Final Tropic to Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line Project Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan Amendment, 19744-19745 [2011-8062]

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[FR Doc. 2011–8399 Filed 4–7–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Final Tropic to Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line Project Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan Amendment Forest Service, USDA; Bureau of Land Management, USDI and National Park Service, USDI. ACTION: Notice of availability AGENCY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Forest Service (FS), with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and National Park Service (NPS) as cooperating agencies, has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Tropic to Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line Project and a Proposed Management Plan Amendment (PMPA) for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and by this notice is announcing its availability. SUMMARY: BLM planning regulations state that any person who meets the conditions as described in the regulations may protest the BLM’s PMPA/FEIS. A person who meets the conditions and files a protest must file the protest within 30 days of the date that the Environmental Protection Agency publishes this Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. ADDRESSES: Copies of the Tropic to Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS/PMPA for the Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument have been sent to affected Federal, State, and local government agencies and to other stakeholders. Copies of the FEIS/PMPA are available for public inspection at the following BLM offices: Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument Headquarters, 190 E. Center Street, Kanab, UT; Kanab Field Office, 318 N 100 E, Kanab, UT; Utah State Office, 440 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT. Interested persons may also download and/or review the FEIS/PMPA on the Internet at https://fs.usda.gov/goto/dixie/projects. All protests related to the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument PMPA must be in writing and mailed to one of the following addresses: DATES: Regular mail Overnight mail BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box 71383, Washington, DC 20035. BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda Williams, 20 M Street, SE, Room 2134LM, Washington, DC 20036. Ms. Susan Baughman, Dixie National Forest, USDA Forest Service, Tropic to Hatch 138kV Transmission Line Project EIS Project Leader, 1789 N. Wedgewood Lane, Cedar City, Utah 84720 or; Matthew Betenson, Assistant Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Manager—Planning and Support Services, 190 E Center, Kanab, Utah 84741/phone (435) 644–4309. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS/ PMPA evaluates the environmental effects of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Tropic to Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line proposed by Garkane Energy Cooperative in Garfield County, Utah, on lands currently managed by the U.S. Forest Service, Dixie National Forest; U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Kanab Field Office, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument; State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration; and potentially the National Park Service, Bryce Canyon National Park. The transmission line would be approximately 30 miles long, beginning in Tropic, Utah and extending west to Hatch, Utah. srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:41 Apr 07, 2011 Jkt 223001 Associated Federal actions include Dixie National Forest issuance of a special use easement, Bureau of Land Management issuance of a right-of-way, proposed amendment to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan and issuance of a right-of-way, potential Bryce Canyon National Park issuance of a special park permit for a right-of-way, and Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration issuance of a right-ofway for construction and operation of the project. The Preferred Alternative in the FEIS/PMPA would amend the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan (2000) by: (a) Designating a 300-foot wide Passage Zone along an approximate three and three-quarter mile path through an area currently designated as Primitive Zone in the Monument Management Plan, and (b) changing the existing VRM Class designation from Class II to Class III within this linear area. The plan amendment decisions would be necessary to accommodate the potential new transmission line. Comments on the Draft RMP/Draft EIS Plan Amendment were received from PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 the public and from internal interagency governmental review. These comments were considered and incorporated as appropriate into the FEIS/PMPA. Public comments resulted in the addition of clarifying text, but did not significantly change the FEIS/PMPA. This final document is expected to be used in conjunction with the Draft EIS published in December 2009. The two documents, together, make up the FEIS/ PMPA for the Tropic to Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line. Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM regarding the FEIS/PMPA may be found in the ‘‘Dear Reader Letter’’ of the Tropic to Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line FEIS and at 43 CFR 1610.5–2. E-mail and faxed protests will not be accepted as valid protests unless the protesting party also provides the original letter by either regular or overnight mail postmarked by the close of the protest period. Under these conditions, the BLM will consider the e-mail or faxed protest as an advance copy and it will receive full consideration. If you wish to provide the BLM with such advance notification, please direct faxed protests E:\FR\FM\08APN1.SGM 08APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 68 / Friday, April 8, 2011 / Notices to the attention of the BLM protest coordinator at (202) 912–7212, and emails to Brenda_HudgensWilliams@blm.gov. All protests, including the follow-up letter to e-mails or faxes, must be in writing and mailed to the appropriate address, as set forth in the ADDRESSES section above. Before including your phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your protest, you should be aware that your entire protest—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your protest to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347, 40 CFR 1500–1508, 43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5, and 36 CFR 220. Dated: March 24, 2011. Robert G. MacWhorter, Forest Supervisor—Dixie National Forest. 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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:41 Apr 07, 2011 Jkt 223001 be directed to Patrick J. Benton, Census Bureau, Room HQ–6H045, Washington, DC 20233–8400, (301) 763–4618. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION I. Abstract The Census Bureau plans to conduct a field test for the Re-engineered SIPP from January to May of 2011. The SIPP is a household-based survey designed as a continuous series of national panels. The SIPP is molded around a central ‘‘core’’ of labor force and income questions that remain fixed throughout the life of the panel and then supplemented with questions designed to address specific needs. Examples of these types of questions include medical expenses, child care, retirement and pension plan coverage, marital history, and others. The 2011 Re-engineered SIPP instrument is a revision of the 2010 ReSIPP test instrument, in which respondents were interviewed during the 2010 Dress Rehearsal Re-SIPP Field Test. The Re-engineered SIPP will interview respondents in one year intervals, using the previous calendar year as the reference period. The content of the Re-engineered SIPP will match that of the 2008 Panel SIPP very closely. The Re-engineered SIPP will not contain free-standing topical modules. However, a portion of the 2008 Panel topical module content will be integrated into the Re-engineered SIPP interview. The Re-engineered SIPP will use an Event History Calendar (EHC) which records dates of events and spells of coverage. The EHC should provide increased accuracy to dates reported by respondents. The SIPP represents a source of information for a wide variety of topics and allows information for separate topics to be integrated to form a single, unified database so that the interaction between tax, transfer, and other government and private policies can be examined. Government domestic policy formulators depend heavily upon the SIPP information concerning the distribution of income received directly as money or indirectly as in-kind benefits and the effect of tax and transfer programs on this distribution. They also need improved and expanded data on the income and general economic and financial situation of the U.S. population, which the SIPP has provided on a continuing basis since 1983. The SIPP has measured levels of economic well-being and permitted changes in these levels to be measured over time. Approximately 4,000 households will be selected for the 2011 Re-engineered SIPP field test, of which, 3200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 19745 households are expected to be interviewed. We estimate that each household contains 2.1 people aged 15 and above, yielding approximately 6,720 person-level interviews in this field test. Interviews take 60 minutes on average. The total annual burden for 2011 Re-engineered SIPP field test interviews would be 6,720 hours in FY 2011. II. Method of Collection The 2011 Re-engineered SIPP field test instrument will consist of one household interview which will reference the calendar year 2010. The interview is conducted in person with all household members 15 years old or over using regular proxy-respondent rules. III. Data OMB Control Number: 0607–0957. Form Number: SIPP/CAPI Automated Instrument. Type of Review: Regular. Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,720 people. Estimated Time per Response: 60 minutes per person on average. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,720. Estimated Total Annual Cost: The only cost to respondents is their time. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182. IV. Request for Comments Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Final Tropic to Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line Project 
Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Grand Staircase-Escalante 
National Monument Management Plan Amendment

