Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Coquille Indian Tribe Fee-to-Trust and Gaming Facility Project, City of Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, 72505-72506 [2022-25727]
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Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the Coquille Indian Tribe Fee-toTrust and Gaming Facility Project, City
of Medford, Jackson County, Oregon
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
SUMMARY:
AGENCY:
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Indian Gaming; Approval of TribalState Class III Gaming Compact in the
State of Washington
AGENCY:
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
This notice publishes the
approval of the Fourth Amendment to
the Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation and the State of
Washington Gaming Compact
(Amendment) providing for Class III
gaming between the Yakama Nation
(Nation) and the State of Washington
(State).
DATES: The Amendment takes effect on
November 25, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian
SUMMARY:
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Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant
Secretary—Policy and Economic
Development, Washington, DC 20240,
paula.hart@bia.gov, (202) 219–4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
section 11 of the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act (IGRA), Public Law 100–
497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., the
Secretary of the Interior shall publish in
the Federal Register notice of approved
Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of
engaging in Class III gaming activities
on Indian lands. As required by 25 CFR
293.4, all compacts and amendments are
subject to review and approval by the
Secretary. The Amendment permits the
Nation to establish an additional gaming
facility and engage in sports wagering.
The Amendment makes technical
amendments to update and add various
definitions in the compact. The
Amendment is approved.
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This notice advises the public
that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
as lead agency intends to file a draft
environmental impact statement (DEIS)
with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) for the Coquille Indian
Tribe fee-to-trust and Gaming Facility
Project, City of Medford, Jackson
County, Oregon. This notice also
announces that the DEIS is now
available for public review and that a
virtual public hearing will be held to
receive comments on the DEIS.
DATES: Comments on the DEIS must
arrive within 45 days after the EPA
publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. The date and time
of the virtual public hearing on the DEIS
will be announced at least 15 days in
advance through a notice to be
published in a local newspaper (the
Medford Mail Tribune) and online at
www.coquille-eis.com.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or handdeliver written comments to:
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• By mail to: Mr. Bryan Mercier,
Northwest Regional Director, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Northwest Region, 911
Northeast 11th Avenue, Portland,
Oregon 97232. Please include your
name, return address, and the caption:
‘‘DEIS Comments, Coquille Indian Tribe
Fee-to-Trust and Gaming Facility
Project,’’ on the first page of your
written comments.
• By email to: Mr. Brian Haug, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, at CoquilleCasinoEIS@
bia.gov, using ‘‘DEIS Comments,
Coquille Tribe Medford Gaming Facility
Project’’ as the subject of your email.
The DEIS will be available for public
review at:
• Medford Branch Library of Jackson
County Library Services, 205 South
Central Avenue, Medford, Oregon
97501; and www.coquille-eis.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Brian Haug, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Northwest Region, (503) 231–6780
(Office), (503) 231–2201 (Fax),
CoquilleCasinoEIS@bia.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public
review of the DEIS is part of the
administrative process for BIA’s
evaluation of the Tribe’s application to
acquire approximately 2.4 acres of land
in trust in the City of Medford, Jackson
County, Oregon, for gaming purposes.
Pursuant to Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) regulations (40 CFR
1506.10), the publication of the Notice
of Availability by the EPA in the
Federal Register initiates the 45-day
public comment period. A Notice of
Intent to prepare an environmental
impact statement was published in the
Medford Mail Tribune on January 16
and 18, 2015, and the Federal Register
on January 15, 2015 (80 FR 2120). The
BIA held a public scoping meeting for
the project on February 3, 2015, at the
North Medford High School, Medford,
Oregon.
Background
The Tribe requested that the
Department acquire 2.4 acres of land in
trust City of Medford, Jackson County,
Oregon, for gaming purposes. The
Tribe’s Proposed Project consists of the
retrofit and remodel of an existing
bowling alley on the proposed trust
parcel into a 30,300-square foot gaming
facility with class II gaming machines,
food and beverage facilities,
administrative space, associated parking
on adjacent fee land, and ancillary
facilities. Access to the site would be
provided via two existing driveways
along Highway 99.
The following alternatives are
considered in the DEIS: (1) Proposed
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Project; (2) Phoenix Site (alternative
site); (3) Expansion of the Tribe’s
existing Mill Casino; (4) No Action/No
Development. Environmental issues
addressed in the DEIS include geology
and soils, water resources, air quality,
biological resources, cultural and
paleontological resources,
socioeconomic conditions (including
environmental justice), transportation
and circulation, land use, public
services, noise, hazardous materials,
aesthetics, cumulative effects, and
indirect and growth inducing effects.
Public Comment Availability
Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
included as part of the administrative
record and responses to comments on
the Final EIS. 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 in your comment that your
personal identifying information be
withheld from public review, the BIA
cannot guarantee that this will occur.
