Notice To Extend the Public Comment Period on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Four Corners Power Plant and Navajo Mine Energy Project, 28549-28550 [2014-11396]
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• Biological resources, including
traditional culturally sensitive species;
• Climate change;
• Cultural and historic resources,
traditional cultural properties, and
sacred sites;
• Environmental justice;
• Indian Trust Assets;
• Public health;
• Socioeconomic resources; and
• Water resources including surface
and groundwater quantity and quality.
As part of its consideration of impacts
of the proposed Project on threatened
and endangered species, Reclamation
will conduct formal consultation with
the Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant
to Section 7 of the Endangered Species
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1536, and its
implementing regulations, 50 CFR Part
400. Formal consultation will consider
direct and indirect impacts from the
proposed Project, including continued
operation and maintenance of NGS,
KMC, and their associated facilities and
existing transmission systems, as well as
cumulative impacts.
Reclamation will conduct compliance
with Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act, 16 U.S.C.
470f, as provided for in 36 CFR
800.2(d)(3) concurrently with the NEPA
process, including public involvement
requirements and consultation with the
State Historic Preservation Officer(s)
and Tribal Historic Preservation
Officer(s). Native American tribal
consultations will be conducted in
accordance with applicable laws,
regulations, and DOI policy, and tribal
concerns will be given due
consideration, including impacts on
Indian Trust Assets.
Public Scoping Meeting Information.
Ten public scoping meetings will be
held to provide an overview of the
project and allow public comment and
discussion:
1. Tuesday, June 10, 2014, 4 p.m. to
7 p.m., Navajo Nation Museum,
Resource Room, Highway 264 Postal
Loop Road, Window Rock, Arizona.
2. Wednesday, June 11, 2014, 4 p.m.
to 7 p.m., Forest Lake Chapter House, 14
miles north of Pinon on Route N–41,
Arizona.
3. Thursday, June 12, 2014, 4 p.m. to
7 p.m., Monument Valley High School,
Cafeteria, 2 miles north of Highway 160
on Highway 163, Kayenta, Arizona.
4. Friday, June 13, 2014, 4 p.m. to 7
p.m., Shonto Chapter House, Building
S001–001, E. Navajo Road 221, Arizona.
5. Saturday, June 14, 2014, 1 p.m. to
4 p.m., Hopi Day School, Multipurpose
Room, Half mile East of Village Store on
Highway 254, Kykotsmovi, Arizona.
6. Monday, June 16, 2014, 4 p.m. to
7 p.m., LeChee Chapter House, 5 miles
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south of Page off of Coppermine Road,
LeChee, Arizona.
7. Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 4 p.m. to
7 p.m., City Hall Townhouse, 605 S.
Navajo Drive, Page, Arizona.
8. Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 4 p.m.
to 7 p.m., Tuba City High School
Cafeteria, Warrior Drive, Tuba City,
Arizona.
9. Thursday, June 19, 2014, 4 p.m. to
7 p.m., Phoenix Convention Center,
Room 129AB, 100 N. Third Street,
Phoenix, Arizona.
10. Friday, June 20, 2014, 4 p.m. to 7
p.m., Marana High School Cafeteria,
12000 W. Emigh Road, Tucson, Arizona.
Navajo interpreters will be present at
meetings on the Navajo Reservation and
at Kykotsmovi, and Hopi interpreters
will be present at meetings in
Kykotsmovi and Tuba City, AZ.
Special Assistance for Public Scoping
Meetings
If special assistance is required at the
scoping meetings, please contact Ms.
Sandra Eto at (623) 773–6254, or email
your assistance needs to NGSKMC-EIS@
usbr.gov, along with your name and
telephone number. Please indicate your
needs at least 2 weeks in advance of the
meeting to enable Reclamation to secure
the needed services. If a request cannot
be honored, the requestor will be
notified.
Public Disclosure
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.
Dated: May 12, 2014.
David Palumbo,
Deputy Regional Director, Lower Colorado
Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
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Notice To Extend the Public Comment
Period on the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the Four Corners
Power Plant and Navajo Mine Energy
Project
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE),
Interior.
ACTION: Extension of public comment
period.
AGENCY:
We are allowing additional
time for the public to submit comments
on the draft environmental impact
statement (DEIS) for the Four Corners
Power Plant and Navajo Mine Energy
Project. We are extending the end of the
comment period from May 27, 2014 to
June 27, 2014.
