Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians' Proposed 70-Acre Trust Acquisition and Resort Casino Project, Sonoma County, CA, 47622-47623 [2010-19186]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John
Rydzik, (916) 978–6051.
The Tribe
has requested that the BIA take into
trust 305 acres currently held in fee, on
which the Tribe proposes to develop a
hotel, casino, parking facilities, and
supporting infrastructure. The proposed
305-acre site (Madera Site) is located in
unincorporated Madera County,
California, just north of the City of
Madera and adjacent to State Route 99
(SR–99). The Madera Site is bounded on
the north by Avenue 18, rural
residential land, light industrial land,
and vacant land; on the east by Golden
State Boulevard and SR–99; on the
south by agricultural land and
residential land; and on the west by
Road 23 and agricultural land. The
Proposed Project includes the
development of an approximately
472,000 square foot hotel and casino
resort and associated facilities, which
include a main gaming hall, food and
beverage services, retail space, banquet/
meeting space, and administration
space. Food and beverage facilities
would include three full service
restaurants, a five-tenant food court, a
buffet, four bars and a lounge. The hotel
would include 200 rooms, a resort style
pool area and a spa. Approximately
4,500 parking spaces would be
provided.
Project alternatives considered in the
FEIS include: (A) The proposed casino
and hotel alternative; (B) a reducedintensity alternative; (C) a non-gaming
use alternative; (D) the North Fork
Rancheria alternative site; and (E) a no
action alternative. Alternative A has
been selected as the Preferred
Alternative, as discussed in the FEIS.
The alternatives are intended to assist
the review of the issues presented, but
the Preferred Alternative does not
necessarily reflect what the final
decision will be, because a complete
evaluation of the criteria listed in 25
CFR part 151 may lead to a final
decision that selects an alternative other
than the Preferred Alternative,
including no action, or that selects a
variant of the Preferred or another of the
alternatives analyzed in the FEIS.
Environmental issues addressed in
the FEIS include land resources, water
resources, air quality, biological
resources, cultural and paleontological
resources, socioeconomic conditions,
environmental justice, transportation
and circulation, land use, public
services, noise, hazardous materials,
visual resources, cumulative effects,
indirect effects and mitigation measures.
The BIA has afforded other
government agencies and the public
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extensive opportunity to participate in
the preparation of this EIS. The BIA
published a notice of intent to prepare
the EIS for the proposed action in the
Federal Register on October 27, 2004
(69 FR 62721). The BIA held a public
scoping meeting on November 15, 2004,
in Madera, California. A Notice of
Correction (NOC) was published in the
Federal Register on April 6, 2005, to
amend the October 2004 NOI to include
a description of possible project
alternatives and further extend the
scoping comment period to May 6,
2005. A Notice of Availability for the
Draft EIS (DEIS) was published in the
Federal Register on February 15, 2008
(73 FR 8898). The DEIS was available
for public comment from February 15 to
March 31, 2008. The BIA held a public
hearing on the DEIS on March 12, 2008,
in the City of Madera.
Directions for Submitting Comments
Please include your name, return
address and the caption, ‘‘FEIS
Comments, North Fork Rancheria’s
Hotel/Casino, Fee-to-Trust Acquisition
Project,’’ on the first page of your written
comments.
Public Availability of the FEIS
The FEIS is available for public
review at the Madera County Public
Library, 121 N. G. Street, Madera,
California 93637; and at the Madera
County Public Library, Chowchilla
Branch, 300 Kings Ave., Chowchilla,
California 93610. General information
for the Madera County Public Library
can be obtained by calling (559) 675–
7871, and (559) 665–2630 for the
Madera County, Chowchilla Branch.
The FEIS is also available on the
following Web site: https://
www.NorthForkEIS.com.
To obtain a compact disk copy of the
FEIS, please provide your name and
address in writing or by voicemail to
John Rydzik, Chief of the Division of
Environmental, Cultural Resources
Management and Safety, at the address
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice, or at the telephone number listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice.
Note: Individual paper copies of the FEIS
will be provided only upon payment of
applicable printing expenses by the requestor
for the number of copies requested.
Public Comment Availability
Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the
mailing address shown in the
ADDRESSES section, during regular
business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except
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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
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: July 20, 2010.
Donald Laverdure,
Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo
Indians’ Proposed 70-Acre Trust
Acquisition and Resort Casino Project,
Sonoma County, CA
AGENCY:
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION:
Notice of availability.
This notice advises the public
that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
as lead agency, with the Cloverdale
Rancheria of Pomo Indians (Tribe),
National Indian Gaming Commission
(NIGC), Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans), Sonoma
County, and City of Cloverdale as
cooperating agencies, intends to file a
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) with the EPA for the Tribe’s
proposed 70± acre Fee-to-Trust and
Resort Casino Project to be located
within Sonoma County, California, and
that the DEIS is now available for public
review and comment. This notice
provides a 75-day public comment
period and thereby grants an automatic
30-day extension to the normal 45-day
public comment period.
