCGP 2010 CYCLE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS—Continued
Title
Submitter
10–063 ........
Coordination 10–063 of Farm Bill Program Implementation to Optimize Fish and Wildlife Benefits
to the States.
AFWA .............................
79,320.00
79,320.00
158,640.00
Total ........
.................................................................................
........................................
1,870,433.71
1,816,825.71
3,645,476.72
Dated: November 17, 2009.
Daniel M. Ashe,
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Boise Meridian
T. 3 N., R. 3 W.,
Sec. 15, lots 2 and 3.
The area described contains 29.57 acres,
more or less, in Canyon County.
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[LLIDB0100L14300000.ES0000 24 1A.0;
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Notice of Realty Action: Recreation
and Public Purposes Act
Classification, Lease and Conveyance
of Public Land, Idaho
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
SUMMARY: The City of Caldwell filed an
application to purchase a 29.57-acre
tract of public land under the Recreation
and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as
amended, to be used as a public park.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
has examined the land and found it
suitable to be classified for lease and/or
conveyance under the provisions of the
R&PP Act, as amended.
DATES: Interested parties may submit
written comments regarding this
proposed classification and lease or sale
of this public land until February 26,
2010.
Mail written comments to
Michael O’Donnell, Acting Four Rivers
Field Manager, Bureau of Land
Management, Boise District Office, 3948
Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho
83705.
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ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Effie
Schultsmeier, Four Rivers Realty
Specialist, at the above address, via email at effie_schultsmeier@blm.gov, or
phone (208) 384–3357.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
has examined and found suitable to be
classified for lease and subsequent
conveyance under the provisions of the
R&PP Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et
seq.), the following public land
described below.
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In accordance with the R&PP Act, the
City of Caldwell filed an application to
purchase the above-described property
to develop as a public park. Additional
detailed information pertaining to this
application, plan of development, and
site plans are in case file IDI 36028,
located in the BLM Four Rivers Field
Office at the address above. The land is
not needed for any Federal purpose.
Lease and subsequent sale of this land
is consistent with the BLM Cascade
Resource Management Plan dated July
1, 1988, as amended, and would be in
the public interest. The City of Caldwell
has not applied for more than 6,400
acres for recreation uses in a year, the
limit set in 43 CFR 2741.7(a)(3), and has
submitted a statement in compliance
with the regulations at 43 CFR
2741.4(b). Any lease and subsequent
sale will be subject to the provisions of
the R&PP Act and applicable regulations
of the Secretary of the Interior. Any
lease or patent of this land will also
contain the following reservations to the
United States:
1. Provisions of the R&PP Act,
including, but not limited to, the terms
required by 43 CFR 2741.9.
2. A right-of-way thereon for ditches
and canals constructed by the authority
of the United States, Act of August 30,
1890 (43 U.S.C. 945); and
3. All mineral deposits in the land so
patented, and to it, or persons
authorized by it, the right to prospect
for, mine, and remove such deposits
from the same under applicable law and
regulations to be established by the
Secretary of the Interior.
Any lease or sale will also be subject
to valid existing rights; will contain any
terms or conditions required by law or
regulation, including, but not limited to,
any terms or conditions required by 43
CFR 2741.9; and will contain an
appropriate indemnification clause
protecting the United States from claims
arising out of the lessee’s or patentee’s
use, occupancy, or operations on the
leased or patented lands. It will also
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contain any other terms or conditions
deemed necessary or appropriate by the
authorized officer. As of January 12,
2010, the above-described land is
segregated from appropriation under the
public land laws, including the United
States mining laws, except for lease and
sale under the R&PP Act.
Public Comments: Interested parties
may submit comments involving the
suitability of the land for a public park.
Comments on the classification are
restricted to whether the land is
physically suited for the proposal,
whether the use will maximize future
uses of the land, whether the use is
consistent with local planning and
zoning, or if the use is consistent with
State and Federal programs. Interested
parties may also submit comments
regarding the specific use proposed in
the application and plan of
development, whether the BLM
followed proper administrative
procedures in reaching its decision, or
any other factor not directly related to
the suitability of the land for R&PP use.
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.
Any adverse comments on the
proposed classification, lease and sale
will be reviewed by the BLM Idaho
State Director, who may sustain, vacate,
or modify this realty action and
classification and issue a final
determination. In the absence of any
objections, the classification of the land
described in this notice will become
effective on March 15, 2010. The lands
will not be available for lease and
conveyance until after the classification
becomes effective.
Michael O’Donnell,
Acting Four Rivers Field Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R1-ES-2009-N232; 91400-5110-0000-7B; 91400-9410-0000-7B]
Multistate Conservation Grant Program; Priority List for
Conservation Projects
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announce the FY
2010 priority list of wildlife and sport fish conservation projects
from the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA). As required
by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of
2000, AFWA submits a list of projects to us each year to consider for
funding under the Multistate Conservation Grant program. We then review
and award grants from this list.
