Notice Seeking Public Interest for Solar Energy Development on Public Lands in the State of Colorado, 17716-17717 [2013-06507]

Download as PDF 17716 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 56 / Friday, March 22, 2013 / Notices 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, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2. Jamie E. Connell, State Director. [FR Doc. 2013–06503 Filed 3–21–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLIDI00000–L11200000–PH0000] Notice of Public Meeting, Idaho Falls District Resource Advisory Council Meeting AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. Notice of public meetings. srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ACTION: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as indicated below. DATES: The Idaho Falls District RAC will meet in Challis, Idaho, April 23–24, 2013 for a two-day meeting at the Challis Field Office, 1151 Blue Mountain Road, Challis, Idaho 83226. The first day will begin at 10:00 a.m. and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. The second day will begin at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 2:30 p.m. Members of the public are invited to attend. A comment period will be held following the introductions from 10:00–10:30 a.m. All meetings are open to the public. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15member Council advises the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, on a variety of planning and management issues associated with public land management in the BLM Idaho Falls District (IFD), which covers eastern Idaho. Items on the agenda include an overview and tour of the Thompson Creek Mine and proposed Broken Wing Ranch Land Exchange. The Recreation RAC will convene at approximately 11:15 a.m. to discuss the Caribou-Targhee National Forest proposed new cabin rental fee for the Al VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:27 Mar 21, 2013 Jkt 229001 Taylor Cabin in Dubois and the Salmon Challis National Forest will provide some informational material regarding potential changes to the river lottery system. Following the morning part of the meeting, a tour of the Broken Wing Ranch will be conducted. The second day RAC members will meet briefly at the office to discuss Thompson Creek Mine and then head to the mine for a tour. All meetings are open to the public. The public may present written comments to the Council. Each formal Council meeting will also have time allocated for hearing public comments. Depending on the number of persons wishing to comment and time available, the time for individual oral comments may be limited. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation, tour transportation or other reasonable accommodations, should contact the BLM as provided below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Wheeler, RAC Coordinator, Idaho Falls District, 1405 Hollipark Dr., Idaho Falls, ID 83401. Telephone: (208) 524– 7550. Email: sawheeler@blm.gov. Dated: March 11, 2013. Sarah Wheeler, District RAC Coordinator. BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLORB00000.L10200000. PH0000.L.X.SS.036H0000.13XL1109AF; HAG13–0151] Notice of Public Meeting Cancellation Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of public meeting cancellation. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The meeting of the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC) scheduled for Monday, April 22, 2013, and Tuesday, April 23, 2013, is cancelled. The event is cancelled due to budget sequestration and will not be rescheduled. DATES: April 22–23, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara Martinak, Public Affairs Specialist, BLM Burns District Office, 28910 Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon 97738–9424, (541) 573–4519, or email tmartina@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 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Brendan Cain, BLM Burns District Manager. [FR Doc. 2013–06623 Filed 3–21–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–33–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLCO923000 L13400000.PQ0000] Notice Seeking Public Interest for Solar Energy Development on Public Lands in the State of Colorado Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: [FR Doc. 2013–06622 Filed 3–21–13; 8:45 am] PO 00000 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: The Southeast Oregon RAC consists of 15 members chartered and appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. Their diverse perspectives are represented in commodity, conservation, and general interests. They provide advice to BLM and Forest Service resource managers regarding management plans and proposed resource actions on public land in southeast Oregon. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Colorado State Office is providing an opportunity for parties to express an interest in proposing solar energy development projects on approximately 3,705 acres of public land administered by the BLM’s San Luis Valley Field Office in Saguache and Conejos counties, Colorado. Parties interested in proposing a solar energy development project on the lands described in this notice should submit a letter of interest in response to this notice and a preliminary right-ofway (ROW) application (SF–299) to the address listed below on or before May 21, 2013. The ROW application form can be downloaded at: https:// www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/ 117318. DATES: Documentation should be sent to the Bureau of Land Management, Attention: Maryanne Kurtinaitis, CO923, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215. Electronic submissions will not be accepted. