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existing tailings storage facility, and a
new borrow area.
NMC would continue to employ the
existing workforce of approximately 500
employees for the construction,
operation, reclamation, and closure of
the proposed project expansion, which
is anticipated to extend the mine life by
approximately another 23 years from
2040 to 2063.
The proposed Project surface
disturbance affecting Greater SageGrouse habitat on BLM administered
land is 7 acres of Preliminary Priority
Habitat (PPH) and 108 acres of
Preliminary General Habitat (PGH).
Since 2013, BLM biologists at the Mount
Lewis Field Office have coordinated
with the Nevada Department of Wildlife
(NDOW) and the BLM State Office
regarding NMC’s disturbance to Greater
Sage-Grouse habitat. Collectively, the
organizations will formulate best
management practices for Greater SageGrouse and other wildlife species and
will agree on measures to mitigate the
disturbance to Greater Sage-Grouse
habitat through the EIS development.
The purpose of the public scoping
process is to determine relevant issues
that will influence the scope of the
environmental analysis, including
potential alternatives, and guide the
process for developing the EIS. At
present, the BLM has identified the
following preliminary issues: Closure of
the cyanide heap leach pad (s), water
management, air quality impacts,
wildlife (including migratory birds),
special status species, noise and visual
issues, soils, recreation, cultural
resources, Native American cultural
concerns, and grazing management.
The BLM will utilize and coordinate
the NEPA scoping process to help fulfill
the public involvement process under
the National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA) (54 U.S.C. 306108) as provided
in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). The information
about historic and cultural resources
within the area potentially affected by
the proposed Project will assist the BLM
in identifying and evaluating impacts to
such resources in the context of both
NEPA and the NHPA.
The BLM will consult with Indian
tribes on a government-to-government
basis in accordance with Executive
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concerns, including impacts on Indian
trust assets and potential impacts to
cultural resources, will be given due
consideration. Federal, State, and local
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stakeholders that may be interested in or
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[BOEM–2015–0016]
Revised Environmental Assessment
for Virginia Offshore Wind Technology
Advancement Project on the Atlantic
Outer Continental Shelf Offshore
Virginia; MMAA104000
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of a
Revised Environmental Assessment and
a Finding of No Significant Impact.
AGENCY:
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BOEM is announcing the
availability of a revised Environmental
Assessment (EA) and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) for the
approval of the Virginia Offshore Wind
Technology Advancement Project
(VOWTAP). The revised EA provides a
discussion of potential impacts of the
proposed action and an analysis of
reasonable alternatives to the proposed
action. As a result of the analysis in the
revised EA, BOEM issued a FONSI
concluding that the reasonably
foreseeable environmental impacts
associated with the proposed action and
alternatives would not significantly
impact the quality of the human
environment. These documents and
associated information are available on
BOEM’s Web site at https://
www.boem.gov/VOWTAP/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
20166, (703) 787–1340 or
michelle.morin@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
December 2014, BOEM published an EA
to consider the reasonably foreseeable
environmental consequences associated
with the approval of wind energyrelated research activities (i.e.,
construction, operation, maintenance,
and eventual decommissioning of the
VOWTAP) offshore Virginia as proposed
by the Commonwealth of Virginia’s
Department of Mines, Minerals, and
Energy (DMME). A Notice of
Availability was published on December
2, 2014 to announce the availability of
the EA and initiate a 30-day public
comment period. On January 2, 2015,
BOEM published a Federal Register
notice extending the comment period
until January 16, 2015. The EA was
subsequently revised based on
comments received during the comment
period and a public information
meeting. The revised EA provides
technical clarification, such as the type
of aviation safety lights that would be
installed on the turbines, and the
parameters used in the avian collision
model. Also the revised EA provides
additional information detailing the
vegetation and land cover of the onshore
impact area associated with cable
installation and seasonal prohibitions
for North Atlantic right whales. In
addition to the proposed action, the
revised EA considers the same
alternative turbine locations considered
in the December 2014 EA. BOEM’s
analysis of the proposed action and
alternatives still takes into account
standard operating conditions designed
to avoid or minimize potential impacts
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to protected species of marine mammals
and sea turtles, including: (1) Those
required during all project activity
associated with the VOWTAP (vessel
strike avoidance, marine debris
awareness, and reporting); (2) those
required during high-resolution
geophysical surveys (establishment,
monitoring and clearance of an
exclusion zone; and shutdown, ramp
up, power down, and pause
procedures); (3) those required during
pile driving (establishment, monitoring
and clearance of an exclusion zone;
prohibition on pile driving from
November 1 to April 30 and within an
active Dynamic Management Area; and
soft start and shut down, and pause
procedures); and (4) those required
during dynamic positioning thruster use
(establishment and monitoring of an
exclusion zone, and ramp up and power
down procedures). In accordance with
the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
the Council on Environmental Quality’s
(CEQ) regulations implementing NEPA
at 40 CFR 1500–1508, BOEM issued a
FONSI supported by the analysis in the
revised EA. The FONSI concluded that
the reasonably foreseeable
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action and alternatives, as
set forth in the EA, would not
significantly impact the quality of the
human environment; therefore, the
preparation of an Environmental Impact
Statement is not required.