ADDRESSES: John C. Stremple, Multistate Conservation Grants Program
Coordinator, Division of Federal Assistance, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mail Stop MBSP-4020, Arlington,
Virginia 22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. Stremple, (703) 358-2156
(phone) or John_Stremple@fws.gov (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
Programs Improvement Act of 2000 (Improvement Act, Pub. L. 106-408)
amended the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669
et seq.) and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C.
777 et seq.) and established the Multistate Conservation Grant Program.
The Improvement Act authorizes us to award grants of up to $3 million
annually from funds available under each of the Restoration Acts, for a
total of up to $6 million annually. We may award grants from a list of
priority projects recommended to us by AFWA. The FWS Director,
exercising the authority of the Secretary of the Interior, need not
fund all projects on the list, but all projects funded must be on the
list.
Grantees under this program may use funds for sport fisheries and
wildlife management and research projects, boating access development,
hunter safety and education, aquatic education, fish and wildlife
habitat improvements, and other purposes consistent with the enabling
legislation.
To be eligible for funding, a project must benefit fish and/or
wildlife conservation in at least 26 States, or in a majority of the
States in any one FWS Region, or it must benefit a regional association
of State fish and wildlife agencies. We may award grants to a State, a
group of States, or one or more nongovernmental organizations. For the
purpose of carrying out the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation, we may award grants to the FWS, if
requested by AFWA, or to a State or a group of States. Also, AFWA
requires all project proposals to address its National Conservation
Needs, which are announced annually by AFWA at the same time as its
request for proposals. Further, applicants must provide certification
that no activities conducted under a Multistate Conservation grant will
promote or encourage opposition to regulated hunting or trapping of
wildlife or to regulated angling or taking of fish.
Eligible project proposals are reviewed and ranked by AFWA
Committees and interested nongovernmental organizations that represent
conservation organizations, sportsmen's organizations, and industries
that support or promote fishing, hunting, trapping, recreational
shooting, bowhunting, or archery. AFWA's Committee on National Grants
recommends a final list of priority projects to the directors of State
fish and wildlife agencies for their approval by majority vote. By
statute, AFWA then must transmit the final approved list to the FWS for
funding under the Multistate Conservation Grant program by October 1.
This year, we received a list of 13 recommended projects. We
recommend them for funding in 2010. AFWA's recommended list follows:
MSCGP 2010 Cycle Recommended Projects
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10-007........... State Fish and Wildlife AFWA............. $82,500.00 $82,500.00 $165,000.00
Agency Director Travel
Administration and
Coordination.
10-008........... State Fish and Wildlife AFWA............. 318,920.71 318,920.71 637,841.42
Agency Coordination and
Administration.
10-009........... Why Do Some Anglers Not AFWA............. 0.00 289,536.00 289,536.00
Fish Every Year, and
Others Do?.
10-011........... Protect State Wildlife AFWA............. 70,125.00 70,125.00 140,250.00
Agencies Authority to
Sustainably Manage
Wildlife Resources in
Concert with Federal
Actions Required by
International Treaties
and Conventions.
10-014........... Identifying and AFWA............. 60,000.00 60,000.00 120,000.00
Implementing Climate
Change Adaptation
Strategies for Natural
Resources: A Series of
Regional Climate Change
Workshops for State Fish
and Wildlife Agencies.
10-016........... Establishment of a University of 405,000.00 0.00 337,500.00
National United States Tennessee and
Department of Agriculture WMI.
Farm Service Agency
Liaison Biologist
Position.
10-026........... Implementation of the WMI.............. 296,560.00 0.00 296,560.00
Hunting Heritage Action
Plan.
10-027........... Midwest Fish Habitat MAFWA............ 0.00 398,000.00 398,000.00
Partnerships: Meeting
National Fish Habitat
Action Plan Goals through
Development of a
Coordinated Scientific
Network.
10-025........... Explore Bowhunting ATA.............. 266,217.30 0.00 266,217.30
Education Program.
10-032........... Coordination of the AFWA............. 90,600.00 90,600.00 181,200.00
Industry and Federal and
State Agency Coalition.
10-055........... Formulating a Vision for MSU.............. 0.00 480,932.00 480,932.00
Fish Health Management in
Fishery Conservation:
Bridging Knowledge Gaps.
10-057........... Hunting Heritage NWTF............. 173,300.00 0.00 173,300.00
Conservation Challenge
Badge Initiative.
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10-063........... Coordination 10-063 of AFWA............. 79,320.00 79,320.00 158,640.00
Farm Bill Program
Implementation to
Optimize Fish and
Wildlife Benefits to the
States.
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Total.......... .......................... ................. 1,870,433.71 1,816,825.71 3,645,476.72
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Dated: November 17, 2009.
Daniel M. Ashe,
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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