Public Land Order No. 7817; Extension of Public Land Order No. 6986; Oregon, 40498-40499 [2013-16214]
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You may request an
electronic copy of the Casa Diablo IV
Geothermal Development Project Final
EIS/EIR by any of the following
methods:
• Mail: BLM Bishop Field Office, 351
Pacu Lane, Suite 100, Bishop, CA
93514; Attn: Casa Diablo IV Geothermal
Development Project Final EIS/EIR, c/o
Collin Reinhardt, Project Manager.
• Email: cabipubcom@blm.gov;
Subject: Casa Diablo IV Geothermal
Development Project Final EIS/EIR.
• Fax: 760–872–5050; Attn: Collin
Reinhardt.
Interested persons may also review
the Final EIS/EIR on the Internet at
https://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/
bishop.html.
Copies of the Final EIS/EIR are also
available for public inspection at the
BLM Bishop Field Office at the above
address and at the Mono County Library
at 400 Sierra Park Road, Mammoth
Lakes, California.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Collin Reinhardt, Project Manager,
telephone 760–872–5024; address 351
Pacu Lane, Suite 100, Bishop, CA
93514; email creinhardt@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: The Final
EIS/EIR analyzes the potential impacts
of authorizing the proposed Casa Diablo
IV Geothermal Development Project
near the town of Mammoth Lakes in
Mono County, California. In accordance
with the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970,
as amended (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), the
BLM Bishop Field Office is the lead
Federal agency responsible for
permitting the proposed project and for
completing the required environmental
analysis under NEPA. The USFS Inyo
National Forest is a cooperating Federal
agency. The GBUAPCD is the lead State
agency responsible for permitting the
proposed project and for completing the
required environmental analysis under
CEQA.
The purpose and need for action is to
respond to an application to construct
and operate the Casa Diablo IV project
on Federal geothermal leases
administered by the BLM Bishop Field
Office. The project would be located on
Inyo National Forest lands and adjacent
private lands within portions of Federal
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The project would be located adjacent to
three currently operating geothermal
plants.
The 33 megawatt binary geothermal
power plant would be the fourth
geothermal plant in the vicinity. It
would include up to 16 wells for
production and injection, drilled 1,600
to 2,500 feet deep. Pipelines would be
constructed to transport geothermal
fluid from production wells to the
power plant and the return of fluids
from the power plant to injection wells.
A 650-foot-long transmission line would
connect the new power plant to the
Southern California Edison substation at
Substation Road. The power plant,
access roads, well pads, pipelines, and
transmission line would occupy
approximately 80 acres. Of the 16
proposed production/injection well
locations, 14 were previously analyzed
and approved by the BLM as
exploration wells in EA–170–02–15
(2001) and EA–170–05–04 (2005). Three
of these exploration wells have already
been drilled as of the time of the
publication of this notice.
Three action alternatives and a no
action alternative are analyzed in the
Final EIS/EIR. Alternative 1 is the
applicant’s proposed action as outlined
above; Alternative 2 considers an
alternative location for the proposed
power plant; and Alternative 3 (the
BLM’s preferred alternative) considers
alternative pipeline alignments in Basalt
Canyon and slightly alters the location
of one proposed well. The GBUAPCD
has identified Alternative 3 as the
‘‘environmentally superior alternative’’
pursuant to CEQA (14 C.C.R.
15126.6(e)(2)).
Alternative 4, the No Action
Alternative, would not construct the
CD–IV Project. The three existing
geothermal power plants, the pipeline
from Basalt Canyon, and two existing
production wells would continue
operating in accordance with their
respective permits. Under the No Action
Alternative, geothermal exploration in
Basalt Canyon and Upper Basalt Canyon
previously approved would be expected
to continue. Previous analyses resulted
in the approval of up to ten small
diameter (slim hole) and six geothermal
exploratory (large diameter) geothermal
wells, some of which have been already
drilled. Under the No Action
Alternative, while no activities related
to the Proposed Action would occur,
nine additional small diameter and two
large diameter exploratory wells could
be drilled as previously authorized.
