Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 73 / Friday, April 15, 2011 / Notices 21403 

distribution line for substation light and 

power; and installation of 

telecommunications facilities. 

The project site is located 

approximately 6 miles north of 

Interstate 10 and the rural community of 

Desert Center in Riverside County. The 

project area is within 2 miles of Joshua 

Tree National Park. 

The BLM’s purpose and need for the 

DSSF project is to respond to an 

application for a ROW grant to 

construct, operate, maintain, and 

decommission a solar photovoltaic 

facility on public lands in compliance 

with FLPMA, BLM ROW regulations, 

and other applicable Federal laws. The 

BLM will decide whether to approve, 

approve with modification, or deny the 

ROW for the proposed DSSF project. 

The BLM will also consider amending 

the CDCA Plan in this analysis. The 

CDCA Plan (1980, as amended), while 

recognizing the potential compatibility 

of solar generation facilities on public 

lands, requires that all sites associated 

with power generation or transmission 

not identified in that plan be considered 

through the plan amendment process. If 

the BLM decides to grant a ROW, the 

BLM would also amend the CDCA Plan 

as required. 

In the Final EIS, the proposed action 

is to authorize the DSSF project and 

approve a CDCA Plan amendment in 

response to the application received 

from Desert Sunlight Holdings, LLC. 

The BLM’s preferred alternative is the 

proposed action, which consists of the 

power generation site (Solar Farm 

Layout B), Gen-Tie Line GT–A–1 (which 

parallels Kaiser Road), Substation A, 

and Access Road 2, aggregating 4,165 

acres of permanent ground disturbance. 

Other alternatives to authorizing the 

proposed DSSF project include: (1) 

Authorize the Solar Farm Layout B, 

Gen-Tie Line GT–B–2, and Red Bluff 

Substation B, aggregating 4,100 acres of 

permanent ground disturbance; and (2) 

authorize a reduced footprint alternative 

with a reduced output including Solar 

Farm Layout C (413 MW), Gen-Tie Line 

GT–A–2, Red Bluff Substation A, and 

Access Road 1, aggregating 3,292 acres 

of permanent ground disturbance. 

Additionally, the Final EIS analyzes two 

no project alternatives: (1) Deny the 

project but amend the CDCA Plan to 

allow other solar energy power 

generation projects on the project site; 

and (2) deny the project and amend the 

CDCA Plan to prohibit solar energy 

projects on the project site. As required 

under NEPA, the Final EIS analyzes a 

no action alternative (no ROW grant and 

no CDCA Plan amendment). 

The Final EIS evaluates the potential 

impacts of the proposed DSSF and 

CDCA Plan Amendment on air quality, 

biological resources, cultural resources, 

water resources, geological resources 

and hazards, land use, noise, 

paleontological resources, public health, 

socioeconomics, soils, traffic and 

transportation, visual resources, 

wilderness characteristics, and other 

resources. 

A Notice of Availability for the DSSF 

Draft CDCA Plan Amendment/Draft EIS 

was published by the EPA in the 

Federal Register on August 27, 2010 (75 

FR 52736). The formal 90-day comment 

period ended on November 26, 2010. 

Comments were considered and 

incorporated as appropriate into the 

Proposed CDCA Plan Amendment/Final 

EIS. Public comments resulted in the 

addition of clarifying text, but did not 

significantly change proposed land use 

plan decisions. 

Instructions for filing a protest with 

the Director of the BLM regarding the 

DSSF project may be found in the ‘‘Dear 

Reader’’ letter of the Proposed CDCA 

Plan Amendment/Final EIS and at 43 

CFR 1610.5–2. E-mail and faxed protests 

will not be accepted as valid protests 

unless the protesting party also provides 

the original letter by either regular or 

overnight mail postmarked by the close 

of the protest period. Under these 

conditions, the BLM will consider the email or faxed protest as an advance copy 

and it will receive full consideration. If 

you wish to provide the BLM with such 

advance notification, please direct faxed 

protests to the attention of the BLM 

protest coordinator at 202–912–7212, 

and e-mails to Brenda_HudgensWilliams@blm.gov. All protests, 

including the follow-up letter to e-mails 

or faxes, must be in writing and mailed 

to the appropriate address, as set forth 

in the ADDRESSES section above. 

Before including your phone number, 

e-mail 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 in your protest 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 and 1506.10; 43 

CFR 1610.2 and1610.5. 

Thomas Pogacnik, 

Deputy State Director, California. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9076 Filed 4–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNV010000.L19900000.EX0000 241A; 11– 

08807; MO# 4500017134; TAS: 14X1109] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Genesis Project, Eureka County, 

NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

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), Elko District Office 

has prepared a Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the Newmont 

Mining Corporation’s proposed Genesis 

Project and by this notice is announcing 

its availability. 

DATES: The BLM will not issue a final 

decision on the proposal for a minimum 

of 30 days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes its notice in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Printed copies of the 

Genesis Project Final EIS are available 

for public inspection at the BLM Elko 

District Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, 

Elko, Nevada during regular business 

hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. The 

Final EIS is also available on-line at: 

http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/ 

elko_field_office.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirk 

Laird, Project Manager, (775) 753–0200, 

address: 3900 E. Idaho, Elko, NV 89801, 

or e-mail: Kirk_Laird@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Newmont 

Mining Corporation’s Genesis-Bluestar 

mining operations area is located in 

northeastern Nevada on the Carlin 

Trend, a 50-mile-long by 10-mile-wide 

geologic area that has produced more 

than 60 million ounces of gold from 

numerous mines over the last 30 years. 

