Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay Indians Fee-to-Trust Transfer and Casino Project, Calexico, CA, 62417-62418 [2010-25417]
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major advance in technology that would
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massive ground disturbance or impact
to wildlife, then additional cleanup
might warrant further consideration at
that time.
3. We included language in our
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Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the Proposed Manzanita Band of
Kumeyaay Indians Fee-to-Trust
Transfer and Casino Project, Calexico,
CA
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA), as lead agency, and the National
Indian Gaming Commission, the City of
Calexico, and the Manzanita Band of
Kumeyaay Indians as cooperating
agencies, intend to file a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
with the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) for the Tribe’s proposed
60.8-acre fee-to-trust transfer and casino
project to be located in Calexico,
California, and that the DEIS is now
available for public review and
comment. This notice provides a 75-day
public comment period, which adds a
30-day extension to the normal 45-day
public comment period.
DATES: The DEIS will be available for
public comment beginning October 8,
2010. Written comments on the DEIS
must arrive by December 22, 2010. A
public hearing will be held on
Wednesday, November 10, 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 Risling,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific
Regional Office, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento,
California 95825. A public hearing will
be held at: City of Calexico, 608 Heber
Avenue, Calexico, California 92231. See
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice for directions on
submitting comments and for locations
where the DEIS will be available for
review.
SUMMARY:
John
Rydzik (916) 978–6051.
You can view or obtain documents as
indicated under ADDRESSES.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Tribe
proposes that 60.8 acres of land be taken
into trust for the purpose of developing
a casino facility. The property is located
at the northernmost gateway to the City
of Calexico, a California/Mexico border
city of growing importance in
international trade. The project site is
situated at the southwest quadrant of
State Highway 111 and Jasper Road and
is bounded on the south and west by the
Central Main and Dogwood Canals. The
60.8-acre parcel is undeveloped former
agricultural land and is located within
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the City of Calexico’s proposed 111
Calexico Place project site, a
commercial highway development
project that was approved by the City of
Calexico City Council on May 5, 2010.
The proposed action consists of the
fee-to-trust transfer of the project site,
Federal review (by the National Indian
Gaming Commission) of the
development and management contract,
and development of the proposed
project. The proposed project includes a
459,621-square-foot casino facility on
the 60.8-acre parcel. The casino facility
would include an approximately
93,880-square-foot casino; 63,000 square
feet of food/beverage and retail
components; a 38,660-square-foot
entertainment venue; and 218,081
square feet of other operational facilities
(e.g., back of house area, central plant).
In addition, there will be a 46,000square-foot banquet/meeting hall and
200-room hotel. The casino will have
2,000 slot machines and 45 gaming
tables. There will be three guest
restaurants and one employee dining
room. A swimming pool and 6,000space parking facility will also be
developed within the project area.
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 March 6, 2008. In
addition, BIA held a public scoping
meeting on March 27, 2008, at the
County of Imperial’s Board of
Supervisors Chamber Room in the City
of El Centro, 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
Casino, and (3) Alternative C—No
Action. 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 on the first page of
your written comments your name,
return address, and the phrase ‘‘DEIS
Comments, Manzanita Band of
Kumeyaay Indians, 60.8-Acre Fee-toTrust Casino Project, Calexico,
California.’’
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Availability of DEIS for Review
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The DEIS will be available to view at
Holtville Branch—Meyer Memorial
Library, 101 E. 6th Street, Holtville, CA
92250 and at the City of Calexico—
Camarena Memorial Library, 850
Encinas Avenue, Calexico, CA 92231.
General information for the Holtville
Branch—Meyer Memorial Library can
be obtained by calling (760) 356–2385
and the City of Calexico—Camarena
Memorial Library by calling (760) 768–
2170. An electronic version of the DEIS
can also be viewed at: https://
www.manazanita.com/eis.html.
To obtain a compact disk copy of the
DEIS, 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
telephone number provided 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.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
Regulation and Enforcement
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.
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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.), 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: September 28, 2010.
Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs.
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Notice of Intent To Conduct a Review
of Categorical Exclusions for Outer
Continental Shelf Decisions
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and
Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Conduct a
Review of BOEMRE Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS) Categorical Exclusions
under the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA).
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Interior (DOI), Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and
Enforcement (BOEMRE) is announcing
its intent to conduct a broad review of
its categorical exclusions (CEs) for Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) decisions. This
review is being conducted in
accordance with section 102 of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended, 42 U.S.C.
4332; the Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) Regulations for
Implementing the Procedural Provisions
of NEPA, 40 CFR parts 1500–1508 (Nov.
1978); the CEQ Draft Guidance on
Establishing and Applying Categorical
Exclusions under NEPA (February 18,
2010); and consistent with
recommendations provided by CEQ in
their ‘‘Report Regarding the Minerals
Management Service’s National
Environmental Policy Act Policies,
Practices, and Procedures as They
Relate to Outer Continental Shelf Oil
and Gas Exploration and Development’’
(August 16, 2010). Furthermore, this
notice provides the public an
opportunity to comment on the issues
that should be addressed by BOEMRE
during the review of its CEs and their
application to OCS decisionmaking. The
BOEMRE will use and coordinate a
commenting process to ensure public
involvement.
Authority: The National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as amended, established a
national policy to protect the
environment and also established the
President’s Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ). CEQ regulations at 40
CFR 1507.3 require Federal agencies to
adopt procedures to implement NEPA,
to consult with CEQ during their
development, to provide an opportunity
for public review, and to revise
procedures as necessary to ensure full
compliance with the purposes and
provisions of the Act. The CEQ
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regulations are available at https://
ceq.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/
toc_ceq.htm.
