Notice of Intent To Prepare an Integrated Activity Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, 44277-44278 [2010-18469]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 144 / Wednesday, July 28, 2010 / Notices The workshop will be held on August 12, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The workshop will be held at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202. Register online at: https://www.doi.gov/ osdbu. [LLAK930000.L16100000.DF0000] DATES: Bureau of Land Management ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Oliver, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 1951 Constitution Ave., NW., MS–320 SIB, Washington, DC 20240, telephone 1–877–375–9927 (Toll-Free). In accordance with the Small Business Act, as amended by Public Law 95–507, the Department has the responsibility to promote the use of small and small disadvantaged businesses for its acquisition of goods and services. The Department is proud of its accomplishments in meeting its business goals for small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), woman-owned, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteranowned businesses. In Fiscal Year 2009, the Department awarded 56 percent of its $2.6 billion in contracts to small businesses. This fiscal year, the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization is reaching out to our internal stakeholders and the Department’s small business community by conducting several vendor outreach workshops. The Department’s presenters will focus on contracting and subcontracting opportunities and how small businesses can better market services and products. Over 3,000 small businesses have been targeted for this event. If you are a small business interested in working with the Department, we urge you to register online at: https://www.doi.gov/osdbu and attend the workshop. These outreach events are a new and exciting opportunity for the Department’s bureaus and offices to improve their support for small business. Additional scheduled events are posted on the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Web site at https://www.doi.gov/osdbu. sroberts on DSKD5P82C1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Mark Oliver, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. [FR Doc. 2010–18425 Filed 7–27–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–RK–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:05 Jul 27, 2010 Jkt 220001 Notice of Intent To Prepare an Integrated Activity Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the National Petroleum Reserve— Alaska Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Intent. AGENCY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska State Office, Anchorage, Alaska, intends to prepare an Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) with an associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR–A) planning area. This notice announces the beginning of the scoping period to solicit public input and comments. DATES: The public scoping period will begin upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Formal scoping will end no sooner than 60 days from publication of this notice; a final end date will be announced through a press release and the BLM–Alaska Web site, https://www.blm.gov/ak. Comments on management decisions, resources to be addressed, and issues for analysis will help define the proposed actions and alternatives for the NPR–A IAP/EIS. You can submit comments in writing to the addresses listed below. The BLM will announce all public meetings, times, and locations through the local news media and on the agency Web site. The BLM will hold public scoping meetings in Anaktuvuk Pass, Anchorage, Atqasuk, Barrow, Fairbanks, Nuiqsut, and Wainwright. The BLM may hold additional public scoping meetings in other communities if there is strong community interest. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Web site: https://www.blm.gov/ak. • Fax: 907–271–5479. • Mail: BLM Alaska State Office, Attention—NPR–A Planning Team, 222 West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–7599. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Ducker, 907– 271–3130; e-mail: jducker@blm.gov; or by mail: Bureau of Land Management, 222 West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513– 7599. You may also request to be added to the mailing list. Documents pertinent to this plan may be examined at the following Web site: https://www.blm.gov/ ak. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document provides notice that the BLM SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 44277 intends to prepare an IAP with an associated EIS for the NPR–A planning area. The NPR–A IAP/EIS will consider management of BLM-administered lands within the NPR–A. The lands in the NPR–A total approximately 22.1 million acres of surface and subsurface lands, and an additional 200,000 subsurfaceonly acres underlying Native Corporation-owned surface lands. The Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6501, et seq.), as amended, excludes the NPR–A from the application of Section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1701, et seq.), as amended, which is the basis for the BLM’s Resource Management Plans. The BLM conducts its planning within NPR– A through IAPs. The BLM complies with all applicable laws in the preparation of an IAP, including the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act. The BLM will work collaboratively with interested parties to identify the management decisions best suited to local, regional, and national needs and concerns. The purpose of the public scoping process is to determine the management decisions and resources to be addressed and the issues for analysis. This information will influence the development of the proposed action and alternatives, and guide the environmental analysis. You may submit written comments on management decisions and resources to be addressed and issues for analysis to the BLM at any of the public scoping meetings, or use any of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section above. The result of this planning effort will supersede the current plans for the Northwest (2004) NPR–A, Northeast (2008) NPR–A, and Colville River Special Area (2008). 