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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Angeles National Forest, California;
Tehachapi Renewable Transmission
Project, Supplemental Draft EIS
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare a
supplemental environmental impact
statement.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Forest Service will
prepare a Supplemental Draft
Environmental Impact Statement
(SDEIS) to assess the impacts of the
Station Fire and other project changes
affecting National Forest System (NFS)
lands. After the public review period for
the SDEIS, the Forest Service will issue
its Final EIS. Following release of the
Final EIS, the Forest Service will issue
a Record of Decision (ROD) to document
the decision to either approve or deny
the requested Special Use authorization
for the Project in response to the
application received from Southern
California Edison for construction of a
series of transmission system
improvements to deliver electricity from
new wind energy projects in eastern
Kern County. The proposed project
would be located in Kern, Los Angeles,
and San Bernardino counties. The
purpose of the project is to provide the
electrical facilities necessary to reliably
interconnect and integrate in excess of
700 megawatts (MW) and up to
approximately 4,500 MW of new wind
generation in the Tehachapi Wind
Resource Area, currently being planned
or expected in the future, thereby
assisting SCE and other California
utilities to comply with California’s
Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS)
goals in an expedited manner. It would
also further address the reliability needs
of the California Independent System
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Operator (CATS 0) controlled grid due
to projected load growth in the Antelope
Valley, and address existing constraints
in the transmission system south of the
Lugo Substation in Hesperia, California.
As the NEPA Lead Agency for the
project, the USDA Forest Service will
conduct a detailed review of the impacts
of the Station Fire which burned
approximately 251 square miles of NFS
lands in the Angeles National Forest
between August 26, 2009 and October
16, 2009. The burned area includes
portions of Segments 6 and 11 of the
project. An estimated 75% of the project
area on National Forest lands was
affected.
Changes to the affected environment
will be addressed to assess the impacts
of the Station Fire. In addition, project
changes affecting NFS lands, which may
include new helicopter landing/staging
sites (a.k.a. fly-yards), pulling/splicing
locations, alternate access roads, and
changes in tower design will be
analyzed in the SDEIS. The USDA
Forest Service is providing notice of this
analysis so that interested and affected
individuals are aware of how they may
participate and contribute to the final
decision on the TRTP by the Forest
Service.
DATES: The SDEIS is expected to be
published May 1, 2010. A 45-day
comment period will occur following
publication of an NOA in the Federal
Register. Based on this schedule,
comments on the information contained
in the SDEIS would need to be received
by June 15, 2010. The Final EIS is
anticipated in September 2010. Project
scoping was held in 2007. No additional
scoping effort will occur as part of the
SDEIS preparation process.
ADDRESSES: To request a copy of the
SDEIS or Final ETS and/or to send
written comments, please write to the
Angeles National Forest, c/o Aspen
Environmental Group, 30423 Canwood
Street, Suite 215, Agoura Hills, CA
91301. Alternately, electronic comments
may be sent to TRTP@aspeneg.com.
Electronic comments must be submitted
as part of the actual e-mail message, or
as an attachment in plain text (.txt),
Microsoft Word (.doc), rich text format
(.rtf), or portable document format
(.pdf). Information about the
Supplemental EIS and the
environmental review process will be
posted on the Internet at: https://www.fs.
fed.us/r5/angeles/projects/. This site
will be used to post links to all public
documents during the Supplemental EIS
process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Justin Seastrand, Special Uses
Coordinator, Forest Service, Angeles
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National Forest, 701 N. Santa Anita
Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006, phone: (626)
574–5278. For additional information
related to the project on non-NFS lands,
contact John Boccio, California Public
Utilities Commission (CNJC), .505 Van
Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102;
phone: (415) 703–2641. Project
information can also be requested by
leaving a voice message or sending a fax
to the Project Information Hotline at
(888) 331–9897.
Responsible Official: The responsible
official will be Jody Noiron, Forest
Supervisor, Angeles National Forest,
701 North Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia,
CA, 91006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Lead and
Cooperating Agencies. The USDA Forest
Service is the lead agency, in
accordance with 40 CFR 1501.5(b), and
is responsible for the preparation of the
SDEIS and Final EIS. The Army Corps
of Engineers is a cooperating agency.