The Department of the Interior NEPA
procedures were promulgated as
regulations and published in the
Federal Register on October 15, 2008
(73 FR 61292). They can be found at
(https://www.doi.gov/oepc/nepafr/docs/
Federal%20Register%20October%
2015,%202008%20NEPA.pdf). These
regulations identify categories of actions
taken throughout the Department that
under normal circumstances do not
have, and are not expected to have,
significant individual or cumulative
environmental impacts; therefore, the
Bureau is not required to prepare an
environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement. These
regulations also identify the
extraordinary circumstances which
nullify the use of the CE in particular
circumstances. The CEQ regulations
define ‘‘categorical exclusion’’ at 40 CFR
1508.4:
‘‘Categorical exclusion’’ means a category of
actions which do not individually or
cumulatively have a significant effect on the
human environment and which have been
found to have no such effect in procedures
adopted by a Federal agency in
implementation of these regulations
(§ 1507.3) and for which, therefore, neither
an environmental assessment nor an
environmental impact statement is required.
An agency may decide in its procedures or
otherwise, to prepare environmental
assessments for the reasons stated in Sec.
1508.9 even though it is not required to do
so. Any procedures under this section shall
provide for extraordinary circumstances in
which a normally excluded action may have
a significant environmental effect.
The Minerals Management Service
(MMS, now BOEMRE) identified
additional categories of actions
designated as CEs, which include those
related specifically to OCS activities.
BOEMRE’s CEs (Departmental Manual
at 516 DM 15.4) can be found at
https://elips.doi.gov/app_dm/act_
getfiles.cfm?relnum=3625 and are listed
below:
A. General
(1) Inventory, data, and information
collection, including the conduct of
environmental monitoring and
nondestructive research programs.
(2) Actions for which MMS has
concurrence or co-approval with
another Bureau if the action is a
categorical exclusion for that Bureau.
B. Internal Program Initiatives
(1) All resource evaluation activities
including surveying, mapping, and
geophysical surveying which do not use
solid or liquid explosives.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Manzanita
Band of Kumeyaay Indians Fee-to-Trust Transfer and Casino Project,
Calexico, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), as lead agency, and the
National Indian Gaming Commission, the City of Calexico, and the
Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay Indians as cooperating agencies, intend to
file a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) with the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Tribe's proposed 60.8-
acre fee-to-trust transfer and casino project to be located in
Calexico, California, and that the DEIS is now available for public
review and comment. This notice provides a 75-day public comment
period, which adds a 30-day extension to the normal 45-day public
comment period.
DATES: The DEIS will be available for public comment beginning October
8, 2010. Written comments on the DEIS must arrive by December 22, 2010.
A public hearing will be held on Wednesday, November 10, 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 Risling,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825. A public
hearing will be held at: City of Calexico, 608 Heber Avenue, Calexico,
California 92231. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this
notice for directions on submitting comments and for locations where
the DEIS will be available for review.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Rydzik (916) 978-6051.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribe proposes that 60.8 acres of land
be taken into trust for the purpose of developing a casino facility.
The property is located at the northernmost gateway to the City of
Calexico, a California/Mexico border city of growing importance in
international trade. The project site is situated at the southwest
quadrant of State Highway 111 and Jasper Road and is bounded on the
south and west by the Central Main and Dogwood Canals. The 60.8-acre
parcel is undeveloped former agricultural land and is located within
the City of Calexico's proposed 111 Calexico Place project site, a
commercial highway development project that was approved by the City of
Calexico City Council on May 5, 2010.
The proposed action consists of the fee-to-trust transfer of the
project site, Federal review (by the National Indian Gaming Commission)
of the development and management contract, and development of the
proposed project. The proposed project includes a 459,621-square-foot
casino facility on the 60.8-acre parcel. The casino facility would
include an approximately 93,880-square-foot casino; 63,000 square feet
of food/beverage and retail components; a 38,660-square-foot
entertainment venue; and 218,081 square feet of other operational
facilities (e.g., back of house area, central plant). In addition,
there will be a 46,000-square-foot banquet/meeting hall and 200-room
hotel. The casino will have 2,000 slot machines and 45 gaming tables.
There will be three guest restaurants and one employee dining room. A
swimming pool and 6,000-space parking facility will also be developed
within the project area.
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
March 6, 2008. In addition, BIA held a public scoping meeting on March
27, 2008, at the County of Imperial's Board of Supervisors Chamber Room
in the City of El Centro, 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 Casino, and (3) Alternative C--No Action.
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 on the first page of your written comments your
name, return address, and the phrase ``DEIS Comments, Manzanita Band of
Kumeyaay Indians, 60.8-Acre Fee-to-Trust Casino Project, Calexico,
California.''
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Availability of DEIS for Review
The DEIS will be available to view at Holtville Branch--Meyer
Memorial Library, 101 E. 6th Street, Holtville, CA 92250 and at the
City of Calexico--Camarena Memorial Library, 850 Encinas Avenue,
Calexico, CA 92231. General information for the Holtville Branch--Meyer
Memorial Library can be obtained by calling (760) 356-2385 and the City
of Calexico--Camarena Memorial Library by calling (760) 768-2170. An
electronic version of the DEIS can also be viewed at: https://www.manazanita.com/eis.html.
To obtain a compact disk copy of the DEIS, 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 telephone number provided 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.), 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: September 28, 2010.
Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-25417 Filed 10-7-10; 8:45 am]
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