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DATES: The FSEIS is available at the 

following website: 

www.arrowcanyonsolarseis.com. In 

order to be fully considered, written 

comments on the FSEIS must arrive no 

later than 30 days after EPA publishes 

its Notice of Availability in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: You may mail, hand carry, 

fax, or email written comments to Mr. 

Chip Lewis, Regional Environmental 

Protection Officer, BIA Western 

Regional Office, Branch of 

Environmental Quality Services, 2600 

North Central Avenue, 4th Floor Mail 

Room, Phoenix, Arizona 85004–3008; 

fax (602) 379–3833; email: chip.lewis@

bia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Chip Lewis, BIA Western Regional 

Office, Branch of Environmental Quality 

Services at (602) 379–6750 or Mr. Garry 

Cantley at (602) 379–6750. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed Federal action, taken under 25 

U.S.C. 415, is BIA’s approval of a lease 

to accommodate the expansion of the 

solar field previously approved for the 

MSEC Project and the modification of 

the existing solar energy ground lease 

and related agreements entered into by 

the Moapa Band with the Applicant. 

The agreements provide for 

construction, operation and 

maintenance (O&M), and 

decommissioning of a 200-megawatt 

(MW) alternating current solar 

photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation 

facility located entirely on the 

Reservation and specifically on lands 

held in trust for the Moapa Band. 

The MSEC Project was originally 

developed by Moapa Solar LLC and 

included an 850-acre solar site on the 

Reservation and associated rights-ofway (ROWs) on BLM-managed lands for 

an access road, gen-tie line, and water 

pipeline. Records of Decision (RODs) 

were issued by the BIA and BLM in May 

2014 and BIA approved the lease one 

month later. The ROW was issued by 

BLM in August 2015 for the linear 

facilities. In March 2017, EDF 

Renewables Development, Inc. (EDFR) 

purchased the MSEC Project from the 

original owner and renamed the Project 

the Arrow Canyon Solar Project. EDFR 

subsequently transferred the Project to 

Arrow Canyon Solar, LLC. Currently, 

the approved MSEC Project and 

associated facilities have not yet been 

constructed. 

The Applicant currently plans to 

expand the solar field on the 

Reservation from 850 acres to 2,200 

acres. This expansion would occur on 

Tribal lands identified by the Moapa 

Band that are adjacent to the originally 

approved MSEC site. The linear 

facilities, (i.e. main access road, 230kV 

gen-tie line, and water pipeline) as 

previously approved by the BLM would 

remain a part of the Project description; 

therefore, these facilities are not 

reevaluated. The FSEIS focuses on the 

expansion of the solar field only. 

Construction of the Project is 

expected to take approximately 18 to 20 

months. The Applicant is expected to 

operate the energy facility up to 50 

years. Major components of the solar 

site would include multiple blocks of 

solar PV panels mounted on tracking 

systems, inverters, transformers, 

collection lines, battery storage 

facilities, project substation, and O&M 

facilities. Water will be needed during 

construction primarily for dust control 

and a minimal amount will be needed 

during operations for administrative and 

sanitary water use and panel washing. 

The water supply required for the 

Project would be from wells owned by 

the Moapa Band and delivered to the 

site via the previously approved water 

pipeline or trucks. Access to the ACSP 

will be provided via North Las Vegas 

Boulevard from the I–15/US 93 

interchange. 

The purposes of the proposed Project 

are, among other things, to: (1) help 

provide a long-term, diverse, and viable 

economic revenue base and job 

opportunities for the Moapa Band; (2) 

meet the terms of the existing Power 

Purchase Agreement for the output of 

the Project; (3) help Nevada and 

neighboring states to meet their State 

renewable energy needs; and (4) allow 

the Moapa Band, in partnership with 

the Applicant, to optimize the use of the 

lease site while maximizing the 

potential economic benefit to the Moapa 

Band. 

The BIA will use the FSEIS to make 

a decision on the land lease application 

under its jurisdiction; the EPA may use 

the document to make decisions under 

its authorities; the Band may use the 

FSEIS to make decisions under its 

Environmental Policy Ordinance; and 

the USFWS may use the FSEIS to 

support its decision under the 

Endangered Species Act. 

Directions for Submitting Comments: 

Please include your name, return 

address and the caption: ‘‘FSEIS 

Comments, Proposed Arrow Canyon 

Solar Project’’ on the first page of your 

written comments and send to the 

address listed above in the ADDRESSES

section. 

Locations Where the FSEIS is 

Available for Review: The FSEIS will be 

available for review at: BIA Western 

Regional Office, 2600 North Central 

Avenue, 12th Floor, Suite 210, Phoenix, 

Arizona and the BIA Southern Paiute 

Agency, 180 North 200 East, Suite 111, 

St. George, Utah. The FSEIS is also 

available on line at: 

www.arrowcanyonsolarseis.com. 

To obtain an electronic copy of the 

FSEIS, please provide your name and 

address in writing or by voicemail to 

Mr. Chip Lewis or Mr. Garry Cantley. 

