Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the NextLight Renewable Power, LLC, Silver State Solar Project, Primm, NV, 19990-19991 [2010-8627]

Download as PDF 19990 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 73 / Friday, April 16, 2010 / Notices 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: This notice is published in accordance with section 1503.1 of the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508) implementing the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.) and the Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 1–6), and is in the exercise of authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8. Dated: March 26, 2010. George T. Skibine, Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. 2010–8512 Filed 4–15–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Reclamation Lake Casitas Resource Management Plan, Ventura County, CA AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has made available the Final EIS for the Lake Casitas Resource Management Plan (RMP). The RMP involves alternatives for future use of the project area for recreation and resource protection and management. A Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS was published in the Federal Register on July 28, 2008 (73 FR 43785). The written comment period on the Draft EIS ended on October 31, 2008. The Final EIS contains responses to all comments received and reflects comments and any additional information received during the review period. DATES: Reclamation will not make a decision on the proposed action until at least 30 days after release of the Final EIS. After the 30-day waiting period, Reclamation will complete a Record of Decision (ROD). The ROD will state the action that will be implemented and will discuss all factors leading to the decision. WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:07 Apr 15, 2010 Jkt 220001 Send requests for a compact disc or a bound copy of the Final EIS to Mr. Jack Collins, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721. Copies of the Final RMP/EIS are available at: https://www.usbr.gov/mp/ nepa/ nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=792. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for locations where copies of the Final EIS are available. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jack Collins, Bureau of Reclamation, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., at (559) 349–4544 (TDD (559) 487– 5933) or jwcollins@usbr.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Lake Casitas is an existing reservoir formed by Casitas Dam and located in Ventura County, California. The dam, which stores water for irrigation, municipal and industrial use within the Casitas Municipal Water District (CMWD), was completed in November 1958. Lake Casitas has a storage capacity of 254,000 acre-feet and delivers between 15,000 and 23,000 acre-feet each year. Reclamation, in cooperation with the CMWD, developed the Lake Casitas RMP to establish management objectives, guidelines, and actions for the Lake Casitas Recreation Area (Park) and the 3,500 acres of Open Space Lands north of the Park, which together comprise the Plan Area. The RMP will have a planning horizon of 25 years. The new RMP would: (1) Ensure safe storage and timely delivery of highquality water to users while enhancing natural resources and recreational opportunities; (2) protect natural resources while educating the public about the value of good stewardship; (3) provide recreational opportunities to meet the demands of a growing, diverse population; (4) ensure recreational diversity and the quality of the experience; and (5) provide the updated management considerations for establishing a new management agreement with the managing partner(s). The Final EIS is a program-level analysis of the potential environmental impacts associated with adoption of the RMP. The Final EIS outlines the formulation and evaluation of alternatives designed to address these issues by representing the varied interests present at the Plan Area and identifies Alternative 2 (Enhancement) as the preferred Alternative. The RMP is intended to be predominantly selfmitigating through implementation of RMP management actions and strategies, and the EIS also includes measures intended to reduce the adverse effects of the RMP. ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Copies of the Final EIS are available at the following locations: • Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, Regional Library, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825. • Bureau of Reclamation, SouthCentral California Area Office, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721. • Ojai Ranger District Station, 1190 East Ojai Avenue, Ojai, CA 93023. • E.P. Foster Public Library, 651 Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001. • 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. Before including your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in any correspondence, you should be aware that your entire correspondence— including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your correspondence to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Dated: January 27, 2010. Mike Chotkowski, Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region. [FR Doc. 2010–8725 Filed 4–15–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLNVS03000 L51010000.ER0000 LVRWF0900290 241A; 10–08807; MO#4500012626; TAS: 14X5017] Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the NextLight Renewable Power, LLC, Silver State Solar Project, Primm, NV AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, (NEPA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Silver State Solar Project, Primm, Nevada, and by this Notice is announcing the opening of the comment period. DATES: To ensure comments will be considered, the BLM must receive written comments on the Silver State Solar Project Draft EIS within 45 days E:\FR\FM\16APN1.SGM 16APN1 WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 73 / Friday, April 16, 2010 / Notices following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its Notice of Availability of this Draft EIS 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, local news media, and the BLM Web site at: https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/ lvfo.html. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Web site: https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/ en/prog/energy/fasttrack_renewable.html. • E-mail: nextlight_primm_nv_sep@blm.gov. • 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 Silver State Solar Project are available in the Southern Nevada District Office at the above address. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Helseth, phone: 702–515–5173, e-mail: Gregory_Helseth@blm.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NextLight Renewable Power, LLC applied to the BLM for a right-of-way on public lands to construct a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant facility approximately two miles southeast of Primm, Clark County, Nevada. The facility is expected to operate for approximately 50 years. The proposed project would produce 400 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy. The solar field and infrastructure would consist of single-axis tracker systems or fixed panels, an underground and overhead electrical power collection system, two step-up transformers, 230 kilovolt (kV) and 220 kV transmission lines, an operation and maintenance area, a switchyard, paved access and maintenance roads, flood and drainage controls, and a fire break. The Draft EIS describes and 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 also addresses hazardous materials handling, waste management, worker safety, fire protection, facility design engineering, efficiency, reliability, transmission system engineering, transmission line safety, and nuisance. The EIS analyzes three alternatives, including the no action alternative (Alternative 1) and two action alternatives. Alternative 2—the VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:07 Apr 15, 2010 Jkt 220001 proposed action—would disturb up to 2,996 acres of land and would include the use of berms to reduce erosion. Alternative 3 would disturb up to 3,669 acres of land and would employ an alternate drainage and flood control design to control erosion. Both action alternatives would use solar PV technology, although the specific types of arrays and trackers have not been determined at this time. The Draft EIS describes the different types of solar arrays and trackers and their respective impacts. Formal scoping for the project occurred from June 30, 2009 to July 31, 2009 (74 FR 31306). On September 17, 2009, the reopening of the comment period published with a new closing date of October 19, 2009 (74 FR 47820). A total of 33 comments were submitted during the scoping period. The comments identified concerns in a broad range of categories: surface water/ storm runoff; off-highway vehicle access for recreation; federally-listed species and their habitat, including desert tortoise habitat and rare plants; alternatives for analysis. Maps of the proposed project area and the alternatives being analyzed in the Draft EIS are available at the BLM Southern Nevada District Office. 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; therefore, personal identifying information such as addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail address, may be withheld. Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10. Robert B. Ross, Jr., Las Vegas Field Manager. [FR Doc. 2010–8627 Filed 4–15–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLUT921000–09–5101–ER–J108; UTU– 79766, NVN–82385] Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the UNEV Refined Liquid Petroleum Products Pipeline in Utah and Nevada and the Proposed Amendment of the Pony Express Resource Management Plan AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ACTION: 19991 Notice of availability. SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA)/Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the UNEV Refined Liquid Petroleum Products Pipeline and by this notice is announcing its availability. DATES: BLM planning regulations at 43 CFR 1610.5–2 state that any person who meets the described conditions may protest the BLM’s Proposed RMPA/ Final EIS. Such protest must be filed within 30 days of the date that the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its notice of availability of this FEIS in the Federal Register. ADDRESSES: Copies of the UNEV Refined Liquid Petroleum Products Pipeline and Pony Express Proposed RMPA/Final EIS have been sent to affected Federal, state, and local government agencies and to other stakeholders, including the Moapa Band of the Paiute Tribe, the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, the Uintah and Ouray Ute Indian Tribe, the Kaibab Paiute Indian Tribe, and other Native American Tribes that were consulted as part of this process. Copies of the Proposed RMPA/Final EIS are available for public inspection at the Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101; the Salt Lake Field Office, 2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119; the Fillmore Field Office, 35 East 500 North, Fillmore, Utah 84631; the Cedar City Field Office, 176 East D.L. Sargent Drive, Cedar City, Utah 84721; the St. George Field Office, 345 East Riverside Drive, St. George, Utah 84790; the Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial Boulevard., Reno, Nevada 89502; the Ely District Office, 702 North Industrial Way, Ely, Nevada 89301; and the Las Vegas Field Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130. Interested persons may also review the Proposed RMPA/Final EIS at the following Web site: https://www.blm.gov/ ut/st/en/prog/more/lands_and_realty/ major_projects/unev_pipeline_eis.html. All protests must be in writing and mailed to one of the following addresses: E:\FR\FM\16APN1.SGM 16APN1

