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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
[DOE/EIS–0438]
Notice of Cancellation of
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Hermosa West Wind
Energy Project, Albany County,
Wyoming
Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Cancellation of
Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE), Western Area Power
Administration (Western) is issuing this
notice to advise the public that it is
cancelling the preparation of an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
under the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) on an
interconnection request by Shell
WindEnergy, Inc. (SWE).
DATES: This cancellation is effective on
May 23, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information on the
cancellation of this EIS process, contact
Mark Wieringa, NEPA Document
Manager, Western Area Power
Administration, P.O. Box 281213,
Lakewood, CO 80228–8213, email
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wieringa@wapa.gov, telephone (720)
962–7448. For general information on
DOE’s NEPA review process, contact
Carol M. Borgstrom, Director of NEPA
Policy and Compliance, GC–54,
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0119, telephone
(202) 586–4600 or (800) 472–2756,
facsimile (202) 586–7031.
SWE
proposed to design, construct, operate,
and maintain an up to 300-megawatt
Hermosa West Wind Energy Project
(Project) in Albany County, Wyoming,
and interconnect that Project with
Western’s transmission system. SWE’s
interconnection request caused Western
to initiate a NEPA review of its Federal
action to allow the interconnection.
Western published a Notice of Intent for
the EIS in the Federal Register on
January 14, 2010 (75 FR 2138), and
started the EIS process. Public scoping
meetings were held subsequent to the
Notice of Intent, and a Draft EIS was
approved by Western’s acting
Administrator for public review and
comment on September 24, 2012. The
Environmental Protection Agency’s
Notice of Availability for the Draft EIS
was published on October 5, 2012 (77
FR 60986). Public hearings on the Draft
EIS were held on October 29 and 30,
2012, in Laramie and Cheyenne,
Wyoming, respectively. SWE has since
decided to suspend further action on its
proposed Project. SWE notified Western
of their decision to withdraw their
interconnection request and Western is
now terminating the NEPA review
process on its interconnection decision
and SWE’s proposed Project. No Final
EIS or Record of Decision will be issued
for the Hermosa West Wind Energy
Project. SWE could decide to reinitiate
the proposed Project at some future
date. In that event Western would issue
a new Notice of Intent, and would
initiate an entirely new NEPA process.
On November 16, 2011, the DOE
General Counsel re-delegated all EIS
authorities to Western’s Administrator.
Under the authority granted by that
memorandum, I have terminated the
NEPA process for SWE’s proposed
Hermosa West Wind Energy Project
with the publication of this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: May 5, 2014.
Mark A. Gabriel,
Administrator.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[ER–FRL–9015–1]
Environmental Impact Statements;
Notice of Availability
Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
Activities, General Information (202)
564–7146 or https://www.epa.gov/
compliance/nepa/.
Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
Statements
Filed 05/12/2014 Through 05/16/2014
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
Notice: Section 309(a) of the Clean Air
Act requires that EPA make public its
comments on EISs issued by other
Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters
on EISs are available at: https://
www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/
eisdata.html.
EIS No. 20140150, Final EIS, NMFS,
AK, Steller Sea Lion Protection
Measures for Groundfish Fisheries in
the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area, Review Period
Ends: 06/23/2014, Contact: Gretchen
Harrington, 907–586–7228.
EIS No. 20140151, Draft EIS, USFWS,
VA, Chincoteague and Wallops Island
National Wildlife Refuges Draft
Comprehensive Conservation Plan,
Comment Period Ends: 07/15/2014,
Contact: Thomas Bonetti 413–253–
8307.
EIS No. 20140152, Final EIS, FERC, ME,
Downeast Liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG) Project, Review Period Ends:
06/23/2014, Contact: Shannon Crosley
202–502–8853.
EIS No. 20140153, Draft EIS, NPS, NC,
Cape Lookout National Seashore OffRoad Vehicle Management Plan,
Comment Period Ends: 07/21/2014,
Contact: Michael B. Edwards 303–
969–2694.
AMENDED NOTICES
EIS No. 20140147, Draft EIS, USFS, CA,
Rim Fire Recovery, Comment Period
Ends: 06/16/2014, Contact: Maria
Benech 209–532–3671, Revision to FR
Notice Published 05/16/2014;
Correction to reduce comment period
from 06/30/2014 to 06/16/2014
reflecting the President’s Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
alternative arrangement granted in
accordance with 40 CFR 1506.11 on
December 9, 2013. Among these
alternative arrangements, CEQ
specifically approved shortening the
public comment for this DEIS from 45
to 30 days.
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Dated: May 20, 2014.
Cliff Rader,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 2014–12020 Filed 5–22–14; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9911–31–OA]
Notification of a Public Teleconference
of the Science Advisory Board Panel
for the Review of the EPA Water Body
Connectivity Report
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Staff Office announces a public
teleconference of the SAB Panel to
discuss its draft advisory report
concerning the EPA document titled
Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands
to Downstream Waters: A Review and
Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence
(September, 2013 External Review Draft,
EPA/600/R–11/098B).
DATES: The public teleconference will
be held on Thursday, June 19, 2014
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Location: The public teleconferences
will be conducted by telephone only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing to obtain
information concerning the public
teleconference may contact Dr. Thomas
Armitage, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460;
via telephone at (202) 564–2155 or via
email at armitage.thomas@epa.gov.
