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Company on a pro rata cost sharing 

basis in its program for the exploration 

of coal deposits owned by the United 

States of America in the followingdescribed lands in Sweetwater County, 

Wyoming: 

T. 20 N., R. 100 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming 

Sec. 12: W1⁄2. 

Containing 320.00 acres, more or less. 

The purpose of the exploration 

program is to obtain structural and 

quality information of the coal. The 

proposed exploration program is fully 

described and will be conducted 

pursuant to an exploration plan to be 

approved by the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

DATES: Any party electing to participate 

in this exploration program must send 

written notice to the Bridger Coal 

Company and the Bureau of Land 

Management, as provided in the 

ADDRESSES section below, which must 

be received within 30 days after 

publication of this Notice of Invitation 

in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration 

plan (serialized under number 

WYW178270) are available for review 

during normal business hours in the 

following offices: Bureau of Land 

Management, Wyoming State Office, 

5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003; and Bureau 

of Land Management, Rock Springs 

Field Office, 280 Highway 191 North, 

Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901. 

The written notice should be sent to 

the following addresses: Bridger Coal 

Company, c/o Interwest Mining 

Company, Attn: Scott M. Child, 1407 

West North Temple, Suite 310, Salt Lake 

City, Utah 84116, and the Bureau of 

Land Management, Wyoming State 

Office, Branch of Solid Minerals, Attn: 

Mavis Love, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, 

Wyoming 82003. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All of the 

coal in the above-described land 

consists of unleased Federal coal within 

the Green River/Hams Fork Region. The 

purpose of the exploration program is to 

obtain coal quantity, quality and seam 

structure information for the D5, D4, D3, 

D2 and D1 coal seams. This notice of 

invitation will be published in the Rock 

Springs Daily Rocket-Miner once each 

week for two consecutive weeks 

beginning the week of June 1, 2009, and 

once in the Federal Register. 

The foregoing is published in the 

Federal Register pursuant to 43 CFR 

3410.2–1(c)(1). 

Larry Claypool, 

Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVLVRWF1640000.L51010000.ER0000; 

N–82076; 09–08807; TAS: 14x5017] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Proposed One 

Nevada Transmission Line, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1976 (NEPA), as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 FLPMA, as amended, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely 

and Southern Nevada District Offices 

intend to prepare a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

for a proposed 500 kilovolt (kv) 

transmission line and associated facility 

from Ely, Nevada, to the Harry Allen 

substation just north of Las Vegas, 

Nevada and by this notice are 

announcing the beginning of the 

scoping process to solicit public 

comments and identify issues. 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the SEIS. Comments 

on issues may be submitted in writing 

until August 28, 2009. The date(s) and 

location(s) of any scoping meetings will 

be announced at least 15 days in 

advance through local news media, 

newspapers and the BLM Web site at: 

http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/ 

ely_field_office.html. In order to be 

included in the draft SEIS, all comments 

must be received prior to the close of 

the scoping period or 15 days after the 

last public meeting, whichever is later. 

We will provide additional 

opportunities for public participation 

upon publication of the draft SEIS. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the Proposed One Nevada 

Transmission Line by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web Site: http://www.blm.gov/nv/ 

st/en/fo/ely_field_office.html; 

• E-mail: eyfoweb@nv.blm.gov; 

• Fax: 775–289–1910; 

• Mail: BLM, Ely District Office, 702 

North Industrial Way, Ely, NV 89301; or 

• Mail: Southern Nevada District 

Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, 

Las Vegas, NV 89130. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Ely and 

Southern Nevada District Offices. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to have your 

name added to our mailing list, send 

requests to: ATTN: One Nevada 

Transmission Line; contact Michael 

Dwyer, telephone (702) 821–7102; 

address, Ely District Office, 702 North 

Industrial Way, Ely, NV 89301; e-mail 

michael_dwyer@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 5, 

2006 the applicant, Sierra Pacific Power 

Company (SPPC), requested 

authorization for the Ely Energy Center 

(EEC), a proposed power-generating 

facility that included rail lines, 

transmission lines with fiber optic 

cable, new and expanded substations, 

water well-fields and pipeline delivery 

systems, and associated facilities to be 

located on mostly public lands in White 

Pine, Lincoln, Nye, Elko, and Clark 

counties, Nevada. On January 26, 2007, 

the BLM published a Notice of Intent to 

prepare an EIS for the EEC and its 

associated facilities. Five public scoping 

meetings were held between February 5 

and 9, 2007 in Las Vegas, Alamo, Ely, 

Elko, and Reno, Nevada. In January 

2009, the BLM published a Notice of 

Availability of a draft EIS initiating a 90- 

day public comment period on the draft 

EIS. In February 2009, during the public 

comment period, NV Energy (formerly 

SPPC) made public its intention to 

postpone indefinitely the power 

generation facilities associated with the 

EEC from its proposal. On March 30, 

2009, the BLM received an amended 

application and Plan of Development 

from NV Energy for one approximately 

236-mile 500 kV transmission line, one 

new substation, an expansion of one 

substation, one fiber optic line, and 

related appurtenances that were part of 

the EEC proposal. The project was given 

a new name by the proponent: The One 

Nevada 500 kV Transmission Line 

Project (ON Line Project). 

The BLM will develop a SEIS for the 

project because of substantial changes to 

the proposed action that are relevant to 

environmental concerns. See 40 CFR 

1502.9(c). Removal of the coal-fired 

power generation facilities from the 

application makes an assessment of 

their impacts in the draft EIS no longer 

applicable. 