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maryanne Kurtinaitis, Renewable Energy Program Manager, by telephone at 303–239–3708 or by email at ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\22MRN1.SGM 22MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 56 / Friday, March 22, 2013 / Notices mkurtina@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. BLM Colorado has received two ROW applications within two designated Solar Energy Zones (SEZs) serialized as COC–074761 (Los Mogotes East SEZ) and COC–074763 (De Tilla Gulch SEZ). Applications for solar energy development are processed as ROW authorizations under Title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. The regulations at 43 CFR 2804.23 authorize the BLM to determine whether competition exists among ROW applications filed for the same facility or system. The regulations also allow the BLM to resolve any such competition by using competitive bidding procedures. The BLM will review submissions from interested parties in response to this notice and determine whether competition exists to develop solar energy projects in the De Tilla Gulch and Los Mogotes East SEZs. If the BLM determines sufficient competition exists, the BLM may use a competitive bidding process, consistent with the regulations, to select a preferred applicant in one or both of the SEZs. The first parcel is called De Tilla Gulch SEZ, and consists of approximately 1,064 acres of public land within sections 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 of T. 45 N., R. 9 E., New Mexico Principal Meridian, Saguache County, Colorado. This parcel lies approximately seven miles east of the town of Saguache, Colorado. The second parcel is called Los Mogotes East SEZ, and consists of approximately 2,641 acres of public land within sections 1, 12, 13, 24, and 25 of T. 34N., R. 8 E., New Mexico Principal Meridian, Conejos County, Colorado. This parcel lies three miles west of the town of Romeo, Colorado. A map of both SEZs can be viewed and downloaded at: https://solareis.anl.gov/maps/index.cfm. srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 43 CFR 2804.23. Helen M. Hankins, BLM Colorado State Director. [FR Doc. 2013–06507 Filed 3–21–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:27 Mar 21, 2013 Jkt 229001 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [CACA–049491, LLCAD01500 L51010000 FX0000 LVRWB12B4920] Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the EDF Renewable Energy Desert Harvest Solar Field Project and California Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment, Riverside County, California Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD)/Approved Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan, for the Desert Harvest Solar Project (DHSP), in Riverside County, California. The Secretary of the Interior approved the ROD on March 13, 2013, which constitutes the final decision of the Department. ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/ Approved Amendment to the CDCA Plan are available upon request from the BLM Field Manager, Palm SpringsSouth Coast Field Office, 1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262 and the BLM California Desert District Office, 22835 Calle San Juan de Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, CA 92553, or via the Internet at the following Web site: https://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/ palmsprings/Solar_Projects/ Desert_Harvest_Solar_Project.html. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank McMenimen, BLM Project Manager, telephone 760–833–7150; mail 1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262; email fmcmenimen@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: EDF Renewable Energy (formerly enXco Development Corporation) (Applicant) has requested right-of-way (ROW) grant authorization to construct, operate, maintain, and decommission an up to 150-megawatt (MW), nominal capacity, alternating current, solar photovoltaic (PV) energy generation facility and necessary ancillary facilities including an operations and maintenance (O&M) PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 17717 facility, site security, on-site substation, switchyard, access road, and a 220kilovolt (kV) generation interconnection line (gen-tie line). The project site is located approximately 6 miles north of Interstate 10 and the rural community of Desert Center and 3 miles north of Lake Tamarisk, between the cities of Coachella and Blythe. The project site is in the California Desert District within the planning boundary of the CDCA Plan, which is the applicable Resource Management Plan for the project site and the surrounding areas. The CDCA Plan, while recognizing the potential compatibility of solar generation facilities on public lands, requires that all sites associated with power generation or transmission not already identified in the Plan be considered through the BLM’s land use plan amendment process. As a result, prior to approval of a ROW grant to the DHSP, the BLM must amend the CDCA Plan to allow the solar generating project on that site. Additionally, the CDCA Plan also requires that transmission lines above 161 kV be placed within a federally designated utility corridor or that the transmission line be specifically allowed outside a corridor through a plan amendment process. Since there is no designated corridor from DHSP generation tie-in transmission line, the CDCA Plan must also be amended to allow that line outside of a designated corridor. The approved Amendment to the CDCA Plan specifically revises the CDCA Plan to allow for the development of the DHSP and ancillary facilities on land managed by the BLM. The BLM selected alternative would result in construction of a solar farm, capable of generating up to 150 MW of electricity, and is within the range of alternatives analyzed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Notice of Availability of the Final EIS for the DHSP and proposed CDCA Plan Amendment was published in the Federal Register on November 2, 2012 (77 FR 66183). Publication of the Notice of Availability for the Final EIS and Proposed CDCA Plan Amendment initiated a 30-day protest period for the proposed amendment to the CDCA Plan. At the close of the 30-day protest period, six protests were received and resolved. Their resolution is summarized in the Director’s Protest Summary Report, available online at https://www.blm.gov/pgdata/content/wo/ en/prog/planning/planning_overview/ protest_resolution.html. The proposed amendment to the CDCA Plan was not modified as a result of the protest resolution, however, the BLM did E:\FR\FM\22MRN1.SGM 22MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06507]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCO923000 L13400000.PQ0000]


