Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Crimson Solar Project and the Proposed Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan, Riverside County, CA, 24663-24664 [2021-09678]
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plats of survey 30 calendar days from
the date of this publication in the BLM
Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne,
Wyoming. This survey, which was
executed at the request of the Bureau of
Reclamation, was necessary for the
management of these lands.
DATES: Protests must be received by the
BLM prior to the scheduled date of
official filing by June 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
protests to the Wyoming State Director
at WY926, Bureau of Land Management,
5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne,
Wyoming 82009.
A person or party who wishes to
protest one or more plats of survey
identified below must file a written
notice of protest within 30 calendar
days from the date of this publication
with the Wyoming State Director at the
above address. Any notice of protest
received after the scheduled date of
official filing will be untimely and will
not be considered. A written statement
of reasons in support of a protest, if not
filed with the notice of protest, must be
filed with the State Director within 30
calendar days after the notice of protest
is filed. If a notice of protest against a
plat of survey is received prior to the
scheduled date of official filing, the
official filing of the plat of survey
identified in the notice of protest will be
stayed pending consideration of the
protest. A plat of survey will not be
officially filed until the next business
day following dismissal or resolution of
all protests of the plat.
Before including your address, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sonja Sparks, BLM Wyoming Chief
Cadastral Surveyor, at 307–775–6225 or
s75spark@blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1–800–877–8339 to contact
this office during normal business
hours. The Service is available 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
or question with this office. You will
receive a reply during normal business
hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The plats
of survey of the following described
lands are scheduled to be officially filed
in the Bureau of Land Management,
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also review the ROD at: https://
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Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming
T. 50 N., R. 67 W., Group No. 1018,
dependent resurvey, accepted March 12,
2021
T. 51 N., R. 66 W., Group No. 1031,
corrective dependent resurvey and
dependent resurvey, accepted March 30,
2021
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the preceding described plat
and field notes are available to the
public at a cost of $4.20 per plat and
$0.15 per page of field notes. Requests
can be made to blm_wy_survey_
records@blm.gov or by telephone at
307–775–6222.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C., Chapter 3)
Dated: May 3, 2021.
Sonja S. Sparks,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of
Minerals & Lands.
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Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the Crimson Solar Project
and the Proposed Amendment to the
California Desert Conservation Area
Plan, 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, and the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a
Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)/Plan
Amendment developed for the proposed
Crimson Solar Project, and by this
notice is announcing its availability.
DATES: The Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Land and Minerals
Management, Department of the Interior
signed the ROD on April 30, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are
available for public inspection during
regular business hours at 1201 Bird
Center Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262.
Due to COVID–19 related office
closures, an appointment must be made
in advance. Please contact the project
manager listed below to make an
appointment. Interested persons may
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Miriam Liberatore, Project Manager,
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. 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 grant for a photovoltaic
solar project with the BLM. The
applicant proposed to construct,
operate, maintain, and decommission a
maximum 350-megawatt photovoltaic
solar 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 included
2,500 acres of BLM-administered land
in the Riverside East Solar Energy Zone.
In addition to the Proposed Action
(Alternative A), the Final EIS/EIR/Plan
Amendment considered a no-action
alternative and two action alternatives.
Alternative B, Alternative Design,
included one or more of three design
elements to reduce grading, trenching,
and vegetation removal during
construction. Alternative C, Reduced
Acreage Alternative, was the same as
described under Alternative A in the
number and size of project-related
facilities and energy generation, but the
project area was reduced to 2,049 acres.
All action alternatives proposed
amending the California Desert
Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan to allow
the project. The Agency Preferred
Alternative combines the reduced
grading and reduced vegetation removal
elements of Alternative B and the
facility sizes, locations, and separation
by unit under Alternative C. The
Selected Alternative is the Preferred
Alternative with the inclusion of the
paved access road from Power Line
Road described under Alternative A.
The CDCA Plan requires proposed
utility sites not previously identified in
the plan and proposed transmission
lines outside designated utility corridors
be considered through a Plan
Amendment. This decision therefore
amends the CDCA Plan to identify the
Crimson Solar Project site as suitable for
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solar energy generation and to recognize
the development of a high-voltage
transmission line outside a designated
corridor.
