Supplemental Notice of Intent To Revise the Osage County Oil and Gas Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Osage County, Oklahoma, 21376-21377 [2016-08260]
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Supplemental Notice of Intent To
Revise the Osage County Oil and Gas
Draft Environmental Impact Statement,
Osage County, Oklahoma
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We request comments from the public
regarding our preliminary determination
that the applicant’s proposal will have
a minor or negligible effect on the Morro
shoulderband snail and that the HCP
qualifies for processing as a low-effect.
We will evaluate comments received
and make a final determination
regarding whether the application meets
the requirements of section 10(a)(1)(B)
of the Act. We will incorporate the
results of our intra-Service consultation,
in combination with the above findings,
in our final analysis to determine
whether to issue the ITP. If all of our
requirements are met, we will issue the
ITP to the applicant. Permit issuance
would not occur less than 30 days from
the date of this notice.
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This Supplemental Notice
advises the public that the Bureau of
Indian Affairs (BIA) as Lead Agency will
be revising the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the Osage County
Oil and Gas program. The BIA will work
with cooperating agencies and others to
gather additional information and work
to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS). This Supplemental
Notice announces an additional public
scoping meeting to identify potential
issues and content for inclusion in the
EIS. The BIA solicits written comments
and oral comments at the public
meeting on the range of reasonable
alternatives for implementing the
proposed action and issues to be
addressed in the revised Draft EIS, such
as information regarding the level of oil
and gas development in Osage County
or possible mitigation measures for
environmental and socioeconomic
impacts of that development.
DATES: Written comments on the scope
and implementation of the proposal
must arrive by Friday, May 8, 2016. A
public scoping meeting will be held at
the Wah Zha Zhi Cultural Center from
3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on April 28, 2016. The
date and location of the public meeting,
including any changes, will be
announced at least 15 days in advance
through notices in the following local
newspapers: Hominy News Progress,
Pawhuska Journal Capital, Skiatook, and
Tulsa World and will be posted on the
following Internet location: https://
www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/
RegionalOffices/EasternOklahoma/
WeAre/Osage/OSAGEOilGasEIS/
index.htm.
SUMMARY:
You may mail, email, hand
deliver, or fax written comments to Ms.
Jeannine Hale, BIA Eastern Oklahoma
ADDRESSES:
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Regional Office, P.O. Box 8002,
Muskogee, Oklahoma 74402–8002; fax
(918) 781–4667; email:
osagecountyoilandgaseis@bia.gov.
The April 28, 2016, public scoping
meeting will be held at the Wah Zha Zhi
Cultural Center, 1449 Main Street,
Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Jeannine Hale, Division of
Environmental and Cultural Resources,
BIA Eastern Oklahoma Regional Office,
P.O. Box 8002, Muskogee, Oklahoma
74402–8002, (918) 781–4660.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIA
previously released a programmatic
Osage County Oil and Gas DEIS in
November 2015. After the public
comment period, the BIA determined
that the Osage DEIS should be revised
in order to address comments received
and take into consideration additional
information. This Supplemental Notice
advises interested parties that the
proposed Federal action(s) is the BIA
approval of leases and permits for oil
and gas mining activities located in the
Osage Mineral Estate. The Osage
Mineral Estate is held in trust, and the
BIA approves oil and gas leases,
applications for permits to drill, and
other site-specific permit applications
under the authority of the 1906 Osage
Allotment Act, as amended and 25 CFR
part 226.
The BIA, under delegation of the
Secretary of the Interior, is responsible
for administering the development of oil
and gas resources in Osage County for
the benefit of the Osage. The Federal
actions, including approvals of leases
and issuance of permits, are needed for
the BIA to fulfill a portion of its trust
responsibility to the Osage and to
facilitate the development of the
mineral estate. The BIA may use the EIS
to support a decision under the National
Environmental Policy Act.
Directions for Submitting Public
Comments: Please include your name,
return address, and the caption ‘‘Osage
County Oil and Gas Environmental
Impact Statement’’ on the first page of
any written comments you submit. You
may also submit comments at the public
scoping meeting.
Public Comment Availability: Written
comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the BIA,
813 Grandview, Pawhuska, Oklahoma,
during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except holidays. Before including your
address, telephone number, email
address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
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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.
Authority: This notice is published in
accordance with Section 1503.1 of the
Council on Environmental Quality
regulations (40 CFR part 1500 et seq.) and the
Department of the Interior Regulations (43
CFR part 46) implementing the procedural
requirements of the National Environmental
Policy Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.), and in accordance with the authority
delegated to the Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs in Part 209 of the Department Manual.
