Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and the Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Silver State Solar South Project, Clark County, NV, 9921-9922 [2014-03685]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 35 / Friday, February 21, 2014 / Notices Authority: 40 CFR 1502.9, 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR Part 2880. Bud Cribley, State Director. [FR Doc. 2014–03682 Filed 2–20–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLNVSO3100 L51010000 ER0000 LVRWF1304100.241A; 14–08807; MO# 4500060501; TAS: 14X5017] Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and the Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Silver State Solar South Project, Clark County, NV 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 Silver State Solar South Project and Proposed Las Vegas Field Office Resource Management Plan (RMP) amendment. The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management signed the ROD on February 14, 2014, which constitutes the final decision of the Department. ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/ approved RMP amendment are available for public inspection or upon request at the Southern Nevada District Office, Bureau of Land Management, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130 or via the Internet at https:// www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo/blm_ programs/energy/Silver_State_Solar_ South.html. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Helseth, Renewable Energy Project Manager, telephone 702–515–5173; address 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130; email ghelseth@ 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 Mr. Helseth during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question for Mr. Helseth. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Silver State Solar Power South, LLC, submitted a right-of-way (ROW) application for the construction, operation, maintenance, and termination of a 250–350 megawatt rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:09 Feb 20, 2014 Jkt 232001 (MW) solar energy generation facility within a 13,184-acre area of public land east of Primm, Nevada. The BLM prepared a Draft and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and proposed RMP amendment in consultation with cooperating agencies, taking into account public comments received during the National Environmental Policy Act process. The Final Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP amendment provides a framework for the future management direction and appropriate use of the project area, located in Clark County, Nevada. Because the BLM would need to amend the October 1998 Las Vegas RMP to address proposed changes in land and resource use within the project area, the Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP amendment considered land use planning decisions and implementation decisions to guide the BLM’s management of the project area. The implementation decision to be made was whether to approve, approve with modifications, or deny the issuance of ROW grant applied for by Silver State Solar Power South, LLC, a whollyowned subsidiary of First Solar, Inc. The planning decisions to be made were to: (1) Reduce the size of the Jean Lake/ Roach Lake Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) to ensure that the proposed ROW grant is in conformance with the Las Vegas Field Office RMP and to ensure a balanced use of the public lands and the resources affected by those uses; (2) Revise the Visual Resource Management classification of lands within the project footprint to ensure management is in conformance with Las Vegas Field Office RMP decisions; and (3) Designate an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) and identify management prescriptions for a portion of the proposed ACEC nomination area. The BLM Preferred Alternative for the implementation decision was developed after release of the Draft Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP amendment to address public and agency concerns related to desert tortoise demographic connectivity within the Ivanpah Valley, and agency and public interest in a reduced-scale project. The BLM Preferred Alternative is smaller in area and electricity generation capacity is reduced to 250 MW. The BLM Preferred Alternative would disturb up to 2,427 acres of Federal land entirely within the footprint of alternatives analyzed in the Draft and Final Supplemental EIS/ proposed RMP amendment, and thus involves no new areas of effect. The BLM Preferred Alternative for the RMP PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 9921 amendment identified in the Draft Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP amendment was to: (1) Reduce the acreage of the SRMA by the project footprint (if approved); and (2) Change the Visual Resource Management (VRM) class from VRM Class III to IV for the project footprint (if approved). In the Final Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP amendment, the BLM Preferred Alternative also included a 31,859-acre area for designation as an ACEC for desert tortoise protection and management prescriptions that would be required for the designated ACEC. The Environmental Protection Agency and the BLM published the Notice of Availability for the Final Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP amendment concurrently in the Federal Register (78 FR 57849 and 78 FR 57880) on Friday, September 20, 2013, initiating a 30-day protest period and a 60-day Governor’s consistency review. The BLM received 12 timely protests, which were resolved prior to the issuance of the ROD. The protest resolution is summarized in the ROD and is addressed in the separate Director’s Protest Summary Resolution Report attached to the ROD. The proposed amendment to the Las Vegas Field Office RMP was not modified as a result of the protests received or the resolution. The Governor of Nevada conducted a consistency review of the proposed amendment to the Las Vegas Field Office RMP to identify any inconsistencies with State or local plans, policies or programs. No inconsistencies were identified by the Governor’s office. The ROD approves the BLM Preferred Alternative for the Silver State Solar South project and all mitigation measures identified in the Final Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP amendment. The ROD also approves the BLM Preferred Alternative for the RMP amendment to: (1) Remove the SRMA designation within the ROW grant area; (2) Change the VRM classification from Class III to Class IV within the ROW grant area; and (3) Designate a 31,859acre ACEC adjacent to the ROW grant area and adopt the management prescriptions for the ACEC identified in the Final Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP amendment. Because this decision is approved by the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior, it is not subject to administrative appeal (43 CFR 