Notice of Intent To Amend the California Desert Conservation Area, Bakersfield, and Bishop Resource Management Plans and Prepare Associated Environmental Impact Statements or Environmental Assessments, 4921-4922 [2018-02098]
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Notice of Intent To Amend the
California Desert Conservation Area,
Bakersfield, and Bishop Resource
Management Plans and Prepare
Associated Environmental Impact
Statements or Environmental
Assessments
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
On September 14, 2016, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
issued the Record of Decision (ROD) for
SUMMARY:
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the Desert Renewable Energy
Conservation Plan Land Use Plan
Amendment (DRECP), which amended
the California Desert Conservation Area
(CDCA) Plan, Bishop Resource
Management Plan (RMP), and the
Bakersfield RMP in the Mojave and
Colorado/Sonoran Desert regions of
southern California. On March 28, 2017,
the President issued Executive Order
13783, ‘‘Promoting Energy
Independence and Economic Growth,’’
which directs all Federal agencies to
review all actions that could
‘‘potentially burden the development or
use of domestically produced energy
resources.’’ To facilitate the BLM’s
review of the DRECP, including
potential burdens on domestic
renewable energy production in
California, the BLM, by this notice, is
announcing the beginning of the
scoping process to solicit public
comments and identify issues.
DATES: This notice initiates the public
scoping process for the potential plan
amendments and associated National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
documents. Comments on issues may be
submitted in writing until March 19,
2018. The dates and locations of any
scoping meetings will be announced at
least 15 days in advance through local
news media, newspapers and the BLM
website at www.blm.gov/california/
drecp. In order to be included in the
analysis, all comments must be received
prior to the close of the scoping period
or 15 days after the last public meeting,
whichever is later. We will provide
additional opportunities for public
participation upon publication of the
Draft Plan Amendment and NEPA
document.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on issues and planning criteria to the
BLM-California State Director, 2800
Cottage Way, Rm W–1623, Sacramento,
CA 95825 or electronically to BLM_CA_
DRECP@blm.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeremiah Karuzas, Renewable Energy
Lead, 916–978–4644, 2800 Cottage Way,
Rm W–1623, Sacramento, CA 95825;
email: jkaruzas@blm.gov. Documents
relevant to this planning process can be
found at the above address. Persons who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
reach the BLM contact person. The FRS
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 July
29, 2011, the BLM and the Fish and
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Wildlife Service initiated a process to
jointly prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) under the NEPA
for the DRECP. After the BLM prepared
an EIS, on September 14, 2016, it issued
a DRECP ROD that amended the CDCA
Plan, Bishop RMP, and Bakersfield RMP
in the Mojave and Colorado/Sonoran
Desert regions of southern California.
The DRECP Planning Area covered
approximately 22,587,000 acres of both
Federal and non-Federal land—
including portions of seven counties
(Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles,
Riverside, San Bernardino, and San
Diego). The BLM manages
approximately 10.8 million acres of the
DRECP planning area.
The BLM’s DRECP makes available
just over 800,000 acres (7%) of the 10.8
million acres of land potentially
available for renewable energy
development, of which 388,000 acres
(4%) were designated as Development
Focus Areas, considered to be areas
with substantial renewable energy
potential and low resource conflict. The
ROD allocated a total of 6.5 million
acres (60%) as conservation areas, to
include California Desert National
Conservation Lands, Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern, wildlife
allocations, and National Scenic and
Historic Trail corridors—which limit or
are closed to renewable energy. The
ROD also designated a little over 3.5
million acres (33%) as Special
Recreation Management Areas and
Extensive Recreation Management
Areas—which the ROD states are also
generally closed to renewable energy.
As a result of concerns voiced by
multiple parties throughout the public
comment periods of the DRECP
planning process, the BLM seeks
additional comment on the DRECP
ROD, including the renewable energy
and conservation designations made
through that decision. In 2008, Governor
Schwarzenegger signed an executive
order that required that 33 percent of
California’s energy production be via
renewable energy in 2020. In October
2015, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.
signed into law a measure which
requires retail sellers and publicly
owned utilities to procure 50 percent of
their electricity from renewable energy
resources by 2030. And, on March 28,
2017, the President issued Executive
Order 13783, ‘‘Promoting Energy
Independence and Economic Growth,’’
which directs all Federal agencies to
review all actions that could
‘‘potentially burden the development or
use of domestically produced energy
resources.’’ In recognition of these goals
and direction, BLM seeks comment on
the potential impacts that land use
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designations contained in the amended
RMPs will have on commercial-scale
renewable energy projects, including
wind, solar and geothermal. In
particular, the BLM seeks comment on
the Areas of Critical Environmental
Concern that were designated, including
where private lands lie within the
external boundaries of such
designations, as well as comments on
increasing opportunities for increased
renewable energy development,
recreational and off-highway vehicle
(OHV) access, mining access, and
grazing.
