Final Environmental Impact Statement for Scorpion Pier Replacement, Channel Islands National Park, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, California, 23290-23291 [2017-10426]
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laws, but not from conveyance under
Section 701 of the CDPA (108 Stat.
4471), is hereby extended for an
additional 20-year period as to the
following described lands:
Mount Diablo Meridian
T. 29 S., R. 38 E.,
Sec. 4, lot 1, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4,
SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and
NW1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec. 5, S1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4,
SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4,
NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and
SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec. 7, lots 3 and 4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and
W1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;
Sec. 8, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and
NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec. 18, lots 1 and 2;
Sec. 30, lots 4 and 6, N1⁄2NE1⁄4,
E1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,
E1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,
W1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and
N1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4.
The areas described aggregate 830.07 acres
in Kern County.
2. The withdrawal extended by this
order will terminate automatically upon
issuance of patent or expire on May 12,
2037, unless, as a result of a review
conducted before the expiration date
pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary
determines that the withdrawal shall be
further extended.
Dated: May 12, 2017.
Ryan K. Zinke,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2017–10357 Filed 5–19–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–PWR–PWRO–21619;
PX.XPWRATP16.00.1]
Final Environmental Impact Statement
for Scorpion Pier Replacement,
Channel Islands National Park, Ventura
and Santa Barbara Counties, California
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for Replacement of the Scorpion
Pier on Santa Cruz Island, Channel
Islands National Park. The Final EIS
identifies and analyzes the potential
consequences of three alternatives: The
No Action Alternative; Alternative 1,
which would replace the existing pier in
the current location and make extensive
road improvements; and Alternative 2,
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which would construct a new
replacement pier south of the existing
location and make minor road
improvements. It also proposes
mitigation measures to minimize the
adverse impacts from construction or
operation of the alternatives where such
impacts may occur.
DATES: The NPS will execute a Record
of Decision no sooner than 30 days after
the date of publication of the Notice of
Availability published in the Federal
Register by the Environmental
Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: The Final EIS is available
for public inspection online at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov.chis, in local
public libraries, and in the office of the
Superintendent, Channel Islands
National Park, 1901 Spinnaker Dr.,
Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 658–5702.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Russell Galipeau, Superintendent,
Channel Islands National Park, 1901
Spinnaker Dr., Ventura, CA 93001;
russell_galipeau@nps.gov; (805) 658–
5702.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Santa
Cruz Island is one of five remote islands
spanning 2,228 square miles of land and
sea comprising Channel Islands
National Park. Given necessity for boat
access to the island, need for the Project
is driven by the following factors:
• Scorpion Pier should provide safe
access to Santa Cruz Island. The existing
pier is deteriorating and does not meet
NPS requirements for administrative use
or safe visitor access. The access road to
the current location also requires
frequent rebuilding. The current height
of the pier cannot sufficiently
accommodate high and low tides; as
such, vessel operators have difficulty
docking without compromising risk to
individuals, vessels, and the pier itself.
The embarkation process requires
passengers to climb—one person at a
time, often while carrying a backpack—
a single unsteady ladder that is not
compliant with standards for accessible
design.
• Scorpion Pier should provide
efficient access to Santa Cruz Island that
accommodates visitor demand. The
existing pier and access road
significantly weaken the efficiency of
NPS operations. The one-person ladder
needed for embarkation, for example,
lengthens the entire boarding process
and increases visitor exposure to
adverse weather conditions. The narrow
width of the pier also causes delays
because it cannot simultaneously
accommodate visitors and large cargo
(i.e., maintenance vehicles); as such,
passenger embarkation must occur
separately from many maintenance
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activities. Additionally, the lack of
adequate armoring in the area increases
the need for regular and expensive
repairs to the eroding access road.
Improvement of the pier and access road
is necessary to meet current and future
visitor demands.
• Scorpion Pier and the access
roadway should be operated in a
manner that protects sensitive
resources. The access road is extremely
susceptible to harsh weather conditions,
and is often washed out by Scorpion
Creek when it floods. Maintenance of
the existing pier access road currently
requires repairing and re-grading several
times per year due to wave and storm
erosion. As a result of these grounddisturbing activities, sensitive
archaeological resources may be
threatened. Ongoing re-construction can
also impact the environment through air
emissions, erosion, and possible
pollutants to waterways and sensitive
habitats.
• Scorpion Pier should provide
access to Santa Cruz Island in
consideration of predicted sea level rise.
The predicted rise in sea level due to
global warming must also be considered
in the new design for the pier. Current
predictions range from 0.33 foot to 1.1
foot by the year 2050, and 0.74 foot to
3.2 feet by 2100. Anticipated sea level
rise has implications for the new pier
design, as well as for the dynamics of
Scorpion Creek during large storm
events.
Accordingly, key project objectives
include: (1) Improve the visitor
experience; (2) Improve the pier while
protecting marine and terrestrial
environments; (3) Improve access for
NPS and concessioner boats; (4)
Improve passenger, cargo, and
operations circulation; (5) Protect
archaeological resources; (6) Preserve
the historic landscape qualities and
visual character of Scorpion Ranch; and
(7) Improve efficiency and
sustainability.
The Draft EIS was made available for
public review and comment from
October 9, 2015, through December 18,
2015. The full text and graphics were
also posted on the NPS Planning,
Environment and Public Comment Web
site (https://parkplanning.nps.gov/chis).
During the review period, the NPS
received only six separate pieces of
correspondence—the majority of
comments were in regards to the general
planning process and project design, as
well as concerns about protecting
aquatic biological resources and air
quality. There were no objections to the
proposed actions. After considering all
comments received, the NPS prepared
the Final EIS. There are no substantive
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changes to the range of alternatives
considered. Alternative 2 is deemed to
be the ‘‘environmentally preferred’’
course of action, and is identified as the
agency-preferred alternative.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.
Interested parties, upon
request, may obtain a compact disk
(CD–ROM) containing the Final Notice
of Sale (NOS) package by contacting the
BOEM Alaska OCS Region at:
ADDRESSES:
Dated: February 27, 2017.
Laura E. Joss
Regional Director, Pacific West.
[FR Doc. 2017–10426 Filed 5–19–17; 8:45 am]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 3801
Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage,
Alaska 99503, (907) 334–5200 or (800) 764–
2627.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM–2017–0013;
MMAA104000]
Cook Inlet Planning Area Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease
Sale 244
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Final Notice of Sale.
AGENCY:
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The Final NOS package can also be
downloaded from the BOEM Web site at
https://www.boem.gov/Sale-244.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Diamond, Chief, Leasing
Division, (703) 787–1776,
david.diamond@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
On Wednesday, June 21,
2017, the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) will open and
publicly announce bids received for
blocks offered in the Cook Inlet
Planning Area Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 244 (Cook
Inlet Sale 244), in accordance with
provisions of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) and the
implementing regulations issued
thereto. The Cook Inlet Sale 244 Final
Notice of Sale (NOS) package contains
information essential to potential
bidders.
DATES: Public opening and reading of
the bids for Cook Inlet Lease Sale 244
will begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday,
June 21, 2017, in the Denali Room at the
Bureau of Land Management, Alaska
State Office, Anchorage Federal Office
Building, 222 West Seventh Avenue,
Anchorage, Alaska. The venue will not
be open to the general public, media, or
industry. Instead, the bid opening and
reading will be available for public
viewing on BOEM’s Web site via video
live-streaming at www.boem.gov. The
use of live-streaming will provide
greater access to a wider national and
international audience. BOEM will also
post the results on its Web site after bid
opening and reading are completed. All
times referred to in this document are
Alaska time, unless otherwise specified.
Bid Submission Deadline: BOEM
must receive all sealed bids during
normal business hours, between 8:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m., through June 19,
2017, and from 8:00 a.m. to the bid
submission deadline of 10:00 a.m. on
SUMMARY:
Tuesday, June 20, 2017, the day before
the lease sale. For more information on
bid submission, see Section VII,
‘‘Bidding Instructions,’’ of this
document.
