Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 75 / Thursday, April 19, 2007 / Notices 19721 

Dated: December 19, 2006. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received at the Office of the Federal Register 

on April 16, 2007. 

[FR Doc. E7–7432 Filed 4–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CA 660–07–5101–ER] 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 

for the Proposed Mountain View IV 

Wind Energy Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), together with the 

City of Palm Springs, has prepared a 

Draft EIS/EIR for the Mountain View IV 

Wind Energy Project and by this notice 

is announcing the opening of the 

comment period. The BLM is the lead 

Federal agency for the preparation of 

this EIS in compliance with the 

requirements of NEPA. The City of Palm 

Springs is the lead agency for the State 

of California for the preparation of this 

EIR in compliance with the 

requirements of the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 

DATES: To assure that they will be 

considered, BLM must receive written 

comments on the Draft EIS/EIR within 

45 days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes their Notice of Availability in 

the Federal Register. The BLM will 

announce future meetings or hearings 

and any other public involvement 

activities at least 15 days in advance 

through public notices, media news 

releases, and/or mailings. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

will be available for public review at the 

BLM Palm Springs-South Coast Field 

Office located at 690 W. Garnet Avenue, 

North Palm Springs, California, during 

regular business hours of 7:45 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays, and may be published 

as part of the EIS/EIR. 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. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Web Site: http://www.blm.gov/ca/ 

palmsprings. 

• E-mail: Greg_Hill@ca.blm.gov. 

• Fax: (760) 251–4899. 

• Mail: Bureau of Land Management, 

Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office, 

690 W. Garnet Ave., P.O. Box 581260, 

North Palm Springs, CA 92258. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Greg Hill, 

Bureau of Land Management, Palm 

Springs-South Coast Field Office, (760) 

251–4840, or by e-mail at 

Greg_Hill@ca.blm.gov. A copy of the 

Draft EIS/EIR for the Proposed 

Mountain View IV Wind Energy Project 

is available for review at the BLM Palm 

Springs-South Coast Field Office at the 

above address, and at the Palm Springs 

Public Library located at 300 South 

Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262. 

Copies are also available via the Internet 

at http://www.blm.gov/ca/palmsprings. 

Electronic (on CD–ROM) or paper 

copies may also be obtained by 

contacting Greg Hill at the 

aforementioned addresses and phone 

number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Mountain 

View Power Partners IV, LLC has 

applied for a right-of-way on public 

lands and a conditional use permit on 

private lands to construct a wind energy 

generating facility in the Coachella 

Valley, in Riverside County. The project 

site is west of Indian Avenue and is 

within the corporate boundary of the 

City of Palm Springs and within the 

planning area for the draft Coachella 

Valley Multiple Species Habitat 

Conservation Plan. Operations are 

expected to last approximately 30 years. 

The proposed project would install a 

total of approximately 42 to 50 wind 

turbines on public and private lands, 

with a total generating capacity of 

approximately 49 megawatts. Related 

structures would include access roads, a 

34.5-kV powerline and an electrical 

substation. If approved, the wind energy 

generating facility on public lands 

would be authorized in accordance with 

Title V of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 (USC) and the 

Federal regulations at 43 CFR part 2800. 

The proposed project would take 

approximately 7 months to construct. 

A Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare an 

EIS/EIR was published in the Federal 

Register on June 5, 2006; this NOI 

invited comments on issues which may 

have been relevant to preparation of the 

document. A public scoping meeting 

was held on June 27, 2006 at the Desert 

Highland Community Center, in the City 

of Palm Springs with notice of the 

meeting published in the Desert Sun 

newspaper. The meeting was held to 

help assist in identifying the range of 

actions, alternatives, mitigation 

measures, and significant effects to be 

analyzed in the EIS/EIR. 

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

John Kalish, 

Acting Field Manager, Palm Springs-South 

Coast Field Office. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received at the Office of the Federal Register 

on April 16, 2007. 

[FR Doc. E7–7427 Filed 4–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–200–0777–XZ–241A] 

Notice of Meeting, Front Range 

Resource Advisory Council (Colorado) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Front Range 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will 

meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held May 

23, 2007 from 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Holy Cross Abbey 

Community Center, 2951 E. Highway 

50, Canon City, Colorado 81212. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Smith, (719) 269–8500. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the Bureau of 

Land Management, on a variety of 

planning and management issues 

associated with public land 

management in the Royal Gorge Field 

Office and San Luis Valley, Colorado. 

Planned agenda topics include: Manager 

updates on current land management 

Plan and a briefing on the Ford Creek 

Project. All meetings are open to the 


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public. The public is encouraged to 

make oral comments to the Council at 

9:30 a.m. or written statements may be 

submitted for the Council’s 

consideration. Depending on the 

number of persons wishing to comment 

and time available, the time for 

individual oral comments may be 

limited. Summary minutes for the 

Council Meeting will be maintained in 

the Royal Gorge Field Office and will be 

available for public inspection and 

reproduction during regular business 

hours within thirty (30) days following 

the meeting. Meeting Minutes and 

agenda (10 days prior to each meeting) 

are also available at: http:// 

www.blm.gov/rac/co/frrac/co_fr.htm. 

