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(44 U.S.C. 4321), HUD will request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to collect data under 

the reporting requirements that PHAs 

are not currently providing. 

VII. Environmental Impact 

This notice involves the 

establishment of a small area FMR 

demonstration project, which does not 

constitute a development decision 

affecting the physical condition of 

specific project areas or building sites. 

Accordingly, under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(6), 

this notice is categorically excluded 

from environmental review under the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). 

Dated: April 7, 2011. 

Raphael W. Bostic, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 

and Research. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9501 Filed 4–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Notice of Intent To Accept Proposals, 

Select One Lessee, and Contract for 

Hydroelectric Power Development at 

the Granby Dam Outlet, a Feature of 

the Colorado-Big Thompson (C–BT) 

Project, Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Promoting responsible 

development of renewable energy and 

moving the Nation toward a clean 

energy future is a top priority of the 

Department of the Interior. The 

Department signed a Memorandum of 

Understanding in March 2010 intended 

to focus on opportunities for 

development of environmentally 

sustainable hydropower at existing 

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) 

facilities. The Department, acting 

through Reclamation, will consider 

proposals for non-Federal development 

of hydroelectric power at Granby Dam 

Outlet of the C–BT, Colorado. 

Reclamation is considering such 

hydroelectric power development under 

a lease of power privilege. No Federal 

funds will be available for such 

hydroelectric power development. The 

Department will prioritize projects that 

appropriately balance increased energy 

generation with consideration of 

environmental impacts. The Western 

Area Power Administration (Western) 

would have the first opportunity to 

purchase and/or market the power that 

would be generated by such 

development under a lease of power 

privilege. The C–BT is a Reclamation 

project. This Notice presents 

background information, proposal 

content guidelines, information 

concerning selection of one or more 

non-Federal entities to develop 

hydroelectric power at Granby Dam 

Outlet, and power purchasing and/or 

marketing considerations. Interested 

entities are invited to submit a proposal 

on this project. 

DATES: A written proposal and seven 

copies must be submitted on or before 

1 p.m. (MDT), on August 19, 2011. A 

proposal will be considered timely only 

if it is received in the office of the Lease 

of Power Privilege Coordinator by or 

before 1 p.m. (MDT) on the designated 

date. Interested entities are cautioned 

that delayed delivery to this office due 

to failures or misunderstandings of the 

entity and/or of mail, overnight, or 

courier services will not excuse lateness 

and, accordingly, are advised to provide 

sufficient time for delivery. Late 

proposals will not be considered. 

ADDRESSES: Written proposals and 

seven copies should be sent to Mr. 

George Gliko, Lease of Power Privilege 

Coordinator (GP–2200), Bureau of 

Reclamation, Great Plains Regional 

Office (GP–2200), P.O. Box 36900, 

Billings, MT 59107–6900. 

Information related to Western’s 

purchasing and/or marketing the power 

may be obtained at Western Area Power 

Administration, Rocky Mountain 

Region, Attn: Dave Neumayer, Power 

Marketing Manager, 5555 East 

Crossroads Blvd., Loveland, Colorado 

80538, Telephone: (970) 461–7322. 

Information related to the operation 

and maintenance of Granby Dam and 

Reservoir may be obtained at Northern 

Colorado Water Conservancy District, 

220 Water Avenue, Berthoud, Colorado 

80513, Telephone: (970) 532–7700. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

George Gliko at (406) 247–7651. 

Reclamation will be available to meet 

with interested entities only upon 

written request to the Lease of Power 

Privilege Coordinator at the above 

address. Reclamation reserves the right 

to schedule a single meeting and/or visit 

to address at one time, the questions of 

all entities that have submitted 

questions or requested site visits. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The C–BT, 

located in central Colorado, was 

authorized for construction, including 

hydroelectric power, by the Department 

of the Interior Appropriations Act, 1938 

(1938 Act), Public Law 75–249, 50 Stat. 

564 (August 9, 1937). Specifically, the 

1938 Act appropriates funds for the 

Project’s ‘‘construction in accordance 

with the plan described in Senate 

Document No. 80, Seventy-fifth 

Congress, First Session * * * ’’ 50 Stat. 

595. As part of the C–BT, the United 

States constructed Granby Dam. The 

Northern Colorado Water Conservancy 

District (District), under its contracts 

with the United States, has certain 

operation, maintenance, replacement, 

and repayment responsibilities and 

obligations concerning the C–BT, which 

includes such responsibility for Granby 

Dam and Reservoir. Reclamation 

recently released its Hydropower 

Resource Assessment (March 2011), 

which estimated that hydropower at 

Granby Dam is economically feasible to 

develop (benefit-cost ratio 1.16, 

including green incentives), and that 

there is a potential capacity of 484 kW. 

