Notice of Availability of the Crimson Solar Final Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Land Use Plan Amendment, Riverside County, CA, 11325-11326 [2021-03833]
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Notice of Availability of the Crimson
Solar Final Environmental Impact
Statement and Proposed Land Use
Plan Amendment, Riverside County,
CA
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) has prepared
a Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) and Proposed Land Use Plan
Amendment to the California Desert
Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan for the
Crimson Solar Project, Riverside
County, California, and by this notice is
announcing its availability.
DATES: BLM planning regulations state
that any person who meets the
conditions as described in the
regulations may protest the BLM’s
Proposed Land Use Plan Amendment. A
person who meets the conditions and
files a protest must do so within 30 days
of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) publication of its Notice
of Availability in the Federal Register.
The EPA published its Notice of
Availability on February 12, 2021 (86
FR 9335).
ADDRESSES: You may review the Final
EIS/Plan Amendment at https://
go.usa.gov/xACdN. Instructions for
filing a protest regarding the proposed
Resource Management Plan Amendment
are at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/
planning-and-nepa/publicparticipation/filing-a-plan-protest and
at 43 CFR 1610.5–2.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Miriam Liberatore, Project Manager,
SUMMARY:
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telephone 541–618–2200, email
mliberat@blm.gov; mailing address
Bureau of Land Management, 3040
Biddle Road, Medford, OR 97504.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–
877–8339 to contact Ms. Liberatore
during normal business hours. The FRS
is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, to leave a message or question.
You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sonoran
West Solar Holdings LLC (the
Applicant), a wholly owned subsidiary
of Recurrent Energy LLC, applied for a
right-of-way (ROW) grant for a
photovoltaic solar project with the BLM.
The applicant proposes to construct,
operate, maintain, and decommission a
maximum 350-megawatt solar
photovoltaic facility with integrated
battery storage and necessary ancillary
facilities, including project substations,
access roads, operations and
maintenance buildings, and lay down
areas. The Proposed Action includes
2,500 acres of BLM-administered land
in Riverside County, California. The
CDCA requires newly proposed utility
sites not previously identified in the
plan and proposed transmission lines
outside designated utility corridors to be
considered through a Plan Amendment.
This decision therefore would amend
the CDCA Plan to identify the Crimson
Solar Project site as suitable for solar
energy generation and to recognize the
development of a high-voltage
transmission line outside a designated
corridor.
The BLM is the lead NEPA agency
and will make Federal decisions
regarding the proposed Plan
Amendment and the ROW for the
Project. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service is a Cooperating Agency and
issued a Biological Opinion for the
project on February 22, 2020. The U.S.
EPA (Region 9) is a Cooperating Agency
but does not have a direct permitting
role in the project. The California
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Department of Fish and Wildlife
(CDFW) is the lead agency under the
California Environmental Quality Act
and will decide whether to issue the
applicant an Incidental Take Permit
and/or a Lake and Streambed Alteration
Agreement. The CDFW will release a
Final Environmental Impact Report
(EIR) independent of this EIS/Plan
Amendment.
The Draft EIS/EIR/Plan Amendment
was available for a 90-day public
comment period on November 1, 2019
(84 FR 58738). The BLM held public
meetings on December 2 and 3, 2019, in
Palm Desert and Blythe, respectively.
Twenty-one comments were received
during the comment period. Responses
to substantive comments are in
Appendix W of the Final EIS/Plan
Amendment (Responses to Comments).
Public comments resulted in the
addition of clarifying text but did not
warrant changes to the analysis or
conclusions.
In addition to the Proposed Action
(Alternative A), the Final EIS/Plan
Amendment considers a no action
alternative and two action alternatives.
Alternative B, Alternative Design,
would include one or more of three
design elements to reduce grading,
trenching, and vegetation removal
during construction. Alternative C,
Reduced Acreage, would be the same as
described under Alternative A in the
number and size of project-related
facilities and energy generation, but the
project area would be reduced to 2,049
acres. All action alternatives would
amend the CDCA plan to allow the
project. The Agency Preferred
Alternative combines Alternative B
(reduced grading and reduced
vegetation removal) and Alternative C
(reduced acreage).
The BLM utilized and coordinated the
NEPA 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).
All protests must be in writing and
submitted in accordance with the
instructions outlined at: https://
www.blm.gov/programs/planning-andnepa/public-participation/filing-a-planprotest and at 43 CFR 1610.5–2. A
written decision will be rendered on
each protest and mailed to each
protesting party. This decision will be
the final decision of the Department of
the Interior on each protest. Responses
to protest issues will be compiled in a
Protest Resolution Report made
available following issuance of the
decisions. Upon resolution of all
protests, a Record of Decision will be
issued, which will include information
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on any further opportunities for public
involvement.
Before including your phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your protest,
you should be aware that your entire
protest—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us to withhold your
personal identifying information from
public review, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 40 CFR 1506.10;
43 CFR 1610.2; 43 CFR 1610.5; 42 U.S.C.
4370m–6(a)(1).
Karen E. Mouritsen,
BLM California State Director.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Kaloko-Honoko¯hau
National Historical Park, Kailua-Kona,
HI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, KalokoHonoko¯hau National Historical Park has
completed an inventory of human
remains in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request to Kaloko-Honoko¯hau
National Historical Park. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Kaloko-Honoko¯hau
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National Historical Park at the address
in this notice by March 26, 2021.
John Broward,
Superintendent, Kaloko-Honoko¯hau
National Historical Park, 73–4786
Kanalani Street #14, Kailua-Kona, HI
96740, telephone (808) 329–6881 Ext.