The Draft EIS/EIR/Plan Amendment
was circulated for a 90-day public
comment period initiated in October
2019, Federal Register Notice of
Availability (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 were in Appendix W of the
Final EIS/EIR/Plan Amendment. Public
comments resulted in the addition of
clarifying text but did not warrant
changes in the analysis or conclusions.
The Final EIS/EIR/Plan Amendment
was published February 12, 2021 (86 FR
9335), initiating a 30-day protest period
and a concurrent Governor’s
consistency review of up to 60 days.
During the protest period for the
Proposed Amendments to the RMPs, the
BLM received three protest letters. All
protests were resolved prior to the
issuance of the RODs. For a full
description of the issues raised during
the protest period and how they were
addressed, please refer to the BLM
Protest Resolution Report, which is
available online at https://www.blm.gov/
programs/planning-and-nepa/publicparticipation/protest-resolution-reports.
The Governor of California reviewed the
Final EIS and Proposed Amendments to
the RMPs and did not identify any
inconsistencies with State or local
plans, policies, or programs.
The BLM selects the Agency Preferred
Alternative with the addition of the
paved access road under Alternative A
and amends the CDCA Plan. This
decision constitutes the final decision of
the Department of the Interior and is not
subject to appeal under departmental
regulations at 43 CFR part 4. Any
challenge to this decision must be
brought in the Federal District Court.
(Authority: 40 CFR part 1500; 43 CFR part
1610; 42 U.S.C. 4370m–6(a)(1))
Laura Daniel-Davis,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land
and Minerals Management.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337–TA–1185]
Notice of Request for Submissions on
the Public Interest; Certain Smart
Thermostats, Smart HVAC Systems,
and Components Thereof
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that on
April 20, 2021, the presiding
administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) issued
an Initial Determination on Violation of
Section 337. On May 3, 2021, the ALJ
issued a Recommended Determination
on remedy and bonding should a
violation be found in the abovecaptioned investigation. The
Commission is soliciting submissions
on public interest issues raised by the
recommended relief should the
Commission find a violation. This
notice is soliciting comments from the
public only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Liberman, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
205–3115. Copies of non-confidential
documents filed in connection with this
investigation may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help
accessing EDIS, please email
EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
internet server at https://www.usitc.gov.
Hearing-impaired persons are advised
that information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal on (202)
205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 provides
that, if the Commission finds a
violation, it shall exclude the articles
concerned from the United States:
SUMMARY:
unless, after considering the effect of such
exclusion upon the public health and
welfare, competitive conditions in the United
States economy, the production of like or
directly competitive articles in the United
States, and United States consumers, it finds
that such articles should not be excluded
from entry.
19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(1). A similar
provision applies to cease and desist
orders. 19 U.S.C. 1337(f)(1).
The Commission is soliciting
submissions on public interest issues
raised by the recommended relief
should the Commission find a violation,
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specifically: (1) A limited exclusion
order directed to certain smart
thermostats, smart HVAC systems, and
components thereof imported, sold for
importation, and/or sold after
importation by the following
respondents: ecobee Ltd. and ecobee,
Inc. (collectively ‘‘ecobee’’); Google LLC
(‘‘Google’’); Alarm.com Incorporated
and Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.
(collectively ‘‘Alarm.com’’); Daikin
Industries, Ltd., Daikin America, Inc.,
and Daikin North America LLC
(collectively ‘‘the Daikin Respondents’’);
Schneider Electric USA, Inc. and
Schneider Electric SE (collectively ‘‘the
Schneider Respondents’’); and Vivint,
Inc. (‘‘Vivint’’) (collectively,
‘‘Respondents’’); (2) cease and desist
orders directed to each Respondent.
Parties are to file public interest
submissions pursuant to 19 CFR
210.50(a)(4).
The Commission is interested in
further development of the record on
the public interest in this investigation.
Accordingly, members of the public are
invited to file submissions of no more
than five (5) pages, inclusive of
attachments, concerning the public
interest in light of the ALJ’s
Recommended Determination on
Remedy and Bonding issued in this
investigation on May 3, 2021.
