Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Ho-Chunk Nation Fee-to-Trust and Casino Project, City of Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, 25302-25303 [2019-11382]
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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 105 / Friday, May 31, 2019 / Notices
Authority
We provide this notice in accordance
with the requirements of section 10(c) of
the ESA and its implementing
regulations (50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32)
and NEPA and its implementing
regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: May 8, 2019.
Robyn Thorson,
Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Ho-Chunk Nation Fee-to-Trust
and Casino Project, City of Beloit,
Rock County, Wisconsin
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
This notice advises the public
that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),
as lead agency, with the City of Beloit,
Wisconsin Department of
Transportation, Ho-Chunk Nation
(Nation), and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) serving as
cooperating agencies, intends to file a
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) with the EPA in connection with
the Nation’s application for transfer into
trust by the United States of
approximately 33 acres for gaming and
other purposes in the City of Beloit,
Rock County, Wisconsin.
DATES: The Record of Decision for the
proposed action will be issued on or
after 30 days from the date the EPA
publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. Any comments on
the FEIS must arrive on or before that
date.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or handdeliver written comments to Mr.
Timothy LaPointe, Regional Director,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Midwest
Region, Norman Pointe II Building, 5600
West American Boulevard, Suite 500,
Bloomington, Minnesota 55347. Please
include your name, return address, and
the caption: ‘‘FEIS Comments, HoChunk Nation Fee-to-Trust and Casino
Project,’’ on the first page of your
written comments. See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice for addresses where the FEIS
is available for review.
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Mr.
Timothy Guyah, Archaeologist, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Midwest Region,
Norman Pointe II Building, 5600 West
American Boulevard, Suite 500,
Bloomington, MN 55347; phone: (612)
725–4512; email: timothy.guyah@
bia.gov. Information is also available
online at www.ho-chunkbeloiteis.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribe
proposes to develop a casino-hotel
resort on approximately 33 acres in the
City of Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin.
The BIA published a Notice of Intent to
prepare an EIS in the Federal Register
on November 26, 2012 (77 FR 70460),
and in The Daily News, The Janesville
Gazette, and The Rockford Register Star.
The BIA held a public scoping meeting
on December 13, 2012, at Aldrich
Middle School in Beloit, Wisconsin.
The BIA published a Notice of
Availability for the Draft EIS in the
Federal Register on November 9, 2018
(83 FR 56096), and in The Daily News,
The Janesville Gazette, and The
Rockford Register Star. The BIA held a
public hearing for the proposed project
on December 11, 2018, at Aldrich
Middle School.
Background: The Tribe’s proposed
project consists of the following
components: (1) The Department of the
Interior’s (Department) transfer of
approximately 33 acres from fee to trust
status; (2) issuance of a determination
by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant
to Section 20 of the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. 2719; and (3)
the development of the trust parcel. The
proposed casino-hotel resort would
include a hotel, convention center,
outdoor amphitheater, several restaurant
facilities, waterpark, retail buildings,
and parking facilities. Access to the
project site would be provided via three
driveways, one along Willowbrook Road
and two along Colley Road. The
following alternatives are considered in
the FEIS: (1) Proposed Project; (2)
Reduced Casino and Commercial
Development; (3) Retail Development;
and (4) No Action/No Development. The
BIA identifies Alternative 1 the
Preferred Alternative as discussed in the
FEIS.
The information and analysis
contained in the FEIS, as well as its
evaluation and assessment of the
Preferred Alternative, will assist the
Department in its review of the issues
presented in the fee-to-trust application.
The Preferred Alternative does not
reflect the Department’s final decision
because the Department must further
evaluate all of the criteria listed in 25
CFR part 151 and 25 CFR part 292. The
Department’s consideration and analysis
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of the applicable regulations may lead to
a final decision that selects an
alternative other than the Preferred
Alternative, including no action, or a
variant of the Preferred or another of the
alternatives analyzed in the FEIS.
Environmental issues addressed in
the FEIS include geology and soils,
water resources, air quality, biological
resources, cultural and paleontological
resources, socio-economic conditions
(including environmental justice),
transportation and circulation, land use,
public services, noise, hazardous
materials, aesthetics, cumulative effects,
and indirect and growth-inducing
effects.
Locations Where the FEIS is Available
for Review: The FEIS will be available
for review at the Beloit Public Library
located at 605 Eclipse Blvd., Beloit,
Wisconsin 53511, and online at
www.ho-chunkbeloiteis.com. To obtain
a compact disk copy of the FEIS, please
provide your name and address in
writing to Mr. Timothy Guyah, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Midwest Regional
Office. Contact information is listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this notice. Individual paper
copies of the FEIS will be provided only
upon payment of applicable printing
expenses by the requestor for the
number of copies requested.
Public Comment Availability:
Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the BIA
address shown in the ADDRESSES
section, during regular business hours, 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. 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 in your comment that
your personal identifying information
be withheld from public review, the BIA
cannot guarantee that this will occur.