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. BLM personnel, through discussions within the BLM and with other agencies, individuals, and outside groups, have identified preliminary issues for analysis and the proposed scope of this plan. Most issues relate to management of oil and gas activities and the protection of resources and residents E:\FR\FM\28JYN1.SGM 28JYN1 sroberts on DSKD5P82C1PROD with NOTICES 44278 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 144 / Wednesday, July 28, 2010 / Notices of the region from those impacts in the NPR–A. Of special note are impacts to the resources and uses of the area near Teshekpuk Lake and to the Western Arctic Caribou Herd. The BLM has developed the following preliminary criteria for developing the proposed actions and alternatives: • The plan will consider the lands and waters administered by the BLM within the NPR–A. • All decisions in the plan will be consistent with the Naval Petroleum Reserve Production Act of 1976, including the requirements to manage the NPR–A consistent with the total energy needs for the Nation and to protect the environmental, fish and wildlife, and historical and scenic values of the NPR–A. • The existing plans defer oil and gas leasing in approximately 1.57 million acres in northwestern NPR–A and 430,000 acres north and east of Teshekpuk Lake. The lands in northwestern NPR–A are deferred from leasing until 2014 and the lands near Teshekpuk Lake until 2018. The new plan will make management decisions for these areas that will become effective at the expiration of their respective deferral periods. • Action alternatives will be consistent with requirements for protection of spectacled and Stellar’s eiders described in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2008 Biological Opinion for the northern NPR–A planning areas and any new Biological Opinion received as a part of this planning effort. • The plan will address oil and gas leasing and will use scoping to identify other management decisions and resources to be addressed. • The resource protection measures applied to oil and gas authorizations will be as consistent as possible in all areas covered by the plan, recognizing the differing values within the NPR–A. • The BLM will consider subsistence resources and users and minimize adverse impacts to subsistence uses in accordance with Section 810 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). • The plan will protect valid existing rights. • The BLM will consider plans and policies of adjacent land owners/ managers. Julia Dougan, Acting State Director. [FR Doc. 2010–18469 Filed 7–27–10; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [CACA 47740, LLCAD07000, L51030000.FX0000, LVRAB109AA01] Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Imperial Valley Solar, LLC Project, California and the Proposed California Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment/ Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Imperial Valley Solar, LLC (IVS) Project and by this notice is announcing its availability. DATES: The BLM planning regulations state that any person who meets the conditions described in the regulations may protest the BLM’s Proposed RMP Amendment. A person who meets the conditions must file the protest within 30 days after the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its notice of availability in the Federal Register. The BLM will also be accepting additional public comments on the RMP/EIS within 30 days after the date that the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its Notice of Availibility in the Federal Register. Comments can be sent to Jim Stobaugh at the addresses given below. All substantive comments will be reviewed and responded to in the Record of Decision. ADDRESSES: Copies of the Proposed RMP Amendment/Final EIS are available for public inspection at the El Centro Field Office, 1661 S. 4th Street, El Centro, California 92243. Interested persons may also review the Proposed RMP Amendment/Final EIS on the following Web site: https://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/ fo/elcentro/nepa/stirling.html. All protests must be in writing and mailed to one of the following addresses: SUMMARY: Regular mail Overnight mail BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box 66538, Washington, DC 20035. BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L Street, NW., Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20036. BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:05 Jul 27, 2010 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 All comments must be in writing and sent to Jim Stobaugh, BLM Project Manager, by mail at Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520; or by e-mail at Jim_Stobaugh@blm.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Stobaugh, BLM Project Manager, by telephone at (775) 861–6478; through mail at Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520; or by e-mail at Jim_Stobaugh@blm.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Stirling Energy Systems (SES) filed right-of-way (ROW) application CACA–47740 for the SES Solar Two Project. Afrter merging with Tessera Soar the applicant changed its name to Imperial Valley Solar, LLC. The project name, SES Solar Two, has also been changed to the Imperial Valley Solar, LLC project. The proposed IVS Project is a concentrated solar electrical generating facility capable of generating 709 megawatts (MW) of renewable power. The entire project encompasses approximately 6,144 acres of BLMmanaged lands. The project site is in Imperial County, California, approximately 4 miles east of Ocotillo and 14 miles west of El Centro. Generally, the site is bounded on the north by the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System/San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway and on the south by Interstate Highway 8. The eastern boundary is approximately 1.5 miles west of Dunaway Road and the western boundary is the westerly section line in Section 22 in Township 16 South, Range 12 East. An additional 110-acre laydown construction area is proposed east of Dunaway Road. IVS proposes to use SunCatcher technology on the site. A SunCatcher is a 25-kilowatt solar dish designed to automatically track the sun and collect and focus solar energy onto a power conversion unit (PCU), which generates electricity. The system consists of a 38foot high by 40-foot wide solar concentrator in a dish structure that supports an array of curved glass mirror facets. These mirrors concentrate solar energy onto the solar receiver of the PCU. The project also includes an electrical transmission line, water supply pipeline, and access road. A new 230kilovolt (kV) substation would be constructed in approximately the center of the project site near a main services complex that is also part of the proposal. The substation would be connected to the existing San Diego Gas and Electric Imperial Valley Substation by a 10.3-mile long, double-circuit 230kV transmission line. Approximately 7.6 miles of this new line would be outside E:\FR\FM\28JYN1.SGM 28JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 28, 2010)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18469]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLAK930000.L16100000.DF0000]


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Integrated Activity Plan and 
Environmental Impact Statement for the National Petroleum Reserve--
Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska State Office, 
Anchorage, Alaska, intends to prepare an Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) 
with an associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) planning area. This notice 
announces the beginning of the scoping period to solicit public input 
and comments.