The Assessment may be viewed in its 

entirety at http://www.usbr.gov/power/. 

Reclamation is considering 

hydroelectric power development at 

Granby Dam Outlet through a lease of 

power privilege. A lease of power 

privilege is a congressionally authorized 

alternative to Federal hydroelectric 

power development. A lease of power 

privilege grants to a non-Federal entity 

the right to utilize C–BT for non-Federal 

electric power generation and sale, 

consistent with project purposes. Leases 

of power privilege have terms not to 

exceed 40 years. The general authority 

for lease of power privilege under 

Reclamation law includes, among 

others, the Town Sites and Power 

Development Act of 1906 (43 U.S.C. 

522) and the Reclamation Project Act of 

1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)) (1939 Act). 

Reclamation will be the lead Federal 

agency for ensuring compliance with 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of any lease of power privilege 

considered in response to this Notice. 

Leases of power privilege may be issued 

only when Reclamation, upon 

completion of the NEPA process, 

determines that the affected 

hydroelectric power sites are 

environmentally acceptable. Any lease 

of power privilege at Granby Dam Outlet 

must accommodate existing contractual 

commitments related to operation and 

maintenance of such existing facilities, 

and must meet the requirements of 

applicable law. 

Western would have the first 

opportunity to purchase and/or market 

the power that would be generated 

under any lease of power privilege. 

Under this process, Western would 

either purchase and market the power as 

Loveland Area Power power or market 

the power independently by first 

offering it to preference entities and 

secondly to non-preference entities. 

All costs incurred by the United 

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operation and maintenance under a 

lease of power privilege, including but 

not limited to NEPA compliance, 

development of the lease of power 

privilege, design reviews, construction 

oversight, and any other associated 

documents, would be the expense of the 

lessee. 

Proposal Content Guidelines: 

Interested parties should submit one or 

more proposals explaining in as precise 

detail as is practicable how the 

hydropower potential at each site would 

be developed. Factors which proposals 

should consider and address include, 

but are not limited to, the following: 

1. Provide all information relevant to 

the qualifications of the proposing 

entity to plan and implement such a 

project, including, but not limited to, 

information about preference status, 

type of organization, length of time in 

business, experience in funding, design 

and construction of similar projects, 

industry rating(s) that indicate financial 

soundness and/or technical and 

managerial capability, experience of key 

management personnel, history of any 

reorganizations or mergers with other 

companies, safety record, and any other 

information that demonstrates the 

interested entity’s organizational, 

technical and financial ability to 

perform all aspects of the work. Include 

a discussion of past experience in 

operating and maintaining similar 

facilities and provide references as 

appropriate. The term preference entity, 

as applied to a lease of power privilege, 

means an entity qualifying for 

preference under Section 9(c) of the 

1939 Act, as a municipality, public 

corporation or agency, or cooperative or 

other nonprofit organization financed in 

whole or in part by loans made pursuant 

to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 

as amended. 

2. Provide geographical locations and 

describe principal structures and other 

important features of the proposed 

development including roads and 

transmission lines. Estimate and 

describe installed capacity and the 

capacity of the power facilities under 

dry, average, and wet hydrological 

conditions. Also describe seasonal or 

annual generation patterns. Include 

estimates of the amount of electrical 

energy that would be produced from 

each facility for each month of average, 

dry and wet water years. If capacity and 

energy can be delivered to another 

location, either by the proposing entity 

or by potential wheeling agents, specify 

where capacity and energy can be 

delivered. Include concepts for power 

sales and contractual arrangements, 

involved parties and the proposed 

approach to wheeling if required. 

3. Indicate title arrangements and the 

ability to acquire title to or the right to 

occupy and use lands necessary for the 

proposed development, including such 

additional lands as may be required 

during construction. 

4. Identify water rights applicable to 

the operation of the proposed 

development, the holder of such rights, 

and how these rights would be acquired 

or perfected. 

5. Discuss any studies necessary to 

adequately define impacts on the C–BT 

and the environment required by the 

development. Describe any significant 

environmental issues associated with 

the development and the proposing 

entity’s approach for gathering relevant 

data and resolving such issues to protect 

and enhance the quality of the 

environment. Explain any proposed use 

of the hydropower development for 

conservation and utilization of the 

available water resources in the public 

interest. 

