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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Report and Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Southern California Edison
Eldorado-Ivanpah Transmission
Project, California and Nevada
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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 California
Environmental Quality Act of 1970, the
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), together with
the California Public Utilities
Commission, has prepared a Draft
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)/
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the proposed Eldorado-Ivanpah
Transmission Project (EITP), and by this
notice is announcing the opening of the
comment period.
DATES: To ensure that comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the EITP Draft
EIR/EIS 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 releases, or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
related to the proposed EITP Draft EIR/
EIS by any of the following methods:
• Web site: https://www.blm.gov/ca/st/
en/fo/needles.html;
• E-mail: caeitp@blm.gov, subject line
EITP;
• Fax: (760) 326–7099; or
• Mail or other delivery service:
George R. Meckfessel, Needles Field
Office, 1303 South U.S. Highway 95,
Needles, California 92363–4228.
Copies of the EITP Draft EIR/EIS are
available in the Needles Field Office at
the above address, or at the following
Web site: https://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/
fo/needles.html, and at the BLM
California State Office, 2800 Cottage
Way, Sacramento, California 95825.
Electronic (CD–ROM) or paper copies
may also be obtained by contacting
George Meckfessel at (760) 326–7000 or
by e-mailing your request to
caeitp@blm.gov and including your
name and mailing address.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information and/or to have your
name added to our mailing list, contact
Tom Hurshman, Project Manager,
telephone (970) 240–5345; fax (970)
240–5368; address 2465 South
Townsend Avenue, Montrose, Colorado
81401; e-mail Tom_Hurshman@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
BLM’s purpose and need for the EITP
project is to respond to Southern
California Edison’s (SCE) application for
a right-of-way (ROW) grant to construct
and operate a double circuit 230kilovolt (kV) transmission line to
replace an existing 115-kV transmission
line on public lands in compliance with
Title V of the Federal Lands
Management and Policy Act (FLPMA)
(43 U.S.C. 1761–1771), the BLM ROW
regulations, and other applicable
Federal laws.
The upgraded transmission line
would extend approximately 35 miles
from southern Clark County, Nevada (28
miles), into northeastern San
Bernardino County, California (7 miles).
The project would also include a new
Ivanpah substation in California near
Primm, Nevada, which would serve as
a connector hub for solar energy that
may be produced by future solar
generation projects in the Ivanpah
Valley area. The existing Eldorado
Substation would be modified to
accommodate the new EldoradoIvanpah transmission line. The segment
of transmission line to be replaced is
approximately 36 miles long and
originates at the existing Eldorado
Substation in T. 25 S., R. 62 E., Sec. 1,
Mount Diablo Meridian, and terminates
at the proposed Ivanpah Substation in
T. 16 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 4, San
Bernardino Meridian.
The BLM will decide whether to
approve, approve with modification, or
deny issuance of a ROW authorization
to SCE for the proposed EITP project.
The EITP would carry electricity from
several renewable energy projects
proposed in and around the Ivanpah
Valley, including the Ivanpah Solar
Energy Generation System planned by
BrightSource, LLC. The proposed
transmission line and new substation
would be constructed within an existing
designated utility corridor.
Telecommunications lines are also
proposed. The public lands in the
project area are managed by the BLM in
accordance with the California Desert
Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan and the
Las Vegas Field Office Resource
Management Plan.
As proposed by SCE, the transmission
line would be sited within an existing
ROW corridor designated in the CDCA
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plan and Las Vegas RMP. In addition to
the proposed action and the no action
alternatives, the EIR/EIS analyzes seven
additional action alternatives that
address alternative routes for the
transmission and telecommunications
lines.
A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIR/
EIS for the EITP project was published
in the Federal Register on July 27, 2009,
and was followed by a 30-day public
scoping period. The BLM held an
interagency meeting on July 1, 2009, to
inform other agencies about the project
and held formal scoping meetings for
the public on July 28 and 29, 2009. Four
primary areas of concern were identified
during the public scoping process: (1)
Impacts of the project on several
biological resources, especially desert
tortoise; (2) compatibility of the project
with regional land uses such as the
planned Southern Nevada
Supplemental Airport; (3) compatibility
of the project with other existing ROW
designations; and (4) cumulative
impacts. 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, 1506.10, and 43
CFR 1610.2
Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ID–320–1610 DQ–050D]
Notice of Availability of the Proposed
Resource Management Plan and Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Pocatello Field Office, Idaho
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) has prepared a
Proposed Resource Management Plan/
Final Environmental Impact Statement
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(PRMP/FEIS) for the Pocatello Field
Office 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 conditions described may
protest the BLM’s PRMP/FEIS. A person
who meets the conditions and files a
protest must file the protest within 30
days of the date that the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes its Notice
of Availability in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Pocatello
Field Office PRMP/FEIS have been sent
to tribal governments, Federal, state,
and local government agencies and to
other stakeholders. Copies of the PRMP/
FEIS are available for public inspection
at the Pocatello Field Office, Bureau of
Land Management, 4350 Cliffs Drive,
Pocatello, Idaho 83204. Interested
persons may also review the PRMP/FEIS
on the Internet at https://www.blm.gov/
id/st/en/prog/planning.1.html. All
protests must be in writing and mailed
to one of the following addresses:
Regular Mail: BLM Director (210),
Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box
66538, Washington, DC 20035.