The Final EIS/EIR describes and
analyzes the project’s site-specific
impacts on the following resources: Air,
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biological, climate change, cultural and
paleontological, geothermal and
groundwater, geologic, soil, mineral,
grazing, wild horses and burros, land
use, noise and vibration, population and
housing, public safety, hazardous
materials, fire, recreation,
socioeconomics and environmental
justice, traffic, utilities and public
service, visual, and surface water.
In addition to scoping activities, a
Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS/
EIR was published in the Federal
Register on November 16, 2012 (77 FR
68813), announcing a 60-day comment
period ending January 15, 2013. In
response to requests, the NEPA
comment period was extended to
January 30, 2013 and the CEQA
comment period was extended to
February 20, 2013. Additionally, two
public meetings were held on December
5 and 6, 2012, in Mammoth Lakes and
Lake Crowley, California, respectively.
One oral comment and 28 comment
letters were received. Comments on the
Draft EIS/EIR primarily pertained to the
NEPA and CEQA processes, project
alternatives, and impacts to various
resources and uses. The agencies also
received statements in support of the
proposal.
All comments were addressed in the
Final EIS/EIR, some of which resulted
in corrections and clarifying text that
did not significantly change the
alternatives or analysis. Similarly,
consultation pursuant to Section 106 of
the National Historic Preservation Act
and Section 7 of the Federal Endangered
Species Act has resulted in revisions to
the project as reflected in the Final EIS/
EIS that further avoid impacts to
cultural and biological resources.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10.
Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director.
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Public Land Order No. 7817; Extension
of Public Land Order No. 6986; Oregon
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
AGENCY:
This order extends the
duration of the withdrawal created by
Public Land Order No. 6986, which was
issued effective July 1, 1993, for an
SUMMARY:
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additional 20-year period. The
extension is necessary to continue
protection of the scenic, recreational,
and fish and wildlife habitat values in
the scenic section of the Illinois Wild
and Scenic River located in the Rogue
River-Siskiyou National Forest between
the mouth of Deer Creek and the mouth
of Briggs Creek, which would otherwise
expire on June 30, 2013.
DATES: As of: July 1, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael L. Barnes, Bureau of Land
Management, Oregon/Washington State
Office, 503–808–6155, or Dianne
Torpin, United States Forest Service,
Pacific Northwest Region, 503–808–
2422. 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 either of the above
individuals. The FIRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
message or question with either of the
above individuals. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose for which the withdrawal was
first made requires this extension to
continue to protect the scenic,
recreational, and fish and wildlife
habitat values of the scenic section of
the Illinois Wild and Scenic River
between the mouth of Deer Creek and
the mouth of Briggs Creek located in the
Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest. The
withdrawal extended by this order will
expire on June 30, 2033, unless as a
result of a review conducted prior to the
expiration date, pursuant to Section
204(f) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1714(f), the Secretary determines that
the withdrawal shall be further
extended.
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of the Interior by Section
204 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1714, it is ordered as follows:
Public Land Order No. 6986 (58 FR
35408 (1993)), which withdrew
approximately 4,239.95 acres of
National Forest System land from
location and entry under the United
States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2), but
not from leasing under the mineral
leasing laws, to protect the scenic
section of the Illinois Wild and Scenic
River located in the Rogue RiverSiskiyou National Forest between the
mouth of Deer Creek and the mouth of
Briggs Creek, is hereby extended for an
additional 20-year period until June 30,
2033.
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Dated: June 20, 2013.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary—Policy, Management
and Budget.
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Public Land Order No. 7818;
Withdrawal of Public Lands for the
Protection and Preservation of Solar
Energy Zones for Future Energy
Development; Arizona, California,
Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and
Utah
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
AGENCY:
This order withdraws 303,900
acres of public lands from location and
entry under the United States mining
laws, subject to valid existing rights, for
a period of 20 years to protect 17 Solar
Energy Zones (SEZ) for future solar
energy development. The lands have
been and will remain open to mineral
and geothermal leasing, and mineral
material sales.
DATES: As of: June 27, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ray
Brady, Bureau of Land Management, by
telephone at 202–912–7312 or by email
at rbrady@blm.gov, or contact one of the
Bureau of Land Management offices
listed below:
Arizona State Office, One North Central
Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, Arizona
85004, 602–417–9200.