Finally, on January 8, 2018, the
President signed an Executive Order on
Streamlining and Expediting Requests
to Locate Broadband Facilities in Rural
America, which directs Federal
agencies: ‘‘. . . to reduce barriers to
capital investment, remove obstacles to
broadband services, and more efficiently
employ Government resources’’ in order
to foster rural broadband infrastructure
projects. Therefore, the BLM also seeks
comment on the impact that land use
designations, land disturbance limits (or
‘‘caps’’), and visual management
classifications contained in the
amended RMPs may have on the
deployment of future communications
infrastructure.
You may submit comments in writing
to the BLM at any public scoping
meeting, or you may submit them to the
BLM using the method listed in the
ADDRESSES section. To be most helpful,
you should submit comments by the
close of the 45-day scoping period or
within 15 days after the last public
meeting, whichever is later.
The BLM will utilize and coordinate
the NEPA scoping process to help fulfill
the public involvement process under
the National Historic Preservation Act
(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 action will assist the BLM in
identifying and evaluating impacts to
such resources.
The BLM will consult with Indian
tribes on a government-to-government
basis in accordance with Executive
Order 13175 and other policies. Tribal
concerns, including impacts on Indian
trust assets and potential impacts to
cultural resources, will be given due
consideration. Federal, State, and local
agencies, along with tribes and other
stakeholders that may be interested in or
affected by the proposed action that the
BLM is evaluating, are invited to
participate in the scoping process and,
if eligible, may request or be requested
by the BLM to participate in the
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development of the environmental
analysis as a cooperating agency.
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.
The minutes and list of attendees for
each scoping meeting will be available
to the public and open for 30 days after
the meeting to any participant who
wishes to clarify the views he or she
expressed. The BLM will evaluate
identified issues to be addressed in the
plan, and will place them into one of
three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the plan
amendment;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy
or administrative action; or
3. Issues beyond the scope of this plan
amendment.
The BLM will provide an explanation
in the Draft Plan Amendment and NEPA
document as to why an issue was placed
in category two or three. The public is
also encouraged to help identify any
management questions and concerns
that should be addressed in the plan.
The BLM will work collaboratively with
interested parties to identify the
management decisions that are best
suited to local, regional, and national
needs and concerns. The BLM will use
an interdisciplinary approach to
develop the plan amendment in order to
consider the variety of resource issues
and concerns identified.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR
1610.2.
Jerome E. Perez,
California State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Intent To Amend the California Desert Conservation
Area, Bakersfield, and Bishop Resource Management Plans and Prepare
Associated Environmental Impact Statements or Environmental Assessments
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: On September 14, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
issued the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Desert Renewable Energy
Conservation Plan Land Use Plan Amendment (DRECP), which amended the
California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan, Bishop Resource
Management Plan (RMP), and the Bakersfield RMP in the Mojave and
Colorado/Sonoran Desert regions of southern California. On March 28,
2017, the President issued Executive Order 13783, ``Promoting Energy
Independence and Economic Growth,'' which directs all Federal agencies
to review all actions that could ``potentially burden the development
or use of domestically produced energy resources.'' To facilitate the
BLM's review of the DRECP, including potential burdens on domestic
renewable energy production in California, the BLM, by this notice, is
announcing the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public
comments and identify issues.
DATES: This notice initiates the public scoping process for the
potential plan amendments and associated National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) documents. Comments on issues may be submitted in writing
until March 19, 2018. The dates and locations of any scoping meetings
will be announced at least 15 days in advance through local news media,
newspapers and the BLM website at www.blm.gov/california/drecp. In
order to be included in the analysis, all comments must be received
prior to the close of the scoping period or 15 days after the last
public meeting, whichever is later. We will provide additional
opportunities for public participation upon publication of the Draft
Plan Amendment and NEPA document.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on issues and planning criteria to
the BLM-California State Director, 2800 Cottage Way, Rm W-1623,
Sacramento, CA 95825 or electronically to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremiah Karuzas, Renewable Energy
Lead, 916-978-4644, 2800 Cottage Way, Rm W-1623, Sacramento, CA 95825;
email: [email protected]. Documents relevant to this planning process
can be found at the above address. Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at
1-800-877-8339 to reach the BLM contact person. The FRS 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 July 29, 2011, the BLM and the Fish and
Wildlife Service initiated a process to jointly prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) under the NEPA for the DRECP.