Authority: This Notice of Availability for
an EA is in compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), and is
published pursuant to 43 CFR 46.305.
Dated: June 22, 2015.
Abigail Ross Hopper,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[BOEM-2015-0016]
Revised Environmental Assessment for Virginia Offshore Wind
Technology Advancement Project on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf
Offshore Virginia; MMAA104000
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Revised Environmental Assessment
and a Finding of No Significant Impact.
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SUMMARY: BOEM is announcing the availability of a revised Environmental
Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the
approval of the Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advancement Project
(VOWTAP). The revised EA provides a discussion of potential impacts of
the proposed action and an analysis of reasonable alternatives to the
proposed action. As a result of the analysis in the revised EA, BOEM
issued a FONSI concluding that the reasonably foreseeable environmental
impacts associated with the proposed action and alternatives would not
significantly impact the quality of the human environment. These
documents and associated information are available on BOEM's Web site
at https://www.boem.gov/VOWTAP/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
20166, (703) 787-1340 or michelle.morin@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In December 2014, BOEM published an EA to
consider the reasonably foreseeable environmental consequences
associated with the approval of wind energy-related research activities
(i.e., construction, operation, maintenance, and eventual
decommissioning of the VOWTAP) offshore Virginia as proposed by the
Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy
(DMME). A Notice of Availability was published on December 2, 2014 to
announce the availability of the EA and initiate a 30-day public
comment period. On January 2, 2015, BOEM published a Federal Register
notice extending the comment period until January 16, 2015. The EA was
subsequently revised based on comments received during the comment
period and a public information meeting. The revised EA provides
technical clarification, such as the type of aviation safety lights
that would be installed on the turbines, and the parameters used in the
avian collision model. Also the revised EA provides additional
information detailing the vegetation and land cover of the onshore
impact area associated with cable installation and seasonal
prohibitions for North Atlantic right whales. In addition to the
proposed action, the revised EA considers the same alternative turbine
locations considered in the December 2014 EA. BOEM's analysis of the
proposed action and alternatives still takes into account standard
operating conditions designed to avoid or minimize potential impacts to
protected species of marine mammals and sea turtles, including: (1)
Those required during all project activity associated with the VOWTAP
(vessel strike avoidance, marine debris awareness, and reporting); (2)
those required during high-resolution geophysical surveys
(establishment, monitoring and clearance of an exclusion zone; and
shutdown, ramp up, power down, and pause procedures); (3) those
required during pile driving (establishment, monitoring and clearance
of an exclusion zone; prohibition on pile driving from November 1 to
April 30 and within an active Dynamic Management Area; and soft start
and shut down, and pause procedures); and (4) those required during
dynamic positioning thruster use (establishment and monitoring of an
exclusion zone, and ramp up and power down procedures). In accordance
with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
and the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations
implementing NEPA at 40 CFR 1500-1508, BOEM issued a FONSI supported by
the analysis in the revised EA. The FONSI concluded that the reasonably
foreseeable environmental impacts associated with the proposed action
and alternatives, as set forth in the EA, would not significantly
impact the quality of the human environment; therefore, the preparation
of an Environmental Impact Statement is not required.
Authority: This Notice of Availability for an EA is in
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), and is published pursuant to 43
CFR 46.305.
Dated: June 22, 2015.
Abigail Ross Hopper,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
Editorial Note: The Office of the Federal Register received this
document on September 22, 2015.
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