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Virginia, and West Virginia. The 

proposed activities are for the 

enhancement of survival of the species 

in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: 

TE38858A. 

Applicant: The Holden Arboretum, 

Kirtland, OH. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (survey and collect seed) 

Houghton’s goldenrod 

(Oligoneuronhoughtonii) on lands 

within Crawford and Kalkaska Counties, 

Michigan. Proposed activities are for 

enhancement of survival of the species 

in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: 

TE38860A. 

Applicant: Jason M. Garvon, Sault 

Sainte Marie, MI. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (conduct habitat surveys; monitor 

nesting sites; erect nesting enclosures) 

Piping plover (Charadriusmelodus) 

throughout the Upper Peninsula of 

Michigan. Proposed activities are for the 

recovery and enhancement of survival 

of the species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: 

TE38862A. 

Applicant: George R. Cunningham, 

Omaha, NE. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (capture and release) Topeka 

shiners (Notropistopeka) throughout 

Nebraska, South Dakota, Missouri, Iowa, 

Kansas, and Minnesota. Proposed 

activities are for the recovery and 

enhancement of survival of the species 

in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: 

TE38866A. 

Applicant: David Mech, U.S. 

Geological Survey, St. Paul, MN. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (capture, radio-tag, use chemical 

immobilization, assess and treat health 

conditions, implant isotopes, salvage, 

and release) gray wolf (Canis lupus) in 

Minnesota, and other locations within 

the 48 continental States of the United 

States to monitor the status of the 

species. The proposed research is for the 

recovery of the species in the wild. 

Public Comments 

We seek public review and comments 

on these permit applications. Please 

refer to the permit number when you 

submit comments. Comments and 

materials we receive are available for 

public inspection, by appointment, 

during normal business hours at the 

address shown in the ADDRESSES

section. Before including your address, 

phone number, e-mail 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. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), we have made an initial 

determination that the proposed 

activities in these permits are 

categorically excluded from the 

requirement to prepare an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement (516 

DM6 Appendix 1, 1.4C(1)). 

Dated: April 7, 2011. 

Lynn Lewis, 

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services, Region 3. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNMP02000 L71220000.EX0000 

LVTFGX9G4200] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS 

for the HB In-Situ Solution Mine 

Project, Eddy County, NM 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) has prepared 

a Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for the HB In-Situ Solution Mine 

Project, and by this Notice is 

announcing the opening of the comment 

period. 

DATES: To ensure comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the HB In-Situ 

Solution Mine Project Draft EIS within 

60 days following the date of 

publication of this Notice of Availability 

in the Federal Register. The BLM will 

announce future meetings or hearings 

and any other public involvement 

activities at least 15 days in advance 

through public notices, media releases, 

and/or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the HB In-Situ Solution Mine 

Project by any of the following methods: 

• Web site: http://www.nm.blm.gov/ 

cfo/HBIS/index.html 

• E-mail: nmcfo_comment@blm.gov 

• Fax: 575–885–9264 

• Mail: Bureau of Land Management, 

620 E. Greene St., Carlsbad, New 

Mexico 88220 

Copies of the HB In-Situ Solution 

Mine Project proposal are available in 

the Carlsbad Field Office at the above 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact David Alderman, Assistant 

Project Manager; telephone 575–234– 

6232; address 620 E. Greene St., 

Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220; e-mail 

david_alderman@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: Intrepid 

Potash, Inc. (Intrepid) is proposing to 

extract potash, a potassium compound 

commonly used for fertilizer, remaining 

in inactive underground mine workings 

using solution mining methods. Intrepid 

proposes to construct and operate a 

solution mining project in an existing 

deep mine located approximately 20 

miles northeast of Carlsbad in Eddy 

County, New Mexico, in the Secretary’s 

Potash Area. 

The potash left in the pillars and 

walls of the inactive underground mine 

workings is not accessible through 

conventional methods. The proposed 

action is to inject saline water into the 

mine workings, dissolve potash, and 

extract the mineral solution. This 

mineral-rich solution would be pumped 

to the surface and transported through 

a series of surface pipelines to 

evaporation ponds. Once the solution 

evaporates in the ponds, the potassiumbearing salts would be harvested from 

the ponds and transported to a newly 

constructed mill for ore refinement. 

The project area is located in portions 

of Township 19 South, Range 30 and 31 

East, Township 20 South, Ranges 29, 30 

and 31 East and Township 21 South, 

Ranges 29 and 30 East, New Mexico 

Principal Meridian. The project area, 

which encompasses the proposed 

facilities and inactive workings under 

consideration, includes a total of 38,453 

acres, of which 82 percent is on public 

lands managed by the U.S. Department 

of the Interior, Bureau of Land 

Management. Four thousand three 

hundred and thirty acres of open mine 

workings are targeted for flooding but 

the total surface footprint of the project 

would be 822 acres. 