4.410(a)(3)). E:\FR\FM\21FEN1.SGM 21FEN1 9922 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 35 / Friday, February 21, 2014 / Notices Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2; 43 CFR 1610.5. Neil Kornze, Principal Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior. [FR Doc. 2014–03685 Filed 2–20–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [CACA–048669, LLCAD09000, L51010000.LVRWB09B2380.ER0000] Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Stateline Solar Farm Project and California Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment, San Bernardino County, California 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)/Approved Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan (CDCA Plan) for the Stateline Solar Farm Project (SSFP). The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, approved the ROD on February 14, 2014, 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, Needles Field Office, 1303 S. Highway 95, Needles, CA 92363, and at the 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/ needles/stateline_solar_farm.html. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffery Childers, BLM Project Manager, telephone, 951–697–5308; mail, BLM California Desert District Office, 22835 Calle San Juan de Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, CA 92553–9046; or email jchilders@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 Mr. Childers during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question for Mr. Childers. You will receive a reply during normal business hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The applicant, First Solar Development, LLC, filed an application for a right-of- rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:09 Feb 20, 2014 Jkt 232001 way (ROW) grant authorization to construct, operate, maintain and decommission the 300-Megawatt (MW) photovoltaic Stateline Solar Farm Project (SSFP). The proposed project includes access roads, photovoltaic arrays, an electrical substation, meteorological station, monitoring and maintenance facility, water wells, and a 2.3 mile generation tie-line on up to 2,143 acres. The project location is in San Bernardino County approximately 2 miles south of the Nevada-California border and 0.5 miles west of Interstate 15. The Agency-Selected Alternative consists of a 300–MW solar PV facility encompassing 1,685 acres on a single, contiguous footprint, which was described in the Final EIS as the Revised Alternative 3: 1,685 Acre Alternative. The project site is located 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 surrounding areas. The CDCA Plan, while recognizing the potential compatibility of solar energy generation facilities with other uses 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 for the SSFP, the BLM must amend the CDCA Plan to allow the solar energy generating project on that site. The approved Amendment to the CDCA Plan specifically revises the CDCA Plan to allow for the development of the SSFP and ancillary facilities on land managed by the BLM. A Notice of Availability of the proposed plan amendment/final EIS for the SSFP was published in the Federal Register on November 15, 2013 (78 FR 68860). Publication of the Notice of Availability for the plan amendment/ final EIS initiated a 30-day protest period for the proposed amendment to the CDCA Plan. At the close of the 30day period, seven timely and complete written protests were received and thereafter resolved. Their resolution is summarized in the Director’s Protest Summary Report attached to the ROD. While the Director’s resolution of protests did not identify any issues to be remanded, the BLM made minor corrections and clarifying statements as a result of protests. Simultaneously with the protest period, the Governor of California conducted a 30-day consistency review of the proposed plan amendment to identify any inconsistencies with State PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 or local plan, policies or programs; no inconsistencies were identified. Because this decision is approved by the Secretary of the Interior, it is not subject to administrative appeal (43 CFR 4.410(a)(3)). Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6. Neil Kornze, Principal Deputy Director. [FR Doc. 2014–03678 Filed 2–20–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–40–P INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation No. 337–TA–881] Certain Windshield Wiper Devices and Components Thereof; Notice of Commission Determination Not To Review an Initial Determination Granting Complainants’ Motion To Amend the Complaint and Notice of Investigation U.S. International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge’s (‘‘ALJ’’) initial determination (‘‘ID’’) (Order No. 27) granting the motion of complainants Federal-Mogul Corporation of Southfield, Michigan and Federal-Mogul S.A. of Aubange, Belgium (collectively ‘‘Federal-Mogul’’) to amend the complaint to correct respondent Trico Corporation’s corporate name and to identify additional accused products. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan M. Valentine, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 708–2301. Copies of non-confidential documents filed in connection with this investigation are or 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 at 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. Hearing-impaired persons are advised that information on this matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission’s TDD terminal on (202) 205–1810. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\21FEN1.SGM 21FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9921-9922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03685]


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Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and the Proposed Resource 
Management Plan Amendment for the Silver State Solar South Project, 
Clark County, NV

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 Silver State Solar South 
Project and Proposed Las Vegas Field Office Resource Management Plan 
(RMP) amendment. The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and 
Minerals Management signed the ROD on February 14, 2014, which 
constitutes the final decision of the Department.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/approved RMP amendment are available for 
public inspection or upon request at the Southern Nevada District 
Office, Bureau of Land Management, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las 
Vegas, NV 89130 or via the Internet at https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo/blm_programs/energy/Silver_State_Solar_South.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Helseth, Renewable Energy Project 
Manager, telephone 702-515-5173; address 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, 
Las Vegas, NV 89130; email ghelseth@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 Mr. 