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Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the NextLight Renewable Power, LLC, Silver State Solar 
Project, Primm, NV

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, (NEPA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Silver State Solar 
Project, Primm, Nevada, and by this Notice is announcing the opening of 
the comment period.

DATES: To ensure comments will be considered, the BLM must receive 
written comments on the Silver State Solar Project Draft EIS within 45 
days

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following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its 
Notice of Availability of this Draft EIS 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, local news media, and the BLM Web site at: https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo.html.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Web site: https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/prog/energy/fast-track_renewable.html.
     E-mail: nextlight_primm_nv_sep@blm.gov.
     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 Silver State Solar Project are 
available in the Southern Nevada District Office at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Helseth, phone: 702-515-5173, 
e-mail: Gregory_Helseth@blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NextLight Renewable Power, LLC applied to 
the BLM for a right-of-way on public lands to construct a solar 
photovoltaic (PV) plant facility approximately two miles southeast of 
Primm, Clark County, Nevada. The facility is expected to operate for 
approximately 50 years. The proposed project would produce 400 
megawatts (MW) of renewable energy.
    The solar field and infrastructure would consist of single-axis 
tracker systems or fixed panels, an underground and overhead electrical 
power collection system, two step-up transformers, 230 kilovolt (kV) 
and 220 kV transmission lines, an operation and maintenance area, a 
switchyard, paved access and maintenance roads, flood and drainage 
controls, and a fire break.
    The Draft EIS describes and 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 also addresses hazardous materials 
handling, waste management, worker safety, fire protection, facility 
design engineering, efficiency, reliability, transmission system 
engineering, transmission line safety, and nuisance.
    The EIS analyzes three alternatives, including the no action 
alternative (Alternative 1) and two action alternatives. Alternative 
2--the proposed action--would disturb up to 2,996 acres of land and 
would include the use of berms to reduce erosion. Alternative 3 would 
disturb up to 3,669 acres of land and would employ an alternate 
drainage and flood control design to control erosion. Both action 
alternatives would use solar PV technology, although the specific types 
of arrays and trackers have not been determined at this time. The Draft 
EIS describes the different types of solar arrays and trackers and 
their respective impacts.
    Formal scoping for the project occurred from June 30, 2009 to July 
31, 2009 (74 FR 31306). On September 17, 2009, the reopening of the 
comment period published with a new closing date of October 19, 2009 
(74 FR 47820). A total of 33 comments were submitted during the scoping 
period. The comments identified concerns in a broad range of 
categories: surface water/storm runoff; off-highway vehicle access for 
recreation; federally-listed species and their habitat, including 
desert tortoise habitat and rare plants; alternatives for analysis.
    Maps of the proposed project area and the alternatives being 
analyzed in the Draft EIS are available at the BLM Southern Nevada 
District Office.
    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; therefore, 
personal identifying information such as addresses, phone numbers, and 
e-mail address, may be withheld.

    Authority:  40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10.

Robert B. Ross, Jr.,
Las Vegas Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 2010-8627 Filed 4-15-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-HC-P
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