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• Bureau of Land Management, Utah 

State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 

500, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

• Escalante Interagency Visitor 

Center, 755 West Main, Escalante, Utah. 

• Kanab Field Office, 669 South 

Highway 89A, Kanab, Utah. 

The modified Draft RMPs and EIS and 

accompanying errata sheet are available 

on the ePlanning website at: https://

goo.gl/EHvhbc. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt 

Betenson, Associate Monument 

Manager, telephone (435) 644–1200; 

address 669 S Hwy. 89A, Kanab, UT 

84741; email BLM_UT_CCD_

monuments@blm.gov. Persons who use 

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 or question for the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 4, 2017, President Trump 

signed Presidential Proclamation 9682 

modifying the boundaries of the GSENM 

as established by Proclamation 6920 to 

exclude from designation and 

reservation approximately 861,974 acres 

of land. Lands that are excluded from 

the Monument boundaries are now 

referred to as the Kanab-Escalante 

Planning Area and are managed in 

accordance with the BLM’s multiple-use 

mandate. 

The Draft EIS noticed in the Federal 

Register on August 17, 2018 (83 FR 

41108), includes three alternatives that 

identify Federal lands as available for 

potential disposal under FLPMA. In 

accordance with direction issued by the 

Deputy Secretary of the Interior in an 

August 17, 2018, Memorandum, the 

BLM is modifying the Draft RMPs and 

EIS so that the range of alternatives does 

not identify any lands as available for 

potential disposal under FLPMA. The 

BLM has made a limited number of 

corresponding changes to sections 

included in the Draft RMPs and EIS, 

including the Executive Summary, 

Chapter 2 (Alternatives), Chapter 3 

(Affected Environment and 

Environmental Consequences), 

Appendix A (Map 35), Appendix G 

(Best Management Practices), Appendix 

H (Stipulations and Exceptions, 

Modifications and Waivers), and 

Appendix K (Lands Identified for 

Disposal). These modifications do not 

substantially change the alternatives in 

the Draft RMPs and EIS or the analysis 

of effects on the human environment, 

but they do remove the identification of 

Federal lands as available for potential 

disposal under FLPMA. 

The modified Draft RMPs and EIS and 

an accompanying errata sheet that 

includes a summary of all of the 

changes made will be distributed to 

stakeholders and is available on the 

BLM’s ePlanning website at: https://

goo.gl/EHvhbc. 

The BLM is soliciting comments on 

the entire modified Draft RMPs and EIS. 

All comments received by the BLM 

subsequent to the notice of availability 

for the Draft RMPs and EIS on August 

17, 2018, but prior to publication of this 

notice, will be included in the project 

record and considered by the agency in 

preparation of the Final RMPs and EIS. 

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 addresses 

provided in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice during regular business 

hours (8 a.m. to 4 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 may 

request that the BLM 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, 

and 43 CFR 1610.2. 

Edwin L. Roberson, 

State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

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LVRWA18A3240] 

Notice of Availability for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Ten West Link 500- 

Kilovolt Transmission Line Project and 

Draft Amendments to the Yuma Field 

Office Resource Management Plan and 

the California Desert Conservation 

Area Plan; Maricopa and La Paz 

Counties, Arizona, and Riverside 

County, California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

Arizona State Office, Phoenix, Arizona, 

has prepared a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed 

Ten West Link 500-kilovolt (kV) 

Transmission Line Project (Project) and 

Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) 

Amendments to the Yuma Field Office 

RMP and the California Desert 

Conservation Area Plan. By this notice, 

the BLM is announcing the opening of 

the public comment period on the Draft 

EIS/Draft RMP Amendments. 

DATES: To ensure that comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Draft EIS and 

Draft RMP Amendments within 90 days 

following the date the Environmental 

Protection Agency publishes its Notice 

of Availability in the Federal Register. 

The date(s) and location(s) of public 

meetings will be announced at least 15 

days in advance through local media, 

newspapers, and the BLM website at: 

http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en.html. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the Project by any of the 

following methods: 

• Website: http://www.blm.gov/az/st/ 

en.html. 

• Email: TenWestLink@blm.gov. 

• Fax: 602–417–9452. 

• Mail: BLM, Arizona State Office, 

Attention: Lane Cowger/Ten West Link 

Project, One North Central Avenue, 

Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004. 

Copies of the Draft EIS/Draft RMP 

Amendments are available at the BLM’s 

eplanning website: https://go.usa.gov/ 

xU6Be. Hardcopies of the documents 

can be reviewed at the BLM Arizona 

State Office, at the address above, and 

at the locations listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lane Cowger, Project Manager, 

telephone: 602–417–9612; address: 

BLM, Arizona State Office, One North 

Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 

85004; email: lcowger@blm.gov. Contact 

Lane Cowger to add your name to our 

mailing list. People who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 800–877–8339 during 

normal business hours to contact the 

BLM Project Manager listed above. The 

FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days 

a week, to leave a message or question 

for the above individual. You will 

receive a reply during normal business 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DCR 

Transmission, LLC, has filed a right-ofway (ROW) application with the BLM 

pursuant to Title V of FLPMA, 

proposing to construct, operate, 

maintain, and decommission a singlecircuit alternating current 500-kV 

overhead transmission line. The Project 

would provide a connection between 

the existing Delaney Substation in 

Tonopah, Arizona, and the existing 

Colorado River Substation in Blythe, 

California. The project purpose is to 

strengthen the electrical grid and 

improve reliability. 

