Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Staff Assessment for the Chevron Energy Solutions/Solar Millennium Palen Solar Power Plant (PSPP) and Possible California Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment, 17765-17766 [2010-7833]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Termination of Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Special
Resource Study (SRS) for Castle
Nugent Farms, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin
Islands in favor of an Environmental
Assessment (EA)
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, and National Park Service
(NPS) policy in Director’s Order 2 (Park
Planning) and Director’s Order 12
(Conservation Planning, Environmental
Impact Analysis, and Decision-making),
the NPS is terminating the EIS process
for the SRS for Castle Nugent Farms, St.
Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. A Notice of
Intent to prepare an EIS for the SRS was
published in the Federal Register on
November 21, 2007 (72 FR 65593). The
NPS has since determined that an EA
rather than an EIS is the appropriate
level of environmental documentation
for the study.
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associated with the Draft SRS/EA. All
public review and other written public
information will be made available
online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/
projectHome.cfm?parkID=423
&projectId=19240.
John
Barrett, Planning Team Leader, Castle
Nugent Farms Special Resource Study,
NPS Southeast Regional Office, Division
of Planning and Compliance, 100
Alabama Street, SW., 6th Floor, 1924
Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
On
October 11, 2006, Public Law 109–317
was enacted directing the Secretary of
the Interior to conduct an SRS for an
area known as Castle Nugent Farms
located on the island of St. Croix in the
U.S. Virgin Islands. The SRS will
determine whether study area should be
considered for inclusion in the National
Park System. The four required criteria
are: National significance, suitability,
feasibility, and the appropriateness of
direct NPS management. Scoping
information meetings for the SRS were
conducted in 2007 on the island of St.
Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). Initial
scoping did not result in significant
impacts being identified by the public.
Thereafter, the NPS planning team
developed three preliminary
alternatives, including the No Action
Alternative (Alternative A—
Continuation of Existing Conditions),
and two action alternatives (alternatives
B and C). The two action alternatives
describe NPS management of the area,
as follows—Alternative B: an 11,500acre unit managed by the NPS that
would include 8,600 marine acres under
the jurisdiction of the Government of
the USVI; and Alternative C: a 1,750acre unit of terrestrial lands managed by
the NPS. A preliminary analysis of these
alternatives does not indicate that
significant impacts will result from
implementation of any of the
alternatives. These alternatives will be
refined through the final stages of the
planning process.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: The authority for publishing
this notice is contained in 40 CFR 1506.6.
The responsible official is David Vela,
Regional Director, Southeast Region,
National Park Service, 100 Alabama
Street SW., 1924 Building, Atlanta,
Georgia 30303.
Dated: February 5, 2010.
David Vela,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CACA 04880, LLCAD06000,
L51010000.FX0000, LVRWB09B2600]
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement/Staff
Assessment for the Chevron Energy
Solutions/Solar Millennium Palen Solar
Power Plant (PSPP) and Possible
California Desert Conservation Area
Plan Amendment
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) and the California
Energy Commission (CEC) have
prepared a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS), Draft California Desert
Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan
Amendment, and Staff Assessment (SA)
as a joint environmental analysis
document for the Chevron Energy
Solutions/Solar Millennium (CESSM)
Palen Solar Power Plant (PSPP) Project,
Riverside County, California, and by
this notice are announcing the opening
of the comment period.
DATES: To ensure that comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Draft EIS/SA
and Plan Amendment within 90 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 releases, and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
related to the PSPP Project by any of the
following methods:
• E-mail: CAPSSolarPalen@blm.gov.
• Fax: (760) 833–7199.
• Mail or other delivery service:
Allison Shaffer, Project Manager, Palm
Springs South Coast Field Office,
Bureau of Land Management, 1201 Bird
Center Drive, Palm Springs, California
92262.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Allison Shaffer, BLM Project Manager at
(760) 833–7100. See also ADDRESSES
section.
CESSM
has submitted a right-of-way (ROW)
application to the BLM for development
of the proposed PSPP Project, consisting
of two parabolic-trough solar thermal
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power plants, each of which has a ‘‘solar
field’’ comprised of rows of parabolic
mirrors focusing solar energy on
collector tubes. The tubes would carry
heated oil to a boiler that sends live
steam to a steam turbine. The project
would be built in two phases which are
designed to generate in total
approximately 500 megawatts (MW) of
electricity at full development. The
proposed ROW would encompass
approximately 5,200 acres; the
disturbed area would encompass
approximately 2,970 acres. The project
site is in Riverside County, California,
approximately 10 miles east of Desert
Center along Interstate 10 approximately
halfway between the cities of Indio and
Blythe.