Comments should address whether
issuance of the recommended remedial
orders in this investigation, should the
Commission find a violation, would
affect the public health and welfare in
the United States, competitive
conditions in the United States
economy, the production of like or
directly competitive articles in the
United States, or United States
consumers.
In particular, the Commission is
interested in comments that:
(i) Explain how the articles
potentially subject to the recommended
remedial orders are used in the United
States;
(ii) identify any public health, safety,
or welfare concerns in the United States
relating to the recommended orders;
(iii) identify like or directly
competitive articles that complainant,
its licensees, or third parties make in the
United States which could replace the
subject articles if they were to be
excluded;
(iv) indicate whether complainant,
complainant’s licensees, and/or thirdparty suppliers have the capacity to
replace the volume of articles
potentially subject to the recommended
orders within a commercially
reasonable time; and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Crimson
Solar Project and the Proposed Amendment to the California Desert
Conservation Area Plan, 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, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a
Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS)/Environmental Impact Report (EIR)/Plan Amendment developed for
the proposed Crimson Solar Project, and by this notice is announcing
its availability.
DATES: The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals
Management, Department of the Interior signed the ROD on April 30,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are available for public inspection during
regular business hours at 1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, CA
92262. Due to COVID-19 related office closures, an appointment must be
made in advance. Please contact the project manager listed below to
make an appointment. Interested persons may also review the ROD at:
https://go.usa.gov/xACdN.
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. 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 grant for a photovoltaic solar project with the BLM.
The applicant proposed to construct, operate, maintain, and
decommission a maximum 350-megawatt photovoltaic solar 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 included 2,500 acres
of BLM-administered land in the Riverside East Solar Energy Zone.
In addition to the Proposed Action (Alternative A), the Final EIS/
EIR/Plan Amendment considered a no-action alternative and two action
alternatives. Alternative B, Alternative Design, included one or more
of three design elements to reduce grading, trenching, and vegetation
removal during construction. Alternative C, Reduced Acreage
Alternative, was the same as described under Alternative A in the
number and size of project-related facilities and energy generation,
but the project area was reduced to 2,049 acres. All action
alternatives proposed amending the California Desert Conservation Area
(CDCA) Plan to allow the project. The Agency Preferred Alternative
combines the reduced grading and reduced vegetation removal elements of
Alternative B and the facility sizes, locations, and separation by unit
under Alternative C. The Selected Alternative is the Preferred
Alternative with the inclusion of the paved access road from Power Line
Road described under Alternative A. The CDCA Plan requires proposed
utility sites not previously identified in the plan and proposed
transmission lines outside designated utility corridors be considered
through a Plan Amendment. This decision therefore amends the CDCA Plan
to identify the Crimson Solar Project site as suitable for
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solar energy generation and to recognize the development of a high-
voltage transmission line outside a designated corridor.
The Draft EIS/EIR/Plan Amendment was circulated for a 90-day public
comment period initiated in October 2019, Federal Register Notice of
Availability (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 were in Appendix W of the Final EIS/EIR/Plan
Amendment. Public comments resulted in the addition of clarifying text
but did not warrant changes in the analysis or conclusions. The Final
EIS/EIR/Plan Amendment was published February 12, 2021 (86 FR 9335),
initiating a 30-day protest period and a concurrent Governor's
consistency review of up to 60 days. During the protest period for the
Proposed Amendments to the RMPs, the BLM received three protest
letters. All protests were resolved prior to the issuance of the RODs.
For a full description of the issues raised during the protest period
and how they were addressed, please refer to the BLM Protest Resolution
Report, which is available online at https://www.blm.gov/programs/planning-and-nepa/public-participation/protest-resolution-reports. The
Governor of California reviewed the Final EIS and Proposed Amendments
to the RMPs and did not identify any inconsistencies with State or
local plans, policies, or programs.
The BLM selects the Agency Preferred Alternative with the addition
of the paved access road under Alternative A and amends the CDCA Plan.
This decision constitutes the final decision of the Department of the
Interior and is not subject to appeal under departmental regulations at
43 CFR part 4. Any challenge to this decision must be brought in the
Federal District Court.
(Authority: 40 CFR part 1500; 43 CFR part 1610; 42 U.S.C. 4370m-
6(a)(1))
Laura Daniel-Davis,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.
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