Their contact information is listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. Individual paper 

copies of the FSEIS will be provided 

only upon request. 

Public Comment Availability: Written 

comments, including names and 

addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the BIA 

Western Regional Office, 2600 North 

Central Avenue, 12th Floor, Suite 210, 

Phoenix, Arizona during regular 

business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. 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 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: 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 National 

Environmental Policy Act (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. 

Tara Sweeney, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

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Indian Gaming; Approval of TribalState Class III Gaming Compact Taking 

Effect in the State of Washington 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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80140 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 

SUMMARY: The Skokomish Indian Tribe 

(Tribe) and the State of Washington 

(State) submitted the Fifth Amendment 

to the Tribal-State Compact for Class III 

Gaming between the Skokomish Indian 

Tribe and the State of Washington 

(Compact) governing certain forms of 

Class III gaming. This notice announces 

that the Fifth Amendment to the TribalState Compact for Class III Gaming 

between the Skokomish Indian Tribe 

and the State of Washington is taking 

effect. 

DATES: The compact takes effect on 

December 11, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian 

Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant 

Secretary—Policy and Economic 

Development, Washington, DC 20240, 

(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. On September 22, 2020, the 

Tribe and the State submitted the Fifth 

Amendment to the Tribal-State Compact 

for Class III Gaming between the 

Skokomish Indian Tribe and the State of 

Washington. The Secretary took no 

action on the Fifth Amendment to the 

Tribal-State Compact for Class III 

Gaming between the Skokomish Indian 

Tribe and the State of Washington 

within 45 days of its submission. 

Therefore, the Compact is considered to 

have been approved, but only to the 

extent it is consistent with IGRA. See 25 

U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C). 

Tara Sweeney, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

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999900] 

Land Acquisitions; Tule River Tribe, 

Airpark Site, Tulare County, California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs made a final agency 

determination to acquire in trust 40 

acres, more or less, of land known as the 

Airpark Site in the City of Porterville, 

Tulare County, California (Site), for the 

Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 

River Reservation, California (Tribe), for 

gaming and other purposes. 

DATES: This final determination was 

made on December 7, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian 

Gaming, Mailstop 3543, 1849 C Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20240, telephone 

(202) 219–4066, paula.hart@bia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the 

date listed in the DATES section of this 

notice, the Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs made a final agency 

determination to acquire the Site, 

consisting of 40 acres, more or less, in 

trust for the Tribe under the authority of 

the Indian Reorganization Act of June 

18, 1934, 25 U.S.C. 5108. 

The Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs, on behalf of the Secretary of the 

Interior, will immediately acquire title 

to Site in the name of the United States 

of America in trust for Tribe upon 

fulfillment of all Departmental 

requirements. The 40 acres, more or 

less, are described as follows: 

The following described real property in 

the County of Tulare, State of California, 

more particularly described as: 

Parcel No’s 1 through 17 inclusive, of 

Parcel Map No. 4343, in the City of 

Porterville, County of Tulare, State of 

California, according to the map thereof 

recorded in Book 44, Page 47 of Parcel Map, 

in the office of the County Recorder of said 

County and by certificates of correction 

recorded, June 1, 1999 as Instrument No. 99– 

0041612 and August 12, 1999 as Instrument 

No. 99–0061851. 

Excepting therefrom all oil, gas, minerals 

and other hydrocarbon substances, in, on, 

upon or under said land, as reserved by the 

City of Porterville, a Municipal Corporation, 

in a Deed recorded October 29, 1990 as file 

No. 71536 of Official Records. 

Authority: This notice is published in the 

exercise of authority delegated by the 

Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 

Departmental Manual 8.1, and is 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. 

Tara Sweeney, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[212A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A51010.999900] 

Land Acquisitions; The Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs has made a final 

determination to acquire 217.88 acres, 

more or less, into trust for The Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California. 

DATES: This determination was made on 

December 7, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Sharlene M. Round Face, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Division of Real Estate 

Services, 1001 Indian School Road NW, 

Albuquerque NM 87104, telephone 

(505) 563–3132. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published in the exercise of 

authority delegated by the Secretary of 

the Interior to the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs by part 209 of the 

Departmental Manual, and is published 

to comply with the requirement of 25 

CFR 151.12(c)(2)(ii) that notice of the 

decision to acquire land in trust be 

promptly published in the Federal 

Register. 

On the date listed in the DATES section 

of this notice, the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs issued a decision to 

accept land in trust for the Picayune 

Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of 

California under the authority of Section 

5 of the Indian Reorganization Act of 

1934 (48 Stat. 984). 

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi 

Indians of California 

Parcel 1 

All that portion of the North half of 

the Northeast quarter of Section 24, 

Township 9 South, Range 20 East, 

Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, 

according to the Official Plat thereof, 

lying Westerly of the Westerly line of 

State Highway No. 41. 

Excepting Therefrom that portion 

thereof described in Grant Deed to the 

State of California, recorded April 8, 

1987 in Book 1963, Page 411 of Official 

Records. 

Parcel 2 

All that portion of the South half of 

the Northeast quarter and of the North 

half of the North half of the Southeast 


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