SUMMARY:
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The DEIS will be available for
public comment beginning August 6,
2010. Written comments on the DEIS
must arrive by October 20, 2010. A
public hearing will be held on
Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 6
p.m. to 9 p.m. or until the last public
comment is received.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry
written comments to Dale Morris,
Regional Director, Pacific Region,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2800 Cottage
Way, Sacramento, CA 95825. The public
hearing will be held at: Cloverdale City
Citrus Fairgrounds, Citrus Fair Drive
Number 1, Tea Room, Cloverdale, CA
95425. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for locations where the DEIS will be
available for review and instructions for
submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Rydzik, (916) 978–6051.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribe
has requested the BIA to acquire six
parcels, totaling 70± acres of land, on
which the Tribe proposes to develop a
destination resort casino.
Approximately 2 acres of the site are
located within the City of Cloverdale,
California, while the remaining 68 acres
are within unincorporated Sonoma
County, California. The project site is
situated immediately east of Highway
101 and borders Asti Road. Regional
access to the project site is provided by
Highway 101, with local access
provided by South Cloverdale
Boulevard via Highway 101. The
proposed trust parcels partially overlap
with the Tribe’s historic Rancheria
location.
The proposed action consists of: The
fee-to-trust transfer of the project site;
Federal review (by NIGC) of the
development and management contract;
and development of the proposed
project. The proposed project includes:
An 80,000 square-foot casino; 287,000
square-foot hotel with 244 rooms;
48,600 square-foot convention center;
28,100 square-foot entertainment center;
3,400 garage and surface parking spaces;
and other ancillary facilities. A 20,000
square-foot tribal government building
is proposed on the south end of the
project site. Buildings would have a
height of up to two stories above grade
with the exception of the hotel and
parking garage which would have a
height of up to five stories above grade.
The BIA, serving as the lead agency
for compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
published a Notice of Intent To Prepare
the EIS for the proposed action in the
Federal Register on July 7, 2008. (See 73
FR 38466). In addition to the Tribe,
NIGC, EPA, Caltrans, Sonoma County,
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and the City of Cloverdale have
accepted invitations to be cooperating
agencies, as entities having jurisdiction
by law or special expertise relevant to
environmental issues.
BIA held a public scoping meeting on
July 30, 2008, at the Cloverdale Citrus
Fairgrounds in the City of Cloverdale,
California. From that scoping meeting, a
range of project alternatives were
developed and subsequently analyzed
in the DEIS, including: (1) Alternative
A—Proposed Action; (2) Alternative B—
Reduced Hotel and Casino; (3)
Alternative C—Reduced Casino; (4)
Alternative D—Casino Only; (5)
Alternative E—Commercial Retail-Office
Space; and (6) Alternative F—No Action
Alternative. Environmental issues
addressed in the DEIS include land
resources; water resources; air quality;
biological resources; cultural and
paleontological resources;
socioeconomic conditions;
transportation; land use and agriculture;
public services; noise; hazardous
materials; visual resources;
environmental justice; growth inducing
effects, indirect effects; cumulative
effects; and mitigation measures.
will be available for public review at the
BIA address shown in the ADDRESSES
section, during regular business hours, 8
a.m. to 4:30 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.
Directions for Submitting Comments
Please include your name, return
address, and the caption: ‘‘DEIS
Comments, Cloverdale Rancheria of
Pomo Indians’ Fee-to-Trust and Resort
Casino Project,’’ on the first page of your
written comments and submit
comments to the BIA address listed in
the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Dated: July 20, 2010.
Donald Laverdure,
Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
Availability of DEIS
The DEIS will be available to view at
Cloverdale Regional Library, 401 North
Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale, CA
95425 and at the Santa Rosa Central
Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA
95404. General information for the
Cloverdale Regional Library can be
obtained by calling (707) 894–5271 and
the Santa Rosa Central Library by
calling (707) 545–0831. An electronic
version of the DEIS can also be viewed
at: https://
www.cloverdalerancheria.com/eis.html.
To obtain a compact disk copy of the
DEIS, please provide your name and
address in writing or by voicemail to the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice. Individual paper copies of the
DEIS will be provided upon payment of
applicable printing expenses by the
requestor for the number of copies
requested.