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The BLM initiated the NEPA process 

for the HB In-Situ Solution Mine Project 

by preparing an environmental 

assessment (EA) in 2008. Two public 

scoping meetings were held on 

September 16, 2008, to receive public 

input and comments on the proposed 

project. During development of the EA 

and prior to publication, the BLM 

determined that the preparation of an 

EIS would be required for the proposed 

project. The Notice of Intent to prepare 

an EIS for the HB In-Situ Solution Mine 

Project was published in the Federal 

Register on January 12, 2010, and two 

public scoping meetings were 

conducted on January 26, 2010. A 

scoping report was compiled and 

published on April 1, 2010. Major issues 

identified for this project include water 

use, ground subsidence, and the 

concurrent development of oil and gas 

resources in the same area. 

Alternatives developed include the 

proposed action (Alternative A) which 

uses non-potable water supplied by 

seven wells in the Rustler formation. 

Alternative B includes six of the seven 

wells from the proposed action but also 

considers that a substantial portion of 

the water needed for the project would 

be supplied from fresh water wells in 

the Caprock formation (Ogallala 

Aquifer) 30 miles northeast of the 

project area. Alternative C buries the 

pipelines to reduce surface impacts. An 

alternate routing of pipelines to the 

Caprock is also being considered under 

Alternative B. 

Currently, a preferred alternative has 

not been selected. Alternative A uses a 

greater quantity of non-potable saline 

water; however, this has impacts to the 

environment from the drawdown of the 

aquifer. Alternative B uses a greater 

quantity of potable fresh water but 

impacts from drawdown of the aquifers 

would be reduced. 

Please note that public comments and 

information submitted including names, 

street addresses, and email addresses of 

persons who submit comments will be 

available for public review and 

disclosure at the above address during 

regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10. 

Linda S.C. Rundell, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9074 Filed 4–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–OX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CACA 048649, LLCAD06000, L51010000.

FX0000, LVRWB09B2490] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Desert Sunlight Holdings, LLC, 

Desert Sunlight Solar Farm and 

Proposed California Desert 

Conservation Area Plan Amendment 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 

prepared a Proposed California Desert 

Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan 

Amendment/Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the Desert 

Sunlight Solar Farm (DSSF) project and 

by this notice is announcing its 

availability. 

DATES: The BLM planning regulations 

state that any person who meets the 

conditions as described in the 

regulations may protest the BLM’s 

Proposed CDCA Plan Amendment/Final 

EIS. A person who meets the conditions 

and files a protest must file the protest 

within 30 days of the date that the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

publishes its notice in the Federal 

Register. The protest procedures are 

described in the ‘‘Dear Reader’’ letter 

accompanying the Proposed Plan 

Amendment/Final EIS. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the DSSF 

Proposed CDCA Plan Amendment/Final 

EIS have been sent to affected Federal, 

state, and local government agencies 

and to other stakeholders. Copies are 

available for public inspection at the 

Palms Springs South Coast Field Office, 

1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, 

California 92262. Interested persons 

may also review the document at the 

following Web site: http://www.blm.gov

/ca/st/en/fo/palmsprings/Solar_

Projects/Desert_Sunlight.html. All 

protests must be in writing and mailed 

to one of the following addresses: 

Regular Mail: BLM Director (210), 

Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box 

71383, Washington, DC 20024–1383; 

Overnight Mail: BLM Director (210), 

Attention: Brenda Williams, 20 M 

Street, S.E., Room 2134LM, 

Washington, DC 20003. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Allison 

Shaffer, BLM Project Manager, 

telephone (760) 833–7100; address (see 

above); or e-mail CAPSSolarFirstSolar

DesertSunlight@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: Desert 

Sunlight Holdings, LLC has submitted a 

right of way (ROW) application to the 

BLM to construct the proposed DSSF 

which includes a 550-megawatt (MW) 

solar photovoltaic (PV) facility and 

associated 220- kilovolt (kV) 

interconnection line (gen-tie line), and 

to facilitate the construction and 

operation by Southern California Edison 

(SCE) of the new 500/220-kV Red Bluff 

Substation, where the project would 

interconnect with the SCE regional 

transmission system. The total project 

footprint consists of approximately 

4,165 acres of BLM-managed lands with 

a proposed ROW encompassing 

approximately 4,317 acres. The power 

generation site would consist of several 

components: A main generation area 

which includes PV arrays, combining 

switchgear, overhead lines, and access 

corridors; an operations and 

maintenance facility; a solar energy 

visitor center; an on-site substation; and 

site security and fencing. The gen-tie 

line ROW from the project to the 

proposed Red Bluff Substation would 

cover 256 acres with a 12-mile long, 

160-foot wide corridor. The gen-tie line 

would transmit power to SCE’s existing 

Devers-Palo Verde 1 (DPV1) 500-kV 

transmission line. 

The Red Bluff Substation would 

consist of a 500/220-kV substation on 

approximately 76 acres, with an 

additional 73 acres for related features 

including access roads and drainage 

control. Substation features would 

include: connection of the project 

transmission line into the substation; 

transmission lines to connect the 

substation to the DPV1 line; 

modification of DPV1 towers near the 

substation; construction of an electric 


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