Comment. A SDETS will be prepared
and available for public comment. The
comment period on the SDEIS will be
45 days from the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes the Notice of Availability
(NOA) in the Federal Register. To assist
the Forest Service in identifying and
considering issues and concerns on the
analysis of the changed environmental
conditions due to the Station Fire and
project changes since the publication of
the Draft EIS, comments on the SDEIS
should be as specific as possible. It is
also helpful if comments refer to
specific pages or chapters of the SDEIS.
Comments may also address the
adequacy of the SDEIS. Comments
received on the SDEIS, including names
and addresses of those who comment,
will be considered part of the public
record and will be available for public
inspection. Comments submitted
anonymously will be accepted and
considered; however, those who submit
anonymous comments will not have
standing to appeal the subsequent
decision under 36 CFR parts 215 and
217. Additionally, pursuant to 7 CFR
1.27(d), any person may request the
agency to withhold a submission from
the public record by showing how the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
permits such confidentiality. Persons
requesting such confidentiality should
be aware that, under FOIA,
confidentiality may be granted in only
very limited circumstances, such as to
protect trade secrets. The Forest Service
will inform the requester of the agency’s
decision regarding the request for
confidentiality, and where the request is
denied, the agency will return the
submission and notify the requester that
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the comments may be resubmitted with
or without name and address within a
specified number of days.
The Forest Service believes, at this
early stage, it is important to give
reviewers notice of several court rulings
related to public participation in the
environmental review process. First,
reviewers of a draft EIS must structure
their participation in the environmental
review of the proposal so that it is
meaningful and alerts an agency to the
reviewer’s position and contentions
[Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp.
v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978)1.
Also, environmental objections that
could be raised at the draft EIS stage but
that are not raised until after completion
of the final EIS may be waived or
dismissed by the courts [City of Angoon
v. Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D.
Wis. 1980)]. Because of these court
rulings, it is very important that those
interested in this process participate by
the close of the 45-day comment period
so that substantive comments and
objections are made available to the
Forest Service at a time when it can
meaningfully consider them and
respond to them in the final EIS.
Reviewers may wish to refer to the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for implementing the
procedural provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act at 40 CFR
1503.3 in addressing these points.
In the final EIS, the Forest Service is
required to respond to substantive
comments received during the comment
period for the draft and supplemental
draft EIS’s. The Forest Service is the
lead agency and the responsible official
is the Forest Supervisor, Angeles
National Forest. The responsible official
will decide whether and how to issue
Special Use authorizations for the
proposed project or alternatives. The
responsible official will also decide how
to mitigate impacts of these actions and
will determine when and how
monitoring of effects will take place.
The Tehachapi Renewable
Transmission Project decision and the
reasons for the decision will be
documented in the record of decision.
That decision will he subject to Forest
Service Appeal Regulations (35 CFR
part 215).
Dated: January 27, 2010.
Marty Dumpis,
Deputy Forest Supervisor.
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DEVELOPMENT
Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, notice is hereby given of
a meeting of the Advisory Committee on
Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA).
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 (9
a.m. to 3 p.m., times may be adjusted).
Location: Jack Morton Auditorium,
Media and Public Affairs Building,
George Washington University, 805 21st
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20052.
Please note that this is the anticipated
agenda and is subject to change.
Keynote: The Administrator will
present an update from the front office
of USAID, presenting his vision of
USAID’s role in the development world,
plus an update on the Haiti
humanitarian efforts.
The primary focus of the meeting will
be on development partnerships and
what USAID can do better in working
with its development partners. There
will be a panel discussion on this topic.
Stakeholders. The meeting is free and
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https://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/
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bhubbard@usaid.gov or 202–712–4040.
Dated: January 29, 2010.
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Office of the Chief Operating Officer, U.S.
Agency for International Development.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
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Request for Public Comment on a
Commercial Availability Request Under
the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade
Agreement
February 2, 2010.
AGENCY: Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA).
ACTION: Request for public comments
concerning a request for modification of
the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade
Agreement (USSFTA) rules of origin for
certain apparel articles
SUMMARY: On October 29, 2008, the
Government of the United States
received a request from the Government
of Singapore for consultations under
Article 3.18.4(a)(i) of the USSFTA.