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. This scoping 

process will direct the preparation of a 

SEIS for a proposed 500 kv transmission 

line and associated facilities from Ely, 

Nevada, to the Harry Allen substation 

just north of Las Vegas, Nevada. The 

SEIS will supplement the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Ely Energy Center. A power 

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generation plant is not associated with 

the SEIS. 

Because the ON line proposed action 

is part of the EEC proposed action, the 

ON Line SEIS will incorporate all 

applicable sections of the draft EIS. The 

ON Line draft SEIS will be made 

available for public comment, and 

applicable comments collected during 

the public comment period on the EEC 

draft EIS will be carried forward into the 

SEIS process. The BLM will use and 

coordinate the NEPA commenting 

process to satisfy the public 

involvement requirements of Section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 

470f) as provided for in 36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3). Native American Tribal 

consultations will be conducted in 

accordance with policy, and Tribal 

concerns will be given due 

consideration, including impacts on 

Indian trust assets. Federal, State, and 

local agencies, as well as individuals or 

organizations that 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, 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: 43 CFR part 2800. 

Michael J. Herder, 

District Manager, 

Ely District. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNV952000–09–L14200000–BJ0000; 09– 

08807; TAS: 14X1109] 

Filing of Plats of Survey; Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to inform the public and interested State 

and local government officials of the 

filing of Plats of Survey in Nevada. 

DATES: Effective Dates: Filing is effective 

at 10 a.m. on the dates indicated below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David D. Morlan, Chief, Branch of 

Geographic Sciences, Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), Nevada State 

Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., P.O. Box 

12000, Reno, NV 89520, 775–861–6541. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. The Plats of Survey of the following 

described lands were officially filed at 

the Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada, 

on April 16, 2009: 

The supplemental plat, showing 

amended lottings in section 1, 

Township 24 South, Range 60 East, 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada, was 

accepted April 14, 2009. 

This supplemental plat was prepared 

to meet certain administrative needs of 

the Bureau of Land Management. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of a portion of the 

subdivisional lines, the further 

subdivision of section 8 and a metesand-bounds survey of a portion of the 

centerline of Las Vegas Boulevard in 

section 8, Township 23 South, Range 61 

East, Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada, 

under Group No. 859, was accepted 

April 14, 2009. 

This survey was executed to meet 

certain administrative needs of the 

Bureau of Land Management. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of a portion of the 

subdivisional lines and a metes-andbounds survey of a portion of the 

centerline of U.S. Highway No. 93, 

Township 11 South, Range 63 East, 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada, under 

Group No. 863, was accepted April 14, 

2009. 

This survey was executed to meet 

certain administrative needs of the 

Bureau of Land Management and Coyote 

Springs Investment, L.L.C. 

2. The Plats of Survey of the following 

described lands were officially filed at 

the Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada, 

on May 7, 2009: 

The plat, in two sheets, representing 

the dependent resurvey of a portion of 

the south boundary and a portion of the 

subdivisional lines, and the subdivision 

of sections 31 and 32, Township 21 

South, Range 59 East, Mount Diablo 

Meridian, Nevada, under Group No. 

752, was accepted May 6, 2009. 

The plat, in three sheets, representing 

the dependent resurvey of a portion of 

the subdivisional lines and a portion of 

the subdivision-of-section lines of 

section 17, the subdivision of sections 4, 

5, 7 and 8, and the further subdivision 

of section 17, Township 22 South, 

Range 59 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, 

Nevada, under Group No. 752, was 

accepted May 6, 2009. 

These surveys were executed to meet 

certain administrative needs of the 

Bureau of Land Management. 

3. The Plat of Survey of the following 

described lands was officially filed at 

the Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada, 

on May 21, 2009: 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of a portion of the 

subdivisional lines and a metes-andbounds survey in section 19, Township 

1 South, Range 68 East, Mount Diablo 

Meridian, Nevada, under Group No. 

866, was accepted May 19, 2009. 

This survey was executed to meet 

certain administrative needs of the 

Bureau of Land Management and the 

State of Nevada. 

4. The above-listed surveys are now 

the basic record for describing the lands 

for all authorized purposes. These 

surveys have been placed in the open 

files in the BLM Nevada State Office 

and are available to the public as a 

matter of information. Copies of the 

surveys and related field notes may be 

furnished to the public upon payment of 

the appropriate fees. 

Dated: July 13, 2009. 

David D. Morlan, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Nevada. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

Notice is hereby given that on July 24, 

2009, a proposed Consent Decree was 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the District of Massachusetts 

in United States v. American Premier 

Underwriters, Inc., Civil Action No. 05– 

CV–12189–RWZ. 

In this action, the United States, on 

November 1, 2005, filed a complaint, 

under Sections 107(a) and 113(g)(2) of 

the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9607(a) and 

9613(g)(2), against American Premier 

Underwriters, Inc. (‘‘APU’’), seeking 

reimbursement of response costs 

incurred for response actions taken in 

connection with the release or 

threatened release of hazardous 

substances at the Morses Pond Culvert 

Superfund Site in Wellesley, 

Massachusetts (the ‘‘Site’’) and a 

declaration that APU is liable for future 

response costs incurred in connection 

with the Site. The proposed Consent 

Decree provides that APU will pay the 

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