Notice Seeking Public Interest for Solar Energy Development on 
Public Lands in the State of Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Colorado State Office is 
providing an opportunity for parties to express an interest in 
proposing solar energy development projects on approximately 3,705 
acres of public land administered by the BLM's San Luis Valley Field 
Office in Saguache and Conejos counties, Colorado.

DATES: Parties interested in proposing a solar energy development 
project on the lands described in this notice should submit a letter of 
interest in response to this notice and a preliminary right-of-way 
(ROW) application (SF-299) to the address listed below on or before May 
21, 2013. The ROW application form can be downloaded at: https://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/117318.

ADDRESSES: Documentation should be sent to the Bureau of Land 
Management, Attention: Maryanne Kurtinaitis, CO923, 2850 Youngfield 
Street, Lakewood, CO 80215. Electronic submissions will not be 
accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maryanne Kurtinaitis, Renewable Energy 
Program Manager, by telephone at 303-239-3708 or by email at

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mkurtina@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: BLM Colorado has received two ROW 
applications within two designated Solar Energy Zones (SEZs) serialized 
as COC-074761 (Los Mogotes East SEZ) and COC-074763 (De Tilla Gulch 
SEZ). Applications for solar energy development are processed as ROW 
authorizations under Title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976. The regulations at 43 CFR 2804.23 authorize the BLM to 
determine whether competition exists among ROW applications filed for 
the same facility or system. The regulations also allow the BLM to 
resolve any such competition by using competitive bidding procedures.
    The BLM will review submissions from interested parties in response 
to this notice and determine whether competition exists to develop 
solar energy projects in the De Tilla Gulch and Los Mogotes East SEZs. 
If the BLM determines sufficient competition exists, the BLM may use a 
competitive bidding process, consistent with the regulations, to select 
a preferred applicant in one or both of the SEZs.
    The first parcel is called De Tilla Gulch SEZ, and consists of 
approximately 1,064 acres of public land within sections 29, 30, 31, 
32, and 33 of T. 45 N., R. 9 E., New Mexico Principal Meridian, 
Saguache County, Colorado. This parcel lies approximately seven miles 
east of the town of Saguache, Colorado. The second parcel is called Los 
Mogotes East SEZ, and consists of approximately 2,641 acres of public 
land within sections 1, 12, 13, 24, and 25 of T. 34N., R. 8 E., New 
Mexico Principal Meridian, Conejos County, Colorado. This parcel lies 
three miles west of the town of Romeo, Colorado. A map of both SEZs can 
be viewed and downloaded at: https://solareis.anl.gov/maps/index.cfm.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2804.23.

Helen M. Hankins,
BLM Colorado State Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-06507 Filed 3-21-13; 8:45 am]
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