Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Nisqually Indian Tribe's Proposed Fee-To-Trust and Casino Project, City of Lacey, Thurston County, Washington, 55975-55976 [2024-14816]
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following described property:
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degrees 53′17″ E, 1325.40 feet; thence
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continuing N 0 degrees 28′17″ W,
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published to comply with the
requirements of 25 CFR 151.12(c)(2)(ii)
that notice of the decision to acquire
land in trust be promptly provided in
the Federal Register.
Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s Proposed
Fee-To-Trust and Casino Project, City
of Lacey, Thurston County,
Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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This notice advises the public
that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),
as lead agency, intends to gather
information necessary for preparing an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) in connection with
the Nisqually Indian Tribe (Tribe)
proposed Fee-to-Trust and Casino
Project in the City of Lacey, Thurston
County, Washington for gaming and
other purposes (Quiemuth CasinoResort Property). This notice also opens
public scoping to identify potential
issues, concerns, and alternatives to be
considered in the EIS.
DATES: To ensure consideration during
the development of the EIS, written
comments on the scope of the EIS
should be sent as soon as possible and
no later than 30 days after publication
of this Notice of Intent (NOI) in the
Federal Register. The time and date of
the public scoping meeting will be
announced at least 15 days in advance
through a notice to be published in the
local newspaper and online.
ADDRESSES: You may mail written
comments to Bryan Mercier, Regional
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Northwest Region, 911 NE 11th Avenue,
Portland, Oregon 97232. Please include
your name, return address, and ‘‘NOI
Comments, Nisqually Indian Tribe Feeto-Trust and Casino Project’’ on the first
page of your written comments. You
may also submit comments through
email to Tobiah Mogavero, NEPA
Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
at: tobiah.mogavero@bia.gov, using
‘‘NOI Comments, Nisqually Indian Tribe
Fee-to-Trust and Casino Project’’ as the
subject of your email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Tobiah Mogavero, NEPA Coordinator,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Northwest
Region, (435) 210–0509,
tobiah.mogavero@bia.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Nisqually Indian Tribe submitted a Feeto-Trust application to the Bureau of
Indian Affairs (BIA) requesting the
placement of approximately 74.2 acres
of fee land in trust by the United States
upon which the Nisqually Indian Tribe
would construct a casino resort. The
Tribe proposes to develop a casinoresort with an event/multi-purpose
center, cultural center/museum with
Tribal lawn, and associated
infrastructure. The proposed fee-to-trust
property is located within the
boundaries of the City of Lacey,
Thurston County, Washington. The
proposed trust property is comprised of
tax parcels numbers 11810101100 and
11810101102. The purpose of the
proposed action is to improve the
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economic status of the Tribal
government so that it can provide
comprehensive services and ensure the
continued social and economic
independence and well-being of its
Tribal members.
The proposed action encompasses the
various federal approvals that may be
required to implement the Nisqually
Tribe’s proposed project, including
approval of the Nisqually Tribe’s Fee-toTrust application and Secretarial
Determination pursuant to section
20(b)(1)(A) of the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C.
2719(b)(1)(A)). The EIS will identify and
evaluate issues related to these
approvals and will also evaluate a range
of reasonable alternatives. Possible
alternatives currently under
consideration include: (1) a reducedintensity casino alternative, and (2) an
alternate-use (non-gaming) alternative.
The range of alternatives evaluated in
the EIS may be expanded based on
comments received during the scoping
process.
Areas of environmental concern
preliminarily identified for analysis in
the EIS include land resources; water
resources; air quality; noise; biological
resources; cultural/historic/
archaeological resources; resource use
patterns; traffic and transportation;
public health and safety; hazardous
materials and hazardous wastes; public
services and utilities; socioeconomics;
environmental justice; visual resources/
aesthetics; and cumulative, indirect, and
growth-inducing effects. The range of
issues to be addressed in the EIS may be
expanded or reduced based on
comments received in response to this
notice and at the public scoping
meeting. Additional information,
including a map of the proposed trust
property, is available by contacting the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice.
Public Comment Availability
Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
included as part of the administrative
record and Scoping Report for the EIS.
Before including your address,
telephone 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.
