Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Campo Wind Energy Project, San Diego, California, 7579-7580 [2020-02669]
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DEIS; no additional extensions will be
granted.
Dated: January 23, 2020.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020–02619 Filed 2–7–20; 8:45 am]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background on the Process
II. Background on the Project
III. Alternatives
IV. Environmental Impact Analysis
V. Public Comment Procedures
VI. Authority
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Proposed Campo Wind Energy
Project, San Diego, California
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, this notice
advises the public that the Bureau of
Indian Affairs (BIA) as lead agency has
prepared a Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) in connection with the
approval of a lease between the Campo
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians
(Tribe) and Terra-Gen Development
Company, LLC (Terra-Gen), to construct
and operate a wind energy generation
project on the Campo Indian
Reservation (Reservation). This Notice
of Availability (NOA) also announces
that the FEIS is now publicly available
for 30 days.
DATES: The waiting period on the FEIS
ends on March 11, 2020. The FEIS is
available online at:
www.CampoWind.com.
ADDRESSES: Commenters may mail or
hand-deliver written comments to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific
Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way,
Sacramento, California 95825. See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice for further directions on
submitting comments. The FEIS is
available for review online at
www.CampoWind.com and at:
• County of San Diego Public
Library—Campo, 31356 Highway 94,
Campo, CA 91906.
• County of San Diego Public
Library—Pine Valley, 28804 Old
Highway 80, Pine Valley, CA 91962.
• BIA Pacific Regional Office, 2800
Cottage Way, Sacramento, California
95825.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan
(Harold) Hall, Regional Archeologist
BIA Pacific Region Branch, by telephone
at (916) 978–6041 or by email at
harold.hall@bia.gov.
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I. Background on the Process
Public review of the DEIS is part of
the administrative process for the
evaluation of the authorization of the
Tribe’s lease of trust land in eastern San
Diego County, California. Terra-Gen
proposes to construct and operate a
wind energy generation facility in the
lease area. A Notice of Intent to prepare
an EIS was published in the Federal
Register on November 11, 2018 (83 FR
58784) and posted on the
www.CampoWind.com website. A
public notice announcing the proposed
action and the scoping meeting was
published in the San Diego Business
Journal on November 26, 2018 and the
San Diego Union-Tribune on November
21, 2018. The BIA held a public scoping
meeting for the proposed project on
December 6, 2018 at the Campo Indian
Reservation Tribal Hall, 36190 Church
Road, Campo, California. A Notice of
Availability (NOA) that the Draft EIS
had been prepared was published in the
Federal Register on May 24, 2019. The
45-day public review period on the
Draft EIS began on May 24, 2019 and
ended on July 8, 2019. A public meeting
was noticed and held on June 19, 2019
at 6 p.m. at the Campo Indian
Reservation Tribal Hall, 36190 Church
Road, Campo, California.
II. Background on the Project
The proposed action consists of BIA
approval of a lease between the Tribe
and Terra-Gen, to construct and operate
a renewable energy generation project
for 25 years on the Reservation, with the
possibility of a 13-year extension for a
total of 38 years. The lease would allow
Terra-Gen to develop and operate a
wind energy generation facility in the
lease area. The project consists of the
following components: (A) Up to 60
wind turbines of approximately 4.2
megawatts (MW) capacity and
approximately 586 feet in total height;
(B) access roads, including
approximately 15 miles of new roads
and approximately 15 miles of
improved existing roads; (C) electrical
collection and communication system;
(D) project collector substation; (E)
operations and maintenance facility; (F)
meteorological towers; (G) water
collection and septic system; (H)
temporary concrete batch plant; (I)
temporary staging areas; (J) onreservation portion of the generation tie
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line (gen-tie line); and (K) boulder brush
facilities (components on private lands
including a portion of the gen-tie line,
a high-voltage substation, a switchyard,
and access roads).
III. Alternatives
The following alternatives are
considered in the EIS:
(1) Alternative 1, 252 MW—would
include 60 turbines producing
approximately 4.2 MW each, for a total
production of approximately 252 MW.