Dated: April 5, 2016.
Michael S. Black,
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Fort Mojave Solar Project on the
Fort Mojave Indian Reservation,
Mohave County, Arizona, and Clark
County, Nevada
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA), as lead agency in cooperation
with the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe
(Tribe), the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), and other agencies, intends to
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) that will evaluate a
photovoltaic (PV) solar energy
generation project on the Fort Mojave
Indian Reservation in Mohave County,
Arizona. Associated transmission lines
and substations located on Tribal trust
lands, Federal lands administered and
managed by BLM and Bureau of
Reclamation (BOR), State-administered
lands, and county and private lands in
Clark County, Nevada, will also be
evaluated.
This notice announces the beginning
of the scoping process to solicit public
comment and identify potential issues
related to the EIS. It also announces that
two public scoping meetings will be
held to identify potential issues,
alternatives, and mitigation to be
considered in the EIS.
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SUMMARY:
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In order to be fully considered,
written comments on the scope of the
EIS or implementation of the proposal
must arrive by May 11, 2016. The dates
and locations of the public scoping
meetings will be published in local
papers (Mohave Valley Daily News,
Needles Desert Star, and Laughlin
Nevada Times) 15 days before the
scoping meetings and will also be
available on the EIS Web site at
FortMojaveSolarProjectEIS.com.
ADDRESSES: You may mail, email, or
hand carry written comments to Mr.
Chip Lewis, Regional Environmental
Compliance Officer, BIA Western
Regional Office, 2600 North Central
Avenue, 4th Floor Mailroom, Phoenix,
Arizona 85004; telephone: (602) 379–
6782; email: chip.lewis@bia.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed Federal action, taken under 25
U.S.C. 415, is BIA’s approval of a solar
energy ground lease and associated
agreements entered into by the Tribe
with Tribal Solar, LLC (Tribal Solar), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of First Solar.
If approved, these documents would
allow the construction and operation of
an up-to 332 megawatt (MW) alternating
current solar PV electricity generation
facility located entirely on the Fort
Mojave Indian Reservation and
specifically on lands held in trust by the
United States for the Tribe. The
proposed generation-tie transmission
lines and substations required for
interconnection would be located on
Tribal trust lands, Federal lands
administered and managed by BLM and
BOR, State-administered lands, and
county and private lands in Clark
County, Nevada. The BIA and BLM
would additionally approve right-ofways (ROWs) authorizing the
construction and operation of the
transmission line and other supporting
facilities, as needed. Together, the
proposed solar energy facility,
transmission lines, and other associated
facilities will make up the proposed
solar project (Project).
The proposed solar energy facility
would be located on approximately
2,800 acres of Tribal trust lands leased
from the Tribe out of a total of
approximately 3,600 acres available
under an option for lease. These lands
are currently used for agriculture. The
solar energy facility would include PV
panels, power inverters and
transformers, a 34.5 kV collection
system either overhead or underground,
a substation, an operations and
maintenance building with parking,
meteorology towers, security fencing
and lighting, and other on-site facilities
as required.
DATES:
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The Project would interconnect into
the existing Mohave 500 kV Switchyard
located near the town of Laughlin,
Nevada. As proposed, an approximately
18-mile 230 kilovolt (kV) single or
multiple circuit line would be built to
a new 230/500 kV substation, which
would be located next to/near the
Mohave 500 kV Switchyard. Here, the
voltage would be stepped up to 500 kV
and then a short single or multiple
circuit 500 kV line would be built from
the 230/500 kV substation to connect to
the Mohave 500 kV Switchyard.
The solar facility would be located on
Tribal lands in Township 18 North,
Range 22 West, Sections 3, 4, 9, and 10
and Township 19 North, Range 22 West,
Sections 15, 16, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 33,
and 34 in Arizona. Access to the solar
facility site would be provided by
existing roads crossing through and next
to the proposed solar facility site.
Construction of the Project is expected
to take approximately 18 to 32 months.
Tribal Solar is expected to operate the
energy facility for up to 35 years
subsequent to the Project’s Commercial
Operations Date. No water would be
used to generate electricity during
operations. Water would be needed
during construction for dust control and
other construction activities and a
minimal amount would be needed
during operations. The water supply
required for portions of the Project on
the Reservation would be obtained from
the Tribe.
