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• Kaktovik, Alaska, Wednesday, 

February 23, 2011, Kaktovik Community 

Center, 7 p.m. 

• Washington, DC/Dulles, Virginia, 

Thursday, February 24, 2011, 

Washington, DC/Dulles Airport 

Marriott, 45020 Aviation Drive, Dulles, 

Virginia, 1 p.m. 

• Anchorage, Alaska, Friday, 

February 25, 2011, BOEMRE Regional 

Offices, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, 

Conference Room, Anchorage, Alaska, 7 

p.m. 

Scoping Comments 

The Federal Register notice published 

on April 2, 2010, (75 FR 16828) 

established a comment period that 

closed on June 30, 2010. The new 

comment period extends to March 31, 

2011. All comments received during the 

public comment period that closed on 

June 30 and all comments received 

during the new public comment period 

will be considered by BOEMRE as part 

of the EIS scoping process. Interested 

parties may submit their written scoping 

comments on the Programmatic EIS 

until March 31, 2011, to Mr. J. F. 

Bennett, Chief, Branch of Environmental 

Assessment, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, 381 Elden Street, Mail 

Stop 4042, Herndon, Virginia 20170– 

4817, or online at http:// 

ocs5yeareis.anl.gov. 

BOEMRE cautions that, 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 may ask BOEMRE 

(prominently at the beginning of your 

submission) to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, BOEMRE cannot guarantee that 

it will be able to do so. BOEMRE will 

not consider anonymous comments, and 

BOEMRE will make available for 

inspection, in their entirety, all 

comments submitted by organizations or 

businesses or by individuals identifying 

themselves as representatives of 

organizations or businesses. Information 

concerning the Leasing Program and 

Programmatic EIS can be accessed at 

http://www.boemre.gov/5-year/. 

For further information about 

preparation of the Programmatic EIS, 

please contact Mr. J. F. Bennett, Chief, 

Branch of Environmental Assessment, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement, 381 Elden 

Street, Mail Stop 4042, Herndon, 

Virginia 20170–4817, (703) 787–1660. 

Dated: December 10, 2010. 

Michael R. Bromwich, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and Enforcement . 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Land Acquisitions; Cowlitz Indian 

Tribe of Washington 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Final Agency 

Determination. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs made a final agency 

determination to acquire approximately 

151.87 acres of land into trust for the 

Cowlitz Tribe of Washington on 

December 17, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian 

Gaming, Bureau of Indian Affairs, MS– 

3657 MIB, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20240; Telephone (202) 

219–4066. 

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 209 Departmental 

Manual 8.1 and is published to comply 

with the requirements of 25 CFR part 

151.12(b) that notice be given to the 

public of the Secretary’s decision to 

acquire land in trust at least 30 days 

prior to signatory acceptance of the land 

into trust. The purpose of the 30-day 

waiting period in 25 CFR 151.12(b) is to 

afford interested parties the opportunity 

to seek judicial review of final 

administrative decisions to take land in 

trust for Indian tribes and individual 

Indians before transfer of title to the 

property occurs. 

On December 17, 2010, the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs decided to 

accept approximately 151.87 acres of 

land into trust for the Cowlitz Indian 

Tribe of Washington under the authority 

of the Indian Reorganization Act of 

1934, 25 U.S.C. 465. The land is located 

in Clark County, Washington, and will 

be used for constructing and operating 

a gaming facility. 

We have determined that the Cowlitz 

Indian Tribe’s request meets the 

requirements of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act. While the Act contains 

a prohibition of gaming on lands 

acquired after October 17, 1988 (25 

U.S.C. 2179(a)), the Tribe’s request 

qualifies under the Act for an exception 

to the prohibition (25 U.S.C. 2719(a)). 

The 151.87 acre Cowlitz parcel 

located in Clark County, Washington is 

described as follows: 

Parcel I 

Beginning at the intersection of the 

West line of Primary State Highway No. 

1 and the East line of the Southeast 

quarter of Section 5, Township 4 North, 

Range 1 East of the Willamette 

Meridian, Clark County, Washington; 

thence Northerly along said West line of 

Primary State Highway No. 1 a distance 

of 1307.5 feet to the Point of Beginning 

of this description; thence West 108.5 

feet to an angle point thereon; thence 

Northerly along the fence 880.5 feet to 

the center line of a creek; thence 

Northerly along said creek 443 feet to 

the West line of Primary State Highway 

No. 1; thence Southerly along said West 

line of Highway to the Point of 

Beginning. 

Except that portion conveyed to the 

State of Washington by Auditor’s File 

Nos. G 450664 and G 147358. 

Parcel II 

That portion of the following 

described land lying West of the 

Westerly line of Interstate 5, formerly 

known as Pacific Highway, in Section 9, 

Township 4 North, Range 1 East of the 

Willamette Meridian, Clark County, 

Washington. 