This Final NOS includes the following
sections:
I. Lease Sale Area
II. Statutes and Regulations
III. Lease Terms and Economic Conditions
IV. Lease Stipulations
V. Information to Lessees
VI. Maps
VII. Bidding Instructions
VIII. Bidding Rules and Restrictions
IX. Forms
X. The Lease Sale
XI. Delay of Sale
Lease Sale Area
BOEM will offer for bid in this lease
sale all unleased whole blocks and
partial blocks in the area of Cook Inlet
identified on the map included as part
of this notice, ‘‘Final Notice of Sale,
Cook Inlet Planning Area, OCS Oil Gas
Lease Sale 244.’’ The BOEM Official
Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) and
Supplemental Official OCS Block
Diagrams are available online at https://
www.boem.gov/Oil-and-Gas-EnergyProgram/Mapping-and-Data/
Alaska.aspx.
All of these blocks are shown on the
following OPDs:
• Iliamna (OPD NO 05–01)
• Seldovia (OPD NO 05–02)
• Kenai (OPD NP 05–08)
The available Federal area of each
whole and partial block in this lease
sale are shown in the document ‘‘List of
Blocks Available for Leasing’’ included
in the Final NOS Package. Some of these
blocks, known as ‘‘partial blocks,’’ may
be transected by administrative lines,
such as the Federal/State jurisdictional
line. A bid on a block must include all
of the available Federal area of that
block.
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II. Statutes and Regulations
Each lease is issued pursuant to the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
(OCSLA, 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), and is
subject to OCSLA, its implementing
regulations pursuant thereto (30 CFR
part 556), and other applicable statutes
and regulations in existence upon the
effective date of the lease, as well as
those applicable statutes enacted and
regulations promulgated thereafter,
except to the extent that the afterenacted statutes and regulations
explicitly conflict with an express
provision of the lease. Each lease is
subject to amendments to the applicable
statutes and regulations, including, but
not limited to, OCSLA, that do not
explicitly conflict with an express
provision of the lease. The lessee
expressly bears the risk that such new
amended statutes and regulations (i.e.,
those that do not explicitly conflict with
an express provision of the lease) may
increase or decrease the lessee’s
obligations under the lease.
III. Lease Terms and Economic
Conditions
Lease Terms
OCS Lease Form
BOEM will use Form BOEM–2005
(February 2017) to convey leases issued
as a result of this sale. This lease form
may be viewed on the BOEM Web site
at https://www.boem.gov/BOEM-2005/.
The lease form will be amended to
conform with the specific terms,
conditions, and stipulations applicable
to each individual lease. The terms,
conditions, and stipulations applicable
to this sale are set forth below.
Primary Term: The primary term will
be 10 years.
Economic Conditions
Minimum Bonus Bid Amounts: $25
per hectare or fraction thereof for all
blocks. BOEM will not accept a bonus
bid unless it provides for a cash bonus
in the amount equal to, or exceeding,
the specified minimum bonus bid of $25
per hectare or fraction thereof for all
blocks.
Rental Rates: An annual rental rate for
all blocks of $13 per hectare or fraction
thereof, until the start of year eight of
the primary term or a discovery of oil
and gas, whichever occurs first; then at
an annual rate of $20 per hectare or
fraction thereof.
Royalty Rates: 12.5%.
Minimum Royalty: $20 per hectare or
fraction thereof per year. No royalty
relief will be offered as part of any lease
that may be issued as a result of Cook
Inlet Sale 244.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-PWR-PWRO-21619; PX.XPWRATP16.00.1]
Final Environmental Impact Statement for Scorpion Pier
Replacement, Channel Islands National Park, Ventura and Santa Barbara
Counties, California
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of
the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Replacement of the
Scorpion Pier on Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park. The
Final EIS identifies and analyzes the potential consequences of three
alternatives: The No Action Alternative; Alternative 1, which would
replace the existing pier in the current location and make extensive
road improvements; and Alternative 2, which would construct a new
replacement pier south of the existing location and make minor road
improvements. It also proposes mitigation measures to minimize the
adverse impacts from construction or operation of the alternatives
where such impacts may occur.
DATES: The NPS will execute a Record of Decision no sooner than 30 days
after the date of publication of the Notice of Availability published
in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: The Final EIS is available for public inspection online at
https://parkplanning.nps.gov.chis, in local public libraries, and in the
office of the Superintendent, Channel Islands National Park, 1901
Spinnaker Dr., Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 658-5702.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Russell Galipeau, Superintendent,
Channel Islands National Park, 1901 Spinnaker Dr., Ventura, CA 93001;
russell_galipeau@nps.gov; (805) 658-5702.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Santa Cruz Island is one of five remote
islands spanning 2,228 square miles of land and sea comprising Channel
Islands National Park. Given necessity for boat access to the island,
need for the Project is driven by the following factors:
Scorpion Pier should provide safe access to Santa Cruz
Island. The existing pier is deteriorating and does not meet NPS
requirements for administrative use or safe visitor access. The access
road to the current location also requires frequent rebuilding. The
current height of the pier cannot sufficiently accommodate high and low
tides; as such, vessel operators have difficulty docking without
compromising risk to individuals, vessels, and the pier itself. The
embarkation process requires passengers to climb--one person at a time,
often while carrying a backpack--a single unsteady ladder that is not
compliant with standards for accessible design.
Scorpion Pier should provide efficient access to Santa
Cruz Island that accommodates visitor demand. The existing pier and
access road significantly weaken the efficiency of NPS operations. The
one-person ladder needed for embarkation, for example, lengthens the
entire boarding process and increases visitor exposure to adverse
weather conditions. The narrow width of the pier also causes delays
because it cannot simultaneously accommodate visitors and large cargo
(i.e., maintenance vehicles); as such, passenger embarkation must occur
separately from many maintenance activities. Additionally, the lack of
adequate armoring in the area increases the need for regular and
expensive repairs to the eroding access road. Improvement of the pier
and access road is necessary to meet current and future visitor
demands.
Scorpion Pier and the access roadway should be operated in
a manner that protects sensitive resources. The access road is
extremely susceptible to harsh weather conditions, and is often washed
out by Scorpion Creek when it floods. Maintenance of the existing pier
access road currently requires repairing and re-grading several times
per year due to wave and storm erosion. As a result of these ground-
disturbing activities, sensitive archaeological resources may be
threatened. Ongoing re-construction can also impact the environment
through air emissions, erosion, and possible pollutants to waterways
and sensitive habitats.
Scorpion Pier should provide access to Santa Cruz Island
in consideration of predicted sea level rise. The predicted rise in sea
level due to global warming must also be considered in the new design
for the pier. Current predictions range from 0.33 foot to 1.1 foot by
the year 2050, and 0.74 foot to 3.2 feet by 2100. Anticipated sea level
rise has implications for the new pier design, as well as for the
dynamics of Scorpion Creek during large storm events.
Accordingly, key project objectives include: (1) Improve the
visitor experience; (2) Improve the pier while protecting marine and
terrestrial environments; (3) Improve access for NPS and concessioner
boats; (4) Improve passenger, cargo, and operations circulation; (5)
Protect archaeological resources; (6) Preserve the historic landscape
qualities and visual character of Scorpion Ranch; and (7) Improve
efficiency and sustainability.
The Draft EIS was made available for public review and comment from
October 9, 2015, through December 18, 2015. The full text and graphics
were also posted on the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment
Web site (https://parkplanning.nps.gov/chis). During the review period,
the NPS received only six separate pieces of correspondence--the
majority of comments were in regards to the general planning process
and project design, as well as concerns about protecting aquatic
biological resources and air quality. There were no objections to the
proposed actions. After considering all comments received, the NPS
prepared the Final EIS. There are no substantive
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changes to the range of alternatives considered. Alternative 2 is
deemed to be the ``environmentally preferred'' course of action, and is
identified as the agency-preferred alternative.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.
Dated: February 27, 2017.
Laura E. Joss
Regional Director, Pacific West.
[FR Doc. 2017-10426 Filed 5-19-17; 8:45 am]
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