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been expended to locate, parties who 

fail or refuse to sign their return receipt, 

and parties who receive a copy of the 

decision by regular mail which is not 

certified, return receipt requested, shall 

have until March 2, 2011 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 

BLM 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 contact the BLM by calling 

the Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339, 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week. 

Dina L. Torres, 

Land Transfer Resolution Specialist, Branch 

of Preparation and Resolution. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

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L51010000.LVRWB10BXXX.FX0000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Rising Tree Wind Farm, 

Kern County, CA and Possible Land 

Use Plan Amendment. 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), as amended, the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, as amended, and the California 

Environmental Quality Act, the Bureau 

of Land Management (BLM) Ridgecrest 

Field Office, Ridgecrest, California, 

cooperating with Kern County, intends 

to prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS)/Environmental Impact 

Report (EIR), which may include an 

amendment to the California Desert 

Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan (1980 as 

amended) and by this notice 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/EIR and 

possible plan amendment (PA). 

Comments on issues may be submitted 

in writing until March 2, 2011. The 

date(s) and location(s) of any scoping 

meetings will be announced at least 15 

days in advance through local media, 

newspapers, and the BLM Web site at: 

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

cdd.html. In order to be included in the 

Draft EIS/EIR, 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/EIR. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues and alternatives related to the 

Rising Tree Wind Farm Draft EIS/EIR 

and possible CDCA PA by any of the 

following methods: 

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

en/fo/cdd.html. 

• E-mail: risingtreewind@blm.gov. 

• Fax: (951) 697–5299. 

• Mail: Attn: Jeffery Childers, Project 

Manager, BLM California Desert District 

Office, 22835 Calle San Juan de Los 

Lagos, Moreno Valley, California 92553– 

9046. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the California 

Desert District Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to have your 

name added to our mailing list, contact 

Jeffery Childers; telephone (951) 697– 

5308; address BLM California Desert 

District Office, 22835 Calle San Juan de 

Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, California 

92553–9046; e-mail jchilders@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

applicant, Horizon Wind Energy LLC, a 

wholly-owned subsidiary of EDP 

Renewables, Inc., has requested a rightof-way (ROW) authorization to 

construct, operate, maintain and 

decommission the 234-megawatt Rising 

Tree Wind Farm. The proposed project 

is approximately three miles west of the 

town of Mojave and south of Highway 

58 on private lands under the 

jurisdiction of Kern County and public 

lands administered by the BLM. The 

proposed project would include wind 

turbines, access roads, and energy 

collection lines on 2,745 acres, of which 

527 acres are on public land. Pursuant 

to the CDCA Plan, sites associated with 

power generation or transmission not 

identified in the CDCA Plan will be 

considered through the plan 

amendment process. 

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 Draft EIS/EIR. At 

present, the BLM has identified the 

following preliminary issues: Air 

quality and greenhouse gas emissions; 

biological resources, including special 

status species; cultural resources; 

geology and soils; hazards and 

hazardous materials; hydrology and 

water quality; land use, noise; 

recreation; traffic; visual resources; 

lands with wilderness characteristics; 

cumulative effects and areas of high 

potential for renewable energy 

development. 

Authorization of this proposal will 

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. 

The BLM will utilize and coordinate 

the NEPA commenting process to 

provide for public involvement required 

by Section 106 of the National Historic 

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

described in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). Native 

American tribal consultations will be 

conducted in accordance with policy, 

and tribal concerns including impacts 

on Indian trust assets will be given due 

consideration. Federal, State, and local 

agencies, along with tribes and other 

stakeholders that may be interested in 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. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 

1610.2. 

Karla Norris, 

Associate Deputy State Director, California. 

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