The North half of the Southwest 

quarter of the Northwest quarter of the 

South half of the Northwest quarter of 

the Northwest quarter of Section 9, 

Township 4 North, Range 1 East of the 

Willamette Meridian, Clark County, 

Washington. 

Except any portion lying within NW. 

31st Avenue. 

Also except that portion thereof 

acquired by the State of Washington by 

deed recorded under Auditor’s File Nos. 

G 140380 and D 95767. 

Parcel III 

Beginning at the Northwest corner of 

the Northeast quarter of the Northeast 

quarter of Section 8, Township 4, North, 

Range 1 East of the Willamette 

Meridian, Clark County, Washington; 

and running thence East 390 feet to the 

Point of Beginning; thence East 206 feet; 

thence South 206 feet; thence West 206 

feet; and thence North to the Point of 

Beginning. 

Except that portion lying within the 

right of way of NW. 319th Street. 

Parcel IV 

All that part of the Southeast quarter 

of Section 5, Township 4 North, Range 

1 East of the Willamette Meridian, Clark 


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County, Washington, lying West of 

Primary State Road No. 1 (Pacific 

Highway). 

Except the Henry Ungemach tract 

recorded in Volume 76 of Deeds, page 

33, records of Clark County, 

Washington, described as follows: 

Beginning at a point 19.91 chains 

North of the Southwest corner of said 

Southeast quarter; thence East 13.48 

chains to creek; thence Northerly along 

creek to North line of said Southeast 

quarter at a point 6.66 chains West of 

the Northeast corner thereof; thence 

West to Northwest corner of said 

Southeast quarter; thence South 19.91 

chains to the Point of Beginning. 

Also except the John F. Anderson 

tract as conveyed by deed recorded 

under Auditor’s File No. F 38759, 

records of Clark County, Washington, 

described as follows: 

Beginning at the Northwest corner of 

the Southwest quarter of the Southeast 

quarter of Section 5, Township 4 North, 

Range 1 East of the Willamette 

Meridian, Clark County, Washington; 

and running thence East 514 feet; thence 

Southerly 340 feet; thence 

Northwesterly 487 feet to a point 196 

feet due South of the Point of Beginning; 

thence North to the Point of Beginning. 

Also except that tract described as 

follows: 

Beginning at a point 26 rods and 9 feet 

West of the Southeast corner of Section 

5, Township 4 North, Range 1 East of 

the Willamette Meridian, Clark County, 

Washington; and running thence West 

20 rods to County Road; thence North 

182 feet; thence East 20 rods; thence 

South 182 feet to the Point of Beginning. 

Also except a certain reserved tract 

described as follows: 

Beginning at the intersection of the 

West line of Primary State Highway No. 

1 (Pacific Highway) and the East line of 

the Southeast quarter of said Section 5, 

Township 4 North, Range 1 East of the 

Willamette Meridian, Clark County, 

Washington; thence Northerly along 

said West line of Primary State Highway 

No. 1, a distance of 1,307.5 feet to the 

True Point of Beginning of this 

description; thence West 108.5 feet to an 

angle point therein; thence Northerly 

along fence 880.5 feet to center line of 

creek, thence Northeasterly along said 

creek 443 feet, more or less, to the West 

line of Primary State Highway No. 1; 

thence Southerly along said West line of 

highway to the True Point of Beginning. 

Also except that portion thereof lying 

with Primary State Highway No. 1 

(SR–5) as conveyed to the State of 

Washington by deed recorded under 

Auditor’s File Nos. G 458085, G 143553 

and D 94522. 

Also except any portion lying within 

NW. 319th Sreet and Primary State 

Highway No. 1. 

Parcel V 

A portion of the Northwest quarter of 

the Northeast quarter of Section 8, 

Township 4 North, Range 1 East of the 

Willamette Meridian, Clark County, 

Washington, described as follows: 

Beginning at the Northwest corner of 

the Northeast quarter of Section 8; 

thence South along the West line of the 

Northeast quarter of said Section 8, 1320 

feet, more or less, to the Southwest 

corner of the Northwest quarter of said 

Northeast quarter; thence East along the 

South line to a point 830 feet West of 

the Southeast corner of the Northwest 

quarter of said Northeast quarter; thence 

North parallel with the East line of said 

Northeast quarter to a point 600 feet 

South of the North line of said Northeast 

quarter; thence East parallel with the 

North line of said Northeast quarter 370 

feet; thence North parallel with the East 

line of said Northeast quarter 600 feet to 

the North line of said Section 8; thence 

West along the North line of said 

Section 8 to the Point of Beginning. 

Except that portion lying within NW 

319th Street. 