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA; Bureau of Land Management, USDI and 
National Park Service, USDI.

ACTION: Notice of availability

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, as amended, the Forest Service (FS), with the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) and National Park Service (NPS) as cooperating 
agencies, has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 
for the Tropic to Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line Project and a Proposed 
Management Plan Amendment (PMPA) for the Grand Staircase-Escalante 
National Monument, and by this notice is announcing its availability.

DATES: BLM planning regulations state that any person who meets the 
conditions as described in the regulations may protest the BLM's PMPA/
FEIS. A person who meets the conditions and files a protest must file 
the protest within 30 days of the date that the Environmental 
Protection Agency publishes this Notice of Availability in the Federal 
Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Tropic to Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line 
Project FEIS/PMPA for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument 
have been sent to affected Federal, State, and local government 
agencies and to other stakeholders. Copies of the FEIS/PMPA are 
available for public inspection at the following BLM offices: Grand 
Staircase-Escalante National Monument Headquarters, 190 E. Center 
Street, Kanab, UT; Kanab Field Office, 318 N 100 E, Kanab, UT; Utah 
State Office, 440 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT. Interested persons may 
also download and/or review the FEIS/PMPA on the Internet at https://fs.usda.gov/goto/dixie/projects.
    All protests related to the Grand Staircase Escalante National 
Monument PMPA must be in writing and mailed to one of the following 
addresses:

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              Regular mail                        Overnight mail
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BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda    BLM Director (210), Attention:
 Williams, P.O. Box 71383, Washington,    Brenda Williams, 20 M Street,
 DC 20035.                                SE, Room 2134LM, Washington,
                                          DC 20036.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Susan Baughman, Dixie National 
Forest, USDA Forest Service, Tropic to Hatch 138kV Transmission Line 
Project EIS Project Leader, 1789 N. Wedgewood Lane, Cedar City, Utah 
84720 or; Matthew Betenson, Assistant Grand Staircase-Escalante 
National Monument Manager--Planning and Support Services, 190 E Center, 
Kanab, Utah 84741/phone (435) 644-4309.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS/PMPA evaluates the environmental 
effects of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Tropic 
to Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line proposed by Garkane Energy 
Cooperative in Garfield County, Utah, on lands currently managed by the 
U.S. Forest Service, Dixie National Forest; U.S. Bureau of Land 
Management, Kanab Field Office, Grand Staircase-Escalante National 
Monument; State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands 
Administration; and potentially the National Park Service, Bryce Canyon 
National Park. The transmission line would be approximately 30 miles 
long, beginning in Tropic, Utah and extending west to Hatch, Utah. 
Associated Federal actions include Dixie National Forest issuance of a 
special use easement, Bureau of Land Management issuance of a right-of-
way, proposed amendment to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National 
Monument Management Plan and issuance of a right-of-way, potential 
Bryce Canyon National Park issuance of a special park permit for a 
right-of-way, and Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands 
Administration issuance of a right-of-way for construction and 
operation of the project. The Preferred Alternative in the FEIS/PMPA 
would amend the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management 
Plan (2000) by: (a) Designating a 300-foot wide Passage Zone along an 
approximate three and three-quarter mile path through an area currently 
designated as Primitive Zone in the Monument Management Plan, and (b) 
changing the existing VRM Class designation from Class II to Class III 
within this linear area. The plan amendment decisions would be 
necessary to accommodate the potential new transmission line.
    Comments on the Draft RMP/Draft EIS Plan Amendment were received 
from the public and from internal interagency governmental review. 
These comments were considered and incorporated as appropriate into the 
FEIS/PMPA. Public comments resulted in the addition of clarifying text, 
but did not significantly change the FEIS/PMPA. This final document is 
expected to be used in conjunction with the Draft EIS published in 
December 2009. The two documents, together, make up the FEIS/PMPA for 
the Tropic to Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line.
    Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM 
regarding the FEIS/PMPA may be found in the ``Dear Reader Letter'' of 
the Tropic to Hatch 138 kV Transmission Line FEIS and at 43 CFR 1610.5-
2. E-mail and faxed protests will not be accepted as valid protests 
unless the protesting party also provides the original letter by either 
regular or overnight mail postmarked by the close of the protest 
period. Under these conditions, the BLM will consider the e-mail or 
faxed protest as an advance copy and it will receive full 
consideration. If you wish to provide the BLM with such advance 
notification, please direct faxed protests

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to the attention of the BLM protest coordinator at (202) 912-7212, and 
e-mails to Brenda_Hudgens-Williams@blm.gov.
    All protests, including the follow-up letter to e-mails or faxes, 
must be in writing and mailed to the appropriate address, as set forth 
in the ADDRESSES section above. Before including your phone number, e-
mail address, or other personal identifying information in your 
protest, you should be aware that your entire protest--including your 
personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any 
time. While you can ask us in your protest to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, 40 CFR 1500-1508, 43 CFR 1610.2, 
43 CFR 1610.5, and 36 CFR 220.

    Dated: March 24, 2011.
Robert G. MacWhorter,
Forest Supervisor--Dixie National Forest.
[FR Doc. 2011-8062 Filed 4-7-11; 8:45 am]
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