Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey, 13302-13303 [2010-6028]
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within 45 days following the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. The BLM will
announce future meetings or hearings
and any other public involvement
activities at least 15 days in advance
through public notices, media news
releases, or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the Amargosa Farm Road Solar
Power Project Draft EIS by any of the
following methods:
• Web site: https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/
en/prog/energy/fasttrack_renewable.html.
• E-mail: solar_millennium@blm.gov.
• Fax: 702–515–5155.
• Mail: Gregory Helseth, Renewable
Energy Project Manager, BLM Pahrump
Field Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines
Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130–2301.
Copies of the Draft EIS for the
Amargosa Farm Road Solar Power
Project are available in the Southern
Nevada District Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Helseth, (702) 515–5173, BLM
Pahrump Field Office, 4701 North
Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada
89130–2301; Gregory_Helseth@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Solar
Millennium applied to the BLM for a
4,350-acre right-of-way (ROW) on public
lands to construct a concentrating solar
power plant facility approximately 80
miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada,
in Nye County. The project site is
located in Amargosa Valley south of
Highway 95. The facility is expected to
operate for approximately 30 years. The
proposed project would utilize solar
thermal parabolic-trough technology,
consisting of two 242-megawatt, drycooled power plants, and fields of solar
collectors, and thermal storage tanks
allowing the production of additional
electricity for up to 3.5 hours after
sundown.
The solar field is highly modular and
consists of loops, each consisting of four
curved glass mirror collectors. A loop is
22 meters wide and 850 meters long. A
solar field consists of 200 to 400 loops.
The orientation of the collectors is
north-south and the collectors track the
sun from east to west during the day.
The collector focuses the sun’s direct
beam radiation on a receiver tube. The
row of collectors has a hydraulic drive
unit with sensors to track the sun’s path
throughout the day. The solar energy
heats a transfer fluid which cycles
through a series of exchangers,
ultimately generating electricity.
The project’s proposed facility design
includes solar fields, power blocks,
buildings, a parking area, a laydown
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area, a stormwater retention pond, and
evaporating ponds. A single overhead
230-kilovolt transmission line will
connect the plant to the nearby Valley
Electric substation. Additional elements
of the project include access roads, a
water pipeline, and a bioremediation
area.
The Draft EIS describes and analyzes
the project’s site-specific impacts on air
quality; biological, including threatened
and endangered species, cultural, water,
geological, soil, visual, and
paleontological resources; land use and
special management areas; noise; public
health; socioeconomics; and traffic and
transportation. The Draft EIS also
addresses hazards and hazardous
materials holding; waste management;
worker safety; fire protection; facility
design engineering; efficiency;
reliability; transmission system
engineering; transmission line safety;
and nuisance.
Three alternatives were analyzed: two
for different technologies, dry cooling
and wet cooling, and one for no action.
Alternative A, wet cooling, uses
circulating water to condense lowpressure steam turbine generator
exhaust steam in a shell and tube heat
exchanger (condenser). Alternative A
would require the consumptive use of
about 4,500 acre-feet of water per year.
Alternative B, dry cooling, uses an aircooled condenser that cools and
condenses the low-pressure steam
turbine generator exhaust steam using a
large array of fans that force air over
finned-tube heat exchangers arranged in
an A frame bundle configuration.
Alternative B would require the
consumptive use of about 400 acre-feet
of water per year. Alternative B is the
BLM’s Preferred Alternative. Alternative
C is the No Action Alternative.
Scoping of the project occurred from
July 13 to August 24, 2009, and was
extended to October 19, 2009. A total of
151 scoping comments were submitted.
The comments addressed a broad range
of categories, including alternatives,
project boundaries, management, and
physical/natural resources.
The Draft EIS addresses the following
issues identified during scoping: the
NEPA process (consultation/
coordination, proposal description,
alternatives, connected actions, and
cumulative impacts); social resources
(cultural resources, visual resources,
noise, land use, recreation,
transportation, and socioeconomic
resources); and physical/natural
resources (botanical resources, water
resources, paleontological resources,
biological resources and earth
resources).
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Please note that public comments and
information submitted, including
names, street addresses, and e-mail
addresses of persons who submit
comments, will be available for public
review and disclosure at the above
address during regular business hours (8
a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday,
except holidays. 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.
Patrick Putnam,
Pahrump Field Office Manager.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of
survey; North Carolina and Wisconsin.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) will file the plat of
survey of the lands described below in
the BLM–Eastern States office in
Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days
from the date of publication in the
Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bureau of Land Management—Eastern
States, 7450 Boston Boulevard,
Springfield, Virginia 22153. Attn:
Cadastral Survey.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These
surveys were requested by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs.
The lands surveyed are:
Swain County, North Carolina
The plat of survey represents the
dependent resurvey of a portion of the
Qualla Tract boundary in the location of
Cooper Creek, Swain County, in the
State of North Carolina, and was
accepted June 23, 2009.
Fourth Principal Meridian, Wisconsin
T. 34 N., R 16 E.
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The plat of survey represents the
dependent resurvey of a portion of the west
boundary and a portion of the subdivisional
lines, and the survey of the subdivision of
Section 18, of Township 34 North, Range 16
East, of the Fourth Principal Meridian, in the
State of Wisconsin, and was accepted March
8, 2010.
We will place copies of the plats we
described in the open files. They will be
available to the public as a matter of
information.
If BLM receives a protest against a
survey, as shown on the plat, prior to
the date of the official filing, we will
stay the filing pending our
consideration of the protest.
We will not officially file a plat until
the day after we have accepted or
dismissed all protests and they have
become final, including decisions on
appeals.