Also except the following described 

tract: 

A portion of the Northwest quarter of 

the Northeast quarter of Section 8, 

Township 4 North, Range 1 East of the 

Willamette Meridian, Clark County, 

Washington, described as follows: 

Beginning at the Northwest corner of 

the Northeast quarter of said Section 8; 

thence South along the West line of the 

Northeast quarter of said Section 8, 1320 

feet, more or less, to the Southwest 

corner of the Northwest quarter of said 

Northeast quarter; thence East along the 

South line to a point 830 feet West of 

the Southeast corner of the Northwest 

quarter of said Northeast quarter; thence 

North, parallel with the East line of said 

Northeast quarter to a point 600 feet 

South of the North line of said Northeast 

quarter; thence East, parallel with the 

North line of said Northeast quarter, 370 

feet, said point being the True Point of 

Beginning of the tract herein described; 

thence West parallel with the North line 

of said Northeast quarter, a distance of 

457 feet; thence North parallel with the 

West line of said Northeast quarter, a 

distance of 240 feet; thence East parallel 

with the West line of said Northeast 

quarter, a distance of 240 feet; thence 

East parallel with the North line of said 

Northeast quarter, a distance of 157.0 

feet; thence North, parallel with the 

West line of said Northeast quarter, a 

distance of 360 feet, more or less, to the 

North line of said Northeast quarter; 

thence East, along said North line, a 

distance of 300 feet; thence South, 

parallel with the West line of said 

Northeast quarter, a distance of 600 feet, 

more or less, to the True Point of 

Beginning. 

Parcel VI 

A portion of the Northwest quarter of 

the Northeast quarter of Section 8, 

Township 4 North, Range 1 East of the 

Willamette Meridian, Clark County, 

Washington, described as follows: 

Beginning at the Northwest corner of 

the Northeast quarter of said Section 8, 

thence South along the West line of the 

Northeast quarter of said Section 8, 1320 

feet, more or less, to the Southwest 

corner of the Northwest quarter of said 

Northeast quarter; thence East along the 

South line to a point 830 feet West of 

the Southeast corner of the Northwest 

quarter of said Northeast quarter; thence 

North, parallel with the East line of said 

Northeast quarter to a point 600 feet 

South of the North line of said Northeast 

quarter; thence East, parallel with the 

North line of said Northeast quarter 370 

feet to a point, said point being True 

Point of Beginning of the tract herein 

described; thence West, parallel with 

the North line of said Northeast quarter, 

a distance of 457 feet; thence North, 

parallel with the West line of said 

Northeast quarter, a distance of 240 feet; 

thence East, parallel with the North line 

of said Northeast quarter, a distance of 

157.0 feet; thence North, parallel with 

the West line of said Northeast quarter, 

a distance of 360 feet, more or less, to 

the North line of said Northeast quarter; 

thence East, along said North line, a 

distance of 300 feet; thence South, 

parallel with the West line of said 

Northeast quarter, a distance of 600 feet, 

more or less, to the True Point of 

Beginning. 

Parcel VII 

The East 830 feet of the Northwest 

quarter of the Northeast quarter of 

Section 8, Township 4 North, Range 1 

East of the Willamette Meridian, Clark 

County, Washington. 

Except the West 370 feet to the North 

600 feet thereof. 

Also except that portion of the 

remainder thereof, lying within NW 

319th Street. 

Parcel VIII 

The Northeast quarter of the Northeast 

quarter of Section 8, Township 4 North, 

Range 1 East of the Willamette 

Meridian, Clark County, Washington. 

Except that portion of said premises, 

described as follows: 

Beginning at a point 612 feet East of 

the Northwest corner of said Northeast 


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quarter of the Northeast quarter of said 

Section 8; thence South 191.0 feet; 

thence East 228.0 feet; thence North 

191.0 feet; thence West 228.0 feet to the 

Point of Beginning. 

Except that portion of said premises, 

described as follows: 

Beginning at a point 390.0 feet East of 

the Northwest corner of said Northeast 

quarter of the Northeast quarter of said 

Section 8; thence East 206.00 feet; 

thence South 206.0 feet: thence West 

206.0 feet; thence North 206.0 feet to the 

Point of Beginning. 

Except that portion of said premises 

lying within Pekin Ferry County Road, 

and 

Except that portion of said premises 

lying within County Road No. 25; 

Except that portion conveyed to the 

State of Washington by deed recorded 

under Auditor’s File Nos. G 143551 and 

G 499101. 

Except that portion conveyed to the 

State of Washington for Interstate 5. 

Except that portion conveyed to James 

Fisher and wife, by instrument recorded 

under Auditor’s File No. G 699690, 

described as follows: 

Beginning at the Southeast corner of 

the Northeast quarter of the Northeast 

quarter of Section 8, Township 4 North, 

Range 1 East of the Willamette 

Meridian, Clark County, Washington; 

thence North 200 feet; thence West 435 

feet; thence South 200 feet to a point on 

the South line of the Northeast quarter 

of the Northeast quarter of said Section; 

thence East 435 feet to the Point of 

Beginning. 

