Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Ten West Link 500 Kilovolt Transmission Line Project and Land Use Plan Amendments to the Yuma Field Office Resource Management Plan and the California Desert Conservation Area Plan; Maricopa and La Paz Counties, Arizona, and Riverside County, California, 66431-66432 [2019-26211]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[19X.LLUTW01000.L14400000.ET0000, UTU–
78501]
Public Land Order No. 7887; Extension
of Public Land Order No. 7422,
Diamond Fork System, Bonneville Unit
of the Central Utah Project; Utah
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
AGENCY:
This Public Land Order (PLO)
extends the duration of the withdrawal
created by PLO No. 7422 for an
additional 20-year term. PLO No. 7422
would otherwise expire on December
20, 2019. This extension is necessary to
prevent incompatible uses from
affecting the operation of the Diamond
Fork System of the Central Utah Project,
which supports Utah’s use of Colorado
River water for irrigation, municipal and
industrial needs, hydroelectric power,
conservation, and recreation. PLO No.
7422 withdrew approximately 2,795
acres of National Forest System lands
from location and entry under the
United States mining laws, but not from
leasing under the mineral leasing laws.
This Order corrects the acreage
withdrawn from 2,795 acres to 2,714.22
acres with no change to the legal land
description. The lands have been and
will remain open to mineral leasing.
DATES: This PLO takes effect on
December 21, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Allison Ginn, Assistant Field Manager,
BLM Salt Lake Field Office, 801–977–
4300, or by email utslmail@blm.gov.
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 individual above.
The FRS is available 24 hour 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.
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This
Order extends the existing withdrawal
to prevent incompatible uses from
affecting the operation of the Diamond
Fork System of the Central Utah Project,
which supports Utah’s use of Colorado
River water for irrigation, municipal and
industrial needs, hydroelectric power,
conservation, and recreation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of the Interior by Section
204 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1714, it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, PLO
No. 7422, (64 FR 71467, (1999)), which
withdrew National Forest System lands
from location and entry under the
United States mining laws, but not from
leasing under the mineral leasing laws,
is hereby extended for an additional 20year period to prevent incompatible
uses from affecting the operation of the
Diamond Fork System of the Central
Utah Project.
2. The withdrawal extended by this
Order will expire on December 20, 2039,
unless as a result of a review conducted
prior to 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: November 25, 2019.
Timothy R. Petty,
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLAZ920000.19X.L51010000.
ER0000.LVRWA19A3240]
Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the Ten West Link 500
Kilovolt Transmission Line Project and
Land Use Plan Amendments to the
Yuma Field Office Resource
Management Plan and the California
Desert Conservation Area Plan;
Maricopa and La Paz Counties,
Arizona, and Riverside County,
California
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Ten West Link 500
Kilovolt Transmission Line Project and
SUMMARY:
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approved Resource Management Plan
Amendments for the Yuma Field Office
Resource Management Plan (RMP) and
the California Desert Conservation Area
(CDCA) Plan. The BLM Arizona and
California State Directors signed the
ROD on November 21, 2019. This
constitutes the final decision of the BLM
for the approved land use plan
amendments and makes them effective
immediately.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons may
review the ROD on the project website
at: https://go.usa.gov/xU6Be. Copies of
the ROD are available for public review
upon request from the BLM Yuma Field
Office, 7341 East 30th Street, Suite A,
Yuma, AZ 85365, the BLM Arizona
State Office, One North Central Avenue,
Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004, and the
BLM Palm Springs-South Coast Field
Office, 1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm
Springs, CA 92262.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lane Cowger, Project Manager,
telephone: 602–417–9612; address:
BLM, Arizona State Office, One North
Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ
85004; email: blm_az_azso_10westlink@
blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact Mr. Cowger. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with Mr.
