General Management Plan; Joshua Tree National Park; San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, CA; Notice of Intent To Prepare Environmental Impact Statement, 28055-28056 [2010-11955]
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30 CFR 250
Subpart L
Reporting or recordkeeping requirement
Hour burden
Average
number of
annual
responses
Annual burden
hours
(rounded)
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$600,065 Non-Hour Cost Burdens.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified two non-hour cost
burdens, both of which are cost recovery
fees. Note that the actual fee amounts
are specified in 30 CFR 250.125, which
provide a consolidated table of all the
fees required under the 30 CFR part 250
regulations. The non-hour cost burden
total in this collection of information is
an estimated $600,065. The cost
burdens are for: (1) Filing fees
associated with submitting requests for
approval of simple applications
(applications to temporarily reroute
production (for a duration not to exceed
6 months); production tests prior to
pipeline construction; departures
related to meter proving, well testing, or
sampling frequency ($1,271 per
application)) or, (2) submitting a request
for approval of a complex application
(creation of new facility measurement
points (FMPs); association of leases or
units with existing FMPs; inclusion of
production from additional structures;
meter updates which add buyback gas
meters or pigging meters; other
applications which request deviations
from the approved allocation
procedures ($3,760 per application)).
We have not identified any other nonhour paperwork cost burdens associated
with this collection of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
requires each agency ‘‘* * * to provide
notice * * * and otherwise consult
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information * * *’’
Agencies must specifically solicit
comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the agency to perform its
duties, including whether the
information is useful; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
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usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
To comply with the public
consultation process, on November 3,
2009, we published a Federal Register
notice (74 FR 56858) announcing that
we would submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. In
addition, § 250.199 provides the OMB
control number for the information
collection requirements imposed by the
30 CFR 250 regulations. The regulation
also informs the public that they may
comment at any time on the collections
of information and provides the address
to which they should send comments.
We have received no comments in
response to these efforts.
If you wish to comment in response
to this notice, you may send your
comments to the offices listed under the
ADDRESSES section of this notice. The
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove the information collection
but may respond after 30 days.
Therefore, to ensure maximum
consideration, OMB should receive
public comments by June 18, 2010.
Public Availability of Comments:
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz, (202)
208–7744.
Dated: April 1, 2010.
Doug Slitor,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
General Management Plan; Joshua
Tree National Park; San Bernardino
and Riverside Counties, CA; Notice of
Intent To Prepare Environmental
Impact Statement
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(C), the National Park
Service is updating the General
Management Plan (GMP) for Joshua Tree
National Park, California. The new GMP
will update the overall direction for the
park approved in 1995, refining goals
and objectives for managing the park
over the next 15 to 20 years. The GMP
will prescribe desired resource
conditions and visitor experiences that
are to be achieved and maintained
throughout the park based on such
factors as the park’s purpose,
significance, special mandates and the
body of laws and policies directing park
management and resource analysis,
other designations such as
establishment of 594,502 acres by
Congress as Wilderness, and the
spectrum of public expectations and
concerns. The GMP also will outline the
kinds of resource management
activities, visitor activities, and
developments that would be appropriate
and sustainable in the park in the
future.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A range of
reasonable alternatives for managing the
park will be developed by the National
Park Service (NPS) through this
conservation planning and
environmental impact analysis process,
and which will include, at a minimum,
no-action and agency-preferred
alternatives. Major issues the GMP will
address include changes in visitor use
patterns, adequacy and sustainability of
existing visitor facilities and park
operations, management of natural and
cultural resources, collaboration and
partnership opportunities, Wilderness
stewardship goals, evaluation of park
boundaries, and pro-active planning in
response to climate change. The
environmental impact statement (EIS)
will evaluate the potential
environmental consequences of the
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alternative management approaches and
identify all possible measures to avoid
or minimize harm; an ‘‘environmentally
preferred’’ alternative will also be
identified.
Early in this scoping period the NPS
will distribute a GMP newsletter to
neighboring communities, state and
federal agencies, associated American
Indian tribes, County commissioners,
local organizations, researchers and
institutions, the Congressional
delegation, and other interested
members of the public. In addition, five
public scoping meetings will be hosted
during May 17–21, 2010, to provide
opportunities for interested persons to
learn about the proposed update of the
GMP. Specific times and locations will
be announced in the local and regional
media, and details will be included in
the GMP newsletter and also posted on
the project Web site https://
www.nps.gov/jotr (details may also be
obtained by telephone, as noted below).
Scoping Comments and Dates:
General park information requests or
requests to be added to the GMP mailing
list should be directed to Karin
Messaros, Management Assistant,
Joshua Tree National Park, Joshua,
74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine
Palms, California 92277. Telephone:
(706) 367–5512. General information
about Joshua Tree National Park is also
available on the internet at https://
www.nps.gov/jotr. If you wish to
provide relevant information or suggest
any issues to be considered in updating
the GMP, you may submit your
comments by any one of several
methods: (1) Mail comments to
Management Assistant Karen Messaros
(address as noted above); (2) transmit
via the internet to
karin_messaros@nps.gov or https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/jotr; (3) handdeliver comments to park headquarters
at Joshua Tree National Park, 74485
National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms,
California 92277, or deliver at any of the
public meetings. All written comments
must be postmarked or transmitted not
later than August 31, 2010. 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.
Decision Process: Following due
consideration of all public and agency
comments as may be forthcoming; a
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draft EIS/GMP will be prepared.