Overnight Mail: BLM Director (210),
Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L
Street, NW., Suite 1075, Washington,
DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Terry Lee
Smith, RMP Project Manager, telephone
(208) 478–6340; 4350 Cliffs Drive,
Pocatello, Idaho 83204; e-mail
Terry_Lee_Smith@blm.gov.
The
planning area covers approximately
613,800 acres of public lands within
nine counties in southeastern Idaho.
The Pocatello RMP, when completed,
will provide management direction for
resources and resource uses. Planning
issues addressed in the PRMP/FEIS
include: Off-highway vehicle
management, recreation management,
sagebrush ecosystems, public access,
and phosphate mining.
The PRMP is essentially the same as
the BLM’s preferred alternative of the
Draft RMP/Draft EIS and provides the
most reasonable and practical approach
to public lands management in the
planning area. The PRMP allows
flexibility in adjusting to changing
conditions over time while emphasizing
a level of protection, restoration, and
enhancement to meet the overall needs
of the resources, use allocations, and
public services into the future.
In addition, the PRMP/FEIS would
designate the 400-acre Petticoat Peak
Area of Critical Environmental Concern
(ACEC) to provide protection to unique
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native plants. Several decisions
associated with the Petticoat Peak ACEC
designation include: Designating the
area ‘‘closed’’ to off-highway vehicles,
excluding rights-of-way and leasing
fluid minerals with a ‘‘No Surface
Occupancy’’ stipulation. The FEIS also
analyzes the direct and indirect effects
of fluid minerals leasing with standard
terms and conditions and applicable
special stipulations.
The Pocatello Draft RMP/Draft EIS
was published for public comment on
January 5, 2007. During the 90-day
public comment period following its
release, the BLM received 52 comment
letters, e-mails, and faxes. These
submissions included about 1,400
individual comments, which the BLM
has responded to in the PRMP/FEIS.
Comments on the Draft RMP/Draft EIS
received from the public and internal
BLM review were considered and
incorporated as appropriate into the
proposed plan. Public comments
resulted in minor changes intended to
clarify proposed management direction
and update the analysis of potential
environmental impacts, but did not
significantly change proposed land use
decisions.
Instructions for filing a protest with
the Director of the BLM regarding the
PRMP/FEIS may be found in the ‘‘Dear
Reader Letter’’ of the Pocatello Field
Office PRMP/FEIS and at 43 CFR
1610.5–2. E-mail and faxed protests will
not be accepted unless the protesting
party also provides the original letter by
either regular or overnight mail
postmarked by the close of the protest
period. Under these conditions, the
BLM will consider the e-mail or faxed
protest as an advance copy and it will
receive full consideration. If you wish to
provide the BLM with such advance
notification, please direct faxed protests
to the attention of the BLM protest
coordinator at 202–912–7212, and
e-mails to Brenda_HudgensWilliams@blm.gov.
All protests, including the follow-up
letter to e-mails or faxes, must be in
writing and mailed to the appropriate
address, as set forth in the ADDRESSES
section above.
Before including your phone number,
e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your protest,
you should be aware that your entire
protest—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your protest to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
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Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 1506.10,
43 CFR 1610.2, and 1610.
Peter J. Ditton,
Bureau of Land Management, Acting Idaho
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Rochester Museum & Science
Center, Rochester, NY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate 13 cultural items in the
possession of the Rochester Museum &
Science Center, Rochester, NY, that
meet the definitions of ‘‘sacred object’’
and object of ‘‘cultural patrimony’’ under
25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
On January 1, 1928, the museum
acquired two large wooden medicine
faces from Alvin Dewey, Rochester, NY
(AE 2870/D 8363/29.259.17 and AE
2872/D 8364/29.259.19). The Dewey
catalog card states: ‘‘Onondaga Indians.
