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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the Approved Pony
Express Resource Management Plan
Amendment/Mona to Oquirrh
Transmission Corridor Project
Environmental Impact Statement
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Approved Pony Express
Resource Management Plan (RMP)
Amendment and the Mona to Oquirrh
Transmission Corridor Project located in
Juab, Salt Lake, Tooele, and Utah
counties in Utah. The Utah State
Director signed the ROD on February 4,
SUMMARY:
The following applicants each request
a permit to import the sport-hunted
trophy of one male bontebok
(Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) culled
from a captive herd maintained under
the management program of the
Republic of South Africa, for the
purpose of enhancement of the survival
of the species.
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Applicant: Jerry Brenner, West Olive,
MI; PRT–33348A
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The applicant requests renewal of
their permit to import biological
samples from ill and dead chimpanzees
(Pan troglodytes) from the Gombe
Stream Reserve, Tanzania for
enhancement of the species through
scientific research and veterinary
diagnosis. This notification covers
activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-year period.
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Applicant: Robert Amon, New Gretna,
NJ; PRT–32570A
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2011, which constitutes the final
decision of the BLM. The Approved
Pony Express RMP Amendment is
effective immediately.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/
Approved Pony Express RMP
Amendment are available for public
inspection at the Salt Lake Field Office,
Bureau of Land Management, 2370
South 2300 West, Salt Lake City, Utah
84119, and the Fillmore Field Office,
Bureau of Land Management, 35 East
500 North, Fillmore, Utah 84631, or via
the internet at: https://www.blm.gov/ut/
st/en/fo/salt_lake/planning/
mona_to_oquirrh_transmission.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Cindy
Ledbetter, NEPA/Planning Coordinator,
by telephone at (801) 977–4300; or by
mail at 2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake
City, UT, 84119.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After
extensive environmental analysis,
consideration of public comments, and
application of pertinent Federal laws
and policies, it is the decision of the
BLM to issue a right-of-way grant to
Rocky Mountain Power for the
construction, operation, and
maintenance of approximately 35 miles
of single-circuit 500 kilovolt (kV) and
0.25 mile of double-circuit 345kV
transmission line, one new 500/345/
138kV substation, ancillary facilities,
and access roads for the construction of
the project across public lands
administered by the BLM West Desert
District; and to amend the Pony Express
RMP. The right-of-way grant will
authorize the use of public lands for the
project for a term of 30 years, which is
subject to renewal. The Approved Pony
Express RMP Amendment allows for the
issuance of a major right-of-way outside
of a designated corridor on public lands
administered by the BLM Salt Lake
Field Office in Salt Lake, Tooele, and
Utah counties, Utah.
The BLM and Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) each published
a Notice of Availability (NOA) of the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS)/Draft Pony Express RMP
Amendment for public review and
comment in the Federal Register on
May 15, 2009, which initiated a 90-day
public comment period. The comment
period ended on August 12, 2009. The
BLM received 235 submittals containing
comments from Federal, State, and local
governments; public and private
organizations; and private citizens. The
comments in each submittal were
identified, analyzed, and addressed in
the Final EIS.
The Final EIS analyzed 14
transmission line route alternatives and
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disclosed impacts associated with these
alternatives, including the BLM’s
Preferred Alternative on Federal Lands,
the Environmentally Preferred
Alternative, the Proponent’s Proposed
Action, and the No Action Alternative.
The BLM’s decision authorizes issuance
of a right-of-way grant to Rocky
Mountain Power for the BLM’s Preferred
Alternative on BLM administered lands,
as analyzed in the Final EIS. Updated
wilderness characteristics inventories
were used during the planning process
for this amendment. Land with
wilderness characteristics is not present
along the right-of-way approved in this
ROD.
The BLM published an NOA of the
Final EIS/Proposed Pony Express RMP
Amendment for public review and
comment in the Federal Register on
April 23, 2010, and the EPA published
the NOA in the Federal Register on
April 26, 2010.
After publication of the Final EIS/
Proposed Pony Express RMP
Amendment, 14 protests on the
Proposed Pony Express RMP
Amendment were received during the
30-day protest period beginning April
26, 2010, and ending on May 25, 2010,
pursuant to 43 CFR 1610.5–2. Each of
the 14 protests were either dismissed or
denied by the BLM Director.
