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Plan require that the NPS develop goals 

to improve program effectiveness and 

public accountability. This collection 

will encourage the public to collect data 

relevant to goal 1b: ‘‘The National Park 

Service contributes to knowledge about 

natural and cultural resources and 

associated values; management 

decisions about resources and visitors 

are based on adequate scholarly and 

scientific information’’. This collection 

is also consistent with the NPS 

Management Policies (2006), which 

emphasize the ‘‘use of qualitative and 

quantitative techniques to monitor key 

aspects of resources and processes at 

regular intervals’’ and furthermore state 

that ‘‘studies, research, and collection 

activities by non-NPS personnel 

involving natural and cultural resources 

will be encouraged and facilitated when 

they otherwise comport with NPS 

policies.’’ More specifically, the goal of 

this collection is to engage the public in 

documenting the timing of biological 

events (‘‘phenology’’) for a variety of 

species at numerous different locations. 

The data collected will help the NPS 

document how climate change is 

affecting the timing of biological events 

such as migration, flowering, and 

autumn foliage. 

The proposed Internet- and paperbased surveys will ask the public to 

participate in the collection of these 

data on NPS lands. With sufficient 

participation, NPS will obtain critical 

information for determining trends in 

the timing of biological events for many 

species. In addition to documenting 

changes in timing of events, the data set 

will facilitate the identification of 

species most at risk from climate change 

and anthropogenic influences. Survey 

participants will provide their contact 

information and multiple observations 

of species at one or more sites. The 

contact information will be used for 

quality control and (at the request of the 

participant) to provide data summaries 

or reports and information about 

additional opportunities for assisting 

with NPS research and monitoring 

activities. The obligation to respond is 

voluntary. 

Automated Data Collection: The 

information will be collected through an 

Internet site, as well as through paper 

forms available at public locations. 

Description of respondents: 

Respondents are members of the public 

with an interest in contributing to 

climate change research in the National 

Parks. 

Estimated average number of 

responses: 1,000 per year. 

Frequency of Response: 5 per 

respondent. 

Estimated average time burden per 

respondent: 30 minutes. 

Estimated total annual reporting 

burden: 100 hours per year. 

Comments are invited on: (1) The 

practical utility of the information being 

gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden 

hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information being collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden to 

respondents, including use of 

automated information collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 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. 

December 23, 2009. 

Cartina A. Miller, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

National Park Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[F–14909–B, F–14909–B2, F–19148–38; 

LLAK964000–L14100000–KC0000–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an 

appealable decision approving the 

surface estate in certain lands for 

conveyance pursuant to the Alaska 

Native Claims Settlement Act will be 

issued to Kuukpik Corporation. The 

lands are in the vicinity of Nuiqsut, 

Alaska, and are located in: 

Umiat Meridian, Alaska 

T. 10 N., R. 2 E., 

Secs. 1, 2, and 3; 

Secs. 5 to 10, inclusive; 

Secs. 16, 17, and 18; 

Secs. 20, 21, and 29. 

Containing approximately 8,751 acres. 

T. 11 N., R. 2 E., 

Secs. 24, 25, and 26; 

Secs. 34, 35, and 36. 

Containing approximately 3,545 acres. 

T. 11 N., R. 3 E., 

Secs. 7, 11, 13, and 18; 

Secs. 19, 24, and 25. 

Containing approximately 3,616 acres. 

T. 11 N., R. 4 E., 

Secs. 19, 20, and 30. 

Containing approximately 1,376 acres. 

Aggregating approximately 17,288 acres. 

The subsurface estate in these lands 

will be conveyed to Arctic Slope 

Regional Corporation when the surface 

estate is conveyed to Kuukpik 

Corporation. Notice of the decision will 

also be published four times in the 

Arctic Sounder. 

DATES: The time limits for filing an 

appeal are: 

1. Any party claiming a property 

interest which is adversely affected by 

the decision shall have until February 

12, 2010 to file an appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4, Subpart E, shall be deemed 

to have waived their rights. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Bureau of Land Management by phone 

at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at 

ak.blm.conveyance@ak.blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunication device 

(TTD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339, 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to contact the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Michael Bilancione, 

Land Transfer Resolution Specialist, Land 

Transfer Adjudication I Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2010–449 Filed 1–12–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CACA 048649, LLCAD06000 L51010000 

FX0000 LVRWB09B2520] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed First Solar Desert 

Sunlight Solar Farm Project, Riverside 

County, CA and Possible Land Use 

Plan Amendment 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 


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SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Palm Springs 

South Coast Field Office, Palm Springs, 

California, intends to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for First Solar Inc.’s application for a 

right-of-way authorization to develop a 

solar photovoltaic generating facility. 