Up to 76 possible turbine sites have
been evaluated, of which only 60 could
be constructed under the lease. Total
turbine height of approximately 586
feet.
(2) Alternative 2, 202 MW—would
include a reduction in the Project’s
footprint, number of turbines, and
generating capacity of approximately
20%, with 48 turbines that would
produce approximately 4.2 MW each,
for a total production of approximately
202 MW.
(3) Alternative 3, No Action
Alternative—would entail the BIA not
approving the proposed lease agreement
between the Tribe and Terra-Gen for the
construction of a wind energy project on
the Reservation.
A wide range of additional alternatives
were considered by the BIA but not
carried forward for detailed analysis in
the EIS. The following alternatives were
not analyzed in the EIS because they
either did not meet the purpose and
need of the project or were not
considered technically feasible or
economically feasible or cost-effective:
Mixed renewable generation (wind and
solar), minimal build-out, offreservation location, reduced capacity
turbines, distributed generation.
IV. Environmental Impact Analysis
The EIS analyzes the potential
environmental impacts to 13 different
resource categories, including:
• Land Resources
• Water Resources
• Air Quality
• Biological Resources
• GHG Emissions and Climate Change
• Cultural Resources
• Socioeconomic Conditions
• Resource Use Patterns
• Traffic and Transportation
• Noise
• Visual Resources
• Public Health and Safety
• Cumulative Scenario and Impacts.
V. Public Comment Procedures
BIA is noticing the 30-day waiting
period for the Final EIS, in accordance
with the Council on Environmental
Quality’s regulations for implementing
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NEPA and the DOI’s NEPA regulations.
Comments should include the
commenting party’s name, return
address, and the caption: ‘‘FEIS
Comments, Campo Wind Energy
Project,’’ on the first page of written
comments. See the DATES section of this
notice for the deadline and ADDRESSES
section of this notice for where to send
your comments.
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. Commenting
parties should be aware, before
including their address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in a comment,
that comments may be made publicly
available at any time. While a
commenting party may request in its
comment that identifying information
be withheld from public review, the BIA
cannot guarantee that this will occur.
VI. Authority
This notice is published pursuant to
Sec. 1506.10(a)(2) 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 1969, 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.
Dated: February 4, 2020.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[120D0102DR/DS5A300000/
DR.5A311.IA000118]
National Tribal Broadband Grant;
Solicitation of Proposals
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
The Office of Indian Energy
and Economic Development (IEED),
Office of the Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs, is soliciting proposals
from Indian Tribes for grant funding to
hire consultants to perform feasibility
studies for deployment or expansion of
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I. General Information
II. Number of Projects Funded
III. Background
IV. Eligibility for Funding
V. Who may Perform Broadband Feasibility
Studies Funded by NTBG Grants
VI. Applicant Procurement Procedures
VII. Limitations
VIII. NTBG Application Guidance
IX. Review and Selection Process
X. Evaluation Criteria
XI. Transfer of Funds
XII. Reporting Requirements for Award
Recipients
XIII. Questions and Requests for IEED
Assistance
XIV. Separate Document(s)
XV. Authority
I. General Information
Award Ceiling: 50,000
Award Floor: 40,000
CFDA Number: 15.032
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Number of Awards: 25–30
Category: Communications
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SUMMARY:
high-speed internet (broadband)
transmitted, variously, through digital
subscriber line (DSL), cable modem,
fiber, wireless, satellite and broadband
over power lines (BPL).
DATES: Applications will be accepted
until 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, May 8,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Applicants must submit a
completed Application for Federal
Assistance SF–424 and the Project
Narrative Attachment form in a single
email to IEEDBroadbandGrants@
bia.gov, Attention: Ms. Jo Ann Metcalfe,
Certified Grant Specialist, Bureau of
Indian Affairs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
James R. West, National Tribal
Broadband Grant (NTBG) Manager,
Office of Indian Energy and Economic
Development, Room 6049–B, 12220
Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia
20191; telephone: (202) 595–4766;
email: jamesr.west@bia.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
II. Number of Projects Funded
IEED anticipates award of
approximately twenty-five (25) to thirty
(30) grants under this announcement
ranging in value from approximately
$40,000 to $50,000. The program can
only fund projects one year at a time.