General information concerning the
SAB as well as any updates concerning
the teleconference announced in this
notice may be found on the EPA Web
site at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB
was established pursuant to the
Environmental Research, Development,
and Demonstration Authorization Act
(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365,
to provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the Administrator on
the technical basis for Agency positions
and regulations. The SAB is a Federal
Advisory Committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will
comply with the provisions of FACA
and all appropriate SAB Staff Office
procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA
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and EPA policy, notice is hereby given
that the SAB Panel for the Review of the
EPA Water Body Connectivity Report
will hold a public teleconference to
discuss its draft advisory report
concerning the EPA document titled
Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands
to Downstream Waters: A Review and
Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence
(September, 2013 External Review Draft,
EPA/600/R–11/098B). This SAB panel
will provide advice to the Administrator
through the chartered SAB.
Background: The SAB Panel for the
Review of the EPA Water Body
Connectivity Report previously held a
face-to-face meeting on December 16–
18, 2013 to conduct a peer review of the
EPA document titled Connectivity of
Streams and Wetlands to Downstream
Waters: A Review and Synthesis of the
Scientific Evidence (September, 2013
External Review Draft, EPA/600/R–11/
098B) [Federal Register Notice dated
September 24, 2013 (78 FR 58536–
58537)]. The Panel also held public
teleconferences on April 28, 2014 and
May 2, 2014 to discuss its draft advisory
report [Federal Register Notice dated
April 1, 2014 (79 FR 18293–18294)].
Specifically, the Panel has been asked to
evaluate: The clarity and technical
accuracy of the EPA document, whether
it includes the most relevant peer
reviewed literature, whether the
literature has been correctly
summarized, and whether the findings
and conclusions in the Report are
supported by the available science. The
purpose of the upcoming teleconference
is for the SAB Panel to continue
discussing its draft advisory report.
Availability of Meeting Materials:
Teleconference agenda, the SAB Panel’s
draft advisory report, and any other
meeting materials will be placed on the
SAB Web at https://www.epa.gov/sab in
advance of the teleconference. For
technical questions and information
concerning the EPA document,
Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands
to Downstream Waters: A Review and
Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence
(September, 2013 External Review Draft,
EPA/600/R–11/098B), please contact Dr.
Laurie Alexander, National Center for
Environmental Assessment, Office of
Research and Development, U.S. EPA,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail
Code 8623P, Washington, DC 20460,
telephone (703) 347–8630 or via email
at alexander.laurie@epa.gov.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Public comment for consideration by
EPA’s federal advisory committees and
panels has a different purpose from
public comment provided to EPA
program offices. Therefore, the process
for submitting comments to a federal
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advisory committee is different from the
process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office.
Federal advisory committees and
panels, including scientific advisory
committees, provide independent
advice to EPA. Members of the public
can submit comments for a federal
advisory committee to consider as it
develops advice for EPA. Input from the
public to the SAB will have the most
impact if it provides specific scientific
or technical information or analysis for
SAB panels to consider or if it relates to
the clarity or accuracy of the technical
information. Members of the public
wishing to provide oral statements to
the SAB Panel should contact the DFO
directly. Oral Statements: In general,
individuals or groups requesting an oral
presentation at a public teleconference
will be limited to three minutes.
Interested parties should contact Dr.
Thomas Armitage, DFO, in writing
(preferably via email) at the contact
information noted above by
June 16, 2014 to be placed on the list
of public speakers. Written Statements:
Members of the public wishing to
provide written comments may submit
them to the EPA Docket electronically
via www.regulations.gov by email, by
mail, or by hand delivery/courier.
Please follow the detailed instructions
provided in the written statements
section of this notice. Written
statements should be received in the
EPA Docket by June 16, 2014 so that the
information may be made available to
the SAB Panel for its consideration.
Written statements should be identified
by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OA–2013–
0582 and submitted to the Docket at
www.regulations.gov by one of the
following methods:
• www.regulations.gov: Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Email: Docket_OEI@epa.gov:
Include the docket number in the
subject line of the message.
• Mail: Office of Environmental
Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code:
28221T), Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OA–
2013–0582, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. The
phone number is (202) 566–1752.
• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is
located in the EPA headquarters Docket
Center, Room 3334, EPA West Building,
1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744.
Deliveries are only accepted during the
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Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General
Information (202) 564-7146 or https://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/.
Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements
Filed 05/12/2014 Through 05/16/2014
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
Notice: Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make
public its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA's
comment letters on EISs are available at: https://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/eisdata.html.
EIS No. 20140150, Final EIS, NMFS, AK, Steller Sea Lion Protection
Measures for Groundfish Fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands Management Area, Review Period Ends: 06/23/2014, Contact:
Gretchen Harrington, 907-586-7228.
EIS No. 20140151, Draft EIS, USFWS, VA, Chincoteague and Wallops Island
National Wildlife Refuges Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan,
Comment Period Ends: 07/15/2014, Contact: Thomas Bonetti 413-253-8307.
EIS No. 20140152, Final EIS, FERC, ME, Downeast Liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG) Project, Review Period Ends: 06/23/2014, Contact: Shannon Crosley
202-502-8853.
EIS No. 20140153, Draft EIS, NPS, NC, Cape Lookout National Seashore
Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan, Comment Period Ends: 07/21/2014,
Contact: Michael B. Edwards 303-969-2694.
AMENDED NOTICES
EIS No. 20140147, Draft EIS, USFS, CA, Rim Fire Recovery, Comment
Period Ends: 06/16/2014, Contact: Maria Benech 209-532-3671, Revision
to FR Notice Published 05/16/2014; Correction to reduce comment period
from 06/30/2014 to 06/16/2014 reflecting the President's Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) alternative arrangement granted in
accordance with 40 CFR 1506.11 on December 9, 2013. Among these
alternative arrangements, CEQ specifically approved shortening the
public comment for this DEIS from 45 to 30 days.
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Dated: May 20, 2014.
Cliff Rader,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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