Dated: March 15, 2010.
Dominica Van Koten,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY–100–5440–K100–EQ; WYW–172178]
Notice of Realty Action, Lease of
Public Land in Sublette County, WY
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) proposes to convert
a temporary land use permit to a longterm lease under Section 302 of the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 for use as a work-force
facility.
Comments regarding the lease
must be received by the BLM at the
address below not later than May 3,
2010.
DATES:
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Detailed information concerning this
action is available for review at the BLM
Pinedale Field Office, 1625 West Pine
Street, Pinedale, Wyoming 82941.
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 publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold from public review your
personal identifying information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. Any adverse comments will be
reviewed by the BLM State Director,
who may sustain, vacate, or modify this
realty action. In the absence of any
adverse comments, this realty action
will become the final determination of
the Department of the Interior.
Authority: 43 CFR 2920.4.
John Huston,
Assistant Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 2010–6062 Filed 3–18–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Send all written comments
concerning this proposal to the Field
Manager, BLM Pinedale Field Office,
P.O. Box 768, Pinedale, Wyoming
82941. Comments received in electronic
form, such as e-mail or facsimile, will
not be considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill
Wadsworth, Realty Specialist, BLM
Pinedale Field Office at 307–367–5341.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following described land is proposed for
lease at no less than fair market value:
ADDRESSES:
Sec. 8, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4.
The area described contains 10 acres, more
or less, in Sublette County. This area is
currently being used as a site for Encana Oil
and Gas (USA), Incorporated’s work-force
facility, under a three-year land use permit.
The BLM proposes to convert this permit to
a renewable 15-year lease for the same
purpose at no less than fair market value.
This will reduce the amount of time that the
BLM staff will spend renewing the lease. The
area is currently fenced for security and has
dormitory-style housing, a dining area, a
laundry, recreational amenities, and related
appurtenances to operate the facility. The
lands are available for lease for the abovedescribed purpose. Any lease will be issued
on a non-competitive basis, because, in the
judgment of the authorized officer, no
competitive interest exists and/or
competitive bidding would represent unfair
competitive and economic disadvantage to
the existing permittee.
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCA930000.L58740000.EU0000.
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Notice of Realty Action: Direct Sale of
Public Lands in Riverside County, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Realty Action.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Palm Springs—
South Coast Field Office, proposes to
sell a parcel of public land consisting of
approximately 119.37 acres in Riverside
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County, California to the City of Palm
Springs for the appraised fair market
value of $2,102,000.
DATES: Comments regarding the
proposed sale must be received by the
BLM on or before May 3, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments
concerning the proposed sale should be
sent to the Field Manager, Bureau of
Land Management, Palm Springs—
South Coast Field Office, 1201 Bird
Center Drive, Palm Springs, California
92262.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Allison Shaffer, Realty Specialist, BLM,
Palm Springs—South Coast Field Office,
1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs,
California 92262 or phone (760) 833–
7100.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following described public land is being
proposed for direct sale to the City of
Palm Springs in accordance with
Sections 203 and 209 of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act
(FLPMA) of 1976, as amended (43
U.S.C. 1713 and 1714), at not less than
the appraised fair market value:
San Bernardino Meridian
T. 3 S., R. 4 E.,
Sec. 34, those remaining public lands in
the Nc lying south of the Chino Wash
Flood Control Levee.
The area described contains approximately
119.37 acres in Riverside County.
The appraised fair market value is
$2,102,000. The public land is
identified as suitable for disposal in the
BLM’s 1980 California Desert
Conservation Area Plan, as amended,
and is not needed for any other Federal
purpose.
The BLM is proposing a direct sale
because the City of Palm Springs wishes
to secure the land for development of
the western campus of the College of the
Desert. Development of the western
campus of the College of the Desert is
an important public project and
speculative bidding would jeopardize
the timely completion and economic
viability of the project. A competitive
sale is therefore not appropriate and the
public interest would be best served by
a direct sale. The lands identified for
sale are considered to have no known
mineral value. The BLM proposes that
conveyance of the Federal mineral
interests would occur simultaneously
with the sale of the land.
On March 19, 2010, the above
described land will be segregated from
appropriation under the public land
laws, including the mining laws, except
the sale provisions of FLPMA. Until
completion of the sale or termination of
the segregation, the BLM will no longer
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[FR Doc No: 2010-6028]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLES956000-L14200000-BJ0000-LXSITRST0000]
Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of survey; North Carolina and
Wisconsin.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of
survey of the lands described below in the BLM-Eastern States office in
Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date of publication in
the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Land Management--Eastern
States, 7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 22153. Attn:
Cadastral Survey.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These surveys were requested by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs.
The lands surveyed are:
Swain County, North Carolina
The plat of survey represents the dependent resurvey of a portion
of the Qualla Tract boundary in the location of Cooper Creek, Swain
County, in the State of North Carolina, and was accepted June 23, 2009.
Fourth Principal Meridian, Wisconsin
T. 34 N., R 16 E.
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The plat of survey represents the dependent resurvey of a
portion of the west boundary and a portion of the subdivisional
lines, and the survey of the subdivision of Section 18, of Township
34 North, Range 16 East, of the Fourth Principal Meridian, in the
State of Wisconsin, and was accepted March 8, 2010.
We will place copies of the plats we described in the open files.
They will be available to the public as a matter of information.
If BLM receives a protest against a survey, as shown on the plat,
prior to the date of the official filing, we will stay the filing
pending our consideration of the protest.
We will not officially file a plat until the day after we have
accepted or dismissed all protests and they have become final,
including decisions on appeals.
Dated: March 15, 2010.
Dominica Van Koten,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor.
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