IEED will use a competitive evaluation
process based on criteria described in
the Review and Selection Process
section at section IX of this notice.
III. Background
The Office of the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs, through IEED,
is soliciting proposals from Indian
Tribes, as defined at 25 U.S.C. 5304(e),
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for grant funding to hire consultants to
perform feasibility studies for
deployment or expansion of high-speed
internet (broadband) transmitted,
variously, through DSL, cable modem,
fiber, wireless, satellite and BPL.
NTBG grants may be used to fund an
assessment of the current broadband
services, if any, that are available to an
applicant’s community; an engineering
assessment of new or expanded
broadband services; an estimate of the
cost of building or expanding a
broadband network; a determination of
the transmission medium(s) that will be
employed; identification of potential
funding and/or financing for the
network; and consideration of financial
and practical risks associated with
developing a broadband network.
The purpose of the NTBG is to
improve the quality of life, spur
economic development and commercial
activity, create opportunities for selfemployment, enhance educational
resources and remote learning
opportunities, and meet emergency and
law enforcement needs by bringing
broadband services to Native American
communities that lack them.
Feasibility studies funded through
NTBG will assist Tribes to make
informed decisions regarding
deployment or expansion of broadband
in their communities.
IEED administers this program
through its Division of Economic
Development (DED), which is located at
1849 C Street NW, MIB–4138,
Washington, DC 20240.
The funding periods and amounts
referenced in this solicitation are subject
to the availability of funds at the time
of award, as well as the Department of
the Interior (DOI) and Indian Affairs
priorities at the time of the award.
Neither DOI nor Indian Affairs will be
held responsible for proposal or
application preparation costs.
Publication of this solicitation does not
obligate DOI or Indian Affairs to award
any specific grant or to obligate all or
any part of available funds. Future
funding is subject to the availability of
appropriations and cannot be
guaranteed. DOI or Indian Affairs may
cancel or withdraw this solicitation at
any time.
IV. Eligibility for Funding
Only Indian Tribes, as defined at 25
U.S.C. 5304(e), are eligible for NTBG
grants: ‘‘‘Indian tribe’ means any Indian
tribe, band, nation, or other organized
group or community, including any
Alaska Native village or regional or
village corporation as defined in or
established pursuant to the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (85
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[189A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G]
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Campo Wind
Energy Project, San Diego, California
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, this notice advises the public that the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as lead agency has prepared a Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) in connection with the approval
of a lease between the Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians (Tribe)
and Terra-Gen Development Company, LLC (Terra-Gen), to construct and
operate a wind energy generation project on the Campo Indian
Reservation (Reservation). This Notice of Availability (NOA) also
announces that the FEIS is now publicly available for 30 days.
DATES: The waiting period on the FEIS ends on March 11, 2020. The FEIS
is available online at: www.CampoWind.com.
ADDRESSES: Commenters may mail or hand-deliver written comments to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way,
Sacramento, California 95825. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice for further directions on submitting comments. The FEIS
is available for review online at www.CampoWind.com and at:
County of San Diego Public Library--Campo, 31356 Highway
94, Campo, CA 91906.
County of San Diego Public Library--Pine Valley, 28804 Old
Highway 80, Pine Valley, CA 91962.
