Notice of Availability of a Memorandum of Understanding Between the Bureau of Land Management and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service To Promote Conservation of Migratory Birds, 6494-6495 [2011-2528]
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substation complex is located on BLM
land, approximately 0.5 mile from the
southern border of the Moapa River
Indian Reservation. The proposed BIA
actions include approval of the solar
energy ground lease and associated
agreements, and approval of rights-ofway and easements on the Moapa River
Indian Reservation for K Road to
construct electric transmission lines and
other supporting facilities for one or
more interconnections.
K Road has requested the BLM to
approve a right-of-way across
approximately a 0.5 mile of Federal
public lands in Township 17 South,
Range 64 East, Section 10, for purposes
of constructing an electrical
transmission line to connect the solar
generating facility and electric
transmission on the Moapa River Indian
Reservation with the Crystal substation.
K Road intends to construct and
operate the solar facility for a period of
35 years, with an option to renew the
lease for another 15 years, if mutually
acceptable to the Moapa Tribe and K
Road. This area is located in Clark
County, Nevada, approximately one
mile west of Interstate 15 and
approximately 30 miles northeast of Las
Vegas, Nevada.
The proposed solar facility will be
built in phases of 50 to 100 MW each
to meet the needs of offtakers or
utilities, up to a total of 350 MW. During
the construction of each phase,
photovoltaic panels will be affixed to
the earth using concrete posts, concrete
ballast, or other suitable foundation
design techniques appropriate to the
topography and site conditions. Some or
all of the panels may employ trackers to
track the sun during the day. No water
will be used in the production of
electricity. Water will periodically be
used for cleaning the photovoltaic
panels during routine maintenance,
administrative and sanitation uses at the
site (e.g., water in a small office on site),
and fugitive dust control.
As lead agency, the BIA will have
authority over decisions regarding the
EIS and BIA’s approval of the solar
energy ground lease and associated
agreements. These decisions will be
documented in a Record of Decision
(ROD). BLM will have authority over
approval of the off-reservation right-ofway, documented in its ROD.
Cooperating agencies, including BLM,
will provide expertise and data for their
resources of interest and will aid in the
development of alternatives and
mitigation measures that will minimize
or prevent significant adverse impacts.
Significant issues to be covered
during the scoping process may include,
but would not be limited to: air quality,
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geology and soils, surface and
groundwater resources, biological
resources, threatened and endangered
species, cultural resources,
socioeconomic conditions, land use,
aesthetics, environmental justice, and
Indian trust resources.
Directions for Submitting Public
Comments
Please include your name, return
address, and the caption ‘‘EIS, K Road
and Moapa Band of Paiute Indians Solar
Facility’’ on the first page of any written
comments you submit. You may also
submit comments at the public scoping
meetings.
Public Availability of Comments
Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the BIA
address shown in the ADDRESSES section
of this notice, during regular business
hours, 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 in
accordance with sections 1503.1 of the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through
1508) and Section 46.305 of the
Department of Interior Regulations (43
CFR part 46), implementing the
procedural requirements of NEPA, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and
is in the exercise of authority delegated
to the Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs, by part 209 of the Departmental
Manual.
Dated: January 28, 2011.
Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO–LL230 0000–L11100000–PH.0000]
Notice of Availability of a
Memorandum of Understanding
Between the Bureau of Land
Management and the U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service To Promote
Conservation of Migratory Birds
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
availability of the final signed
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) and the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service (FWS) to Promote
Conservation of Migratory Birds.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Geoff Walsh, Wildlife Biologist, 202–
912–7271, geoffrey_walsh@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice announces the availability of the
MOU between the BLM and the FWS to
Promote Conservation of Migratory
Birds signed April 12, 2010. The MOU
provides for strengthening migratory
bird conservation by identifying and
implementing strategies that promote
conservation and reduce or eliminate
adverse impacts on migratory birds
through enhanced collaboration
between the BLM and the FWS, in
coordination with State, tribal, and local
governments. This MOU identifies
specific activities where cooperation
between the BLM and the FWS will
contribute to the conservation of
migratory birds and their habitat. These
activities are intended to complement
and support existing partnerships and
efforts, and to facilitate new
collaborative conservation partnerships
and comprehensive planning efforts for
migratory birds. Pursuant to Executive
Order 13186, [FR 66 3853] published on
January 17, 2001, entitled
‘‘Responsibilities of Federal agencies to
Protect Migratory Birds,’’ this MOU
outlines a collaborative approach to
promote the conservation of migratory
bird populations. The Executive Order
also directs agencies to take certain
actions to further implement the
migratory bird conventions, the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), the
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
(BGEPA) and other pertinent statutes.
The implementation of the MOU will be
coordinated through ongoing
communication between the BLM
Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Plant
Conservation and the FWS Division of
SUMMARY:
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Migratory Bird Management. Major
implementation elements include, but
are not limited to, BLM development of
a migratory bird strategic conservation
plan and the FWS completion of raptor
conservation measures.
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)
NEPA will be complied with as the
MOU is implemented.
Robert V. Abbey,
Director, Bureau of Land Management.
Dr.
Bruce Peacock, Chief, Social Science
Division, Natural Resource Program
Center, National Park Service, 1201
Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525–
5596, or via e-mail at
Bruce_Peacock@nps.gov or via phone at
970–267–2106.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NRSS–1210–6465; 2330–RYY]
Proposed Information Collection;
National Park Service Natural Quiet
Valuation
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
The National Park Service
(NPS) will ask the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to approve the
Information Collection (IC) for a pretest
and a subsequent survey of the general
public concerning the use and non-use
value of natural quiet in national parks.