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Authority
This notice is published pursuant to
section 1503.1 of the Council of
Environmental Quality Regulations (40
CFR part 1500 through 1508) and
section 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. This notice is also
published in accordance with 40 CFR
93.155, which provides reporting
requirements for conformity
determinations.
Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024–14816 Filed 7–5–24; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Segregation of Public Land
for the Samantha Solar Project, White
Pine County, Nevada
Bureau of Land Management,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of segregation.
AGENCY:
Through this notice the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is
segregating public lands for the
Samantha Solar project right-of-way
application from appropriation under
the public land laws, including the
Mining Law, but not the Mineral
Leasing or Material Sales Acts, for a
period of 2 years from the date of
publication of this notice, subject to
valid existing rights. This segregation is
to allow for the orderly administration
of the public lands to facilitate
consideration of development of
renewable energy resources. The public
lands segregated by this notice total
4,810.00 acres.
DATES: This segregation for the lands
identified in this notice is effective on
July 8, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jared Bybee, Field Manager, at
telephone (775) 289–1847; address 702
N Industrial Way, Ely, NV 89301 or
email jbybee@blm.gov. Individuals in
the United States who are deaf,
deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations found at 43 CFR 2091.3–
1(e) and 2804.25(f) allow the BLM to
temporarily segregate public lands
within a right-of-way application area
for solar energy development from the
operation of the public land laws,
including the Mining Law, by
publication of a Federal Register notice.
The BLM uses this temporary
segregation authority to preserve its
ability to approve, approve with
modifications, or deny proposed rightsof-way, and to facilitate the orderly
administration of the public lands. This
temporary segregation is subject to valid
existing rights, including existing
mining claims located before this
segregation notice. Licenses, permits,
cooperative agreements, or discretionary
land use authorizations of a temporary
nature that would not impact lands
identified in this notice may be allowed
with the approval of an authorized
officer of the BLM during the
segregation period. The lands segregated
under this notice are legally described
as follows:
Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada
T. 16 N., R. 60 E.,
Sec. 1, lots 1, 2, 7 thru 11, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and
W1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 2, S1⁄2SW1⁄4 and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec. 10, E1⁄2NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 11, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and
SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec. 12, lots 1 thru 4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, and
W1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 13, lots 1 thru 4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4,
NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4,
SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 14, W1⁄2NE, W1⁄2, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec. 15, E1⁄2NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 22, E1⁄2NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 23, W1⁄2NE1⁄4 and NW1⁄4;
Sec. 24, lots 1 thru 4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4,
E1⁄2SW1⁄4 and W1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 25, lots 1 thru 4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4,
NE1⁄4SW1⁄4 and W1⁄2SE1⁄4;
T. 17 N., R. 60 E.,
Sec. 36, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4,
and SE1⁄4;
T. 16 N., R. 61 E.,
Sec. 18, lots 3 and 4;
Sec. 19, lots 1 thru 4;
Sec. 30, lots 1 thru 4.
The area described contains 4,810.00
acres, according to the official
protraction diagrams and the official
plats of the surveys of the said lands, on
file with the BLM.
As provided in the regulations, the
segregation of lands in this notice will
not exceed 2 years from the date of
publication unless extended for an
additional 2 years through publication
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of a new notice in the Federal Register.
The segregation period will terminate
and the land will automatically reopen
to appropriation under the public land
laws, including the Mining Law, at the
earliest of the following dates: upon
issuance of a decision by the authorized
officer granting, granting with
modifications, or denying the
application for a right-of-way;
automatically at the end of the
segregation; or upon publication of a
Federal Register notice terminating the
segregation.
Upon termination of the segregation
of these lands, all lands subject to this
segregation would automatically reopen
to appropriation under the public land
laws, including the Mining Law.
Authority: 43 CFR 2091.3–l(e) and 43
CFR 2804.25(f).
Tiera Arbogast,
Acting Deputy District Manager—Ely District.