Cowger. You will receive a reply during
normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DCR
Transmission submitted a request for a
right-of-way (ROW) across public land
to construct, operate, maintain, and
decommission a 500 kilovolt (kV)
transmission line between the Arizona
Public Service Delaney substation near
Tonopah, in Maricopa County, Arizona,
and the Southern California Edison
Colorado River Substation near Blythe
in Riverside County, California. Portions
of the Proposed Action and/or Action
Alternatives were not in conformance
with the Yuma RMP and the CDCA
Plan. Therefore, the BLM considered
amending these plans in connection
with its consideration of the DCR
Transmission ROW application.
The BLM analyzed impacts from the
proposed ROW project and associated
plan amendments in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the proposed Ten West Link 500
Kilovolt Transmission Line Project and
proposed Amendments to the Yuma
Field Office RMP and the CDCA Plan
released on September 13, 2019. Based
on the environmental analysis and input
from stakeholders, cooperating agencies,
and tribes, the BLM has identified the
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125-mile Agency Preferred Alternative
described in the Final EIS as the
Selected Alternative in the ROD. The
Selected Alternative will allow
authorization of a ROW grant to the
Applicant to use public land
administered by the BLM for the Project
for 50 years.
The Selected Alternative includes an
amendment to the Yuma RMP to allow
consideration of ROWs outside of
designated BLM utility corridors based
on project-specific analysis. The
Selected Alternative also includes an
amendment to the CDCA Plan to allow
construction of the Ten West Link
project, within 0.25-mile of occurrences
of Harwood’s eriastrum, a BLMidentified sensitive plant species.
Publication of the Notice of
Availability of the Final EIS and
Proposed Plan Amendments initiated a
30-day protest period for the plan
amendments, which concluded on
October 15, 2019. Simultaneously with
the protest period, the Governors of
Arizona and California conducted a 60day consistency review of the Final EIS
and Proposed land use plan
amendments to identify any
inconsistencies with State or local
plans, policies, or programs.
During the 30-day protest period, the
BLM Director received two protest
letters. All protests were resolved prior
to the issuance of the ROD. No
comments regarding potential
inconsistencies with State and local
plans, programs, and policies were
received from the Arizona or California
Governor’s Offices.
An errata sheet has been prepared to
make minor corrections and
clarifications to information presented
in the Final EIS. This is included as an
attachment to the ROD.
The decision to issue a ROW grant
may be appealed to the Interior Board of
Land Appeals (IBLA), Office of the
Secretary, in accordance with
regulations contained in 43 CFR, Part 4
and Form 1842–1. If an appeal is taken,
your notice of appeal must be filed
within 30 days from receipt of this
decision. The appellant has the burden
of showing the decision appealed is in
error.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10,
43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5)
Raymond Suazo,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLWO210000.20X.L16100000.PN0000; OMB
Control Number 1004–0212]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Resource Management
Planning; Control Number 1004–0212
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is
proposing to renew an information
collection.
SUMMARY:
Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to the
BLM at U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C
Street NW, Room 2134LM, Washington,
DC 20240, Attention: Jean Sonneman; or
by email to jesonnem@blm.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1004–
0212 in the subject line of your
comments.
DATES:
To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Anthony Bobo by
telephone at 202–912–7211 or by email
at a1bobo@blm.gov. You may also view
the ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format. A
Federal Register notice with a 60-day
public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on June 4,
2019 (84 FR 25820), and the comment
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period ended on August 5, 2019. The
BLM received no comments.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
BLM; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the BLM enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the BLM minimize the burden of
this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. 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.
Abstract: This control number
provides State Governors an
opportunity to work with the BLM to
resolve possible inconsistencies
between BLM land use plans and State
or local plans, policies, or programs;
and authorizes protests of land use
plans and plan amendments by the
BLM.
Title of Collection: Resource
Management Planning.
