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Authority: This notice is published in 

accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of 5 U.S.C. 

Appendix 2 (Public Law 92–463, as 

amended), Federal Advisory Committee Act 

of 1972. 

Dated: June 4, 2018. 

Ryan K. Zinke, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVW03500.L51050000.EA0000.LVRCF

1705210.17XMO#4500108946] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Burning Man Event 10- 

Year Special Recreation Permit, 

Pershing County, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Black Rock 

Field Office, Winnemucca, Nevada 

intends to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the 

potential impacts of approving a 10-year 

Special Recreation Permit (SRP) for the 

Burning Man Event in Pershing County, 

Nevada. This Notice initiates public 

scoping period for the EIS. The public 

scoping process will assist the BLM 

with determining the issues to be 

addressed in the EIS, and serves to 

initiate public consultation, as required 

under the National Historic Preservation 

Act (NHPA). 

DATES: Comments on issues may be 

submitted in writing until August 6, 

2018. 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 

website at: https://go.usa.gov/xnBTu. 

In order to ensure comments are 

considered in the development of the 

EIS, all comments must be received 

prior to the close of the 45-day 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 EIS. 

ADDRESSES: Comments related to the 

Burning Man SRP EIS should be 

submitted to following addresses: 

• Email: BLM_NV_BurningManEIS@

blm.gov. Include ‘‘Burning Man SRP EIS 

Comments’’ in the subject line. 

• Mail: BLM—Winnemucca District 

Office—Black Rock Field Office, Attn: 

Mark E. Hall, Black Rock Field Manager, 

5100 East Winnemucca Boulevard, 

Winnemucca, NV 89445. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Hall at 775–623–1500 or mehall@

blm.gov. Contact Mr. Hall to be added 

to our mailing list. Persons using a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 

to leave a message with the above 

individual. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

applicant, Black Rock City LLC (BRC), 

has applied for a 10-year SRP under 43 

CFR 2930 and has submitted a proposal 

to conduct the Burning Man event on 

public lands administered by the BLM 

Black Rock Field Office. BRC’s proposal 

includes the following: 

• Population increase to permit up to 

100,000 total persons at the event; 

• Expansion of the BLM Closure 

Order boundary by 561 acres, to a total 

of 14,714 acres; 

• Creation of an infrastructure staging 

area on or near the Playa (60 x 300 ft); 

• Expansion of alternative 

transportation (Burner Express Bus/ 

Burner Express Air); 

• Expansion of the perimeter fence to 

10.4 miles total length; 

• Arrival of as many as 30,000 staff 

and builders one week prior to opening; 

• Expansion of Black Rock City to 

1,250 acres; 

• Installation of additional interactive 

camps; 

• Installation of additional large scale 

art pieces; 

• BRC licensing of art cars and ADA 

compliant vehicles to drive on the playa 

during event week; 

• Use of approximately 16.5 million 

gallons of water per year would be 

obtained from private groundwater 

wells, located at Fly Ranch owned by 

BRC, for dust abatement and in support 

of event activities; and 

• BRC management of vendor and 

compliance monitoring. 


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A reasonable range of alternatives will 

be formulated. In addition to the 

proposed action, two alternatives have 

been identified for analysis. The No 

Action alternative will analyze 

continuation of the existing event with 

paid population of 70,000 and up to 

10,000 volunteers and paid staff. The No 

Event alternative will analyze not 

having the event in the Black Rock-High 

Rock National Conservation Area. 

Additional alternatives may be 

determined. The EIS will assess the 

direct, indirect and cumulative effects of 

BRC’s proposal as well as any 

recommended mitigation. 

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 

key issues: 

• With the increase in participants, 

both the Pershing and Washoe County 

Sheriff offices may express concerns 

over public health and safety, and 

deputy staffing. Associated with this is 

the question of how the BLM will 

enforce applicable federal, state and 

local laws; 

• With the increase in participants, 

increased amounts of airborne dust may 

be created, with associated air quality 

impacts; 

• Surrounding communities and the 

Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation may 

express concerns on the amount of solid 

waste (trash and refuse) generated by 

participants and how it will be disposed 

as participants depart the event; 

• A variety of groups may want to 

know how BLM will monitor the event 

to insure that there is no unnecessary or 

undue degradation of federal land, and 

that the BLM receives appropriate 

financial compensation and cost 

recovery under the law; and 

• With the increase in participants, 

both the Nevada Department of 

Transportation and County of Washoe 

may raise concerns with traffic and load 

capacity issues on public roads that 

access the event. 