The purposes of the proposed actions
and the Project are, among other things,
to: use the Tribe’s solar energy
resources; provide a long-term, diverse,
and viable economic revenue base, job
opportunities and other benefits for the
Tribe; generate clean, renewable
electricity to help Southwestern states
to meet their State renewable energy
needs and reduce demand for
generation facilities that might result in
cross-border air pollution; and allow the
Tribe, in partnership with Tribal Solar,
to optimize the use of the lease site
while maximizing the potential
economic benefit to the Tribe.
BIA will prepare the EIS in
cooperation with the Tribe, BLM, and
possibly BOR, Army Corps of Engineers,
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), State of Nevada, and Clark
County, Nevada. In addition, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will
provide input on the analysis and may
also serve as a cooperating agency. The
resulting EIS will aim to: (1) Provide
agency decision makers, the Tribe, and
the general public with a
comprehensive understanding of the
impacts of the proposed Project and
alternatives on and off the Reservation;
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[167 A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900]
Supplemental Notice of Intent To Revise the Osage County Oil and
Gas Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Osage County, Oklahoma
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Supplemental Notice advises the public that the Bureau of
Indian Affairs (BIA) as Lead Agency will be revising the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Osage County Oil and Gas
program. The BIA will work with cooperating agencies and others to
gather additional information and work to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS). This Supplemental Notice announces an
additional public scoping meeting to identify potential issues and
content for inclusion in the EIS. The BIA solicits written comments and
oral comments at the public meeting on the range of reasonable
alternatives for implementing the proposed action and issues to be
addressed in the revised Draft EIS, such as information regarding the
level of oil and gas development in Osage County or possible mitigation
measures for environmental and socioeconomic impacts of that
development.
DATES: Written comments on the scope and implementation of the proposal
must arrive by Friday, May 8, 2016. A public scoping meeting will be
held at the Wah Zha Zhi Cultural Center from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on April
28, 2016. The date and location of the public meeting, including any
changes, will be announced at least 15 days in advance through notices
in the following local newspapers: Hominy News Progress, Pawhuska
Journal Capital, Skiatook, and Tulsa World and will be posted on the
following Internet location: https://www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/RegionalOffices/EasternOklahoma/WeAre/Osage/OSAGEOilGasEIS/index.htm.
ADDRESSES: You may mail, email, hand deliver, or fax written comments
to Ms. Jeannine Hale, BIA Eastern Oklahoma Regional Office, P.O. Box
8002, Muskogee, Oklahoma 74402-8002; fax (918) 781-4667; email:
osagecountyoilandgaseis@bia.gov.
The April 28, 2016, public scoping meeting will be held at the Wah
Zha Zhi Cultural Center, 1449 Main Street, Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jeannine Hale, Division of
Environmental and Cultural Resources, BIA Eastern Oklahoma Regional
Office, P.O. Box 8002, Muskogee, Oklahoma 74402-8002, (918) 781-4660.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIA previously released a programmatic
Osage County Oil and Gas DEIS in November 2015. After the public
comment period, the BIA determined that the Osage DEIS should be
revised in order to address comments received and take into
consideration additional information. This Supplemental Notice advises
interested parties that the proposed Federal action(s) is the BIA
approval of leases and permits for oil and gas mining activities
located in the Osage Mineral Estate. The Osage Mineral Estate is held
in trust, and the BIA approves oil and gas leases, applications for
permits to drill, and other site-specific permit applications under the
authority of the 1906 Osage Allotment Act, as amended and 25 CFR part
226.
The BIA, under delegation of the Secretary of the Interior, is
responsible for administering the development of oil and gas resources
in Osage County for the benefit of the Osage. The Federal actions,
including approvals of leases and issuance of permits, are needed for
the BIA to fulfill a portion of its trust responsibility to the Osage
and to facilitate the development of the mineral estate. The BIA may
use the EIS to support a decision under the National Environmental
Policy Act.
Directions for Submitting Public Comments: Please include your
name, return address, and the caption ``Osage County Oil and Gas
Environmental Impact Statement'' on the first page of any written
comments you submit. You may also submit comments at the public scoping
meeting.
Public Comment Availability: Written comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the
BIA, 813 Grandview, Pawhuska, Oklahoma, during regular business hours,
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Before
including your address, telephone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware
that your entire
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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.
Authority: This notice is published in accordance with Section
1503.1 of the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR
part 1500 et seq.) and the Department of the Interior Regulations
(43 CFR part 46) implementing the procedural requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.), and in accordance with the authority delegated to the
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs in Part 209 of the Department
Manual.
Dated: April 5, 2016.
Michael S. Black,
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016-08260 Filed 4-8-16; 8:45 am]
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