BIA Pacific Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento,
California 95825.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan (Harold) Hall, Regional
Archeologist BIA Pacific Region Branch, by telephone at (916) 978-6041
or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background on the Process
II. Background on the Project
III. Alternatives
IV. Environmental Impact Analysis
V. Public Comment Procedures
VI. Authority
I. Background on the Process
Public review of the DEIS is part of the administrative process for
the evaluation of the authorization of the Tribe's lease of trust land
in eastern San Diego County, California. Terra-Gen proposes to
construct and operate a wind energy generation facility in the lease
area. A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS was published in the Federal
Register on November 11, 2018 (83 FR 58784) and posted on the
www.CampoWind.com website. A public notice announcing the proposed
action and the scoping meeting was published in the San Diego Business
Journal on November 26, 2018 and the San Diego Union-Tribune on
November 21, 2018. The BIA held a public scoping meeting for the
proposed project on December 6, 2018 at the Campo Indian Reservation
Tribal Hall, 36190 Church Road, Campo, California. A Notice of
Availability (NOA) that the Draft EIS had been prepared was published
in the Federal Register on May 24, 2019. The 45-day public review
period on the Draft EIS began on May 24, 2019 and ended on July 8,
2019. A public meeting was noticed and held on June 19, 2019 at 6 p.m.
at the Campo Indian Reservation Tribal Hall, 36190 Church Road, Campo,
California.
II. Background on the Project
The proposed action consists of BIA approval of a lease between the
Tribe and Terra-Gen, to construct and operate a renewable energy
generation project for 25 years on the Reservation, with the
possibility of a 13-year extension for a total of 38 years. The lease
would allow Terra-Gen to develop and operate a wind energy generation
facility in the lease area. The project consists of the following
components: (A) Up to 60 wind turbines of approximately 4.2 megawatts
(MW) capacity and approximately 586 feet in total height; (B) access
roads, including approximately 15 miles of new roads and approximately
15 miles of improved existing roads; (C) electrical collection and
communication system; (D) project collector substation; (E) operations
and maintenance facility; (F) meteorological towers; (G) water
collection and septic system; (H) temporary concrete batch plant; (I)
temporary staging areas; (J) on-reservation portion of the generation
tie line (gen-tie line); and (K) boulder brush facilities (components
on private lands including a portion of the gen-tie line, a high-
voltage substation, a switchyard, and access roads).
III. Alternatives
The following alternatives are considered in the EIS:
(1) Alternative 1, 252 MW--would include 60 turbines producing
approximately 4.2 MW each, for a total production of approximately 252
MW. Up to 76 possible turbine sites have been evaluated, of which only
60 could be constructed under the lease. Total turbine height of
approximately 586 feet.
(2) Alternative 2, 202 MW--would include a reduction in the
Project's footprint, number of turbines, and generating capacity of
approximately 20%, with 48 turbines that would produce approximately
4.2 MW each, for a total production of approximately 202 MW.
(3) Alternative 3, No Action Alternative--would entail the BIA not
approving the proposed lease agreement between the Tribe and Terra-Gen
for the construction of a wind energy project on the Reservation.
A wide range of additional alternatives were considered by the BIA but
not carried forward for detailed analysis in the EIS. The following
alternatives were not analyzed in the EIS because they either did not
meet the purpose and need of the project or were not considered
technically feasible or economically feasible or cost-effective: Mixed
renewable generation (wind and solar), minimal build-out, off-
reservation location, reduced capacity turbines, distributed
generation.
IV. Environmental Impact Analysis
The EIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts to 13
different resource categories, including:
Land Resources
Water Resources
Air Quality
Biological Resources
GHG Emissions and Climate Change
Cultural Resources
Socioeconomic Conditions
Resource Use Patterns
Traffic and Transportation
Noise
Visual Resources
Public Health and Safety
Cumulative Scenario and Impacts.
V. Public Comment Procedures
BIA is noticing the 30-day waiting period for the Final EIS, in
accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations for
implementing
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NEPA and the DOI's NEPA regulations. Comments should include the
commenting party's name, return address, and the caption: ``FEIS
Comments, Campo Wind Energy Project,'' on the first page of written
comments. See the DATES section of this notice for the deadline and
ADDRESSES section of this notice for where to send your comments.
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.
Commenting parties should be aware, before including their address,
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information
in a comment, that comments may be made publicly available at any time.
While a commenting party may request in its comment that identifying
information be withheld from public review, the BIA cannot guarantee
that this will occur.
VI. Authority
This notice is published pursuant to Sec. 1506.10(a)(2) 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
1969, 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.
Dated: February 4, 2020.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-02669 Filed 2-7-20; 8:45 am]
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