Parcel IX 

That portion of the Northeast quarter 

of the Northeast quarter of Section 8, 

Township 4 North, Range 1 East of the 

Willamette Meridian, Clark County, 

Washington; described as follows: 

Beginning at a point 612 feet East of 

the Northwest corner of the Northeast 

quarter of the Northeast quarter of 

Section 8, Township 4 North, Range 1 

East of the Willamette Meridian, Clark 

County, Washington; thence South 191 

feet; thence East 228 feet; thence North 

191 feet; thence West 228 feet to the 

Point of Beginning. 

Except County Roads. 

Also except that portion thereof 

conveyed to the State of Washington by 

deed recorded under Auditor’s File Nos. 

G 500929 and G 143551. 

Dated: December 17, 2010. 

Larry Echo Hawk, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–4N–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

[LLWY920000.51010000.ER0000– 

LVRWK09K1160; WYW177893; COC72929; 

UTU87238; NVN86732] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the TransWest Express 600 kV Direct 

Current Transmission Project in 

Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada 

(DOE/EIS–0450), and Notice of 

Potential for Land Use Plan 

Amendments 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior; Western Area Power 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Wyoming State 

Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, intends to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) analyzing the impacts of 

a right-of-way (ROW) application for the 

TransWest Express 600-kilovolt (kV) 

Direct Current Transmission Project 

(Project) and potential land use plan 

amendments. The Western Area Power 

Administration (Western) is a joint lead 

agency with the BLM for the EIS 

preparation. Western is a powermarketing agency within the 

Department of Energy (DOE) and is 

proposing to jointly own the Project 

with TransWest Express, LLC. 

TransWest Express, LLC is a whollyowned subsidiary of the Anschutz 

Corporation. The EIS will be prepared 

in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA). 

DATES: This notice initiates a 90-day 

public scoping period that will assist in 

the preparation of a Draft EIS. The 

scoping period will end on April 4, 

2011, or 15 days after the date of the last 

public scoping meeting, whichever is 

later. 

To provide the public an opportunity 

to review the proposal and project 

information, the BLM and Western 

expect to hold 22 open-house meetings 

at various locations in Wyoming, 

Colorado, Utah, and Nevada during the 

public scoping period. The exact dates, 

times, and locations for these meetings 

will be announced at least 15 days prior 

to the event through local media, 

newspapers, newsletters, and posting on 

the BLM Web site at http:// 

www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/ 

HighDesert/transwest.html. To be 

considered in the Draft EIS, comments 

must be received prior to the close of 

the scoping period. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the Project by any of the 

following methods: 

Mail: Bureau of Land Management, 

Wyoming State Office, TransWest 

Express Transmission Project, P.O. Box 

20678, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, Attention: 

Sharon Knowlton. 

E-mail: TransWest_WYMail@blm.gov. 

Web site: http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/ 

en/info/NEPA/HighDesert/ 

transwest.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharon Knowlton, BLM Project 

Manager; telephone (307) 775–6124; email: TransWest_WYMail@blm.gov; 

mailing address: BLM, Wyoming State 

Office, P.O. Box 20678, Cheyenne, 

Wyoming 82003. 

For information about Western’s 

involvement, contact Liana Reilly, 

Western NEPA Document Manager; 

telephone (720) 962–7253; e-mail: 

reilly@wapa.gov; address: Western Area 

Power Administration, P.O. Box 281213, 

Lakewood, Colorado 80228–8213. 

For general information on the DOE’s 

NEPA review procedures or on the 

status of a NEPA review, contact Carol 

M. Borgstrom, Director of NEPA Policy 

and Compliance, GC–54, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, telephone (202) 

586–4600 or toll free at (800) 472–2756. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

Federal law, the BLM, the U.S. Forest 

Service (USFS), and the Bureau of 

Reclamation (Reclamation) are each 

responsible for responding to right-ofway (ROW) applications for lands 

within their respective jurisdictions. 

Some of the land that may be 

considered for this right-of-way is 

within the jurisdictions of the USFS and 

Reclamation. The USFS and 

Reclamation are cooperating agencies in 

the preparation of this EIS. This notice 

announces the beginning of a 90-day 

public scoping process for the EIS. 

TransWest Express, LLC has filed a 

ROW application with the BLM, the 

USFS, and Reclamation proposing to 

construct, operate, maintain, and 

decommission the Project. The Project 

consists of an overhead transmission 

line extending approximately 725 miles 

from south-central Wyoming crossing 

Colorado and Utah, with a potential 

interconnection at the Intermountain 

Power Project near Delta, Utah, and 

terminating at the Marketplace Hub in 

southern Nevada. This Project would 

include two AC/DC converter stations, 


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