DATES: The public scoping period will begin upon publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. Formal scoping will end no sooner than 
60 days from publication of this notice; a final end date will be 
announced through a press release and the BLM-Alaska Web site, https://www.blm.gov/ak. Comments on management decisions, resources to be 
addressed, and issues for analysis will help define the proposed 
actions and alternatives for the NPR-A IAP/EIS. You can submit comments 
in writing to the addresses listed below. The BLM will announce all 
public meetings, times, and locations through the local news media and 
on the agency Web site. The BLM will hold public scoping meetings in 
Anaktuvuk Pass, Anchorage, Atqasuk, Barrow, Fairbanks, Nuiqsut, and 
Wainwright. The BLM may hold additional public scoping meetings in 
other communities if there is strong community interest.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Web site: https://www.blm.gov/ak.
     Fax: 907-271-5479.
     Mail: BLM Alaska State Office, Attention--NPR-A Planning 
Team, 222 West 7th Avenue, 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Ducker, 907- 271-3130; e-mail: 
jducker@blm.gov; or by mail: Bureau of Land Management, 222 West 7th 
Avenue, 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599. You may also request 
to be added to the mailing list. Documents pertinent to this plan may 
be examined at the following Web site: https://www.blm.gov/ak.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document provides notice that the BLM 
intends to prepare an IAP with an associated EIS for the NPR-A planning 
area. The NPR-A IAP/EIS will consider management of BLM-administered 
lands within the NPR-A. The lands in the NPR-A total approximately 22.1 
million acres of surface and subsurface lands, and an additional 
200,000 subsurface-only acres underlying Native Corporation-owned 
surface lands.
    The Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6501, et 
seq.), as amended, excludes the NPR-A from the application of Section 
202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1701, et 
seq.), as amended, which is the basis for the BLM's Resource Management 
Plans. The BLM conducts its planning within NPR-A through IAPs. The BLM 
complies with all applicable laws in the preparation of an IAP, 
including the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species 
Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, and the National Historic 
Preservation Act. The BLM will work collaboratively with interested 
parties to identify the management decisions best suited to local, 
regional, and national needs and concerns.
    The purpose of the public scoping process is to determine the 
management decisions and resources to be addressed and the issues for 
analysis. This information will influence the development of the 
proposed action and alternatives, and guide the environmental analysis.
    You may submit written comments on management decisions and 
resources to be addressed and issues for analysis to the BLM at any of 
the public scoping meetings, or use any of the methods listed in the 
ADDRESSES section above. The result of this planning effort will 
supersede the current plans for the Northwest (2004) NPR-A, Northeast 
(2008) NPR-A, and Colville River Special Area (2008). 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. BLM 
personnel, through discussions within the BLM and with other agencies, 
individuals, and outside groups, have identified preliminary issues for 
analysis and the proposed scope of this plan. Most issues relate to 
management of oil and gas activities and the protection of resources 
and residents

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of the region from those impacts in the NPR-A. Of special note are 
impacts to the resources and uses of the area near Teshekpuk Lake and 
to the Western Arctic Caribou Herd. The BLM has developed the following 
preliminary criteria for developing the proposed actions and 
alternatives:
     The plan will consider the lands and waters administered 
by the BLM within the NPR-A.
     All decisions in the plan will be consistent with the 
Naval Petroleum Reserve Production Act of 1976, including the 
requirements to manage the NPR-A consistent with the total energy needs 
for the Nation and to protect the environmental, fish and wildlife, and 
historical and scenic values of the NPR-A.
     The existing plans defer oil and gas leasing in 
approximately 1.57 million acres in northwestern NPR-A and 430,000 
acres north and east of Teshekpuk Lake. The lands in northwestern NPR-A 
are deferred from leasing until 2014 and the lands near Teshekpuk Lake 
until 2018. The new plan will make management decisions for these areas 
that will become effective at the expiration of their respective 
deferral periods.
     Action alternatives will be consistent with requirements 
for protection of spectacled and Stellar's eiders described in the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service's 2008 Biological Opinion for the northern 
NPR-A planning areas and any new Biological Opinion received as a part 
of this planning effort.
     The plan will address oil and gas leasing and will use 
scoping to identify other management decisions and resources to be 
addressed.
     The resource protection measures applied to oil and gas 
authorizations will be as consistent as possible in all areas covered 
by the plan, recognizing the differing values within the NPR-A.
     The BLM will consider subsistence resources and users and 
minimize adverse impacts to subsistence uses in accordance with Section 
810 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA).
     The plan will protect valid existing rights.
     The BLM will consider plans and policies of adjacent land 
owners/managers.

Julia Dougan,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-18469 Filed 7-27-10; 8:45 am]
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