Availability would be announced
through the Federal Register as well as
via direct mailing, Web site postings,
and through local and regional press
media. After an opportunity for public
review, a final EIS/GMP would be
prepared. As a delegated EIS, the official
responsible for the final decision on the
plan update is the Regional Director,
Pacific West Region; subsequently the
official responsible for implementation
of the updated GMP would be the
Superintendent, Joshua Tree National
Park.
Dated: April 5, 2010.
Cicely A. Muldoon,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Cachuma Lake Resource Management
Plan, Santa Barbara County, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS).
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act, the Bureau of
Reclamation (Reclamation) has made
available the Final EIS for the Cachuma
Lake 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 25, 2008 (73 FR 43472).
The written comment period on the
Draft EIS ended on September 23, 2008.
On October 9, 2008 a notice was
published in the Federal Register (73
FR 59669) extending the comment
period on the Draft EIS until October 31,
2008. The Final EIS contains responses
to all comments received and reflects
comments and any additional
information received during the Draft
EIS 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 wait 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.
Send requests for a compact
disc copy of the Final EIS to Mr. Jack
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Collins, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N
Street, Fresno, CA 93721.
Copies of the Final RMP/EIS will be
available at: https://www.usbr.gov/mp/
nepa/
nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=283.
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.
Cachuma
Lake is an existing reservoir formed by
Bradbury Dam, and located in Santa
Barbara County, California. The dam,
which provides irrigation, domestic,
and municipal and industrial water
supplies to the City of Santa Barbara,
Goleta Water District, Montecito Water
District, Carpinteria Valley Water
District, and Santa Ynez River Water
Conservation District, was constructed
in the 1950s. The Cachuma Project has
delivered an average of 25,000 acre-feet
per year over the past 45 years and
encompasses approximately 9,250 acres.
In 1956, operation and maintenance of
the Cachuma project was transferred
from Reclamation to the Cachuma
Operation and Maintenance Board.
Reclamation still retains ownership of
all project facilities and is responsible
for the operation of the dam. The RMP
will have a planning horizon of 20
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.
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 predominately selfmitigating through implementation of
RMP management actions and
strategies, and the EIS also includes
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
General Management Plan; Joshua Tree National Park; San
Bernardino and Riverside Counties, CA; Notice of Intent To Prepare
Environmental Impact Statement
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(C), the National Park Service is updating the General
Management Plan (GMP) for Joshua Tree National Park, California. The
new GMP will update the overall direction for the park approved in
1995, refining goals and objectives for managing the park over the next
15 to 20 years. The GMP will prescribe desired resource conditions and
visitor experiences that are to be achieved and maintained throughout
the park based on such factors as the park's purpose, significance,
special mandates and the body of laws and policies directing park
management and resource analysis, other designations such as
establishment of 594,502 acres by Congress as Wilderness, and the
spectrum of public expectations and concerns. The GMP also will outline
the kinds of resource management activities, visitor activities, and
developments that would be appropriate and sustainable in the park in
the future.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A range of reasonable alternatives for
managing the park will be developed by the National Park Service (NPS)
through this conservation planning and environmental impact analysis
process, and which will include, at a minimum, no-action and agency-
preferred alternatives. Major issues the GMP will address include
changes in visitor use patterns, adequacy and sustainability of
existing visitor facilities and park operations, management of natural
and cultural resources, collaboration and partnership opportunities,
Wilderness stewardship goals, evaluation of park boundaries, and pro-
active planning in response to climate change. The environmental impact
statement (EIS) will evaluate the potential environmental consequences
of the
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alternative management approaches and identify all possible measures to
avoid or minimize harm; an ``environmentally preferred'' alternative
will also be identified.
Early in this scoping period the NPS will distribute a GMP
newsletter to neighboring communities, state and federal agencies,
associated American Indian tribes, County commissioners, local
organizations, researchers and institutions, the Congressional
delegation, and other interested members of the public. In addition,
five public scoping meetings will be hosted during May 17-21, 2010, to
provide opportunities for interested persons to learn about the
proposed update of the GMP. Specific times and locations will be
announced in the local and regional media, and details will be included
in the GMP newsletter and also posted on the project Web site https://www.nps.gov/jotr (details may also be obtained by telephone, as noted
below).
Scoping Comments and Dates: General park information requests or
requests to be added to the GMP mailing list should be directed to
Karin Messaros, Management Assistant, Joshua Tree National Park,
Joshua, 74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, California 92277.
Telephone: (706) 367-5512. General information about Joshua Tree
National Park is also available on the internet at https://www.nps.gov/jotr. If you wish to provide relevant information or suggest any issues
to be considered in updating the GMP, you may submit your comments by
any one of several methods: (1) Mail comments to Management Assistant
Karen Messaros (address as noted above); (2) transmit via the internet
to karin_messaros@nps.gov or https://parkplanning.nps.gov/jotr; (3)
hand-deliver comments to park headquarters at Joshua Tree National
Park, 74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, California 92277, or
deliver at any of the public meetings. All written comments must be
postmarked or transmitted not later than August 31, 2010. 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.
Decision Process: Following due consideration of all public and
agency comments as may be forthcoming; a draft EIS/GMP will be
prepared. Availability would be announced through the Federal Register
as well as via direct mailing, Web site postings, and through local and
regional press media. After an opportunity for public review, a final
EIS/GMP would be prepared. As a delegated EIS, the official responsible
for the final decision on the plan update is the Regional Director,
Pacific West Region; subsequently the official responsible for
implementation of the updated GMP would be the Superintendent, Joshua
Tree National Park.
Dated: April 5, 2010.
Cicely A. Muldoon,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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