DCR Transmission has filed an 

application for a Certificate of Public 

Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) with 

the California Public Utilities 

Commission (CPUC) to site the 

transmission infrastructure in 

California. The CPUC approval or denial 

of the CPCN application is a 

discretionary decision. Under California 

law, the CPUC would be required to 

comply with the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 

before issuing the CPCN. The CPUC is 

currently a cooperating agency in the 

BLM’s NEPA analysis. Pursuant to the 

California Code of Regulations Title 14 

Section 15121, the CPUC will rely upon 

this EIS to comply with CEQA. 

An interdisciplinary approach was 

used to develop the Draft EIS. The 

issues addressed in the Draft EIS that 

shaped the Project’s scope and 

alternatives include, but are not limited 

to: Air and climate, biological resources, 

cultural resources, CEQA, health and 

safety, noise, land use (including 

farmlands and military operations), 

recreation, socioeconomics and 

environmental justice, special 

designations, wilderness and wilderness 

characteristics, trails, visual resources, 

and transportation. 

Based on feedback from cooperating 

agencies, stakeholders, and public 

scoping, the BLM developed and 

analyzed a suite of alternatives, which 

are detailed in the Draft EIS. The BLM 

has identified Alternative 2: BLM Utility 

Corridor Route, with minor route 

modifications near the Town of 

Quartzsite, Arizona, as the AgencyPreferred Alternative route for the 

proposed transmission line. This route 

is 124.9 miles long and primarily 

located within existing BLM utility 

corridors or parallel to existing 

infrastructure. This route is responsive 

to stakeholder input, by minimizing 

impacts to the Yuma Proving Ground, 

avoiding the Kofa National Wildlife 

Refuge, Johnson Canyon, the Colorado 

River Indian Tribes Reservation, the 

Long Term Visitor Area (recreation 

area), and the Ehrenberg Sandbowl area; 

avoiding residential and other 

development south of the City of Blythe 

and minimize use of private land in 

California; avoiding an area of dense 

cultural resources south of the City of 

Blythe; and crossing a majority of Visual 

Resource Management (VRM) Class III 

land. This route also provides 

interconnections for potential future 

energy development opportunities in 

Arizona. 

The Agency-Preferred Alternative 

would require an amendment to the 

Yuma RMP to: (1) Designate 

approximately 13.5 miles of 200-foot 

wide ROW on public lands managed by 

the BLM outside of designated utility 

corridors; and (2) Change the existing 

VRM Class designations from Class III to 

Class IV within 0.3-mile either side of 

centerline of 18.4 miles, for a total of 

6,803.2 acres. The Agency-Preferred 

Alternative would also require an 

amendment to the California Desert 

Conservation Area Plan to authorize 

construction within 0.25-mile of 

occurrences of Harwood’s eriastrum, a 

BLM special status plant species. 

Hardcopies of the documents can be 

reviewed at the Arizona State Office (see 

ADDRESSES) and at the following 

locations: 

BLM, Palm Springs South Coast Field 

Office 

1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, 

CA 92262 

BLM, Yuma Field Office 

7341 East 30th Street, Yuma, AZ 85365 

Parker Public Library 

1001 South Navajo Avenue, Parker, AZ 

85344 

Palm Springs Public Library 

300 South Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, 

CA 92262 

Palo Verde Valley District Library 

125 West Chanslor Way, Blythe, CA 

92225 

Quartzsite Public Library 

465 North Plymouth, Quartzsite, AZ 

85346 

Buckeye Public Library—Downtown 

310 North 6th Street, Buckeye, AZ 

85326 

The BLM will use the NEPA public 

participation requirements to assist the 

agency in satisfying the publicinvolvement requirements under 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA) (54 U.S.C. 

306108) pursuant to 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). 

The information about historic and 

cultural resources within the area 

potentially affected by the Project will 

assist the BLM in identifying and 

evaluating impacts to such resources in 

the context of both the NEPA and 

Section 106 of the NHPA. 

The BLM will continue consultation 

with Indian tribes on a government-togovernment basis in accordance with 

Executive Order 13175 and other 

policies. Tribal concerns, including 

impacts on Indian trust assets and 

potential impacts to cultural resources, 

will be given due consideration. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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 1506.6(b) and 43 CFR 

1610.2. 

Raymond Suazo, 

Arizona State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–DTS#–26302; 

PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000] 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is 

soliciting comments on the significance 

of properties nominated before August 

18, 2018, for listing or related actions in 

the National Register of Historic Places. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

by September 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent via 

U.S. Postal Service and all other carriers 

to the National Register of Historic 

Places, National Park Service, 1849 C St. 

NW, MS 7228, Washington, DC 20240. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

properties listed in this notice are being 

considered for listing or related actions 

in the National Register of Historic 

Places. Nominations for their 

consideration were received by the 

National Park Service before August 18, 

2018. Pursuant to Section 60.13 of 36 

CFR part 60, written comments are 

being accepted concerning the 


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