1201, email john_broward@nps.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains under the control of
the U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, KalokoHonoko¯hau National Historical Park,
Kailua-Kona, HI. The human remains
were removed from Kaloko, Hawaii
County, HI.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the Superintendent, Kaloko-Honoko¯hau
National Historical Park.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by KalokoHonoko¯hau National Historical Park
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs and representatives of
the ‘ohana of Annandale (Kailea); Ayau
(Halealoha); Ching (Ulu); Harp (Paka);
Lee (Reggie); Lui, (Nicole); Naboa
(Nona); Nelson (Shane); Pai
(Mahealani); and Vincent (William
Kahale).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1971, human remains representing,
at minimum, two individuals were
removed from site D13–15 in Hawaii
County, HI, during archeological
excavations by the University of
California at Santa Barbara prior to the
establishment of Kaloko-Honoko¯hau
National Historical Park. The human
remains were donated to the National
Park Service in 1991 along with other
cultural material from the archeological
work at Kaloko. When donated, the
human remains were described as nonhuman, animal bone fragments. These
remains were identified as human in
2019. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Site D13–15 is a permanent habitation
complex that dates to traditional
Hawaiian, pre-European contact times
and is identified as Native Hawaiian.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Availability of the Crimson Solar Final Environmental
Impact Statement and Proposed Land Use Plan Amendment, Riverside
County, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Proposed Land Use Plan
Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan for
the Crimson Solar Project, Riverside County, California, and by this
notice is announcing its availability.
DATES: BLM planning regulations state that any person who meets the
conditions as described in the regulations may protest the BLM's
Proposed Land Use Plan Amendment. A person who meets the conditions and
files a protest must do so within 30 days of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) publication of its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. The EPA published its Notice of Availability on
February 12, 2021 (86 FR 9335).
ADDRESSES: You may review the Final EIS/Plan Amendment at https://go.usa.gov/xACdN. Instructions for filing a protest regarding the
proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment are at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/planning-and-nepa/public-participation/filing-a-plan-protest and at 43 CFR 1610.5-2.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Miriam Liberatore, Project Manager,
telephone 541-618-2200, email [email protected]; mailing address Bureau
of Land Management, 3040 Biddle Road, Medford, OR 97504. Persons who
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact Ms. Liberatore during
normal business hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, to leave a message or question. You will receive a reply during
normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sonoran West Solar Holdings LLC (the
Applicant), a wholly owned subsidiary of Recurrent Energy LLC, applied
for a right-of-way (ROW) grant for a photovoltaic solar project with
the BLM. The applicant proposes to construct, operate, maintain, and
decommission a maximum 350-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility with
integrated battery storage and necessary ancillary facilities,
including project substations, access roads, operations and maintenance
buildings, and lay down areas. The Proposed Action includes 2,500 acres
of BLM-administered land in Riverside County, California. The CDCA
requires newly proposed utility sites not previously identified in the
plan and proposed transmission lines outside designated utility
corridors to be considered through a Plan Amendment. This decision
therefore would amend the CDCA Plan to identify the Crimson Solar
Project site as suitable for solar energy generation and to recognize
the development of a high-voltage transmission line outside a
designated corridor.
The BLM is the lead NEPA agency and will make Federal decisions
regarding the proposed Plan Amendment and the ROW for the Project. The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a Cooperating Agency and issued a
Biological Opinion for the project on February 22, 2020. The U.S. EPA
(Region 9) is a Cooperating Agency but does not have a direct
permitting role in the project. The California
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Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is the lead agency under the
California Environmental Quality Act and will decide whether to issue
the applicant an Incidental Take Permit and/or a Lake and Streambed
Alteration Agreement. The CDFW will release a Final Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) independent of this EIS/Plan Amendment.
The Draft EIS/EIR/Plan Amendment was available for a 90-day public
comment period on November 1, 2019 (84 FR 58738). The BLM held public
meetings on December 2 and 3, 2019, in Palm Desert and Blythe,
respectively. Twenty-one comments were received during the comment
period. Responses to substantive comments are in Appendix W of the
Final EIS/Plan Amendment (Responses to Comments). Public comments
resulted in the addition of clarifying text but did not warrant changes
to the analysis or conclusions.
In addition to the Proposed Action (Alternative A), the Final EIS/
Plan Amendment considers a no action alternative and two action
alternatives. Alternative B, Alternative Design, would include one or
more of three design elements to reduce grading, trenching, and
vegetation removal during construction. Alternative C, Reduced Acreage,
would be the same as described under Alternative A in the number and
size of project-related facilities and energy generation, but the
project area would be reduced to 2,049 acres. All action alternatives
would amend the CDCA plan to allow the project. The Agency Preferred
Alternative combines Alternative B (reduced grading and reduced
vegetation removal) and Alternative C (reduced acreage).
The BLM utilized and coordinated the NEPA 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).
All protests must be in writing and submitted in accordance with
the instructions outlined at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/planning-and-nepa/public-participation/filing-a-plan-protest and at 43 CFR
1610.5-2. A written decision will be rendered on each protest and
mailed to each protesting party. This decision will be the final
decision of the Department of the Interior on each protest. Responses
to protest issues will be compiled in a Protest Resolution Report made
available following issuance of the decisions. Upon resolution of all
protests, a Record of Decision will be issued, which will include
information on any further opportunities for public involvement.
Before including your phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your protest, you should be aware
that your entire protest--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us to withhold your personal identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 40 CFR 1506.10; 43 CFR 1610.2; 43 CFR
1610.5; 42 U.S.C. 4370m-6(a)(1).
Karen E. Mouritsen,
BLM California State Director.
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