Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Report/Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Southern California Edison Eldorado-Ivanpah Transmission Project, California and Nevada, 80068-80069 [2010-31970]
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following information is provided for
the information collection:
Title: Tramroads and Logging Roads
(43 CFR part 2810).
Form: Form OR 2812–6, Report of
Road Use.
OMB Number: 1004–0168.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: This collection of
information pertains to the management
of tramroads and logging roads over
public lands administered by the BLM,
including the Revested O. and C.
Railroad Grant Lands and Reconveyed
CBWR lands. On these lands in western
Oregon, the BLM Oregon State Office
has authority under the Act of August
28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a and 1181b)
and Subchapter V of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C.
1761–1771) to grant rights-of-way to
private landowners to transport their
timber over BLM-controlled roads.
These rights-of-way are in the form of
permits or reciprocal right-of-way
agreements.
Each right-of-way permit or agreement
requires the holder to provide the BLM
with a certified statement, on Form OR
2812–6 (Report of Road Use), disclosing
the amount of timber removed, the
lands from which the timber was
removed, and the BLM roads used to
transport the timber. The BLM uses the
information to determine the amount of
charges for such use. Responses are
mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion
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with 8 hours per response totals 2,176
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Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: There
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this collection.
Comments: As required in 5 CFR
1320.8(d), the BLM published the 60day notice in the Federal Register on
June 16, 2010 (75 FR 34150) soliciting
comments from the public and other
interested parties. The comment period
closed on August 16, 2010. The BLM
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of the burden of collecting the
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the methodology and assumptions used;
3. The quality, utility and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
4. How to minimize the information
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do so.
Jean Sonneman,
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Officer.
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Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Report/Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Southern California Edison
Eldorado-Ivanpah Transmission
Project, California and Nevada
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976
(FLPMA), and the California
Environmental Quality Act of 1970, the
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) and the
SUMMARY:
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California Public Utilities Commission
(CPUC) have prepared a Final
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)/
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the proposed Eldorado-Ivanpah
Transmission Project (EITP), Clark
County, Nevada, and San Bernardino
County, California, and by this notice
are announcing its availability.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a Record
of Decision based on the EITP Final EIR/
EIS until 30 days after the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the EITP Final
EIR/EIS are available at the Needles
Field Office, 1303 South U.S. Highway
95, Needles, California 92363; on the
Internet at: 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. Please include your
name and mailing address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information and/or to have your
name added to our mailing list, contact
Tom Hurshman, Project Manager,
address: 2465 South Townsend Avenue,
Montrose, Colorado 81401; phone: (970)
240–5345; fax: (970) 240–5368, or email: Tom_Hurshman@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
BLM’s purpose and need for the EITP is
to respond to Southern California
Edison’s (SCE) application under Title V
of the FLPMA (43 USC 1761) for
authorization of a right-of-way (ROW)
on BLM-managed lands to upgrade and
replace an existing 115-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line on public lands with
a new double circuit 230-kV
transmission line in compliance with
FLPMA, BLM’s 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
generated in the Ivanpah Valley area.
The existing Eldorado Substation would
be modified to accommodate the new
EITP. 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
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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. The EITP
would carry electricity from several
renewable energy projects proposed in
and around the Ivanpah Valley,
including the Ivanpah Solar Energy
Generation System currently under
construction by BrightSource Energy
Partners. 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 Plan and the Las
Vegas Field Office Resource
Management Plan.
The BLM will consider approval of
the EITP in a manner that avoids or
reduces impacts to public lands. This
action is consistent with Federal law
and the Department of the Interior’s
policy to facilitate and encourage the
development of renewable energy
resources on the public lands pursuant
to Title V of FLPMA and Section 211 of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (119 Stat.
594, 660).
In addition to the proposed action and
the no action alternatives, the Final EIR/
EIS analyzes six additional action
alternatives that address alternative
routes for the transmission and
telecommunications lines. As proposed,
the transmission line has been sited to
take advantage of existing designated
ROW corridors which are areas
identified by BLM land use plans as
suitable for ROW development.