Authority
This notice is published in
accordance with section 1503.1 of the
Council on Environmental Quality
regulations (40 CFR 1500 et seq.) and
the Department of the Interior
regulations (43 CFR part 46)
implementing the procedural
requirements of the NEPA (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), and in accordance with
the exercise of authority delegated to the
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs by
part 209 of the Department Manual.
Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Leases and Permits
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), are
proposing renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 27, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy
of your comments to Steven Mullen,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs,
U.S. Department of the Interior, 1001
Indian School Road NW, Suite 229,
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104; or by
email to comments@bia.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1076–
0155 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Mullen, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, comments@bia.gov,
(202) 924–2650. Individuals in the
United States who are deaf, deafblind,
hard of hearing, or have a speech
disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services. 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 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on
September 10, 2021 (86 FR 50737). No
comments were received.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following:
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(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
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: Generally trust and
restricted land may be leased by Indian
land owners, with the approval of the
Secretary of the Interior, except when
specified by statute. Submission of this
information allows BIA to review
applications for obtaining, modifying
and assigning leases and permits of land
that the United States holds in trust or
restricted status for individual Indians
and Indian Tribes. The information is
used to determine approval of a lease,
amendment, assignment, sublease,
mortgage or related document. A
response is required to obtain or retain
a benefit.
Title of Collection: Leases and
Permits.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0155.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individual Indians and Indian Tribes
seeking to lease their trust or restricted
land and businesses that lease trust and
restricted land.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 99,340.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 99,340.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Coquille Indian
Tribe Fee-to-Trust and Gaming Facility Project, City of Medford,
Jackson County, Oregon
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency intends to file a draft environmental
impact statement (DEIS) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) for the Coquille Indian Tribe fee-to-trust and Gaming Facility
Project, City of Medford, Jackson County, Oregon. This notice also
announces that the DEIS is now available for public review and that a
virtual public hearing will be held to receive comments on the DEIS.
DATES: Comments on the DEIS must arrive within 45 days after the EPA
publishes its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The date
and time of the virtual public hearing on the DEIS will be announced at
least 15 days in advance through a notice to be published in a local
newspaper (the Medford Mail Tribune) and online at www.coquille-eis.com.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand-deliver written comments to:
By mail to: Mr. Bryan Mercier, Northwest Regional
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Northwest Region, 911 Northeast
11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232. Please include your name, return
address, and the caption: ``DEIS Comments, Coquille Indian Tribe Fee-
to-Trust and Gaming Facility Project,'' on the first page of your
written comments.
By email to: Mr. Brian Haug, Bureau of Indian Affairs, at
[email protected], using ``DEIS Comments, Coquille Tribe
Medford Gaming Facility Project'' as the subject of your email.
The DEIS will be available for public review at:
Medford Branch Library of Jackson County Library Services,
205 South Central Avenue, Medford, Oregon 97501; and www.coquille-eis.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Brian Haug, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Northwest Region, (503) 231-6780 (Office), (503) 231-2201
(Fax), [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public review of the DEIS is part of the
administrative process for BIA's evaluation of the Tribe's application
to acquire approximately 2.4 acres of land in trust in the City of
Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, for gaming purposes. Pursuant to
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) regulations (40 CFR 1506.10), the publication of the Notice
of Availability by the EPA in the Federal Register initiates the 45-day
public comment period. A Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental
impact statement was published in the Medford Mail Tribune on January
16 and 18, 2015, and the Federal Register on January 15, 2015 (80 FR
2120). The BIA held a public scoping meeting for the project on
February 3, 2015, at the North Medford High School, Medford, Oregon.
Background
The Tribe requested that the Department acquire 2.4 acres of land
in trust City of Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, for gaming purposes.
The Tribe's Proposed Project consists of the retrofit and remodel of an
existing bowling alley on the proposed trust parcel into a 30,300-
square foot gaming facility with class II gaming machines, food and
beverage facilities, administrative space, associated parking on
adjacent fee land, and ancillary facilities. Access to the site would
be provided via two existing driveways along Highway 99.
The following alternatives are considered in the DEIS: (1) Proposed
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Project; (2) Phoenix Site (alternative site); (3) Expansion of the
Tribe's existing Mill Casino; (4) No Action/No Development.
Environmental issues addressed in the DEIS include geology and soils,
water resources, air quality, biological resources, cultural and
paleontological resources, socioeconomic conditions (including
environmental justice), transportation and circulation, land use,
public services, noise, hazardous materials, aesthetics, cumulative
effects, and indirect and growth inducing effects.
Public Comment Availability
Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be
included as part of the administrative record and responses to comments
on the Final EIS. 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 in your comment that your personal identifying
information be withheld from public review, the BIA cannot guarantee
that this will occur.
Authority
This notice is published in accordance with section 1503.1 of the
Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 1500 et seq.) and
the Department of the Interior regulations (43 CFR part 46)
implementing the procedural requirements of the NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.), and in accordance with the exercise of authority delegated to
the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by part 209 of the Department
Manual.
Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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