After the BLM prepared an EIS, on September 14, 2016, it issued a DRECP
ROD that amended the CDCA Plan, Bishop RMP, and Bakersfield RMP in the
Mojave and Colorado/Sonoran Desert regions of southern California. The
DRECP Planning Area covered approximately 22,587,000 acres of both
Federal and non-Federal land--including portions of seven counties
(Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San
Diego). The BLM manages approximately 10.8 million acres of the DRECP
planning area.
The BLM's DRECP makes available just over 800,000 acres (7%) of the
10.8 million acres of land potentially available for renewable energy
development, of which 388,000 acres (4%) were designated as Development
Focus Areas, considered to be areas with substantial renewable energy
potential and low resource conflict. The ROD allocated a total of 6.5
million acres (60%) as conservation areas, to include California Desert
National Conservation Lands, Areas of Critical Environmental Concern,
wildlife allocations, and National Scenic and Historic Trail
corridors--which limit or are closed to renewable energy. The ROD also
designated a little over 3.5 million acres (33%) as Special Recreation
Management Areas and Extensive Recreation Management Areas--which the
ROD states are also generally closed to renewable energy.
As a result of concerns voiced by multiple parties throughout the
public comment periods of the DRECP planning process, the BLM seeks
additional comment on the DRECP ROD, including the renewable energy and
conservation designations made through that decision. In 2008, Governor
Schwarzenegger signed an executive order that required that 33 percent
of California's energy production be via renewable energy in 2020. In
October 2015, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. signed into law a measure
which requires retail sellers and publicly owned utilities to procure
50 percent of their electricity from renewable energy resources by
2030. And, on March 28, 2017, the President issued Executive Order
13783, ``Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth,'' which
directs all Federal agencies to review all actions that could
``potentially burden the development or use of domestically produced
energy resources.'' In recognition of these goals and direction, BLM
seeks comment on the potential impacts that land use
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designations contained in the amended RMPs will have on commercial-
scale renewable energy projects, including wind, solar and geothermal.
In particular, the BLM seeks comment on the Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern that were designated, including where private
lands lie within the external boundaries of such designations, as well
as comments on increasing opportunities for increased renewable energy
development, recreational and off-highway vehicle (OHV) access, mining
access, and grazing.
Finally, on January 8, 2018, the President signed an Executive
Order on Streamlining and Expediting Requests to Locate Broadband
Facilities in Rural America, which directs Federal agencies: ``. . . to
reduce barriers to capital investment, remove obstacles to broadband
services, and more efficiently employ Government resources'' in order
to foster rural broadband infrastructure projects. Therefore, the BLM
also seeks comment on the impact that land use designations, land
disturbance limits (or ``caps''), and visual management classifications
contained in the amended RMPs may have on the deployment of future
communications infrastructure.
You may submit comments in writing to the BLM at any public scoping
meeting, or you may submit them to the BLM using the method listed in
the ADDRESSES section. To be most helpful, you should submit comments
by the close of the 45-day scoping period or within 15 days after the
last public meeting, whichever is later.
The BLM will utilize and coordinate the NEPA scoping process to
help fulfill the public involvement process under the National Historic
Preservation Act (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 action will assist the BLM in
identifying and evaluating impacts to such resources.
The BLM will consult with Indian tribes on a government-to-
government basis in accordance with Executive Order 13175 and other
policies. Tribal concerns, including impacts on Indian trust assets and
potential impacts to cultural resources, will be given due
consideration. Federal, State, and local agencies, along with tribes
and other stakeholders that may be interested in or affected by the
proposed action that the BLM is evaluating, are invited to participate
in the scoping process and, if eligible, may request or be requested by
the BLM to participate in the development of the environmental analysis
as a cooperating agency.
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.
The minutes and list of attendees for each scoping meeting will be
available to the public and open for 30 days after the meeting to any
participant who wishes to clarify the views he or she expressed. The
BLM will evaluate identified issues to be addressed in the plan, and
will place them into one of three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the plan amendment;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy or administrative action;
or
3. Issues beyond the scope of this plan amendment.
The BLM will provide an explanation in the Draft Plan Amendment and
NEPA document as to why an issue was placed in category two or three.
The public is also encouraged to help identify any management questions
and concerns that should be addressed in the plan. The BLM will work
collaboratively with interested parties to identify the management
decisions that are best suited to local, regional, and national needs
and concerns. The BLM will use an interdisciplinary approach to develop
the plan amendment in order to consider the variety of resource issues
and concerns identified.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 1610.2.
Jerome E. Perez,
California State Director.
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