Singapore is seeking agreement to revise
the rules of origin for certain apparel
articles to address availability of supply
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of certain fabrics in the territories of the
Parties. The President may proclaim a
modification to the USSFTA rules of
origin for textile and apparel products
after reaching an agreement with the
Government of Singapore on the
modification. CITA hereby solicits
public comments on this request, in
particular with regard to whether
certain fabrics can be supplied by the
domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner.
Comments must be submitted by March
10, 2010 to the Chairman, Committee for
the Implementation of Textile
Agreements, Room 3001, United States
Department of Commerce, Washington,
DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Bennett, Office of Textiles and Apparel,
U.S. Department of Commerce, (202)
482–4058.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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(USSFTA Implementation Act); Executive
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that, after consultations, the Parties may
agree to revise the rules of origin for
textile and apparel products to address
issues of availability of supply of fibers,
yarns, or fabrics in the free trade area.
See Article 3.18.4. In the consultations,
each Party must consider data presented
by the other party showing substantial
production in its territory of the
particular good. Substantial production
has been shown if domestic producers
are capable of supplying commercial
quantities of the good in a timely
manner. See Article 3.18.4.
The USSFTA Implementation Act
provides the President with the
authority to proclaim modifications to
the USSFTA rules of origin as are
necessary to implement the Agreement
after complying with the consultation
and layover requirements of Section 103
of the USSFTA Implementation Act. See
Section 202(o)(2). Executive Order
11651 established CITA to supervise the
implementation of textile trade
agreements and authorizes the
Chairman of CITA to take actions or
recommend that the United States take
actions necessary to implement textile
trade agreements. 37 FR 4699 (March 4,
1972).
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of the United States received a request
from the Government of Singapore,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Angeles National Forest, California; Tehachapi Renewable
Transmission Project, Supplemental Draft EIS
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a supplemental environmental impact
statement.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service will prepare a Supplemental Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) to assess the impacts of the
Station Fire and other project changes affecting National Forest System
(NFS) lands. After the public review period for the SDEIS, the Forest
Service will issue its Final EIS. Following release of the Final EIS,
the Forest Service will issue a Record of Decision (ROD) to document
the decision to either approve or deny the requested Special Use
authorization for the Project in response to the application received
from Southern California Edison for construction of a series of
transmission system improvements to deliver electricity from new wind
energy projects in eastern Kern County. The proposed project would be
located in Kern, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties. The purpose
of the project is to provide the electrical facilities necessary to
reliably interconnect and integrate in excess of 700 megawatts (MW) and
up to approximately 4,500 MW of new wind generation in the Tehachapi
Wind Resource Area, currently being planned or expected in the future,
thereby assisting SCE and other California utilities to comply with
California's Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals in an expedited
manner. It would also further address the reliability needs of the
California Independent System Operator (CATS 0) controlled grid due to
projected load growth in the Antelope Valley, and address existing
constraints in the transmission system south of the Lugo Substation in
Hesperia, California. As the NEPA Lead Agency for the project, the USDA
Forest Service will conduct a detailed review of the impacts of the
Station Fire which burned approximately 251 square miles of NFS lands
in the Angeles National Forest between August 26, 2009 and October 16,
2009. The burned area includes portions of Segments 6 and 11 of the
project. An estimated 75% of the project area on National Forest lands
was affected.
Changes to the affected environment will be addressed to assess the
impacts of the Station Fire. In addition, project changes affecting NFS
lands, which may include new helicopter landing/staging sites (a.k.a.
fly-yards), pulling/splicing locations, alternate access roads, and
changes in tower design will be analyzed in the SDEIS. The USDA Forest
Service is providing notice of this analysis so that interested and
affected individuals are aware of how they may participate and
contribute to the final decision on the TRTP by the Forest Service.
DATES: The SDEIS is expected to be published May 1, 2010. A 45-day
comment period will occur following publication of an NOA in the
Federal Register. Based on this schedule, comments on the information
contained in the SDEIS would need to be received by June 15, 2010. The
Final EIS is anticipated in September 2010. Project scoping was held in
2007. No additional scoping effort will occur as part of the SDEIS
preparation process.