The Utah Governor’s Office did not
identify any inconsistencies between
the project Final EIS/Proposed Pony
Express RMP Amendment and state or
local plans, policies, and programs
during the 60-day Governor’s
Consistency Review, initiated April 28,
2010, in accordance with planning
regulations at 43 CFR 1610.3–2(e). As a
result of the Governor’s Consistency
Review, only minor editorial
modifications were made in preparing
the Approved Pony Express RMP
Amendment. These modifications
provided further clarification on some
of the decisions.
Any party adversely affected by the
decision on the right-of-way application
may appeal within 30 days of
publication of this NOA, pursuant to 43
CFR Part 4 subpart E., and 43 CFR
2801.10. If you wish to file a petition for
a stay of effectiveness of the right-ofway decision during the time your
appeal is being reviewed by the Interior
Board of Appeals, the petition for a stay
must accompany your Notice of Appeal
(43 CFR 4.21 or 43 CFR 2801.10). The
appeal and petition for a stay (if
requested) must be filed with the Utah
State Director at BLM, Utah State Office,
P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah,
84145–0155, within 30 days of
publication of this NOA. The appeal
should state the specific decision(s) in
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the ROD which is being appealed.
Please consult the appropriate
regulations (43 CFR part 4, subpart E)
for further appeal requirements.
Juan Palma,
State Director.
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Notice of Receipt of Complaint;
Solicitation of Comments Relating to
the Public Interest
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has received a complaint
entitled In Re Certain Electronics
Devices Having a Blu-Ray Disc Player
and Components Thereof, DN 2786; the
Commission is soliciting comments on
any public interest issues raised by the
complaint.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James R. Holbein, Acting Secretary to
the Commission, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
205–2000. The public version of the
complaint can be accessed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov, and will be
available for inspection during official
business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.)
in the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436,
telephone (202) 205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its Internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). The public record for
this investigation may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov. Hearingimpaired persons are advised that
information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal on (202)
205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission has received a complaint
filed on behalf of LG Electronics, Inc. on
February 4, 2011. The complaint alleges
violations of section 337 of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337) in the
importation into the United States, the
sale for importation, and the sale within
the United States after importation of
certain electronics devices having a bluray disc player and components thereof.
SUMMARY:
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The complaint names as respondents
Sony Corporation of Tokyo, Japan; Sony
Corporation of America of New York,
NY; Sony Electronics, Inc. of San Diego,
CA; Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
of Tokyo, Japan; and Sony Computer
Entertainment America LLC of Foster
City, CA.
The complainant, proposed
respondents, other interested parties,
and members of the public are invited
to file comments, not to exceed five
pages in length, on any public interest
issues raised by the complaint.
Comments should address whether
issuance of an exclusion order and/or a
cease and desist order in this
investigation would negatively affect the
public health and welfare in the United
States, competitive conditions in the
United States economy, the production
of like or directly competitive articles in
the United States, or United States
consumers.
In particular, the Commission is
interested in comments that:
(i) Explain how the articles
potentially subject to the orders are used
in the United States;
(ii) Identify any public health, safety,
or welfare concerns in the United States
relating to the potential orders;
(iii) Indicate the extent to which like
or directly competitive articles are
produced in the United States or are
otherwise available in the United States,
with respect to the articles potentially
subject to the orders; and
(iv) Indicate whether Complainant,
Complainant’s licensees, and/or third
party suppliers have the capacity to
replace the volume of articles
potentially subject to an exclusion order
and a cease and desist order within a
commercially reasonable time.
Written submissions must be filed no
later than by close of business, five
business days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. There will be further
opportunities for comment on the
public interest after the issuance of any
final initial determination in this
investigation.
Persons filing written submissions
must file the original document and 12
true copies thereof on or before the
deadlines stated above with the Office
of the Secretary. Submissions should
refer to the docket number (‘‘Docket No.