DATES: To ensure consideration in
developing the EIS, we must receive
your electronic or written comments by
the close of the DEIS public comment
period on June 27, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted in writing or by email. At the
top of your letter or in the subject line
of your email message, please indicate
that the comments are ‘‘Four CornersNavajo Mine DEIS Comments.’’
• Email comments should be sent to:
fcppnavajoenergyeis@osmre.gov.
• Mail/Hand-Delivery/Courier:
Written comments should be sent to:
Marcelo Calle, OSMRE Western Region,
1999 Broadway, Suite 3320, Denver,
Colorado 80202–3050
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information about the Project
and/or to have your name added to the
mailing list, contact: Marcelo Calle,
OSMRE Project Coordinator, at 303–
293–5035. 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: On March
28, 2014 (79 FR 17569), we published a
notice of availability (NOA) for the Four
Corners Power Plant and Navajo Mine
Energy Project DEIS. The NOA
requested public comments on the
content of the DEIS. The close of the
SUMMARY:
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public comment period for the NOA
published on March 28, 2014, was May
27, 2014. In response to requests for an
extension of the comment period, we
are granting a 31 day extension until
June 27, 2014.
The March 28, 2014, NOA listed the
locations, dates and times of the public
meetings, identified the locations of
repositories where the DEIS could be
reviewed and provided instructions for
submitting comments. To summarize,
the DEIS analyzed the impacts for the
Navajo Transitional Energy Company
Proposed Pinabete Permit and for the
Navajo Mine Permit Renewal, both of
which are located on the Navajo
Reservation in San Juan County, New
Mexico. The DEIS also analyzed the
impacts for the Arizona Public Service
Company Proposed Four Corners Power
Plant (FCPP) lease amendment, located
on the Navajo Reservation in San Juan
County, New Mexico, and associated
transmission line rights-of-way renewals
for lines located on the Navajo and Hopi
Reservations in San Juan County, New
Mexico and Navajo, Coconino and
Apache Counties in Arizona. In
addition, the DEIS analyzed impacts for
the Public Service Company of New
Mexico transmission line rights-of-way
renewal associated with the FCPP and
located on the Navajo Reservation in
New Mexico.
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Availability of Comments
OSMRE will make comments,
including name of respondent, address,
phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information,
available for public review during
normal business hours. Comments
submitted anonymously will be
accepted and considered; however,
those who submit anonymous
comments may not have standing to
appeal the subsequent decision.
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—will
be publicly available. 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.
Dated: May 9, 2014.
Joseph G. Pizarchik,
Director.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–513 and 731–
TA–1249 (Preliminary)]
Sugar From Mexico
Background
Determinations
On the basis of the record 1 developed
in the subject investigations, the United
States International Trade Commission
(Commission) determines, pursuant to
sections 703(a) and 733(a) of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671b(a) and
1673b(a)) (the Act), that there is a
reasonable indication that an industry
in the United States is materially
injured by reason of imports from
Mexico of sugar, provided for in
statistical subheadings 1701.12.1000,
1701.12.5000, 1701.13.1000,
1701.13.5000, 1701.14.1000,
1701.14.5000, 1701.91.1000,
1701.91.3000, 1701.99.1025,
1701.99.1050, 1701.99.5025,
1701.99.5050, and 1702.90.4000 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States, that are alleged to be sold
in the United States at less than fair
value (‘‘LTFV’’), and that are allegedly
subsidized by the Government of
Mexico.2
Commencement of Final Phase
Investigations
Pursuant to section 207.18 of the
Commission’s rules, the Commission
also gives notice of the commencement
of the final phase of its investigations.
The Commission will issue a final phase
notice of scheduling, which will be
published in the Federal Register as
provided in section 207.21 of the
Commission’s rules, upon notice from
the Department of Commerce
(Commerce) of affirmative preliminary
determinations in the investigations
under sections 703(b) or 733(b) of the
Act, or, if the preliminary
determinations are negative, upon
notice of affirmative final
determinations in those investigations
under sections 705(a) or 735(a) of the
Act. Parties that filed entries of
appearance in the preliminary phase of
the investigations need not enter a
separate appearance for the final phase
of the investigations. Industrial users,
and, if the merchandise under
investigation is sold at the retail level,
representative consumer organizations
have the right to appear as parties in
Commission antidumping and
1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19
CFR 207.2(f)).
2 Commissioner Rhonda K. Schmidtlein did not
participate in these investigations.
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countervailing duty investigations. The
Secretary will prepare a public service
list containing the names and addresses
of all persons, or their representatives,
who are parties to the investigations.