ADDRESSES: To request a copy of the SDEIS or Final ETS and/or to send
written comments, please write to the Angeles National Forest, c/o
Aspen Environmental Group, 30423 Canwood Street, Suite 215, Agoura
Hills, CA 91301. Alternately, electronic comments may be sent to
TRTP@aspeneg.com. Electronic comments must be submitted as part of the
actual e-mail message, or as an attachment in plain text (.txt),
Microsoft Word (.doc), rich text format (.rtf), or portable document
format (.pdf). Information about the Supplemental EIS and the
environmental review process will be posted on the Internet at: https://www.fs.fed.us/r5/angeles/projects/. This site will be used to post
links to all public documents during the Supplemental EIS process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin Seastrand, Special Uses
Coordinator, Forest Service, Angeles National Forest, 701 N. Santa
Anita Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006, phone: (626) 574-5278. For additional
information related to the project on non-NFS lands, contact John
Boccio, California Public Utilities Commission (CNJC), .505 Van Ness
Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102; phone: (415) 703-2641. Project
information can also be requested by leaving a voice message or sending
a fax to the Project Information Hotline at (888) 331-9897.
Responsible Official: The responsible official will be Jody Noiron,
Forest Supervisor, Angeles National Forest, 701 North Santa Anita
Avenue, Arcadia, CA, 91006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Lead and Cooperating Agencies. The USDA
Forest Service is the lead agency, in accordance with 40 CFR 1501.5(b),
and is responsible for the preparation of the SDEIS and Final EIS. The
Army Corps of Engineers is a cooperating agency.
Comment. A SDETS will be prepared and available for public comment.
The comment period on the SDEIS will be 45 days from the date the
Environmental Protection Agency publishes the Notice of Availability
(NOA) in the Federal Register. To assist the Forest Service in
identifying and considering issues and concerns on the analysis of the
changed environmental conditions due to the Station Fire and project
changes since the publication of the Draft EIS, comments on the SDEIS
should be as specific as possible. It is also helpful if comments refer
to specific pages or chapters of the SDEIS.
Comments may also address the adequacy of the SDEIS. Comments
received on the SDEIS, including names and addresses of those who
comment, will be considered part of the public record and will be
available for public inspection. Comments submitted anonymously will be
accepted and considered; however, those who submit anonymous comments
will not have standing to appeal the subsequent decision under 36 CFR
parts 215 and 217. Additionally, pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d), any person
may request the agency to withhold a submission from the public record
by showing how the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) permits such
confidentiality. Persons requesting such confidentiality should be
aware that, under FOIA, confidentiality may be granted in only very
limited circumstances, such as to protect trade secrets. The Forest
Service will inform the requester of the agency's decision regarding
the request for confidentiality, and where the request is denied, the
agency will return the submission and notify the requester that
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the comments may be resubmitted with or without name and address within
a specified number of days.
The Forest Service believes, at this early stage, it is important
to give reviewers notice of several court rulings related to public
participation in the environmental review process. First, reviewers of
a draft EIS must structure their participation in the environmental
review of the proposal so that it is meaningful and alerts an agency to
the reviewer's position and contentions [Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power
Corp. v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978)1. Also, environmental
objections that could be raised at the draft EIS stage but that are not
raised until after completion of the final EIS may be waived or
dismissed by the courts [City of Angoon v. Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334,
1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980)]. Because of these court rulings, it is very
important that those interested in this process participate by the
close of the 45-day comment period so that substantive comments and
objections are made available to the Forest Service at a time when it
can meaningfully consider them and respond to them in the final EIS.
Reviewers may wish to refer to the Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act at 40 CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points.
In the final EIS, the Forest Service is required to respond to
substantive comments received during the comment period for the draft
and supplemental draft EIS's. The Forest Service is the lead agency and
the responsible official is the Forest Supervisor, Angeles National
Forest. The responsible official will decide whether and how to issue
Special Use authorizations for the proposed project or alternatives.
The responsible official will also decide how to mitigate impacts of
these actions and will determine when and how monitoring of effects
will take place.
The Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project decision and the
reasons for the decision will be documented in the record of decision.
That decision will he subject to Forest Service Appeal Regulations (35
CFR part 215).
Dated: January 27, 2010.
Marty Dumpis,
Deputy Forest Supervisor.
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