2786’’) in a prominent place on the
cover page and/or the first page. The
Commission’s rules authorize filing
submissions with the Secretary by
facsimile or electronic means only to the
extent permitted by section 201.8 of the
rules (see Handbook for Electronic
Filing Procedures, https://www.usitc.gov/
secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/
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[FR Doc No: 2011-2993]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLUT01000-09-L51010000-ER0000-24-1A00]
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Approved
Pony Express Resource Management Plan Amendment/Mona to Oquirrh
Transmission Corridor Project Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability
of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Approved Pony Express Resource
Management Plan (RMP) Amendment and the Mona to Oquirrh Transmission
Corridor Project located in Juab, Salt Lake, Tooele, and Utah counties
in Utah. The Utah State Director signed the ROD on February 4, 2011,
which constitutes the final decision of the BLM. The Approved Pony
Express RMP Amendment is effective immediately.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/Approved Pony Express RMP Amendment are
available for public inspection at the Salt Lake Field Office, Bureau
of Land Management, 2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119,
and the Fillmore Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 35 East 500
North, Fillmore, Utah 84631, or via the internet at: https://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/salt_lake/planning/mona_to_oquirrh_transmission.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Cindy
Ledbetter, NEPA/Planning Coordinator, by telephone at (801) 977-4300;
or by mail at 2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake City, UT, 84119.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After extensive environmental analysis,
consideration of public comments, and application of pertinent Federal
laws and policies, it is the decision of the BLM to issue a right-of-
way grant to Rocky Mountain Power for the construction, operation, and
maintenance of approximately 35 miles of single-circuit 500 kilovolt
(kV) and 0.25 mile of double-circuit 345kV transmission line, one new
500/345/138kV substation, ancillary facilities, and access roads for
the construction of the project across public lands administered by the
BLM West Desert District; and to amend the Pony Express RMP. The right-
of-way grant will authorize the use of public lands for the project for
a term of 30 years, which is subject to renewal. The Approved Pony
Express RMP Amendment allows for the issuance of a major right-of-way
outside of a designated corridor on public lands administered by the
BLM Salt Lake Field Office in Salt Lake, Tooele, and Utah counties,
Utah.
The BLM and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) each published a
Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS)/Draft Pony Express RMP Amendment for public review and
comment in the Federal Register on May 15, 2009, which initiated a 90-
day public comment period. The comment period ended on August 12, 2009.
The BLM received 235 submittals containing comments from Federal,
State, and local governments; public and private organizations; and
private citizens. The comments in each submittal were identified,
analyzed, and addressed in the Final EIS.
The Final EIS analyzed 14 transmission line route alternatives and
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disclosed impacts associated with these alternatives, including the
BLM's Preferred Alternative on Federal Lands, the Environmentally
Preferred Alternative, the Proponent's Proposed Action, and the No
Action Alternative. The BLM's decision authorizes issuance of a right-
of-way grant to Rocky Mountain Power for the BLM's Preferred
Alternative on BLM administered lands, as analyzed in the Final EIS.
Updated wilderness characteristics inventories were used during the
planning process for this amendment. Land with wilderness
characteristics is not present along the right-of-way approved in this
ROD.
The BLM published an NOA of the Final EIS/Proposed Pony Express RMP
Amendment for public review and comment in the Federal Register on
April 23, 2010, and the EPA published the NOA in the Federal Register
on April 26, 2010.
After publication of the Final EIS/Proposed Pony Express RMP
Amendment, 14 protests on the Proposed Pony Express RMP Amendment were
received during the 30-day protest period beginning April 26, 2010, and
ending on May 25, 2010, pursuant to 43 CFR 1610.5-2. Each of the 14
protests were either dismissed or denied by the BLM Director.
The Utah Governor's Office did not identify any inconsistencies
between the project Final EIS/Proposed Pony Express RMP Amendment and
state or local plans, policies, and programs during the 60-day
Governor's Consistency Review, initiated April 28, 2010, in accordance
with planning regulations at 43 CFR 1610.3-2(e). As a result of the
Governor's Consistency Review, only minor editorial modifications were
made in preparing the Approved Pony Express RMP Amendment. These
modifications provided further clarification on some of the decisions.
Any party adversely affected by the decision on the right-of-way
application may appeal within 30 days of publication of this NOA,
pursuant to 43 CFR Part 4 subpart E., and 43 CFR 2801.10. If you wish
to file a petition for a stay of effectiveness of the right-of-way
decision during the time your appeal is being reviewed by the Interior
Board of Appeals, the petition for a stay must accompany your Notice of
Appeal (43 CFR 4.21 or 43 CFR 2801.10). The appeal and petition for a
stay (if requested) must be filed with the Utah State Director at BLM,
Utah State Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84145-0155,
within 30 days of publication of this NOA. The appeal should state the
specific decision(s) in the ROD which is being appealed. Please consult
the appropriate regulations (43 CFR part 4, subpart E) for further
appeal requirements.
Juan Palma,
State Director.
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