Under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 and a part of our
continuing efforts to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, we invite the
general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on this IC. We may
not conduct or sponsor and a person is
not required to respond to a collection
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Public comments will be
accepted on the proposed Information
Collection (IC) on or before April 5,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Send Comments concerning
this IC to: Catherine Taylor, Volpe
National Transportation Systems Center,
Economics and Industry Analysis
Division (RVT–21), 55 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA 02142; via e-mail at
Catherine.Taylor@dot.gov or via phone
at 617–494–2380. Also, you may send
comments to: Dr. Bruce Peacock, Chief,
Social Science Division, Natural
Resource Program Center, National Park
Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort
Collins, CO 80525–5596, via e-mail at
Bruce_Peacock@nps.gov or via phone at
970–267–2106. All responses to this
Notice will be summarized and
included in the proposed Information
Collection Request (ICR) for the Office
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The National Park Service (NPS) Act
of 1916, 38 Stat 535, 16 U.S.C. 1, et seq.,
requires that the NPS preserve national
parks for the use and enjoyment of
present and future generations. In
keeping with this mission, the NPS
must be sensitive to human activity in
parks that can impact the natural
landscape. An area of growing concern
has been the increasing presence of
human-caused sounds at the national
parks, including sounds from road
vehicles, aircraft, and construction and
mining equipment. These humancaused sounds can affect both human
visitors and wildlife that live in the
park.
Due to adverse impacts of humancaused sounds, the NPS is developing
sound management policies at a number
of national parks. To better inform the
development of such practices, the NPS
seeks to understand the ‘‘use’’ and ‘‘nonuse’’ values the general public (visitors
and non-visitors) hold for preserving
natural quiet at national parks.
This information collection will
consist of pre-tests and a final survey
instrument that will be used to derive
estimates of the use and non-use value
of natural quiet to the public. The pretest will involve a series of focus groups
for the purpose of developing and
refining the questions to be used in the
survey. Following the focus groups, the
revised survey will then be pre-tested
among a small group of respondents for
final feedback and refinement. The final
survey will be administered to the park
visitors to estimate their use value and
to the general public to estimate their
non-use value of natural quiet in a
national park.
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OMB Control Number: None. This is
a new collection.
Title: Quantifying the Non-use Value
of Natural Quiet at National Parks to the
General Public.
Type of Request: New.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of response: One-time per
respondent.
Description of Respondents: General
public; visitors and non-visitors.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,140.
Visitor
General
public
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Pretest ......................
Survey .......................
52
500
88
500
Total Number of Respondents ..............
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval. Please note that all comments
will become a matter of public record.
To Request a Draft of Proposed
Collection of Information, Contact:
Catherine Taylor, Volpe National
Transportation Systems Center,
Economics and Industry Analysis
Division (RVT–21), 55 Broadway,
Cambridge, MA 02142; or via e-mail at
Catherine.Taylor@dot.gov or via phone
at 617–494–2380.
552
588
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 534.
Visitor
General
public
Pretest ......................
Survey .......................
132
167
68
167
Total Hours ...............
299
235
III. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (1) The
practical utility of the information being
gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden
hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden to
respondents, including use of
automated information techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response
to this notice are a matter of public
record. Before including your address,
phone number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment; please 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 personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: January 31, 2011.
Robert Gordon,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO-LL230 0000-L11100000-PH.0000]
Notice of Availability of a Memorandum of Understanding Between
the Bureau of Land Management and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
To Promote Conservation of Migratory Birds
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the final signed
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to Promote
Conservation of Migratory Birds.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoff Walsh, Wildlife Biologist, 202-
912-7271, geoffrey_walsh@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces the availability of
the MOU between the BLM and the FWS to Promote Conservation of
Migratory Birds signed April 12, 2010. The MOU provides for
strengthening migratory bird conservation by identifying and
implementing strategies that promote conservation and reduce or
eliminate adverse impacts on migratory birds through enhanced
collaboration between the BLM and the FWS, in coordination with State,
tribal, and local governments. This MOU identifies specific activities
where cooperation between the BLM and the FWS will contribute to the
conservation of migratory birds and their habitat. These activities are
intended to complement and support existing partnerships and efforts,
and to facilitate new collaborative conservation partnerships and
comprehensive planning efforts for migratory birds. Pursuant to
Executive Order 13186, [FR 66 3853] published on January 17, 2001,
entitled ``Responsibilities of Federal agencies to Protect Migratory
Birds,'' this MOU outlines a collaborative approach to promote the
conservation of migratory bird populations. The Executive Order also
directs agencies to take certain actions to further implement the
migratory bird conventions, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), the
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA) and other pertinent
statutes. The implementation of the MOU will be coordinated through
ongoing communication between the BLM Division of Fish, Wildlife, and
Plant Conservation and the FWS Division of
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Migratory Bird Management. Major implementation elements include, but
are not limited to, BLM development of a migratory bird strategic
conservation plan and the FWS completion of raptor conservation
measures.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
NEPA will be complied with as the MOU is implemented.
Robert V. Abbey,
Director, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 2011-2528 Filed 2-3-11; 8:45 am]
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