The major components and features of
the proposed PSPP include the two
power plants, an access road, operations
facilities (office, warehouse, etc.), a
switchyard, an electrical transmission
line (which will connect to Southern
California Edison’s planned Red Bluff
substation, approximately ten miles
west of the Palen project site), and two
water wells. This dry-cooled power
plant would use approximately 300
acre-feet of water per year for feed water
makeup, dust control, domestic uses,
and mirror washing, obtained from onsite water wells.
The BLM’s purpose and need for the
PSPP project is to respond to CESSM’s
application under Title V of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act
(FLPMA) (43 U.S.C. 1761) for a ROW
grant to construct, operate, and
decommission a solar thermal facility
on public lands in compliance with
FLPMA, the BLM ROW regulations, and
other applicable Federal laws. The BLM
will decide whether to grant, grant with
modification, or deny a ROW to CESSM
for the proposed PSPP project. The BLM
is proposing to amend the CDCA Plan
by designating the project area as either
available or unavailable for solar energy
projects. The CDCA Plan (1980, as
amended), while recognizing the
potential compatibility of solar
generation facilities with other uses on
public lands, requires that all sites
proposed for power generation or
transmission not already identified in
the plan be considered through the plan
amendment process. If the BLM decides
to grant a ROW for this project, the
CDCA Plan would be amended as
required. In response to the application
received from CESSM, the BLM’s
proposed action is to authorize the
CESSM PSPP project, amend the CDCA
Plan to designate the project area as
available for solar energy projects, and
amend the Plan to approve this project.
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In addition to the proposed action, the
BLM is analyzing the following action
alternatives: A reconfigured, 500–MW
alternative and a smaller 425–MW
alternative, both of which would amend
the CDCA Plan to designate the area as
available for solar energy projects and
approve this project. As required under
the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the Draft EIS analyzes a no
action alternative that would not require
a CDCA Plan amendment. The Draft EIS
also analyzes two no project alternatives
that reject the project, but amend the
CDCA Plan to: (1) Designate the project
area as available to future solar energy
power generation projects; or (2)
designate the project area as unavailable
to future solar energy power generation
projects. The BLM will take into
consideration the provisions of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 and
Secretarial Orders 3283 Enhancing
Renewable Energy Development on the
Public Lands and 3285 Renewable
Energy Development by the Department
of the Interior in responding to the PSPP
application.
The BLM has entered into a
Memorandum of Understanding with
the CEC to conduct a joint
environmental review of solar thermal
projects that are proposed on Federal
land managed by the BLM, with the CEC
as the lead agency preparing the
environmental documents. The BLM
and CEC have agreed to conduct joint
environmental review of the project in
a single combined NEPA/California
Environmental Quality Act process and
document. The Draft EIS/SA analyzes
site-specific impacts of the proposed
project on air quality; biological,
cultural, water, soil, visual,
paleontological, and geological
resources; recreation; land use; noise;
public health; socioeconomics; and
traffic and transportation. The Draft EIS/
SA also addresses hazardous materials
handling, waste management worker
safety, fire protection, facility design
engineering, efficiency, reliability,
transmission system engineering,
transmission line safety, and nuisance.
A Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS/SA
and Proposed Land Use Plan
Amendment for the Proposed CESSM
PSPP in Riverside County, California
was published November 23, 2008 (73
FR 61902). The BLM held one public
scoping meeting in Palm Desert,
California, on December 11, 2008. The
formal scoping period ended December
23, 2009. The CEC held an
Informational Hearing, Environmental
Scoping Meeting, and Public Site Visit
in cooperation with the BLM on January
25, 2010.
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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.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10 and
43 CFR 1610.2
Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CACA 04880, LLCAD06000, L51010000.FX0000, LVRWB09B2600]
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement/Staff Assessment for the Chevron Energy Solutions/Solar
Millennium Palen Solar Power Plant (PSPP) and Possible California
Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment
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, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the
California Energy Commission (CEC) have prepared a Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS), Draft California Desert Conservation Area
(CDCA) Plan Amendment, and Staff Assessment (SA) as a joint
environmental analysis document for the Chevron Energy Solutions/Solar
Millennium (CESSM) Palen Solar Power Plant (PSPP) Project, Riverside
County, California, and by this notice are announcing the opening of
the comment period.
DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Draft EIS/SA and Plan Amendment within 90 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 releases,
and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments related to the PSPP Project by any
of the following methods:
E-mail: CAPSSolarPalen@blm.gov.