The EIS may also support an 

amendment to the California Desert 

Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan (1980), 

as amended; by this notice the BLM is 

announcing the beginning of the 

scoping process to solicit public 

comments and identify issues. 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the EIS and possible 

plan amendment. Comments on issues 

may be submitted in writing until 

February 12, 2010. The date(s) and 

location(s) of any scoping meetings will 

be announced at least 15 days in 

advance through the local media, and 

the BLM Web site at: http:// 

www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/ 

palmsprings.html. In order to be 

considered in the Draft EIS, all 

comments must be received prior to the 

close of the scoping period or 15 days 

after the last public meeting, whichever 

is later. The BLM will provide 

additional opportunities for public 

participation upon publication of the 

Draft EIS. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues and planning criteria related 

to the First Solar Desert Sunlight Solar 

Farm Draft EIS/Plan Amendment by any 

of the following methods: 

• Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/ 

en/fo/palmsprings.html; 

• E-mail: CAPSSolarFirstSolar

DesertSunlight@blm.gov; 

• Fax: (760) 833–7199; or 

• Mail: Allison Shaffer, Project 

Manager, Palm Springs South Coast 

Field Office, BLM, 1201 Bird Center 

Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Palm Springs 

South Coast Field Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to have your 

name added to our mailing list, contact 

Allison Shaffer, BLM Project Manager, 

telephone (760) 833–7100; address Palm 

Springs South Coast Field Office, BLM, 

1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, 

California 92262; e-mail 

CAPSSolarFirstSolarDesertSunlight@

blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

applicant, First Solar Inc., has requested 

a right-of-way authorization to develop 

a solar photovoltaic generating facility 

with a proposed output of 550 

megawatts and a project footprint of 

approximately 4,410 acres. The 

proposed project would be located on 

BLM-administered lands in Riverside 

County approximately 6 miles north of 

the rural community of Desert Center, 

California. The overall site layout and 

generalized land uses would include a 

substation, an administration building, 

operations and maintenance facilities, a 

transmission line, and temporary 

construction lay down areas. The 

project’s 230-kilovolt (kV) generation 

interconnection transmission line also 

would be located on BLM-administered 

lands and would utilize a planned 230- 

to 500-kV substation (referred to as the 

Red Bluff substation). The Red Bluff 

substation would connect the project to 

the Southern California Edison regional 

transmission grid. Should the project be 

approved, the interconnection 

transmission line would be about 9 

miles to about 13 miles long, depending 

on the alternative selected. If approved, 

construction would begin in late 2010 

and would take approximately 41 

months to complete. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to determine relevant issues 

that will influence the scope of the 

environmental analysis, including 

alternatives, and guide the process for 

developing the EIS. At present, the BLM 

has identified the following preliminary 

issues: Air quality, biological resources, 

recreation, cultural resources, water 

resources, geological resources, special 

management areas, land use, noise, 

paleontological resources, public health, 

socioeconomic, soils, traffic and 

transportation, visual resources, and 

other issues. Authorization of this 

proposal may require amendment of the 

CDCA Plan. By this notice, the BLM is 

complying with requirements in 43 CFR 

1610.2(c) to notify the public of 

potential amendments to land use plans, 

based on the findings of the EIS. If a 

land use plan amendment is necessary, 

the BLM will integrate the land use 

planning process with the NEPA 

process for this project. 

The BLM will use and coordinate the 

NEPA commenting process to satisfy the 

public involvement process for Section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f) as 

provided for in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). 

Native American tribal consultations 

will be conducted and tribal concerns, 

including impacts on Indian trust assets, 

will be given appropriate consideration. 

Federal, State, and local agencies— 

along with other stakeholders who may 

be interested or affected by the BLM’s 

decision on this project—are invited to 

participate in the scoping process and, 

if eligible, may request or be requested 

by the BLM to participate as a 

cooperating agency. 

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. 

Thomas Pogacnik, 

Deputy State Director, California. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 

1610.2. 

[FR Doc. 2010–403 Filed 1–12–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Termination of the Environmental 

Impact Statement for the General 

Management Plan, Gila Cliff Dwellings 

National Monument 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of termination of the 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

General Management Plan, Gila Cliff 

Dwellings National Monument, New 

Mexico. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) is terminating the Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the Gila Cliff 

Dwellings General Management Plan 

because it has determined that an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) is the 

more appropriate National 

Environmental Policy Act compliance 

document. A Notice of Intent to prepare 

the EIS for the Gila Cliff Dwellings 

General Management Plan was 

published on April 16, 2008 (Federal 

Register Vol. 73, No. 74). Scoping 

conducted for the plan indicated that 

there were no significant impacts or 

controversy identified by the public. A 

preliminary impact analysis indicated 

that the alternatives have limited 

potential to result in significant/major 

effects on the human environment as 

they focus on different ways of 

protecting resources, providing 

appropriate visitor experiences, and 

addressing joint NPS/Forest Service 

operations. For these reasons the NPS 

determined the proposal would not 

require an EIS. 


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