OMB Control Number: 1004–0212.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
local, and tribal governments;
individuals/households; businesses; and
associations.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 131.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 131.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 15 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,965.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Maintain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLAZ920000.19X.L51010000. ER0000.LVRWA19A3240]
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Ten West
Link 500 Kilovolt Transmission Line Project and Land Use Plan
Amendments to the Yuma Field Office Resource Management Plan and the
California Desert Conservation Area Plan; Maricopa and La Paz Counties,
Arizona, and Riverside County, California
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability
of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Ten West Link 500 Kilovolt
Transmission Line Project and approved Resource Management Plan
Amendments for the Yuma Field Office Resource Management Plan (RMP) and
the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan. The BLM Arizona
and California State Directors signed the ROD on November 21, 2019.
This constitutes the final decision of the BLM for the approved land
use plan amendments and makes them effective immediately.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons may review the ROD on the project website
at: https://go.usa.gov/xU6Be. Copies of the ROD are available for
public review upon request from the BLM Yuma Field Office, 7341 East
30th Street, Suite A, Yuma, AZ 85365, the BLM Arizona State Office, One
North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004, and the BLM Palm
Springs-South Coast Field Office, 1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs,
CA 92262.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lane Cowger, Project Manager,
telephone: 602-417-9612; address: BLM, Arizona State Office, One North
Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004; email:
[email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at
1-800-877-8339 to contact Mr. Cowger. The FRS is available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with Mr. Cowger. You
will receive a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DCR Transmission submitted a request for a
right-of-way (ROW) across public land to construct, operate, maintain,
and decommission a 500 kilovolt (kV) transmission line between the
Arizona Public Service Delaney substation near Tonopah, in Maricopa
County, Arizona, and the Southern California Edison Colorado River
Substation near Blythe in Riverside County, California. Portions of the
Proposed Action and/or Action Alternatives were not in conformance with
the Yuma RMP and the CDCA Plan. Therefore, the BLM considered amending
these plans in connection with its consideration of the DCR
Transmission ROW application.
The BLM analyzed impacts from the proposed ROW project and
associated plan amendments in the Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the proposed Ten West Link 500 Kilovolt Transmission Line
Project and proposed Amendments to the Yuma Field Office RMP and the
CDCA Plan released on September 13, 2019. Based on the environmental
analysis and input from stakeholders, cooperating agencies, and tribes,
the BLM has identified the
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125-mile Agency Preferred Alternative described in the Final EIS as the
Selected Alternative in the ROD. The Selected Alternative will allow
authorization of a ROW grant to the Applicant to use public land
administered by the BLM for the Project for 50 years.
The Selected Alternative includes an amendment to the Yuma RMP to
allow consideration of ROWs outside of designated BLM utility corridors
based on project-specific analysis. The Selected Alternative also
includes an amendment to the CDCA Plan to allow construction of the Ten
West Link project, within 0.25-mile of occurrences of Harwood's
eriastrum, a BLM-identified sensitive plant species.
Publication of the Notice of Availability of the Final EIS and
Proposed Plan Amendments initiated a 30-day protest period for the plan
amendments, which concluded on October 15, 2019. Simultaneously with
the protest period, the Governors of Arizona and California conducted a
60-day consistency review of the Final EIS and Proposed land use plan
amendments to identify any inconsistencies with State or local plans,
policies, or programs.
During the 30-day protest period, the BLM Director received two
protest letters. All protests were resolved prior to the issuance of
the ROD. No comments regarding potential inconsistencies with State and
local plans, programs, and policies were received from the Arizona or
California Governor's Offices.
An errata sheet has been prepared to make minor corrections and
clarifications to information presented in the Final EIS. This is
included as an attachment to the ROD.
The decision to issue a ROW grant may be appealed to the Interior
Board of Land Appeals (IBLA), Office of the Secretary, in accordance
with regulations contained in 43 CFR, Part 4 and Form 1842-1. If an
appeal is taken, your notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days
from receipt of this decision. The appellant has the burden of showing
the decision appealed is in error.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR
1610.5)
Raymond Suazo,
State Director.
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