The proposed action is to expand the 

Genesis Pit, develop the new Bluestar 

Ridge Pit, backfill the Beast and Bluestar 

pits and partially backfill the Genesis 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES
21404 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 73 / Friday, April 15, 2011 / Notices 

Pit to prevent development of a pit lake 

in the Genesis pit, expand the Section 

36 and Section 5 waste rock disposal 

facilities, construct the necessary haul 

roads and access roads, and process 60 

million tons of gold-bearing ore. The 

proposed project would disturb an 

additional 43 acres (25 acres of public 

land and 18 acres of private land) and 

provide for continued mining activities 

on approximately 1,092 acres of 

previously disturbed lands. The Draft 

EIS analyzed impacts of the proposed 

action and no action alternatives, and 

identified measures to mitigate adverse 

impacts. Major issues addressed in the 

Draft EIS include: (1) The cumulative 

impacts of mining and related actions 

on affected resources, for example water 

quality and quantity, in the Carlin 

Trend; (2) the release of mercury 

associated with processing the 60 

million tons of ore; (3) the impacts of 12 

additional years of mining as it relates 

to continued employment and economic 

activity for the local area; and (4) the 

impact of a pit lake forming under the 

no action alternative, but not in the 

action alternative. The NEPA analysis 

considered wilderness characteristics 

and complies with Secretarial Order 

3310. 

The proposed action includes an 

adaptive management plan which was 

analyzed in the Draft EIS and included 

as an appendix to the Draft EIS. The 

Draft EIS was released for public review 

on April 23, 2010, for a 45-day comment 

period. A public comment meeting was 

held in Elko, Nevada on May 19, 2010. 

The Final EIS has been prepared in an 

abbreviated format, and includes 

comments on the Draft EIS and the 

BLM’s responses along with minor 

modifications and corrections to the 

Draft EIS. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10. 

Kenneth E. Miller, 

District Manager, Elko. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9075 Filed 4–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–IMR–ROMO–1210–6463;1526–0002– 

SZP] 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Long Draw Reservoir Special 

Use Authorization, Rocky Mountain 

National Park 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: [Notice of Availability] Notice of 

Availability of a Record of Decision on 

the Final Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Long Draw Reservoir 

Special Use Authorization, Rocky 

Mountain National Park. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park 

Service announces the availability of the 

Record of Decision for the Long Draw 

Reservoir Special Use Authorization, 

Rocky Mountain National Park, 

Colorado. On September 17, 2010, the 

Regional Director, Intermountain Region 

approved the Record of Decision for the 

project. As soon as practicable, the 

National Park Service will begin to 

implement the Preferred Alternative 

contained in the FEIS issued on March 

27, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lawrence Gamble, Chief of Planning 

and Compliance, Rocky Mountain 

National Park, Estes Park, CO 80517, 

telephone 970–586–1320, e-mail 

larry_gamble@nps.gov; Dyce Gayton, 

Forest Planner, Arapaho and Roosevelt 

National Forests and Pawnee National 

Grassland, 2150 Centre Avenue, 

Building E, Fort Collins, Colorado 

80526, telephone 970–295–6761, e-mail 

dgayton@fs.fed.us; or Tom Ford, Group 

Leader for Recreation, Planning and 

Design, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building 

E, Fort Collins, Colorado 80526, 

telephone 970–295–6610, e-mail 

tford01@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, is the lead 

agency for this project and was 

responsible for preparation of the EIS 

because Long Draw Reservoir is located 

on National Forest System lands. The 

NPS is a cooperating agency on this 

project because the operations of Long 

Draw Reservoir affect lands within 

Rocky Mountain National Park managed 

by the NPS, and two alternatives 

considered in the EIS propose actions 

within the park. A total of four 

alternatives were considered: A noaction alternative and three action 

alternatives. 

With the Record of Decision, the 

National Park Service approves the 

implementation of Alternative 3 within 

the park. This decision is being made in 

conjunction with the Forest Service’s 

decision to apply terms and conditions 

to the 30-year authorization for Long 

Draw Reservoir and is necessary for the 

Forest Service to implement the selected 

alternative. The National Park Service is 

approving implementation of native 

greenback cutthroat trout restoration in 

the headwaters of the Cache la Poudre 

River within Rocky Mountain National 

Park by the Forest Service, Water 

Supply and Storage Company of Fort 

Collins, Colorado, and their project 

partners, with oversight provided by the 

National Park Service. In addition to the 

activities associated with 

implementation of the terms and 

conditions for the Long Draw reservoir 

authorization, the NPS will implement 

native fish restoration in Cascade Creek. 

The Record of Decision includes a 

description of the background of the 

project; a statement of the decision 

made including key actions and 

mitigating measures/monitoring to 

minimize environmental harm; the basis 

for the decision; an overview of public 

involvement and agency consultation in 

the decision-making process; a 

description of other alternatives 

considered; a description of the 

environmentally preferred alternative; 

and a findings on impairment of park 

resources and values. 

Copies of the Record of Decision may 

be obtained from the contact listed 

above or online at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/romo. 

Dated: March 1, 2011. 

John Wessels, 

Regional Director, Intermountain Region, 

National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9178 Filed 4–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–AKR–GAAR–0328–7059; 9924–PYS] 

National Park Service Alaska Region’s 

Subsistence Resource Commission 

(SRC) Program 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting for the 

National Park Service Alaska Region’s 

Subsistence Resource Commission 

(SRC) program. 

SUMMARY: The Gates of the Arctic 

National Park SRC will meet to develop 

and continue work on National Park 

Service (NPS) subsistence hunting 

program recommendations and other 

related subsistence management issues. 

The NPS SRC program is authorized 

under Title VIII, Section 808 of the 

Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act, Public Law 96–487, 

to operate in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

Public Availability of Comments: This 

meeting is open to the public and will 

have time allocated for public 

testimony. The public is welcome to 

present written or oral comments to the 

SRC. This meeting will be recorded and 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES