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evaporating ponds. A single overhead 

230 kilovolt transmission line will 

connect the plant to the nearby Valley 

Electric substation. Additional elements 

of the project include access roads, a 

water pipeline, and a bioremediation 

area. 

The Final EIS describes and analyzes 

the project’s site-specific impacts on air 

quality, biological resources, cultural 

resources, visual resources, water 

resources, geological resources, 

paleontological resources, land use, 

noise, soils, nuisance, public health, 

socioeconomics, traffic and 

transportation, waste management, 

hazardous materials handling, worker 

safety, fire protection, facility design 

engineering, transmission system 

engineering, and transmission line 

safety. 

Three alternatives were analyzed: (A) 

Wet-cooling technology; (B) Dry-cooling 

technology; and (C) No action 

alternative. Alternative A uses 

circulating water to condense lowpressure turbine generator exhaust 

steam in a shell and tube heat exchanger 

(condenser). Alternative B uses an aircooled condenser that cools and 

condenses the low-pressure turbine 

generator exhaust steam using a large 

array of fans that force air over finnedtube heat exchangers arranged in an Aframe bundle configuration. Alternative 

B is the BLM’s preferred alternative and 

Solar Millennium’s proposed action. 

Alternative C is the no action 

alternative. 

On March 19, 2010, the BLM 

published the Notice of Availability for 

the Draft EIS for this project in the 

Federal Register (75 FR 13301). The 

BLM held four public meetings and 

allowed the public to comment through 

email, mail, public meetings, and by 

phone. A total of 461 comments were 

received from individuals, 

organizations, and agencies. 

These comments addressed concerns 

with water use mitigation, visual 

resource management, noise levels, and 

social/economic issues, particularly job 

opportunities. Concerns raised during 

the review are addressed and specific 

responses provided in the Final EIS. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10. 

Gayle Marrs-Smith, 

Acting Manager Pahrump Field Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement 

Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska OCS 

Region, Chukchi Sea Planning Area, 

Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Draft 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) and Notice of Public 

Hearings. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this SEIS 

(OCS EIS/EA BOEMRE 2010–034) is to 

provide new analysis in accordance 

with the United States (U.S.) District 

Court for the District of Alaska Order 

remanding the BOEMRE’s Chukchi Sea 

Lease Sale 193 Final EIS (FEIS) (OCS 

EIS/EA MMS 2007–0026). The District 

Court’s Order instructs the BOEMRE to 

address three concerns: (1) Analyze the 

environmental impact of natural gas 

development; (2) determine whether 

missing information identified by 

BOEMRE in the 193 FEIS was essential 

or relevant under 40 CFR 1502.22; and 

(3) ‘‘determine whether the cost of 

obtaining the missing information was 

exorbitant, or the means of doing so 

unknown.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS 

for Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193 (OCS 

EIS/EA MMS 2007–0026) evaluated the 

potential effects of the proposed sale 

and three alternatives: a no action 

alternative and two alternatives that 

incorporate deferral areas of varying size 

along the coastward edge of the 

proposed sale area. 

Sale 193 was held in February of 

2008. The BOEMRE received high bids 

totaling approximately $2.7 billion and 

issued 487 leases. Although the leasesale decision was challenged in the U.S. 

District Court for the District of Alaska, 

the litigants did not request a 

preliminary injunction to halt the sale. 

Accordingly, the sale was conducted 

and 487 leases were issued. In July 

2010, the District Court remanded the 

matter for further National 

Environmental Policy Act analysis of 

certain concerns. The BOEMRE is to 

address three concerns: (1) Analyze the 

environmental impact of natural gas 

development; (2) determine whether 

missing information identified by 

BOEMRE in the FEIS for Chukchi Sea 

Lease Sale 193 was essential or relevant 

under 40 CFR 1502.22; and (3) 

determine whether the cost of obtaining 

the missing information was exorbitant, 

or the means of doing so unknown. 

The SEIS will provide the Secretary 

with sufficient information and analysis 

to make an informed decision amongst 

the alternatives. In effect, the Secretary 

will decide whether to affirm, modify, 

or cancel Sale 193. This notice relates 

solely to the Supplemental Draft EIS for 

Chukchi Sale 193. It does not preclude 

possible additional environmental 

analysis with regard to future leasing or 

permitting actions. 

Draft Supplemental EIS Availability: 

To obtain a copy of the Draft SEIS, you 

may contact the Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, Alaska OCS Region, 3801 

Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5820, 

telephone 907–334–5200. You may also 

view the Draft SEIS at the above 

address, on the BOEMRE Web site at 

http://alaska.boemre.gov, or at the 

Alaska Resources Library and 

Information Service, 3211 Providence 

Drive, Suite 111, Anchorage. 

Written Comments: Interested parties 

may submit their written comments on 

the Draft SEIS until November 29, 2010 

to the Regional Director, Alaska OCS 

Region, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, 

Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503– 

5820. You may also hand deliver 

comments to this address. Comments 

should be labeled ‘‘Attn: Chukchi Sea 

Draft SEIS.’’ Comments may be 

submitted via e-mail at 

BOEMREAKPublicCommen@boemre.gov 

(Note: please use e-mail address exactly 

as it appears. Do not add the letter ‘‘t’’ 

or anything else to the address.). Please 

include ‘‘Attn: Chukchi Sea Draft SEIS’’ 

in the subject line, and your name and 

return address in the message. BOEMRE 

will not accept anonymous comments. 