A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIR/
EIS for the EITP was published in the
Federal Register on July 27, 2009 (74 FR
37053) followed by a 30-day public
scoping period. A Notice of Availability
for the Draft EIR/EIS was published in
the Federal Register on May 7, 2010 (75
FR 25288) followed by a 45-day public
comment period. The BLM and the
CPUC conducted one public meeting
during the comment period on the Draft
EIR/EIS. Major comments addressed in
this Final EIR/EIS concern project
impacts on biological resources,
compatibility with the proposed
Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport,
consistency with existing BLM land use
plans, and cumulative impacts.
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Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 1506.10, and 43
CFR 1610.2.
Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director.
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ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plat of
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AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
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survey of the lands described below in
the BLM–Eastern States office in
Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days
from the date of publication in the
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bureau of Land Management-Eastern
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Cadastral Survey.
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The lands surveyed are:
SUMMARY:
St. Stephens Meridian, Alabama
T. 17 N., R. 19 E.
The plat of survey represents the
dependent resurvey of Parcel No. 17, land
held in trust for the Poarch Band of the Creek
Indians, in Township 17 North, Range 19
East, of the St. Stephens Meridian, in the
State of Alabama, and was accepted
September 28, 2010.
We will place a copy of the plat we
described in the open files. It will be
available to the public as a matter of
information.
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survey, as shown on the plat, prior to
the date of the official filing, we will
stay the filing pending our
consideration of the protest.
We will not officially file the plat
until the day after we have accepted or
dismissed all protests and they have
become final, including decisions on
appeals.
Dated: December 14, 2010.
Dominica Van Koten,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Report/
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Southern California Edison
Eldorado-Ivanpah Transmission Project, California and Nevada
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, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(FLPMA), and the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, the
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the
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California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) have prepared a Final
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)/Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the proposed Eldorado-Ivanpah Transmission Project (EITP),
Clark County, Nevada, and San Bernardino County, California, and by
this notice are announcing its availability.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a Record of Decision based on the EITP
Final EIR/EIS until 30 days after the date the Environmental Protection
Agency publishes its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the EITP Final EIR/EIS are available at the
Needles Field Office, 1303 South U.S. Highway 95, Needles, California
92363; on the Internet at: 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. Please include your name and
mailing address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have
your name added to our mailing list, contact Tom Hurshman, Project
Manager, address: 2465 South Townsend Avenue, Montrose, Colorado 81401;
phone: (970) 240-5345; fax: (970) 240-5368, or e-mail: Tom_Hurshman@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM's purpose and need for the EITP is
to respond to Southern California Edison's (SCE) application under
Title V of the FLPMA (43 USC 1761) for authorization of a right-of-way
(ROW) on BLM-managed lands to upgrade and replace an existing 115-
kilovolt (kV) transmission line on public lands with a new double
circuit 230-kV transmission line in compliance with FLPMA, BLM's 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 generated in the Ivanpah Valley
area. The existing Eldorado Substation would be modified to accommodate
the new EITP. 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.
The EITP would carry electricity from several renewable energy projects
proposed in and around the Ivanpah Valley, including the Ivanpah Solar
Energy Generation System currently under construction by BrightSource
Energy Partners. 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 Plan and the Las Vegas Field Office Resource
Management Plan.
The BLM will consider approval of the EITP in a manner that avoids
or reduces impacts to public lands. This action is consistent with
Federal law and the Department of the Interior's policy to facilitate
and encourage the development of renewable energy resources on the
public lands pursuant to Title V of FLPMA and Section 211 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (119 Stat. 594, 660).
In addition to the proposed action and the no action alternatives,
the Final EIR/EIS analyzes six additional action alternatives that
address alternative routes for the transmission and telecommunications
lines. As proposed, the transmission line has been sited to take
advantage of existing designated ROW corridors which are areas
identified by BLM land use plans as suitable for ROW development.
A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIR/EIS for the EITP was published
in the Federal Register on July 27, 2009 (74 FR 37053) followed by a
30-day public scoping period. A Notice of Availability for the Draft
EIR/EIS was published in the Federal Register on May 7, 2010 (75 FR
25288) followed by a 45-day public comment period. The BLM and the CPUC
conducted one public meeting during the comment period on the Draft
EIR/EIS. Major comments addressed in this Final EIR/EIS concern project
impacts on biological resources, compatibility with the proposed
Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport, consistency with existing BLM
land use plans, and cumulative impacts.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 1506.10, and 43 CFR 1610.2.
Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director.
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