Dated: April 13, 2007. 

Roy L. Masinton, 

Royal Gorge Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. 07–1938 Filed 4–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[Docket No. ID–200–1120–PH] 

Advisory Council Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of May Resource 

Advisory Council Meeting to be held in 

Twin Falls District, Idaho. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intent to hold a Resource Advisory 

Council (RAC) meeting in the Twin 

Falls District of Idaho on Tuesday, May 

15, 2007. The meeting will be held at 

the Burley BLM Fire Operations 

Conference Room, Overland Avenue, 

Burley, Idaho. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Twin 

Falls District Resource Advisory 

Council consists of the standard fifteen 

members residing throughout south 

central Idaho. Meeting agenda items 

will include updates on the Jarbidge 

Field Office RMP effort, Energy Policy 

Act, Field Offices updates, recreation 

fee efforts in partnership with the Forest 

Service and more. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sky 

Buffat, Twin Falls District, Idaho, 400 

West F Street, Shoshone, Idaho 83352, 

(208) 732–7307. 

Dated: April 13, 2007. 

Jenifer Arnold, 

Twin Falls Acting Associate District Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–7442 Filed 4–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–030–1430–ET; WIES 51517] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and 

Transfer of Jurisdiction; Wisconsin 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management has received a petition/ 

application from the United States Fish 

and Wildlife Service requesting that the 

Secretary of the Interior withdraw for a 

50-year term 328.70 acres of public land 

from surface entry, and transfer 

administrative jurisdiction to the 

Secretary of the Interior, acting through 

the United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service, to protect and manage 

migratory bird and threatened and 

endangered species habitat. The land is 

located within the exterior boundaries 

of the Green Bay Islands National 

Wildlife Refuge System and was 

reserved for lighthouse purposes by 

Executive Orders dated December 11, 

1848, and May 28, 1858. These orders 

will not be disturbed by the proposed 

withdrawal. This land presently is 

under the administrative jurisdiction of 

the United States Coast Guard, which 

recognizes that wildlife refuge 

management will make better use of the 

land than its current outdated use for 

lighthouse purposes. This notice 

provides an opportunity to comment on 

the proposed withdrawal and to request 

a public meeting. 

DATES: Comments and requests for a 

public meeting must be received by July 

18, 2007. Electronic format submittals 

will not be accepted. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting 

requests should be sent to the State 

Director, Bureau of Land ManagementEastern States, 7450 Boston Boulevard, 

Springfield, Virginia 22153. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ida 

Doup, Bureau of Land ManagementEastern States, 703–440–1541, or at the 

above stated address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

has filed a petition/application to 

withdraw the following described 

public land from settlement, sale, 

location, or entry under the public land 

laws for a 50-year term, subject to valid 

existing rights: 

Fourth Principal Meridian 

T. 33 N., R. 29 E., 

Sec. 26, lots 1 and 2; 

Sec. 27, lots 1, 2 and 3. 

T. 33 N., R. 29 E., 

Sec. 1, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

The area described contains 328.70 acres in 

Door County known as Plum and Pilot 

Islands. 

The purpose of the proposed 

withdrawal is to protect important 

native and migratory bird habitat, 

threatened and endangered species 

habitat, and historic resources in the 

Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem. 

Management of the land would transfer 

from the United States Coast Guard to 

the United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service with the proposed withdrawal. 

There are no suitable alternative sites 

as the lands described lie within the 

approved boundary of the Green Bay 

National Wildlife Refuge and contain 

the resources that need protection. 

A right-of-way or cooperative 

agreement would not provide the 

necessary administrative controls to 

adequately protect and manage the area 

in conjunction with, and on the same 

basis as the rest of the Refuge, or for the 

purposes for which the Refuge was 

established. 

No water rights would be needed to 

fulfill the purpose of the requested 

withdrawal. 

For a period of 90 days from the date 

of publication of this notice, all persons 

who wish to submit comments, 

suggestions, or objections in connection 

with the proposed withdrawal may 

present their views in writing to the 

State Director of the Bureau of Land 

Management-Eastern States at the 

address listed above. 

Notice is hereby given that an 

opportunity for a public meeting is 

afforded in connection with the 

proposed withdrawal. All interested 

persons who desire a public meeting for 

the purpose of being heard on the 

proposed withdrawal must submit a 

written request to the State Director, 

Bureau of Land Management-Eastern 

States within 90 days from the date of 

publication of this notice. If the 

authorized officer determines that a 

public meeting will be held, a notice of 

the time and place will be published in 

the Federal Register at least 30 days 

before the scheduled date of the 

meeting. 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the Bureau 

of Land Management-Eastern States, 

7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, 

Virginia 22153, during regular business 

hours. Individual respondents may 

request confidentiality. If you wish to 

withhold your name or address from 

public review or from disclosure under 

the Freedom of Information Act, you 

must state this prominently at the 


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