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comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you may 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. 

Abstract: The National Land Remote 

Sensing Education, Outreach and 

Research Activity (NLRSEORA) is an 

effort that involves the development of 

a U.S. national consortium in building 

the capability to receive, process and 

archive remotely sensed data for the 

purpose of providing access to 

university and state organizations in a 

ready-to-use format; and to expand the 

science of remote sensing through 

education, research/applications 

development and outreach in areas such 

as environmental monitoring to include 

the effects of climate variability on 

water availability (or lack thereof) and 

phenology, natural resource 

management and disaster analysis. 

Respondents are submitting proposals to 

acquire funding for a national (U.S.) 

program to promote the uses of spacebased land remote sensing data and 

technologies through education and 

outreach at the state and local level and 

through university-based and 

collaborative research projects. The 

information collected will ensure that 

sufficient and relevant information is 

available to evaluate and select a 

proposal for funding. A panel of USGS 

Land Resources Mission Area managers 

and scientists will review each proposal 

to evaluate the technical merit, 

requirements, and priorities identified 

in the call for proposals. 

This notice concerns the collection of 

information that is sufficient and 

relevant to evaluate and select proposals 

for funding. We will protect information 

from respondents considered 

proprietary under the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its 

implementing regulations (43 CFR part 

2), and under regulations at 30 CFR 

250.197, ‘‘Data and information to be 

made available to the public or for 

limited inspection.’’ Responses are 

voluntary. No questions of a ‘‘sensitive’’ 

nature are asked. We intend to release 

the project abstracts and primary 

investigators for awarded/funded 

projects only. 

Title of Collection: National Land 

Remote Sensing Education, Outreach 

and Research Activity 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0085. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Public 

or private institutions of higher 

education including universities; State 

and local governments (including 

county, city, township or special district 

governments); independent school 

districts, Native American Tribal 

governments or organizations, nonprofit 

organizations (with or without 501(c)(3) 

status). 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: Approximately 5 

respondents. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: Approximately 7 responses. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 168 hours in total. We expect 

to receive approximately 5 applications 

per year, taking each applicant 

approximately 24 hours to complete the 

application process. We anticipate 

awarding one (1) grant per year. The 

grantee will be required to submit an 

interim Annual Progress Report to the 

designated USGS Project Officer within 

90 days of the end of the project period 

and a final report on or before 90 

working days after the expiration of the 

agreement. We anticipate the grantee 

will take approximately 24 hours to 

submit each interim annual report and 

the final report. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 168 hours per year. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain a Benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 

Burden Cost: There are no ‘‘non-hourcost’’ burdens associated with this IC. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501, et seq.). 

Timothy Newman, 

Program Coordinator, National Land Imaging 

Program, U.S. Geological Survey. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

[GX18EB00A181100; OMB Control Number 

1028–0085/Renewal] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; National Land Remote 

Sensing Education, Outreach and 

Research Activity 

Correction 

Notice document 2018–16986 

appearing on pages 39115 through 

39116, in the issue of August 8, 2018, 

was inadvertently published in error 

and is hereby withdrawn. 

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BILLING CODE 1301–00–D 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[(LLCAD06000.51010000.ER0000.LVRWB0

9B2920.18X5017AP) CACA49397; 

MO#4500121476] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Environmental Impact Report and Draft 

Land Use Plan Amendment to the 

California Desert Conservation Area 

Plan for the Desert Quartzite Solar 

Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) has prepared 

a draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS), and, in collaboration with 

Riverside County, a draft Environmental 

Impact Report (EIR) for the Desert 

Quartzite Solar Project (DQSP). A draft 

Land Use Plan Amendment to the 

California Desert Conservation Area 

Plan (CDCA) is also included. This 

notice announces the opening of the 

public comment period, following the 

date the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) publishes its Notice of 

Availability (NOA) in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: To ensure that all comments will 

be considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the draft plan 

amendment and draft EIS/EIR by 

November 8, 2018. The BLM will 

announce future meetings or hearings 

and any other public involvement 

activities at least 15 days in advance 

through public notices, media releases, 

the project website, and/or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: The public may submit 

comments related to the project during 

the public comment period by using any 

of the following methods: 

• Website: https://goo.gl/GmkJk4. 

• Email: blm_ca_desert_quartzite_

solar_project@blm.gov. 

• Mail: Desert Quartzite Solar Project, 

Bureau of Land Management Palm 

Springs-South Coast Field Office, 1201 

Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, CA 

92234. 

