Withdrawal of Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Monterey Bay Regional Water Project Desalination Facility, 30034 [2021-11714]

Download as PDF 30034 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 106 / Friday, June 4, 2021 / Notices an additional 15 days for public comments when (1) up to another year of identical, or nearly identical, activities as described in the Description of Proposed Activity section of this notice is planned or (2) the activities as described in the Description of Proposed Activity section of this notice would not be completed by the time the IHA expires and a Renewal would allow for completion of the activities beyond that described in the Dates and Duration section of this notice, provided all of the following conditions are met: • A request for renewal is received no later than 60 days prior to the needed Renewal IHA effective date (recognizing that the Renewal IHA expiration date cannot extend beyond one year from expiration of the initial IHA); • The request for renewal must include the following: (1) An explanation that the activities to be conducted under the requested Renewal IHA are identical to the activities analyzed under the initial IHA, are a subset of the activities, or include changes so minor (e.g., reduction in pile size) that the changes do not affect the previous analyses, mitigation and monitoring requirements, or take estimates (with the exception of reducing the type or amount of take); and (2) A preliminary monitoring report showing the results of the required monitoring to date and an explanation showing that the monitoring results do not indicate impacts of a scale or nature not previously analyzed or authorized. • Upon review of the request for Renewal, the status of the affected species or stocks, and any other pertinent information, NMFS determines that there are no more than minor changes in the activities, the mitigation and monitoring measures will remain the same and appropriate, and the findings in the initial IHA remain valid. Dated: May 28, 2021. Catherine Marzin, Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2021–11718 Filed 6–3–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:08 Jun 03, 2021 Jkt 253001 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Withdrawal of Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Monterey Bay Regional Water Project Desalination Facility Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce (DOC). ACTION: Withdrawal of notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement. AGENCY: NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is issuing this notice to advise Federal, state, and local government agencies and the public that it is withdrawing its Notice of Intent to prepare a draft environmental impact statement for the proposed action to construct and operate a seawater reverse osmosis desalination facility and colocated seawater-cooled 150-megawatt computer data center campus project at Moss Landing, Monterey County, California. NOAA is terminating the review of this project under the National Environmental Policy Act because the proposed project scope has changed significantly. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Grimmer, Resource Protection Coordinator, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, at karen.grimmer@ noaa.gov, or by mail at 99 Pacific Street, Suite 455A, Monterey, California 93940. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA published a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register on June 1, 2015 (80 FR 31022), to prepare a joint environmental impact report (EIR)/environmental impact statement (EIS) with the California State Lands Commission (CSLC) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act. The joint EIR/EIS would have analyzed the impacts on the human environment resulting from DeepWater Desal’s construction and operation of a seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination facility and co-located seawater-cooled 150-megawatt computer data center campus project (Project) at Moss Landing, Monterey County, California. DeepWater Desal submitted an application for permit approval to Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to construct and operate a SWRO desalination facility capable of producing 25,000 acre-feet per year of potable water and a co-located seawaterSUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 cooled computer data center campus on a 110-acre site located approximately 1.5 miles east of Moss Landing. Additional details about the Project are included in the NOI dated June 1, 2015. NOAA solicited public input on the scope of the analysis through a public comment period on the NOI from June 1, 2015, to July 1, 2015. NOAA received six comments in response to the notice, which are publicly available on https:// www.regulations.gov under docket NOAA–NOS–2015–0069. NOAA and CSLC held a joint public scoping meeting for the project on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, and six commenters provided testimony. NOAA is terminating the NEPA process and closing the Project’s permit application because the permit applicant notified NOAA in May 2020 that the primary scope of the Project changed from desalination to land-based aquaculture. NOAA finds that the scope of the Project has changed significantly since publication of the 2015 NOI and the scoping process completed in 2015 is no longer relevant. Therefore, NOAA is withdrawing the NOI to prepare an EIS for this Project. Should NOAA receive a new permit application, NOAA will determine at that time what level of NEPA review is required for the project. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.; 40 CFR 1500–1508; Companion Manual for NOAA Administrative Order 216–6A, 82 FR 4306. John Armor, Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [FR Doc. 2021–11714 Filed 6–3–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED Procurement List; Deletions Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled ACTION: Deletions from the procurement list. AGENCY: This action deletes product(s) from the Procurement List previously furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. DATES: Date deleted from the Procurement List: July 04, 2021. ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, 1401 S Clark Street, Suite 715, Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Withdrawal of Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement for Monterey Bay Regional Water Project Desalination Facility

AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Withdrawal of notice of intent to prepare an environmental 
impact statement.

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SUMMARY: NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is issuing this 
notice to advise Federal, state, and local government agencies and the 
public that it is withdrawing its Notice of Intent to prepare a draft 
environmental impact statement for the proposed action to construct and 
operate a seawater reverse osmosis desalination facility and co-located 
seawater-cooled 150-megawatt computer data center campus project at 
Moss Landing, Monterey County, California. NOAA is terminating the 
review of this project under the National Environmental Policy Act 
because the proposed project scope has changed significantly.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Grimmer, Resource Protection 
Coordinator, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, at 
[email protected], or by mail at 99 Pacific Street, Suite 455A, 
Monterey, California 93940.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA published a Notice of Intent (NOI) in 
the Federal Register on June 1, 2015 (80 FR 31022), to prepare a joint 
environmental impact report (EIR)/environmental impact statement (EIS) 
with the California State Lands Commission (CSLC) in accordance with 
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California 
Environmental Quality Act. The joint EIR/EIS would have analyzed the 
impacts on the human environment resulting from DeepWater Desal's 
construction and operation of a seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) 
desalination facility and co-located seawater-cooled 150-megawatt 
computer data center campus project (Project) at Moss Landing, Monterey 
County, California.
    DeepWater Desal submitted an application for permit approval to 
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to construct and operate a SWRO 
desalination facility capable of producing 25,000 acre-feet per year of 
potable water and a co-located seawater-cooled computer data center 
campus on a 110-acre site located approximately 1.5 miles east of Moss 
Landing. Additional details about the Project are included in the NOI 
dated June 1, 2015. NOAA solicited public input on the scope of the 
analysis through a public comment period on the NOI from June 1, 2015, 
to July 1, 2015. NOAA received six comments in response to the notice, 
which are publicly available on https://www.regulations.gov under docket 
NOAA-NOS-2015-0069. NOAA and CSLC held a joint public scoping meeting 
for the project on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, and six commenters provided 
testimony.
    NOAA is terminating the NEPA process and closing the Project's 
permit application because the permit applicant notified NOAA in May 
2020 that the primary scope of the Project changed from desalination to 
land-based aquaculture. NOAA finds that the scope of the Project has 
changed significantly since publication of the 2015 NOI and the scoping 
process completed in 2015 is no longer relevant. Therefore, NOAA is 
withdrawing the NOI to prepare an EIS for this Project. Should NOAA 
receive a new permit application, NOAA will determine at that time what 
level of NEPA review is required for the project.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.; 40 CFR 1500-1508; Companion 
Manual for NOAA Administrative Order 216-6A, 82 FR 4306.

John Armor,
Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries National Ocean Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-11714 Filed 6-3-21; 8:45 am]
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