The BLM will utilize and coordinate 

the NEPA scoping process to help fulfill 

the public involvement process under 

the NHPA as provided in 36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3). The information about 

historic and cultural resources within 

the area potentially affected by the 

proposed action will assist the BLM in 

identifying and evaluating impacts to 

such resources in the context of both 

NEPA and the NHPA. 

The BLM will consult with Native 

American tribes on a government-togovernment basis in accordance with 

Executive Order 13175, Secretarial 

Order 3317 and other policies. Tribal 

concerns, including but not limited to 

impacts on Indian trust assets and 

potential impacts to cultural resources, 

will be given due consideration. 

Federal, State and local agencies and 

other stakeholders that may be 

interested in or affected by BRC’s 

proposal are invited to participate in the 

scoping process and, if eligible, may 

request or be requested by the BLM to 

participate in the development of the 

environmental analysis as a cooperating 

agency. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address or other 

personally identifiable information in 

your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment—including 

your personally identifiable 

information—may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

the BLM in your comment to withhold 

your personally identifiable information 

from public review, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7. 

Mark E. Hall, 

Field Manager, Black Rock Field Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[12X.LLAK942000.L54200000.FR0000.LVDIL

12L0550; AA094268] 

Notice of Application for a Recordable 

Disclaimer of Interest for Lands 

Underlying the Taku River in Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The State of Alaska has filed 

an application with the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) for a Recordable 

Disclaimer of Interest (RDI) from the 

United States in those lands underlying 

the Taku River located in southeast 

Alaska. The State of Alaska asserts that 

the Taku River was navigable and 

unreserved at the time of Alaska 

Statehood in 1959. 

DATES: The BLM must receive all 

comments to this action on or before 

September 18, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by mail or email on the State of Alaska’s 

application for an RDI or on the BLM 

draft ‘‘Summary Report on Federal 

Interest in Lands underlying the Taku 

River in Alaska.’’ To file comments by 

mail, send to RDI Program Manager 

(AK–942), Division of Lands and 

Cadastral, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 

West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 

99513. To submit comments by email, 

send to anichols@blm.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angie Nichols, RDI Program Manager, 

222 West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

AK 99513; 907–271–3359; anichols@

blm.gov; or visit the BLM Recordable 

Disclaimer of Interest website at https:// 

www.blm.gov/programs/lands-andrealty/regional-information/alaska/RDI/ 

southeast. 

People who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay System (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or a question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

14, 2017, the State of Alaska filed an 

application (AA–94268) for an RDI 

pursuant to Section 315 of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976 (FLPMA) and the regulations 

contained in 43 CFR 1864 for the lands 

underlying the Taku River in Alaska. 

The State asserts that this river was 

navigable at the time of Alaska 

Statehood. As such, the State contends 

that ownership of the lands underlying 

the Taku River automatically passed 

from the United States to the State of 

Alaska in 1959 at the time of Statehood 

under the Equal Footing Doctrine, the 

Submerged Lands Act of 1953, the 

Alaska Statehood Act, and other title 

navigability law. 

Section 315 of FLPMA authorizes the 

BLM to issue an RDI when it determines 

that a record interest of the United 

States in lands has terminated by law or 

is otherwise invalid, and a disclaimer 

would help remove a cloud on title to 

such lands. 

The State’s application is for an RDI 

for all submerged lands between the 

ordinary high water mark of the left and 

right banks of the Taku River, beginning 

at the 60-foot boundary reserve within 

sections 10, 11, and 14; township 38 

south; range 71 east; Copper River 

Meridian, Alaska; to the extent of tidal 

influence, regardless of location. The 

State listed the Taku River’s coverage on 

the USGS 1:63,360 series topographic 

map Taku River B–6, (1951, minor 

revisions 1971); Taku River C–6 (1995); 

Taku River C–5, (1960) and Juneau B– 

1 quadrangles. The precise location may 

be within other townships due to the 

ambulatory nature of these water bodies. 


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