6. Describe anticipated contractual 

arrangements with the entity or entities 

having operation and maintenance 

responsibility for the C–BT feature(s) 

that are proposed for utilization in the 

hydropower development under 

consideration. Define how the 

hydropower development would 

operate in harmony with the C–BT, not 

impact C–BT operations, existing 

applicable contracts related to operation 

and maintenance of C–BT feature(s) that 

are proposed for utilization in the 

hydropower development under 

consideration, and any other applicable 

water-related contracts. 

7. Identify the organizational structure 

planned for the long-term operation and 

maintenance of any proposed 

hydropower development. 

8. Provide a management plan to 

accomplish such activities as planning, 

NEPA compliance, lease of power 

privilege development, design, 

construction, facility testing, and start of 

hydropower production. Prepare 

schedules of these activities as 

applicable. Describe what studies are 

necessary to accomplish the 

hydroelectric power development and 

how the studies would be implemented. 

9. Estimate development cost. This 

cost should include all investment costs 

such as the cost of studies to determine 

feasibility, NEPA compliance, design, 

construction, associated bonding and 

financing as well as the amortized 

annual cost of the investment; also, the 

annual operation, maintenance, and 

replacement expense for the 

hydropower development; lease 

payments to the United States; and 

expenses that may be associated with 

the C–BT. If there are additional 

transmission or wheeling expenses 

associated with the development of the 

hydropower development, these should 

be included. Identify proposed methods 

of financing and hydropower 

development. An economic analysis 

should be presented that compares the 

present worth of all benefits and costs 

of the hydropower development. 

Selection of Lessee: Reclamation will 

evaluate proposals received in response 

to this published notice. 

Reclamation will give more favorable 

consideration to proposals that (1) are 

well-adapted to developing, conserving, 

and utilizing the water and natural 

resources, (2) clearly demonstrate that 

the offeror is qualified to develop the 

hydropower facility and provide for 

long-term operation and maintenance, 

and (3) develop the hydropower 

potential economically. Credit will be 

given to those proposals that 

demonstrate development of power in 

an environmentally-friendly manner. 

While all developments will be required 

to perform NEPA analysis, proposals 

should include information as to how 

the proposer will minimize 

environmental impact during 

construction, maintenance and 

operation. Proposers should also 

include design characteristics and 

methods that will be used to minimize 

environmental impacts and improve the 

environmental attributes of the facility. 

Any work the developer is proposing to 

do to enhance the ecosystem should 

also be explained in the proposal. A 

proposal will be deemed unacceptable if 

it is inconsistent with C–BT purposes, 

as determined by Reclamation. 

Reclamation will give preference to 

those entities that qualify as preference 

entities (as defined under Proposal 

Content Guidelines, item 1.) provided 

that their proposal is at least as welladapted to developing, conserving, and 

utilizing the water and natural resources 

as other submitted proposals and that 

the preference entity is well qualified. 

Preference entities would be allowed 90 

days to improve their proposals, if 

necessary, to be made at least equal to 

a proposal that may have been 

submitted by a non-preference entity. 

Power Purchasing and/or Marketing 

Considerations: Western would have the 

first opportunity to purchase and/or 

market the power that would be 

generated by the project under a lease of 

power privilege. Western will consult 

with Reclamation on such power 

purchasing and/or marketing 

considerations. 

In the event Western elects to not 

purchase and/or market the power 

generated by the hydropower 

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be made prior to execution of the lease 

of power privilege, the lessee would be 

responsible for marketing the power 

generated by the project with priority 

given to preference entities as heretofore 

defined in Proposal Content Guidelines, 

item 1.). 

Notice and Time Period to Enter Into 

Lease of Power Privilege: Reclamation 

will notify, in writing, all entities 

submitting proposals of Reclamation’s 

decision regarding selection of the 

potential lessee. The selected potential 

lessee will have 2 years from the date 

of such notification to enter into a lease 

of power privilege for the site or sites 

identified in the proposal. Such leases 

of power privilege will state whether 

and how Western will be involved in 

purchasing and/or marketing the power. 

Any excessive delay resulting from 

compliance with the provisions of 

Federal environment laws or 

administrative review by a Federal 

agency, pertaining to the project, may 

extend the 2 year time period for a 

period equal to that of the delay. This 

period may only be extended by mutual, 

written consent of the potential lessee 

and the United States. 

Dated: April 14, 2011. 