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On March 28, 2014, a petition was
filed with the Commission and
Commerce by the American Sugar
Coalition and its members: American
Sugar Cane League, Thibodaux, LA;
American Sugarbeet Growers
Association, Washington, DC; American
Sugar Refining, Inc., West Palm Beach,
FL; Florida Sugar Cane League,
Washington, DC; Hawaiian Commercial
and Sugar Company, Puunene, HI; Rio
Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.,
Santa Rosa, TX; Sugar Cane Growers
Cooperative of Florida, Belle Glade, FL;
and United States Beet Sugar
Association, Washington, DC, alleging
that an industry in the United States is
materially injured or threatened with
material injury by reason of LTFV and
subsidized imports of sugar from
Mexico. Accordingly, effective March
28, 2014, the Commission instituted
countervailing duty investigation No.
701–TA–513 and antidumping duty
investigation No. 731–TA–1249
(Preliminary).
Notice of the institution of the
Commission’s investigations and of a
public conference to be held in
connection therewith was given by
posting copies of the notice in the Office
of the Secretary, U.S. International
Trade Commission, Washington, DC,
and by publishing the notice in the
Federal Register of April 3, 2014 (79 FR
18697). The conference was held in
Washington, DC, on April 18, 2014, and
all persons who requested the
opportunity were permitted to appear in
person or by counsel.
The Commission transmitted its
determinations in these investigations to
the Secretary of Commerce on May 12,
2014. The views of the Commission are
contained in USITC Publication 4467
(May 2014), entitled Sugar from Mexico:
Investigation Nos. 701–TA–513 and
731–TA–1249 (Preliminary).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: May 12, 2014.
William R. Bishop,
Supervisory Hearings and Information
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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Notice To Extend the Public Comment Period on the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Four Corners Power Plant and
Navajo Mine Energy Project
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE),
Interior.
ACTION: Extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: We are allowing additional time for the public to submit
comments on the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the
Four Corners Power Plant and Navajo Mine Energy Project. We are
extending the end of the comment period from May 27, 2014 to June 27,
2014.
DATES: To ensure consideration in developing the EIS, we must receive
your electronic or written comments by the close of the DEIS public
comment period on June 27, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in writing or by email. At the top
of your letter or in the subject line of your email message, please
indicate that the comments are ``Four Corners-Navajo Mine DEIS
Comments.''
Email comments should be sent to:
fcppnavajoenergyeis@osmre.gov.
Mail/Hand-Delivery/Courier: Written comments should be
sent to: Marcelo Calle, OSMRE Western Region, 1999 Broadway, Suite
3320, Denver, Colorado 80202-3050
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about the
Project and/or to have your name added to the mailing list, contact:
Marcelo Calle, OSMRE Project Coordinator, at 303-293-5035. 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: On March 28, 2014 (79 FR 17569), we
published a notice of availability (NOA) for the Four Corners Power
Plant and Navajo Mine Energy Project DEIS. The NOA requested public
comments on the content of the DEIS. The close of the
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public comment period for the NOA published on March 28, 2014, was May
27, 2014. In response to requests for an extension of the comment
period, we are granting a 31 day extension until June 27, 2014.
The March 28, 2014, NOA listed the locations, dates and times of
the public meetings, identified the locations of repositories where the
DEIS could be reviewed and provided instructions for submitting
comments. To summarize, the DEIS analyzed the impacts for the Navajo
Transitional Energy Company Proposed Pinabete Permit and for the Navajo
Mine Permit Renewal, both of which are located on the Navajo
Reservation in San Juan County, New Mexico. The DEIS also analyzed the
impacts for the Arizona Public Service Company Proposed Four Corners
Power Plant (FCPP) lease amendment, located on the Navajo Reservation
in San Juan County, New Mexico, and associated transmission line
rights-of-way renewals for lines located on the Navajo and Hopi
Reservations in San Juan County, New Mexico and Navajo, Coconino and
Apache Counties in Arizona. In addition, the DEIS analyzed impacts for
the Public Service Company of New Mexico transmission line rights-of-
way renewal associated with the FCPP and located on the Navajo
Reservation in New Mexico.
Availability of Comments
OSMRE will make comments, including name of respondent, address,
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information,
available for public review during normal business hours. Comments
submitted anonymously will be accepted and considered; however, those
who submit anonymous comments may not have standing to appeal the
subsequent decision.
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--will be publicly available. 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.
Dated: May 9, 2014.
Joseph G. Pizarchik,
Director.
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