Copies of the draft EIS/EIR and draft 

plan amendment are available at the 


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BLM-Palm Springs-South Coast Field 

Office at the above address and at the 

BLM California Desert District Office, 

22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, 

Moreno Valley, CA 92553, and 

electronically on the project website 

referenced above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brandon G. Anderson, BLM project 

manager, telephone: (760) 833–7140; 

email: bganderson@blm.gov; address 

Bureau of Land Management, Palm 

Springs-South Coast Field Office, 1201 

Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, CA 

92262. 

Persons who use telecommunication 

devices for the deaf may call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS) at (307) 775–6115 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 questions with the 

above individual regarding the project. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Desert 

Quartzite LLC, a wholly owned 

subsidiary of First Solar Development 

LLC, applied for a right-of-way (ROW) 

grant for a photovoltaic solar project, 

application number CACA–049397, 

with the Bureau of Land Management. 

The Applicant proposes to construct, 

operate, maintain, and decommission 

the DQSP in the southern California 

inland desert. The Project would 

generate up to 450 megawatts (MW) 

using solar photovoltaic (PV) 

technology. 

The ROW grant application was 

originally filed for 7,245 acres on 

September 28, 2007, but has since been 

revised. The total project area under 

application for BLM and County 

approval is 5,275 acres, including 5,115 

acres of BLM-administered lands for the 

ROW grant, and 160 acres of private 

land for the Riverside County 

Conditional Use Permit. Within this 

application area, the Applicant has 

proposed a project that would occupy 

3,831 acres. This includes 3,560 acres 

for the portion of the solar facility on 

BLM-managed public lands; 54 acres for 

the proposed 230 kilovolt (kV) 

generation interconnection [gen-tie] line 

on BLM public lands, two acres for the 

offsite portion of a buried 

telecommunications line on BLM public 

lands, 56.8 acres of temporary projects, 

4.5 acres for the external access road 

and 154 acres for the portion of the solar 

facility on private lands. The larger 

acreage under application would allow 

the BLM and the County to consider 

various site layouts as project 

alternatives in the environmental 

analyses for the proposed project. 

Although the Notice of Intent (NOI) to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Desert Quartzite Solar 

Project and a possible amendment to the 

California Desert Conservation Area 

(CDCA) plan, 80 FR 12195 (March 6, 

2015), stated that the Project would be 

capable of generating 300 MW, advances 

in photovoltaic solar technology will 

allow the generation of additional 

megawatts on the same footprint 

proposed in the project’s Plan of 

Development. 

In addition to the proposed action, the 

draft EIS/EIR considers a ‘‘no action’’ 

alternative and two action alternatives. 

Alternative 2, Resource Avoidance, 

would authorize a 450-MW PV array on 

approximately 2,845 acres, and 

Alternative 3, Reduced Project 

Alternative, would authorize a 285-MW 

PV array on approximately 2,112 acres. 

Like the Proposed Action, under each of 

these alternatives, the BLM would 

amend the CDCA plan to allow the 

project. Under the No Action 

Alternative, the BLM would deny the 

ROW application, and would not amend 

the CDCA plan to allow the project. 

The BLM has identified Alternative 2, 

Resource Avoidance, as the BLM 

Preferred Alternative for the draft EIS. 

The BLM and its cooperating agencies 

are seeking comments on the draft EIS, 

including the comparison of alternatives 

presented in the document. 

Riverside County is the lead agency 

for the State under the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The 

draft plan amendment EIS/EIR was 

prepared as a joint Federal/State 

environmental document that analyzes 

the impacts of the Project under both 

NEPA and CEQA. 

Public input is important and will be 

considered in the environmental and 

land-use planning analysis. Please note 

that public comments and information 

submitted (including names, street 

addresses, and email addresses of 

persons who submit comments) will be 

available for public review and 

disclosure at the above address during 

regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m.), Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. 

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 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 

43 CFR 1610.2. 

Jerome E. Perez, 

State Director, California. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026042; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Riverside Metropolitan Museum, 

Riverside, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Riverside Metropolitan 

Museum has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

present-day Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Riverside Metropolitan 

Museum. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the lineal descendants, Indian 

Tribes, or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Riverside Metropolitan 

Museum at the address in this notice by 

September 10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Robyn G. Peterson, Ph.D., 

Museum Director, Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum, 3580 Mission 

Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, 

telephone (951) 826–5792, email 

rpeterson@riversideca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 


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