Helseth during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question for Mr. Helseth. You 
will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Silver State Solar Power South, LLC, 
submitted a right-of-way (ROW) application for the construction, 
operation, maintenance, and termination of a 250-350 megawatt (MW) 
solar energy generation facility within a 13,184-acre area of public 
land east of Primm, Nevada. The BLM prepared a Draft and Final 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and proposed RMP 
amendment in consultation with cooperating agencies, taking into 
account public comments received during the National Environmental 
Policy Act process. The Final Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP amendment 
provides a framework for the future management direction and 
appropriate use of the project area, located in Clark County, Nevada. 
Because the BLM would need to amend the October 1998 Las Vegas RMP to 
address proposed changes in land and resource use within the project 
area, the Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP amendment considered land use 
planning decisions and implementation decisions to guide the BLM's 
management of the project area. The implementation decision to be made 
was whether to approve, approve with modifications, or deny the 
issuance of ROW grant applied for by Silver State Solar Power South, 
LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Solar, Inc. The planning 
decisions to be made were to: (1) Reduce the size of the Jean Lake/
Roach Lake Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) to ensure that the 
proposed ROW grant is in conformance with the Las Vegas Field Office 
RMP and to ensure a balanced use of the public lands and the resources 
affected by those uses; (2) Revise the Visual Resource Management 
classification of lands within the project footprint to ensure 
management is in conformance with Las Vegas Field Office RMP decisions; 
and (3) Designate an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) and 
identify management prescriptions for a portion of the proposed ACEC 
nomination area. The BLM Preferred Alternative for the implementation 
decision was developed after release of the Draft Supplemental EIS/
proposed RMP amendment to address public and agency concerns related to 
desert tortoise demographic connectivity within the Ivanpah Valley, and 
agency and public interest in a reduced-scale project. The BLM 
Preferred Alternative is smaller in area and electricity generation 
capacity is reduced to 250 MW. The BLM Preferred Alternative would 
disturb up to 2,427 acres of Federal land entirely within the footprint 
of alternatives analyzed in the Draft and Final Supplemental EIS/
proposed RMP amendment, and thus involves no new areas of effect. The 
BLM Preferred Alternative for the RMP amendment identified in the Draft 
Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP amendment was to: (1) Reduce the acreage 
of the SRMA by the project footprint (if approved); and (2) Change the 
Visual Resource Management (VRM) class from VRM Class III to IV for the 
project footprint (if approved). In the Final Supplemental EIS/proposed 
RMP amendment, the BLM Preferred Alternative also included a 31,859-
acre area for designation as an ACEC for desert tortoise protection and 
management prescriptions that would be required for the designated 
ACEC.
    The Environmental Protection Agency and the BLM published the 
Notice of Availability for the Final Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP 
amendment concurrently in the Federal Register (78 FR 57849 and 78 FR 
57880) on Friday, September 20, 2013, initiating a 30-day protest 
period and a 60-day Governor's consistency review. The BLM received 12 
timely protests, which were resolved prior to the issuance of the ROD. 
The protest resolution is summarized in the ROD and is addressed in the 
separate Director's Protest Summary Resolution Report attached to the 
ROD. The proposed amendment to the Las Vegas Field Office RMP was not 
modified as a result of the protests received or the resolution. The 
Governor of Nevada conducted a consistency review of the proposed 
amendment to the Las Vegas Field Office RMP to identify any 
inconsistencies with State or local plans, policies or programs. No 
inconsistencies were identified by the Governor's office.
    The ROD approves the BLM Preferred Alternative for the Silver State 
Solar South project and all mitigation measures identified in the Final 
Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP amendment. The ROD also approves the BLM 
Preferred Alternative for the RMP amendment to: (1) Remove the SRMA 
designation within the ROW grant area; (2) Change the VRM 
classification from Class III to Class IV within the ROW grant area; 
and (3) Designate a 31,859-acre ACEC adjacent to the ROW grant area and 
adopt the management prescriptions for the ACEC identified in the Final 
Supplemental EIS/proposed RMP amendment.
    Because this decision is approved by the Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior, it is not subject to administrative appeal 
(43 CFR 4.410(a)(3)).


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    Authority:  40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2; 43 CFR 
1610.5.

Neil Kornze,
Principal Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department 
of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2014-03685 Filed 2-20-14; 8:45 am]
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