Authority: This notice is published
pursuant to Sec. 1503.1 of the Council
of Environmental Quality Regulations
(40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508) and
Sec. 46.305 of the Department of the
Interior Regulations (43 CFR part 46),
implementing the procedural
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of l969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4371, et seq.), and
is in the exercise of authority delegated
to the Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs by 209 DM 8.
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Dated: May 17, 2019.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
Cottage Way, Room W–2820,
Sacramento, California 95825;
telephone: (916) 978–6165; email:
chad.broussard@bia.gov. Information is
also available online at
www.tulerivereis.com.
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Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Tule River Tribe’s Proposed
Fee-to-Trust and Eagle Mountain
Casino Relocation Project, Tulare
County, California
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice advises the public
that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),
as lead agency, with the Tule River
Indian Tribe (Tribe), City of Porterville
(City), Tulare County (County),
California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans), and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) serving as
cooperating agencies, intends to file a
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) with the EPA in connection with
the Tribe’s application for transfer into
trust by the United States of
approximately 40 acres for gaming and
other purposes in the City of Porterville,
Tulare County, California.
DATES: The BIA will issue a Record of
Decision for the proposed action on or
after 30 days after the date the EPA
publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. The BIA must
receive any comments on the FEIS
before that date.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or handdeliver written comments to Amy
Dutschke, Regional Director, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Pacific Region, 2800
Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825.
Please include your name, return
address, and the caption ‘‘FEIS
Comments, Tule River Tribe Casino
Relocation Project’’ on the first page of
your written comments. You may also
submit comments through email to
Chad Broussard, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, at chad.broussard@bia.gov. If
emailing comments, please use ‘‘FEIS
Comments, Tule River Tribe Casino
Relocation Project’’ as the subject of
your email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chad Broussard, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Pacific Regional Office, 2800
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The Tribe
proposes to construct a casino resort on
the approximately 40-acre trust property
in Tulare County, California. The BIA
published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to
prepare an EIS in the Federal Register
on December 30, 2016 (81 FR 96477),
and in the Porterville Recorder, and held
a public scoping meeting on January 23,
2017, at the Veterans Memorial
Building, in Porterville, California. The
BIA published the Notice of Availability
(NOA) of the Draft EIS in the Federal
Register on September 21, 2018 (83 FR
47935), and held a public hearing on
October 15, 2018, at the Veterans
Memorial Building in Porterville,
California.
Background: The Tribe’s proposed
project consists of the following
components: (1) The Department’s
transfer of approximately 40 acres from
fee to trust status; (2) issuance of a
determination by the Secretary of the
Interior pursuant to Section 20 of the
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25
U.S.C. 2719; and (3) the development of
the trust parcel and the off-site
improvement areas. The proposed
casino-hotel resort would include a
hotel, convention center, multipurpose
event space, several restaurant facilities,
parking facilities and water reclamation
infrastructure. The new facility would
replace the Tribe’s existing casino, and
the existing casino buildings would be
converted to Tribal government or
service uses.
The following alternatives are
considered in the FEIS: (1) Proposed
Project; (2) Proposed Project with OnSite Water and Wastewater Systems; (3)
Reduced Intensity Hotel and Casino; (4)
Non-Gaming Hotel and Conference
Center; (5) Expansion of Existing Eagle
Mountain Casino; and (6) No Action
Alternative. The BIA identified
Alternative 1 as the Preferred
Alternative as discussed in the FEIS.
The information and analysis
contained in the FEIS, as well as its
evaluation and assessment of the
Preferred Alternative, will assist the
Department of the Interior (Department)
in its review of the issues presented in
the fee-to-trust application. The
Preferred Alternative does not reflect
the Department’s final decision because
the Department must further evaluate all
of the criteria listed in 25 CFR part 151
and 25 CFR part 292. The Department’s
consideration and analysis of the
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applicable regulations may lead to a
final decision that selects an alternative
other than the Preferred Alternative,
including no action, or a variant of the
Preferred or another of the alternatives
analyzed in the FEIS.
Environmental issues addressed in
the FEIS include geology and soils,
water resources, air quality, biological
resources, cultural and paleontological
resources, socioeconomic conditions
(including environmental justice),
transportation and circulation, land use,
public services, noise, hazardous
materials, aesthetics, cumulative effects,
and indirect and growth inducing
effects.
Locations Where the FEIS is Available
for Review: The FEIS is available for
review during regular business hours at
the BIA Pacific Regional Office at the
address noted above in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice, and the Porterville
Public Library at 41 West Thurman
Avenue in Porterville, California. The
FEIS is also available online at
www.tulerivereis.com. To obtain a
compact disc copy of the FEIS, please
provide your name and address in
writing or by phone to Chad Broussard,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific
Regional Office. Contact information is
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice.
Individual paper copies of the FEIS will
be provided upon payment of applicable
printing expenses by the requestor for
the number of copies requested.
Public Comment Availability:
Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the BIA
address shown in the ADDRESSES
section, 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 comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask in your comment that
your personal identifying information
be withheld from public review, the BIA
cannot guarantee that this will occur.