Public Comment Availability
Written comments, including the
names and addresses of respondents,
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Authority
This notice is published pursuant to
section 1503.1 of the Council of
Environmental Quality Regulations (40
CFR Parts 1500 through 1508)
implementing the procedural
requirements of NEPA of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.),
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Cloverdale Rancheria
of Pomo Indians' Proposed 70-Acre Trust Acquisition and Resort Casino
Project, Sonoma County, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo
Indians (Tribe), National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC),
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans), Sonoma County, and City of Cloverdale as
cooperating agencies, intends to file a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) with the EPA for the Tribe's proposed 70
acre Fee-to-Trust and Resort Casino Project to be located within Sonoma
County, California, and that the DEIS is now available for public
review and comment. This notice provides a 75-day public comment period
and thereby grants an automatic 30-day extension to the normal 45-day
public comment period.
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DATES: The DEIS will be available for public comment beginning August
6, 2010. Written comments on the DEIS must arrive by October 20, 2010.
A public hearing will be held on Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 6
p.m. to 9 p.m. or until the last public comment is received.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry written comments to Dale Morris,
Regional Director, Pacific Region, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2800
Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825. The public hearing will be held at:
Cloverdale City Citrus Fairgrounds, Citrus Fair Drive Number 1, Tea
Room, Cloverdale, CA 95425. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for locations
where the DEIS will be available for review and instructions for
submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Rydzik, (916) 978-6051.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribe has requested the BIA to acquire
six parcels, totaling 70 acres of land, on which the Tribe
proposes to develop a destination resort casino. Approximately 2 acres
of the site are located within the City of Cloverdale, California,
while the remaining 68 acres are within unincorporated Sonoma County,
California. The project site is situated immediately east of Highway
101 and borders Asti Road. Regional access to the project site is
provided by Highway 101, with local access provided by South Cloverdale
Boulevard via Highway 101. The proposed trust parcels partially overlap
with the Tribe's historic Rancheria location.
The proposed action consists of: The fee-to-trust transfer of the
project site; Federal review (by NIGC) of the development and
management contract; and development of the proposed project. The
proposed project includes: An 80,000 square-foot casino; 287,000
square-foot hotel with 244 rooms; 48,600 square-foot convention center;
28,100 square-foot entertainment center; 3,400 garage and surface
parking spaces; and other ancillary facilities. A 20,000 square-foot
tribal government building is proposed on the south end of the project
site. Buildings would have a height of up to two stories above grade
with the exception of the hotel and parking garage which would have a
height of up to five stories above grade.
The BIA, serving as the lead agency for compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), published a Notice of Intent
To Prepare the EIS for the proposed action in the Federal Register on
July 7, 2008. (See 73 FR 38466). In addition to the Tribe, NIGC, EPA,
Caltrans, Sonoma County, and the City of Cloverdale have accepted
invitations to be cooperating agencies, as entities having jurisdiction
by law or special expertise relevant to environmental issues.
BIA held a public scoping meeting on July 30, 2008, at the
Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds in the City of Cloverdale, California.
From that scoping meeting, a range of project alternatives were
developed and subsequently analyzed in the DEIS, including: (1)
Alternative A--Proposed Action; (2) Alternative B--Reduced Hotel and
Casino; (3) Alternative C--Reduced Casino; (4) Alternative D--Casino
Only; (5) Alternative E--Commercial Retail-Office Space; and (6)
Alternative F--No Action Alternative. Environmental issues addressed in
the DEIS include land resources; water resources; air quality;
biological resources; cultural and paleontological resources;
socioeconomic conditions; transportation; land use and agriculture;
public services; noise; hazardous materials; visual resources;
environmental justice; growth inducing effects, indirect effects;
cumulative effects; and mitigation measures.
Directions for Submitting Comments
Please include your name, return address, and the caption: ``DEIS
Comments, Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians' Fee-to-Trust and Resort
Casino Project,'' on the first page of your written comments and submit
comments to the BIA address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
Availability of DEIS
The DEIS will be available to view at Cloverdale Regional Library,
401 North Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale, CA 95425 and at the Santa
Rosa Central Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. General
information for the Cloverdale Regional Library can be obtained by
calling (707) 894-5271 and the Santa Rosa Central Library by calling
(707) 545-0831. An electronic version of the DEIS can also be viewed
at: https://www.cloverdalerancheria.com/eis.html. To obtain a compact
disk copy of the DEIS, please provide your name and address in writing
or by voicemail to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice. Individual paper copies of the DEIS
will be provided upon payment of applicable printing expenses by the
requestor for the number of copies requested.
Public Comment Availability
Written comments, including the names and addresses of respondents,
will be available for public review at the BIA address shown in the
ADDRESSES section, during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 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
This notice is published pursuant to section 1503.1 of the Council
of Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 1508)
implementing the procedural requirements of NEPA of 1969, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.), 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: July 20, 2010.
Donald Laverdure,
Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-19186 Filed 8-5-10; 8:45 am]
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