Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Draft Environmental Impact Report and the Draft California Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment for the Calnev Pipe Line Expansion Project, 17091-17092 [2012-6921]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 57 / Friday, March 23, 2012 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary Bureau of Land Management Trust Land Consolidation Draft Plan [LLCAD08000. L51010000. ER0000. LVRWB09B2660 CACA–49138] AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. Notice of Availability, Comment Period Reopening. ACTION: The Cobell Class Action Settlement Agreement established a trust land consolidation fund to be used for consolidating Indian trust and restricted lands and acquiring fractional interests in these lands. We are reopening the period for commenting on the Cobell Land Consolidation Program Draft Plan (also known as the Trust Land Consolidation Draft Plan), which is the draft plan for accomplishing these goals. SUMMARY: DATES: Submit comments by April 3, 2012. Submit comments on the draft plan to: Elizabeth Appel, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian School Road NW., Suite 312, Albuquerque, NM 87104; Email: elizabeth.appel@bia.gov. You can request copies of the draft plan by sending a letter or email to one of the above addresses or by calling 505–563– 3805. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kallie Hanley, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240; Telephone 202– 208–5397; Email: kallie_hanley@ios.doi.gov. On February 3, 2012, we published a notice announcing the availability of the trust land consolidation draft plan (77 FR 5528) and requesting comments by March 19, 2012. This notice reopens the comment period; the new deadline for our receipt of comments on the draft plan to April 3, 2012. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: March 19, 2012. David J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior. [FR Doc. 2012–7131 Filed 3–22–12; 8:45 am] srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 4310–10–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:14 Mar 22, 2012 Jkt 226001 Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Draft Environmental Impact Report and the Draft California Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment for the Calnev Pipe Line Expansion Project Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, and the California Environmental Quality Act, the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), together with the County of San Bernardino, has prepared an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment for the Calnev Pipe Line Expansion Project in San Bernardino County, California and Clark County, Nevada, and by this notice is announcing the opening of the comment period. DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive written comments on the Draft RMP Amendment and Draft EIS within 90 days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The BLM will announce future meetings or hearings and any other public involvement activities at least 15 days in advance through public notices, media releases, and/or mailings. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments related to the Calnev Pipeline Expansion Project by any of the following methods: • Email: BLM_CA_CalNev_EIS@blm.gov • Fax: 760–252–6099 • Mail: Attn: Rich Rotte, BLM Barstow Field Office, 2601 Barstow Road, Barstow California 92310 Copies of the Calnev Pipeline Expansion Project Draft EIS/EIR and Draft RMP Amendment are available in the Barstow Field Office at the above address and at the following locations: • Victorville City Library, 15011Circle Drive, Victorville, California 92395 • Rialto Branch Library, 251 West 1st Street, Rialto, California 92376 • Las Vegas Library, 833 Las Vegas Blvd. N., Las Vegas, Nevada 80101 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 17091 For further information, contact Rich Rotte, Realty Specialist, telephone 760–252– 6026, address: Barstow Field Office, 2601 Barstow Road, Barstow, California 92311; email BLM_CA_CalNev_EIS@ blm.gov. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Calnev Pipe Line, LLC (Calnev) has submitted a right-of-way (ROW) application to the BLM to construct, operate, maintain, and decommission a petroleum pipeline known as the Calnev Pipeline Expansion Project in San Bernardino County, California and Clark County, Nevada. The proposed project site encompasses approximately 2,841 acres of land under multiple jurisdictions: Private, County, or Municipal—1,398 acres; California State Lands Commission—14 acres; Department of Defense—86 acres; San Bernardino National Forest—104 acres; BLM—1,329 acres. The project site is generally located adjacent to two existing Calnev pipelines except where it may deviate from those pipelines to avoid the Mojave National Preserve. The project will consist of approximately 235 miles of 16-inch diameter pipe (approximately half is on BLM lands), a new pump station near Baker, California, a 3-mile lateral pipeline from the Bracken junction to McCarran International Airport, and new or modified connections to new or modified laterals, valves, and ancillary facilities. Calnev is required to obtain a Revised Franchise Agreement from the County of San Bernardino. The BLM and San Bernardino County are conducting a joint EIS/EIR for the Calnev Pipeline Expansion Project on BLM-managed land. The BLM’s purpose and need for the Project is to respond to Calnev’s application for a ROW grant. The BLM will decide whether to approve, approve with modification, or deny issuance of a ROW grant to Calnev for the proposed Calnev Pipeline Expansion Project. The BLM will analyze the following alternatives: Alternative 1 (the Proposed Action), Alternative 2 (Modified Route Alternative), Alternative 3 (the AgencyPreferred Alternative which avoids the Mojave National Preserve), and the No Project/No Action Alternative. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1 srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 17092 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 57 / Friday, March 23, 2012 / Notices Since approval of any of the action alternatives would require amendment of the BLM’s California Desert Conservation Area Plan, the plan amendment process will be integrated with the NEPA process as part of the EIS/EIR. The BLM will use the NEPA process to satisfy the public involvement requirement for Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 470(f)) as provided in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). Native American Tribal consultations are being conducted in accordance with Section 106 of the NHPA, BLM, and Department of the Interior policy, and Tribal concerns will be given due consideration, including impacts on Indian trust assets. The Draft EIS/EIR evaluates the potential impacts on air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geological resources and hazards, land use, noise, paleontological resources, public health, socioeconomics, soils, traffic and transportation, visual resources, wilderness characteristics, and other resources. A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS/EIR for the Calnev Pipeline Expansion Project was published in the Federal Register (73 FR 13558) on Thursday, March 13, 2008. The BLM and San Bernardino County held five public scoping meetings: Rialto, California on April 1, April 30, and June 18, 2008; Victorville, California on April 2, 2008; and Las Vegas, Nevada on April 3, 2008. The formal scoping period ended on July 1, 2008. Issues and concerns raised during the scoping period involved impacts to visual resources, health and safety and natural resources. Please note that public comments and information submitted including names, street addresses, and email addresses of persons who submit comments will be available for public review and disclosure at the above address during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except holidays. Before including your address, phone number, email 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. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:14 Mar 22, 2012 Jkt 226001 Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 1506.10, and 43 CFR 1610.2. ACTION: Thomas Pogacnik, Deputy State Director. SUMMARY: [FR Doc. 2012–6921 Filed 3–22–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–40–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLWY–957400–12–L19100000–BJ0000– LRCMK1G04596] Filing of Plats of Survey, Nebraska Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is scheduled to file the plat of survey of the lands described below thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication in the BLM Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Land Management, 5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This survey was executed at the request of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and is necessary for the management of these lands. The lands surveyed are: The plat and field notes representing the dependent resurvey of portions of the Winnebago Indian Reservation Boundary, the subdivisional lines and the subdivision of certain sections, and the survey of the subdivision of certain sections, Township 27 North, Range 9 East, Sixth Principal Meridian, Nebraska, Group No. 173, was accepted March 19, 2012. Copies of the preceding described plats and field notes are available to the public at a cost of $1.10 per page. Dated: March 19, 2012. John P. Lee, Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of Support Services. [FR Doc. 2012–7013 Filed 3–22–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–22–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLNM940000. L1420000.BJ0000] Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, New Mexico AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Notice of filing of Plats of Survey. The plats of survey described below are scheduled to be officially filed in the New Mexico State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe, New Mexico, thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico (NM) The plat, representing the dependent resurvey and survey, in Township 17 North, Range 3 West, of the New Mexico Principal Meridian, accepted February 13, 2012, for Group 1129 NM. The plat, in two sheets, representing the dependent resurvey and survey, in Township 26 North, Range 11 West, of the New Mexico Principal Meridian, accepted February 2, 2012, for Group 1112 NM. The plat, in two sheets, representing the dependent resurvey and survey, in Township 16 North, Range 16 West, of the New Mexico Principal Meridian, accepted February 13, 2012, for Group 1111 NM. Indian Meridian, Oklahoma (OK) The plat, representing the dependent resurvey and survey in Township 21 North, Range 7 East, of the Indian Meridian, accepted December 9, 2011, for Group 202 OK. The plat, in seven sheets, representing the dependent resurvey and survey in Township 13 North, Range 20 East, of the Indian Meridian, accepted December 14, 2011, for Group 67 OK. The supplemental plat, representing the tribal acreage in Township 10 North, Range 24 East, of the Indian Meridian, accepted January 25, 2012, Supplemental OK. The plat, representing the dependent resurvey and survey in Township 25 North, Range 1 East, of the Indian Meridian, accepted February 27, 2012, for Group 213 OK. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: These plats will be available for inspection in the New Mexico State Office, Bureau of Land Management, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Copies may be obtained from this office upon payment. Contact Marcella Montoya at 505–954–2097, or by email at Marcella_Montoya@nm.blm. gov, for assistance. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. These plats are to be scheduled for official filing 30 days from the notice of E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17091-17092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6921]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCAD08000. L51010000. ER0000. LVRWB09B2660 CACA-49138]


Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement/Draft Environmental Impact Report and the Draft California 
Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment for the Calnev Pipe Line 
Expansion Project

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 (NEPA), as amended, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, as amended, and the California Environmental Quality Act, the 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), together 
with the County of San Bernardino, has prepared an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS)/Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Draft Resource 
Management Plan (RMP) Amendment for the Calnev Pipe Line Expansion 
Project in San Bernardino County, California and Clark County, Nevada, 
and by this notice is announcing the opening of the comment period.

DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive 
written comments on the Draft RMP Amendment and Draft EIS within 90 
days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes 
its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The BLM will 
announce future meetings or hearings and any other public involvement 
activities at least 15 days in advance through public notices, media 
releases, and/or mailings.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments related to the Calnev Pipeline 
Expansion Project by any of the following methods:

 Email: BLM_CA_CalNev_EIS@blm.gov
 Fax: 760-252-6099
 Mail: Attn: Rich Rotte, BLM Barstow Field Office, 2601 Barstow 
Road, Barstow California 92310
Copies of the Calnev Pipeline Expansion Project Draft EIS/EIR and Draft 
RMP Amendment are available in the Barstow Field Office at the above 
address and at the following locations:

 Victorville City Library, 15011Circle Drive, Victorville, 
California 92395
 Rialto Branch Library, 251 West 1st Street, Rialto, California 
92376
 Las Vegas Library, 833 Las Vegas Blvd. N., Las Vegas, Nevada 
80101

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, contact Rich 
Rotte, Realty Specialist, telephone 760-252-6026, address: Barstow 
Field Office, 2601 Barstow Road, Barstow, California 92311; email BLM_CA_CalNev_EIS@blm.gov. Persons who use a telecommunications device 
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service 
(FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal 
business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to 
leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive 
a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Calnev Pipe Line, LLC (Calnev) has submitted 
a right-of-way (ROW) application to the BLM to construct, operate, 
maintain, and decommission a petroleum pipeline known as the Calnev 
Pipeline Expansion Project in San Bernardino County, California and 
Clark County, Nevada. The proposed project site encompasses 
approximately 2,841 acres of land under multiple jurisdictions: 
Private, County, or Municipal--1,398 acres; California State Lands 
Commission--14 acres; Department of Defense--86 acres; San Bernardino 
National Forest--104 acres; BLM--1,329 acres. The project site is 
generally located adjacent to two existing Calnev pipelines except 
where it may deviate from those pipelines to avoid the Mojave National 
Preserve. The project will consist of approximately 235 miles of 16-
inch diameter pipe (approximately half is on BLM lands), a new pump 
station near Baker, California, a 3-mile lateral pipeline from the 
Bracken junction to McCarran International Airport, and new or modified 
connections to new or modified laterals, valves, and ancillary 
facilities. Calnev is required to obtain a Revised Franchise Agreement 
from the County of San Bernardino.
    The BLM and San Bernardino County are conducting a joint EIS/EIR 
for the Calnev Pipeline Expansion Project on BLM-managed land. The 
BLM's purpose and need for the Project is to respond to Calnev's 
application for a ROW grant. The BLM will decide whether to approve, 
approve with modification, or deny issuance of a ROW grant to Calnev 
for the proposed Calnev Pipeline Expansion Project. The BLM will 
analyze the following alternatives: Alternative 1 (the Proposed 
Action), Alternative 2 (Modified Route Alternative), Alternative 3 (the 
Agency-Preferred Alternative which avoids the Mojave National 
Preserve), and the No Project/No Action Alternative.

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    Since approval of any of the action alternatives would require 
amendment of the BLM's California Desert Conservation Area Plan, the 
plan amendment process will be integrated with the NEPA process as part 
of the EIS/EIR.
    The BLM will use the NEPA process to satisfy the public involvement 
requirement for Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act 
(NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 470(f)) as provided in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). Native 
American Tribal consultations are being conducted in accordance with 
Section 106 of the NHPA, BLM, and Department of the Interior policy, 
and Tribal concerns will be given due consideration, including impacts 
on Indian trust assets.
    The Draft EIS/EIR evaluates the potential impacts on air quality, 
biological resources, cultural resources, geological resources and 
hazards, land use, noise, paleontological resources, public health, 
socioeconomics, soils, traffic and transportation, visual resources, 
wilderness characteristics, and other resources. A Notice of Intent to 
prepare an EIS/EIR for the Calnev Pipeline Expansion Project was 
published in the Federal Register (73 FR 13558) on Thursday, March 13, 
2008. The BLM and San Bernardino County held five public scoping 
meetings: Rialto, California on April 1, April 30, and June 18, 2008; 
Victorville, California on April 2, 2008; and Las Vegas, Nevada on 
April 3, 2008. The formal scoping period ended on July 1, 2008. Issues 
and concerns raised during the scoping period involved impacts to 
visual resources, health and safety and natural resources.
    Please note that public comments and information submitted 
including names, street addresses, and email addresses of persons who 
submit comments will be available for public review and disclosure at 
the above address during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), 
Monday through Friday, except holidays.
    Before including your address, phone number, email 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: 40 CFR 1506.6, 1506.10, and 43 CFR 1610.2.

Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-6921 Filed 3-22-12; 8:45 am]
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