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Notice of Proposed Withdrawal
Revocation; Proposed Restoration of
Public Lands; Proposed Transfer Into
Trust; Nevada
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Reclamation
(BOR) has submitted a notice of intent
to relinquish its administration of
certain lands withdrawn by Secretary’s
Order dated November 26, 1906, which
withdrew all lands within one mile of
the highwater mark of Walker Lake in
Mineral County, Nevada. These lands
are no longer needed by BOR for project
purposes. The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has evaluated the
lands and determined the lands are
suitable for restoration to the public
domain. In addition, the Western
Regional Office, Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), has requested that the
Secretary of the Interior permanently
withdraw and transfer some of these
relinquished lands, as well as other
existing public lands, as an addition to
the Walker River Paiute Reservation
under the authority of the Act of June
22, 1936. This notice advises the public
of a 30-day opportunity to comment on
the proposed withdrawal revocation,
restoration of relinquished lands to the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
the Nisqually Indian Tribe's Proposed Fee-To-Trust and Casino Project,
City of Lacey, Thurston County, Washington
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), as lead agency, intends to gather information necessary
for preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in connection with the
Nisqually Indian Tribe (Tribe) proposed Fee-to-Trust and Casino Project
in the City of Lacey, Thurston County, Washington for gaming and other
purposes (Quiemuth Casino-Resort Property). This notice also opens
public scoping to identify potential issues, concerns, and alternatives
to be considered in the EIS.
DATES: To ensure consideration during the development of the EIS,
written comments on the scope of the EIS should be sent as soon as
possible and no later than 30 days after publication of this Notice of
Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register. The time and date of the public
scoping meeting will be announced at least 15 days in advance through a
notice to be published in the local newspaper and online.
ADDRESSES: You may mail written comments to Bryan Mercier, Regional
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Northwest Region, 911 NE 11th
Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232. Please include your name, return
address, and ``NOI Comments, Nisqually Indian Tribe Fee-to-Trust and
Casino Project'' on the first page of your written comments. You may
also submit comments through email to Tobiah Mogavero, NEPA
Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs, at: [email protected],
using ``NOI Comments, Nisqually Indian Tribe Fee-to-Trust and Casino
Project'' as the subject of your email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tobiah Mogavero, NEPA Coordinator,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Northwest Region, (435) 210-0509,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Nisqually Indian Tribe submitted a Fee-
to-Trust application to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) requesting
the placement of approximately 74.2 acres of fee land in trust by the
United States upon which the Nisqually Indian Tribe would construct a
casino resort. The Tribe proposes to develop a casino-resort with an
event/multi-purpose center, cultural center/museum with Tribal lawn,
and associated infrastructure. The proposed fee-to-trust property is
located within the boundaries of the City of Lacey, Thurston County,
Washington. The proposed trust property is comprised of tax parcels
numbers 11810101100 and 11810101102. The purpose of the proposed action
is to improve the economic status of the Tribal government so that it
can provide comprehensive services and ensure the continued social and
economic independence and well-being of its Tribal members.
The proposed action encompasses the various federal approvals that
may be required to implement the Nisqually Tribe's proposed project,
including approval of the Nisqually Tribe's Fee-to-Trust application
and Secretarial Determination pursuant to section 20(b)(1)(A) of the
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2719(b)(1)(A)). The EIS will
identify and evaluate issues related to these approvals and will also
evaluate a range of reasonable alternatives. Possible alternatives
currently under consideration include: (1) a reduced-intensity casino
alternative, and (2) an alternate-use (non-gaming) alternative. The
range of alternatives evaluated in the EIS may be expanded based on
comments received during the scoping process.
Areas of environmental concern preliminarily identified for
analysis in the EIS include land resources; water resources; air
quality; noise; biological resources; cultural/historic/archaeological
resources; resource use patterns; traffic and transportation; public
health and safety; hazardous materials and hazardous wastes; public
services and utilities; socioeconomics; environmental justice; visual
resources/aesthetics; and cumulative, indirect, and growth-inducing
effects. The range of issues to be addressed in the EIS may be expanded
or reduced based on comments received in response to this notice and at
the public scoping meeting. Additional information, including a map of
the proposed trust property, is available by contacting the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
Public Comment Availability
Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be
included as part of the administrative record and Scoping Report for
the EIS. Before including your address, telephone 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.
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Authority
This notice is published pursuant to section 1503.1 of the Council
of Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR part 1500 through 1508)
and section 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. This notice is also published in accordance with 40 CFR 93.155,
which provides reporting requirements for conformity determinations.
Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-14816 Filed 7-5-24; 8:45 am]
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