California State Office, 2800 Cottage
Way, Suite W–1623, Sacramento,
California 95825, 916–978–4400.
Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield
Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215,
303–239–3600.
Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial
Boulevard, Reno, Nevada 89502, 775–
861–6400.
New Mexico State Office, 301 Dinosaur
Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508,
877–276–9404.
Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South,
Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101,
801–539–4133.
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 or offices. The FIRS is
available 24 hours per day, 7 days per
week, to leave a message or question
with the above individual. You will
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receive a reply during normal business
hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of
maps depicting the land descriptions
are available within the Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement for
Solar Energy Development in Six
Southwestern States Web site (https://
solareis.anl.gov) and are also available
from the Bureau of Land Management
offices listed in the ‘‘For Further
Information Contact’’ section above.
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of the Interior by Section
204 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1714, it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the
following-described public lands are
hereby withdrawn from location and
entry under the United States mining
laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2), but not from the
public land, mineral leasing, geothermal
leasing, or mineral material laws, to
protect 17 solar energy zones:
ARIZONA—AZ 035131
Gila and Salt River Meridian
Brenda SEZ:
T. 5 N., R. 15 W.,
Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E1⁄2NW1⁄4,
and E1⁄2SW1⁄4.
T. 4 N., R. 16 W.,
Sec. 1, lots 3 and 4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4;
Secs. 2, 3, and 4;
Sec. 9, NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and NE1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec. 10, N1⁄2, N1⁄2S1⁄2, and SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;
Sec. 11, NW1⁄4.
The areas described aggregate 3,343
acres.
Gillespie SEZ:
T. 2 S., R. 6 W.,
Sec. 6, SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4,
unsurveyed;
Sec. 7, N1⁄2;, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and
SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, unsurveyed;
Sec. 8, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4;, W1⁄2;NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4,
S1⁄2SE1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, unsurveyed;
Sec. 9, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, unsurveyed;
Sec. 15, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,
SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and S1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4,
unsurveyed;
Sec. 16, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4,
and N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, unsurveyed;
Sec. 17, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,
NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and N1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4,
unsurveyed;
Sec. 22, S1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4,
N1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and
N1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, unsurveyed;
Sec. 23, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4,
SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4,
and S1⁄2SE1⁄4, unsurveyed;
Sec. 24, S1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4 and S1⁄2SW1⁄4,
unsurveyed.
T. 2 S., R. 7 W.,
Sec. 1, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and
S1⁄2SE1⁄4;
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Public Land Order No. 7817; Extension of Public Land Order No.
6986; Oregon
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order extends the duration of the withdrawal created by
Public Land Order No. 6986, which was issued effective July 1, 1993,
for an
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additional 20-year period. The extension is necessary to continue
protection of the scenic, recreational, and fish and wildlife habitat
values in the scenic section of the Illinois Wild and Scenic River
located in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest between the mouth
of Deer Creek and the mouth of Briggs Creek, which would otherwise
expire on June 30, 2013.
DATES: As of: July 1, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael L. Barnes, Bureau of Land
Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, 503-808-6155, or Dianne
Torpin, United States Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 503-
808-2422. 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 either of the above individuals. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question
with either of the above individuals. You will receive a reply during
normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose for which the withdrawal was
first made requires this extension to continue to protect the scenic,
recreational, and fish and wildlife habitat values of the scenic
section of the Illinois Wild and Scenic River between the mouth of Deer
Creek and the mouth of Briggs Creek located in the Rogue-Siskiyou
National Forest. The withdrawal extended by this order will expire on
June 30, 2033, unless as a result of a review conducted prior to the
expiration date, pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary determines
that the withdrawal shall be further extended.
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior
by Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976,
43 U.S.C. 1714, it is ordered as follows:
Public Land Order No. 6986 (58 FR 35408 (1993)), which withdrew
approximately 4,239.95 acres of National Forest System land from
location and entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch.
2), but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect the
scenic section of the Illinois Wild and Scenic River located in the
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest between the mouth of Deer Creek
and the mouth of Briggs Creek, is hereby extended for an additional 20-
year period until June 30, 2033.
Dated: June 20, 2013.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget.
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