Michael J. Ryan, 

Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9540 Filed 4–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Wildland Fire Executive Council 

Meeting Schedule 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Meetings. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, the 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Office 

of the Secretary, Wildland Fire 

Executive Council (WFEC) will meet as 

indicated below. 

DATES: The next meeting will be held on 

Friday May 6, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 12 

noon. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

from 10 a.m. to 12 noon Eastern Time 

in the McArdle Room (First Floor 

Conference Room) in the Yates Federal 

Building, USDA Forest Service 

Headquarters, 1400 Independence Ave., 

SW., Washington, DC 20250. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy 

Johnson, Designated Federal Officer, 

300 E Mallard Drive, Suite 170, Boise, 

Idaho 83706; telephone (208) 334–1550; 

fax (208) 334–1549; or e-mail 

Roy_Johnson@ios.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The WFEC 

is established as a discretionary 

advisory committee under the 

authorities of the Secretary of the 

Interior and Secretary of Agriculture, in 

furtherance of 43 U.S.C. 1457 and 

provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act 

of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a–742j), the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee), and the National Forest 

Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 

1600 et seq.) and in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 

App. 2. The Secretary of the Interior and 

Secretary of Agriculture certify that the 

formation of the WFEC is necessary and 

is in the public interest. 

The purpose of the WFEC is to 

provide advice on coordinated nationallevel wildland fire policy and to provide 

leadership, direction, and program 

oversight in support of the Wildland 

Fire Leadership Council. Questions 

related to the WFEC should be directed 

to Roy Johnson (Designated Federal 

Officer) at Roy_Johnson@ios.doi.gov or 

(208) 334–1550 or 300 E. Mallard Drive, 

Suite 170, Boise, Idaho 83706–6648. 

Meeting Agenda: The meeting agenda 

will be: (1) Welcome and introduction 

of Council members; (2) Overview of 

prior meeting and action tracking; (3) 

Members’ round robin to share 

information and identify key issues to 

be addressed; (4) Wildland Fire 

Management Cohesive Strategy; (5) 

Wildland Fire Issues; (6) Council 

Members’ review and discussion of subcommittee activities; (7) Future Council 

activities; and (8) Public comments and 

closing remarks. Participation is open to 

the public. 

Public Input: All WFEC meetings are 

open to the public. Members of the 

public who wish to participate must 

notify Shari Shetler at 

Shari_Shetler@ios.doi.gov no later than 

the third Friday of the month preceding 

the meeting. Those who are not 

committee members and wish to present 

oral statements or obtain information 

should contact Shari Shetler via e-mail 

no later than the third Friday preceding 

the meeting. Depending on the number 

of persons wishing to comment and 

time available, the time for individual 

oral comments may be limited. 

Questions about the agenda or written 

comments may be e-mailed or submitted 

by U.S. Mail to: Department of the 

Interior, Office of the Secretary, Office 

of Wildland Fire, Attention: Shari 

Shetler, 300 E. Mallard Drive, Suite 170, 

Boise, Idaho 83706–6648. WFEC 

requests that written comments be 

received by the third Friday of the 

month preceeding the scheduled 

meeting. Attendance is open to the 

public, but limited space is available. 

Persons with a disability requiring 

special services, such as an interpreter 

for the hearing impaired, should contact 

Ms. Shetler at (202) 527–0133 at least 

seven calendar days prior to the 

meeting. 

Dated: April 15, 2011. 

Roy Johnson, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9632 Filed 4–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–J4–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement 

[Docket No. BOEM–2011–0005] 

Commercial Leasing for Wind Power 

on the Outer Continental Shelf 

Offshore New Jersey—Call for 

Information and Nominations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior. 

ACTION: Call for Information and 

Nominations for Commercial Leasing for 

Wind Power on the Outer Continental 

Shelf Offshore New Jersey. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEMRE) invites the 

submission of nominations for one or 

more commercial leases for the 

construction of a wind energy project(s) 

on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

offshore New Jersey. Although this 

announcement is not itself a leasing 

announcement, the area described 

herein may be subject to future leasing, 

and BOEMRE will use the response to 

this Call for Information and 

Nominations (Call) to gauge specific 

interest in acquiring commercial wind 

lease(s) in some or all of the area, and 

to determine whether competitive 

interest exists in any particular area as 

required by 43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3). Parties 

wishing to submit a nomination in 

response to this Call should submit 

detailed and specific information as 

described below in the section entitled, 

‘‘Required Nomination Information.’’ 

This announcement also requests that 

interested and affected parties comment 

and provide information about site 

conditions, resources, and multiple uses 

within the area identified in this notice 


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