Authority: This notice is published
pursuant to Sec. 1503.1 of the Council
of Environmental Quality Regulations
(40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508) and
Sec. 46.305 of the Department of the
Interior Regulations (43 CFR part 46),
implementing the procedural
requirements of the NEPA of l969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4371, et seq.), and
is in the exercise of authority delegated
to the Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs by 209 DM 8.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[190A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G]
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Ho-Chunk Nation Fee-
to-Trust and Casino Project, City of Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), as lead agency, with the City of Beloit, Wisconsin
Department of Transportation, Ho-Chunk Nation (Nation), and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) serving as cooperating agencies,
intends to file a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) with the
EPA in connection with the Nation's application for transfer into trust
by the United States of approximately 33 acres for gaming and other
purposes in the City of Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin.
DATES: The Record of Decision for the proposed action will be issued on
or after 30 days from the date the EPA publishes its Notice of
Availability in the Federal Register. Any comments on the FEIS must
arrive on or before that date.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand-deliver written comments to Mr. Timothy
LaPointe, Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Midwest Region,
Norman Pointe II Building, 5600 West American Boulevard, Suite 500,
Bloomington, Minnesota 55347. Please include your name, return address,
and the caption: ``FEIS Comments, Ho-Chunk Nation Fee-to-Trust and
Casino Project,'' on the first page of your written comments. See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for addresses where
the FEIS is available for review.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Timothy Guyah, Archaeologist,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Midwest Region, Norman Pointe II Building,
5600 West American Boulevard, Suite 500, Bloomington, MN 55347; phone:
(612) 725-4512; email: [email protected]. Information is also
available online at www.ho-chunkbeloiteis.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribe proposes to develop a casino-hotel
resort on approximately 33 acres in the City of Beloit, Rock County,
Wisconsin. The BIA published a Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS in
the Federal Register on November 26, 2012 (77 FR 70460), and in The
Daily News, The Janesville Gazette, and The Rockford Register Star. The
BIA held a public scoping meeting on December 13, 2012, at Aldrich
Middle School in Beloit, Wisconsin. The BIA published a Notice of
Availability for the Draft EIS in the Federal Register on November 9,
2018 (83 FR 56096), and in The Daily News, The Janesville Gazette, and
The Rockford Register Star. The BIA held a public hearing for the
proposed project on December 11, 2018, at Aldrich Middle School.
Background: The Tribe's proposed project consists of the following
components: (1) The Department of the Interior's (Department) transfer
of approximately 33 acres from fee to trust status; (2) issuance of a
determination by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to Section 20
of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. 2719; and (3) the
development of the trust parcel. The proposed casino-hotel resort would
include a hotel, convention center, outdoor amphitheater, several
restaurant facilities, waterpark, retail buildings, and parking
facilities. Access to the project site would be provided via three
driveways, one along Willowbrook Road and two along Colley Road. The
following alternatives are considered in the FEIS: (1) Proposed
Project; (2) Reduced Casino and Commercial Development; (3) Retail
Development; and (4) No Action/No Development. The BIA identifies
Alternative 1 the Preferred Alternative as discussed in the FEIS.
The information and analysis contained in the FEIS, as well as its
evaluation and assessment of the Preferred Alternative, will assist the
Department in its review of the issues presented in the fee-to-trust
application. The Preferred Alternative does not reflect the
Department's final decision because the Department must further
evaluate all of the criteria listed in 25 CFR part 151 and 25 CFR part
292. The Department's consideration and analysis of the applicable
regulations may lead to a final decision that selects an alternative
other than the Preferred Alternative, including no action, or a variant
of the Preferred or another of the alternatives analyzed in the FEIS.
Environmental issues addressed in the FEIS include geology and
soils, water resources, air quality, biological resources, cultural and
paleontological resources, socio-economic conditions (including
environmental justice), transportation and circulation, land use,
public services, noise, hazardous materials, aesthetics, cumulative
effects, and indirect and growth-inducing effects.
Locations Where the FEIS is Available for Review: The FEIS will be
available for review at the Beloit Public Library located at 605
Eclipse Blvd., Beloit, Wisconsin 53511, and online at www.ho-chunkbeloiteis.com. To obtain a compact disk copy of the FEIS, please
provide your name and address in writing to Mr. Timothy Guyah, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Midwest Regional Office. Contact information is
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
Individual paper copies of the FEIS will be provided only upon payment
of applicable printing expenses by the requestor for the number of
copies requested.
Public Comment Availability: Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the
BIA address shown in the ADDRESSES section, during regular business
hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.
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 in your comment that your personal identifying information be
withheld from public review, the BIA cannot guarantee that this will
occur.
Authority: This notice is published pursuant to Sec. 1503.1 of the
Council of Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through
1508) and Sec. 46.305 of the Department of the Interior Regulations (43
CFR part 46), implementing the procedural requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of l969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371, et seq.),
and is in the exercise of authority delegated to the Assistant
Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.
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Dated: May 17, 2019.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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