From the John Kilham collection, May
23, 1919.’’
On August 15, 1966, two large
wooden medicine faces were donated to
the museum by Mr. & Mrs. Warner
Palmer, Albion, NY (AE 10315/66.222.1
and AE 10316/66.222.2). Both faces
were made circa 1960, and collected by
Charles Palmer.
In 1971, nine miniature wooden
medicine faces were donated by the
Rochester Museum Association to the
museum (E 13.1.345/numbers 71.17.1–
9). They are of Onondaga origin and
were made circa 1970.
Onondaga Nation traditional religious
leaders have identified these medicine
faces as being needed for the practice of
traditional Native American religions by
present-day adherents. In the course of
consultations with members of the
Onondaga Nation, it was shown that any
individual who carved a medicine face
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ID-320-1610 DQ-050D]
Notice of Availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plan
and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Pocatello Field
Office, Idaho
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) has prepared a
Proposed Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement
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(PRMP/FEIS) for the Pocatello Field Office 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 conditions described may protest the BLM's PRMP/
FEIS. A person who meets the conditions and files a protest must file
the protest within 30 days of the date that the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes its Notice of Availability in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Pocatello Field Office PRMP/FEIS have been
sent to tribal governments, Federal, state, and local government
agencies and to other stakeholders. Copies of the PRMP/FEIS are
available for public inspection at the Pocatello Field Office, Bureau
of Land Management, 4350 Cliffs Drive, Pocatello, Idaho 83204.
Interested persons may also review the PRMP/FEIS on the Internet at
https://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/planning.1.html. All protests must be
in writing and mailed to one of the following addresses:
Regular Mail: BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box
66538, Washington, DC 20035.
Overnight Mail: BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L
Street, NW., Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Terry
Lee Smith, RMP Project Manager, telephone (208) 478-6340; 4350 Cliffs
Drive, Pocatello, Idaho 83204; e-mail Terry_Lee_Smith@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning area covers approximately
613,800 acres of public lands within nine counties in southeastern
Idaho. The Pocatello RMP, when completed, will provide management
direction for resources and resource uses. Planning issues addressed in
the PRMP/FEIS include: Off-highway vehicle management, recreation
management, sagebrush ecosystems, public access, and phosphate mining.
The PRMP is essentially the same as the BLM's preferred alternative
of the Draft RMP/Draft EIS and provides the most reasonable and
practical approach to public lands management in the planning area. The
PRMP allows flexibility in adjusting to changing conditions over time
while emphasizing a level of protection, restoration, and enhancement
to meet the overall needs of the resources, use allocations, and public
services into the future.
In addition, the PRMP/FEIS would designate the 400-acre Petticoat
Peak Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) to provide
protection to unique native plants. Several decisions associated with
the Petticoat Peak ACEC designation include: Designating the area
``closed'' to off-highway vehicles, excluding rights-of-way and leasing
fluid minerals with a ``No Surface Occupancy'' stipulation. The FEIS
also analyzes the direct and indirect effects of fluid minerals leasing
with standard terms and conditions and applicable special stipulations.
The Pocatello Draft RMP/Draft EIS was published for public comment
on January 5, 2007. During the 90-day public comment period following
its release, the BLM received 52 comment letters, e-mails, and faxes.
These submissions included about 1,400 individual comments, which the
BLM has responded to in the PRMP/FEIS. Comments on the Draft RMP/Draft
EIS received from the public and internal BLM review were considered
and incorporated as appropriate into the proposed plan. Public comments
resulted in minor changes intended to clarify proposed management
direction and update the analysis of potential environmental impacts,
but did not significantly change proposed land use decisions.
Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM
regarding the PRMP/FEIS may be found in the ``Dear Reader Letter'' of
the Pocatello Field Office PRMP/FEIS and at 43 CFR 1610.5-2. E-mail and
faxed protests will not be accepted unless the protesting party also
provides the original letter by either regular or overnight mail
postmarked by the close of the protest period. Under these conditions,
the BLM will consider the e-mail or faxed protest as an advance copy
and it will receive full consideration. If you wish to provide the BLM
with such advance notification, please direct faxed protests to the
attention of the BLM protest coordinator at 202-912-7212, and e-mails
to Brenda_Hudgens-Williams@blm.gov.
All protests, including the follow-up letter to e-mails or faxes,
must be in writing and mailed to the appropriate address, as set forth
in the ADDRESSES section above.
Before including your phone number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your protest, you should be aware
that your entire protest--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your protest 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, 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2, and 1610.
Peter J. Ditton,
Bureau of Land Management, Acting Idaho State Director.
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