Be advised that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you may request us to withhold from 

public review your personal identifying 

information, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Public Hearings: Public hearings on 

the Draft SEIS will be held as follows: 

Monday, November 1, 2011, Kotzebue 

Middle/High School, Kotzebue, 

Alaska; 

Tuesday, November 2, 2010, Oalgi 

Community Center, Point Hope, Alaska; 

Wednesday, November 3, 2010, Point 

Lay Community Center, Point Lay, 

Alaska; 

Thursday, November 4, 2010, Robert 

James Community Center, 

Wainwright, Alaska; 

Friday, November 5, 2010, Inupiat 

Heritage Center, Barrow, Alaska; 

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 3800 

Centerpoint Drive, Anchorage, Alaska. 

All meetings will start at 7 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement, Alaska 

OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, 

Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503– 

5820, 907–334–5200. 

Dated: October 8, 2010. 

Robert P. LaBelle, 

Acting Associate Director for Offshore Energy 

and Minerals Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R3–R–2010–N170; 30136–1265–0000– 

S3] 

Crane Meadows National Wildlife 

Refuge, Morrison County, MN 

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: Final 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Finding of No Significant Impact for 

Environmental Assessment. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of the Final Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan (CCP) and Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the 

Environmental Assessment (EA) for 

Crane Meadows National Wildlife 

Refuge (NWR). Goals and objectives in 

the CCP describe how the agency 

intends to manage the refuge over the 

next 15 years. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final CCP and 

FONSI/EA may be viewed at the Crane 

Meadows National Wildlife Refuge 

Office or at public libraries near the 

refuge. You may also request a copy by 

any of the following methods. 

1. Agency Web site: View or 

download a copy of the document at 

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/planning/ 

CraneMeadows/. 

2. E-mail: r3planning@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Crane Meadows Final CCP/EA’’ 

in the subject line of the message. 

3. Mail: Crane Meadows National 

Wildlife Refuge, 19502 Iris Road, Little 

Falls, Minnesota 56345. 

A limited number of hardcopies will 

be available for distribution at the 

Refuge Headquarters. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Sittauer (763–389–3323). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we complete the 

CCP process for Crane Meadows NWR, 

which we began by publishing a notice 

of intent on (73 FR 76677–76678, 

December 17, 2008). For more 

information about the initial process, 

see that notice. We released the draft 

CCP and EA to the public, announcing 

and requesting comments in a notice of 

availability on (75 FR 39037–39038, July 

7, 2010). 

Crane Meadows NWR, located in 

central Minnesota, was established in 

1992 to protect one of the largest, most 

intact wetland complexes remaining in 

the State. The Refuge owns 

approximately 1,800 acres of 13,540 

acres identified for acquisition, and an 

additional 900 acres are owned and 

managed by the Minnesota Department 

of Natural Resources. In addition to 

hosting relatively rare habitat types 

including oak savanna, sand prairie, and 

sedge meadow, it also provides key 

habitat for local and migratory wildlife, 

maintains essential ecological services, 

provides an element of water control 

and flood relief, protects important 

archaeological resources, and offers 

unique recreation, education, and 

research opportunities. 

The Draft CCP and EA were officially 

released for public review on July 7, 

2010; the 31-day comment period ended 

on August 6, 2010. Planning 

information was sent to approximately 

265 individuals and organizations for 

review and announced through local 

media outlets, resulting in three 

comment submissions. During the 

comment period the Refuge also hosted 

an open house to receive public 

comments and feedback on the CCP and 

EA documents. Three individuals 

attended this event—all current or 

former state Department of Natural 

Resources employees. Because no 

changes to the preferred alternative 

were recommended by Refuge 

audiences during the public review 

period, only minor changes were made 

to the drafts in preparing the final CCP/ 

EA documents. 

Selected Alternative 

Based on input and feedback during 

the planning process, alternative B was 

selected as the preferred alternative. 

This alternative portrays a long-term 

vision for habitat restoration to nearhistoric benchmark conditions and 

increases recreation opportunities for 

visitors over the 15-year planning 

horizon. A diversity of wetland and 

savanna habitats are favored reinforcing 

historic conditions, while prairie and 

woodland are reduced over the longterm. This alternative includes active 

participation in monitoring and 

improving upstream water resources, 

calls for adherence to a well-developed 

prescribed fire plan, increases land 

acquisition and work on private lands in 

high priority areas, augments the 

existing biological inventory and 

monitoring program, and offers visitor 

services in a greater number of 

locations. Specific, managed hunts are 

offered, and opportunities for quality 

fishing experiences will be evaluated as 

new lands are acquired. 

Background 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

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

668dd-668ee et seq.), requires the 

Service to develop a CCP for each 

National Wildlife Refuge. The purpose 

in developing a CCP is to provide refuge 

managers with a 15-year strategy for 

achieving refuge purposes and 

contributing toward the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and Service policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction for conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, the CCP identifies 

wildlife-dependent recreational 

opportunities available to the public, 

including opportunities for hunting, 

fishing, wildlife observation and 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. 

We will review and update the CCP 

at least every 15 years in accordance 

with the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Administration Act of 1966, as 

amended by the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, and the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4370d). 

Dated: August 17, 2010. 

Charles M. Wooley, 

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Ft. Snelling, Minnesota. 

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JOINT BOARD FOR THE 

ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES 

Renewal of Advisory Committee on 

Actuarial Examinations 

AGENCY: Joint Board for the Enrollment 

of Actuaries. 

ACTION: Renewal of Advisory 

Committee. 

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