Fax: (760) 833-7199.
Mail or other delivery service: Allison Shaffer, Project
Manager, Palm Springs South Coast Field Office, Bureau of Land
Management, 1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Shaffer, BLM Project Manager
at (760) 833-7100. See also ADDRESSES section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CESSM has submitted a right-of-way (ROW)
application to the BLM for development of the proposed PSPP Project,
consisting of two parabolic-trough solar thermal
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power plants, each of which has a ``solar field'' comprised of rows of
parabolic mirrors focusing solar energy on collector tubes. The tubes
would carry heated oil to a boiler that sends live steam to a steam
turbine. The project would be built in two phases which are designed to
generate in total approximately 500 megawatts (MW) of electricity at
full development. The proposed ROW would encompass approximately 5,200
acres; the disturbed area would encompass approximately 2,970 acres.
The project site is in Riverside County, California, approximately 10
miles east of Desert Center along Interstate 10 approximately halfway
between the cities of Indio and Blythe.
The major components and features of the proposed PSPP include the
two power plants, an access road, operations facilities (office,
warehouse, etc.), a switchyard, an electrical transmission line (which
will connect to Southern California Edison's planned Red Bluff
substation, approximately ten miles west of the Palen project site),
and two water wells. This dry-cooled power plant would use
approximately 300 acre-feet of water per year for feed water makeup,
dust control, domestic uses, and mirror washing, obtained from on-site
water wells.
The BLM's purpose and need for the PSPP project is to respond to
CESSM's application under Title V of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA) (43 U.S.C. 1761) for a ROW grant to construct,
operate, and decommission a solar thermal facility on public lands in
compliance with FLPMA, the BLM ROW regulations, and other applicable
Federal laws. The BLM will decide whether to grant, grant with
modification, or deny a ROW to CESSM for the proposed PSPP project. The
BLM is proposing to amend the CDCA Plan by designating the project area
as either available or unavailable for solar energy projects. The CDCA
Plan (1980, as amended), while recognizing the potential compatibility
of solar generation facilities with other uses on public lands,
requires that all sites proposed for power generation or transmission
not already identified in the plan be considered through the plan
amendment process. If the BLM decides to grant a ROW for this project,
the CDCA Plan would be amended as required. In response to the
application received from CESSM, the BLM's proposed action is to
authorize the CESSM PSPP project, amend the CDCA Plan to designate the
project area as available for solar energy projects, and amend the Plan
to approve this project.
In addition to the proposed action, the BLM is analyzing the
following action alternatives: A reconfigured, 500-MW alternative and a
smaller 425-MW alternative, both of which would amend the CDCA Plan to
designate the area as available for solar energy projects and approve
this project. As required under the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the Draft EIS analyzes a no action alternative that would not
require a CDCA Plan amendment. The Draft EIS also analyzes two no
project alternatives that reject the project, but amend the CDCA Plan
to: (1) Designate the project area as available to future solar energy
power generation projects; or (2) designate the project area as
unavailable to future solar energy power generation projects. The BLM
will take into consideration the provisions of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 and Secretarial Orders 3283 Enhancing Renewable Energy Development
on the Public Lands and 3285 Renewable Energy Development by the
Department of the Interior in responding to the PSPP application.
The BLM has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the CEC
to conduct a joint environmental review of solar thermal projects that
are proposed on Federal land managed by the BLM, with the CEC as the
lead agency preparing the environmental documents. The BLM and CEC have
agreed to conduct joint environmental review of the project in a single
combined NEPA/California Environmental Quality Act process and
document. The Draft EIS/SA analyzes site-specific impacts of the
proposed project on air quality; biological, cultural, water, soil,
visual, paleontological, and geological resources; recreation; land
use; noise; public health; socioeconomics; and traffic and
transportation. The Draft EIS/SA also addresses hazardous materials
handling, waste management worker safety, fire protection, facility
design engineering, efficiency, reliability, transmission system
engineering, transmission line safety, and nuisance. A Notice of Intent
to Prepare an EIS/SA and Proposed Land Use Plan Amendment for the
Proposed CESSM PSPP in Riverside County, California was published
November 23, 2008 (73 FR 61902). The BLM held one public scoping
meeting in Palm Desert, California, on December 11, 2008. The formal
scoping period ended December 23, 2009. The CEC held an Informational
Hearing, Environmental Scoping Meeting, and Public Site Visit in
cooperation with the BLM on January 25, 2010.
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.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10 and 43 CFR 1610.2
Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director.
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