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10 Bldgs. 

Holloman AFB 

Holloman NM 88330 

Landholding Agency: Air Force 

Property Number: 18201210056 

Status: Unutilized 

Directions: 1250, 1251, 1262, 1263, 816, 850, 

909, 1166, 96, 629 

Comments: Nat’l security concerns; no public 

access and no alternative method to gain 

access 

Reasons: Secured Area 

2 Bldgs. 

Holloman AFB 

Holloman NM 88330 

Landholding Agency: Air Force 

Property Number: 18201210058 

Status: Unutilized 

Directions: 1266, 1268 

Comments: Nat’l security concerns; no public 

access and no alternative method to gain 

access 

Reasons: Secured Area 

South Carolina 

2 Bldgs. 

Shaw AFB 

Sumter SC 29152 

Landholding Agency: Air Force 

Property Number: 18201210060 

Status: Underutilized 

Directions: 3419, 3423 

Comments: Nat’l security concerns; no public 

access and no alternative method to gain 

access 

Reasons: Secured Area 

B–1501 

Shaw AFB 

Sumter SC 29152 

Landholding Agency: Air Force 

Property Number: 18201210061 

Status: Underutilized 

Comments: Nat’l security concerns; no public 

access and no alternative method to gain 

access 

Reasons: Secured Area 

B523 

Shaw AFB 

Sumter SC 29152 

Landholding Agency: Air Force 

Property Number: 18201210064 

Status: Unutilized 

Comments: Nat’l security concerns; no public 

access and no alternative method to gain 

access 

Reasons: Secured Area 

South Carolina 

6 Bldgs. 

Tinker Rd. 

Bellows AFB SC 

Landholding Agency: Air Force 

Property Number: 18201210065 

Status: Unutilized 

Directions: 453, 454, 544, 801, 804, 806 

Comments: Nat’l security concerns; no public 

access and no alternative method to gain 

access 

Reasons: Secured Area 

B–1713 

Shaw AFB 

Sumter SC 29152 

Landholding Agency: Air Force 

Property Number: 18201210078 

Status: Underutilized 

Comments: National security concerns; no 

public access and no alternative method to 

gain access 

Reasons: Secured Area 

Tennessee 

B–1524 and B–2219 

Arnold AFB 

Arnold AFB TN 37389 

Landholding Agency: Air Force 

Property Number: 18201210042 

Status: Underutilized 

Comments: National security concerns; no 

public access and no alternative method to 

gain access 

Reasons: Secured Area 

Virginia 

7 Bldgs. 

Willow St. 

Langley AFB VA 23665 

Landholding Agency: Air Force 

Property Number: 18201210059 

Status: Underutilized 

Directions: 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 720, 1329 

Comments: Nat’l security concerns; no public 

access and no alternative method to gain 

access 

Reasons: Secured Area 

Land 

Virginia 

8.5 Acres 

Joint Expeditionary Base 

Little Creek VA 

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77201210003 

Status: Unutilized 

Comments: National security concerns; no 

public access and no alternative method to 

gain access 

Reasons: Secured Area 

[FR Doc. 2012–6053 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Proposed KRoad Moapa Solar 

Generation Facility, Clark County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 

as the lead Federal agency, with the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), United States Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) and the Moapa Band 

of Paiute Indians (Tribe) as Cooperating 

Agencies, has prepared a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

for the proposed KRoad Moapa Solar 

Generation Facility on the Moapa River 

Indian Reservation (Reservation) in 

Clark County, Nevada. This notice also 

announces the FEIS is now available on 

a public Web site and in hard copy at 

the addresses below. 

DATES: The Record of Decision (ROD) on 

the proposed action will be issued no 

sooner than 30 days after the release of 

the FEIS. 

ADDRESSES: You may request a hard 

copy by writing or contacting Ms. Amy 

Heuslein, Regional Environmental 

Protection Officer, BIA Western 

Regional Office Branch of 

Environmental Quality Services, 2600 

North Central Avenue, 4th Floor Mail 

Room, Phoenix, Arizona 85004–3008; 

telephone (602) 379–6750; fax (602) 

379–3833; email: amy.heuslein@bia.gov. 

The DEIS may be found on the 

following Web site: http:// 

projects2.pirnie.com/MoapaSolar/. Hard 

copies of the document will be available 

at the BIA Western Regional Office, 

2600 North Central Avenue, 12th Floor, 

Suite 210, Phoenix, Arizona; the BIA 

Southern Paiute Agency, 180 North 200 

East, Suite 111, St. George, Utah; and 

BLM Southern Nevada District Office, 

4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, 

Nevada 89130. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Heuslein or Garry Cantley, BIA 

Western Regional Office, Branch of 

Environmental Quality Services, 2600 

North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 

85004–3008, telephone number (602) 

379–6750. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: KRoad 

Moapa Solar LLC (KRoad) is proposing 

to construct a 350 megawatt (MW) solar 

generation facility and associated 

infrastructure on the Tribe’s reservation; 

develop a 12 kV transmission line and 

water line; and obtain two rights-of-way 

(ROWs) grants for an up to 500 kV 

transmission line and access road on 

BLM land and within a BLMadministered utility corridor. The 

Proposed Project would provide land 

lease income, sustainable renewable 

resources, new jobs, and other benefits 

for the Tribe by using solar resources 

from reservation lands where exposure 

to levels of high solar radiation exists. 

The Proposed Project would also assist 

utilities in meeting their renewable 

energy goals, by providing electricity 

generated from solar resources from 

tribal lands that may be efficiently 

connected to existing transmission lines 

in a manner that minimizes adverse site 

impacts. 

The BIA’s purpose and need for the 

proposed Federal action is to respond to 

the proposed solar energy ground lease 

and other agreements entered into by 

the Tribe with KRoad, and the approval 

of ROWs for KRoad to construct, 

operate, and maintain an up to 350 MW 

solar photovoltaic electricity generating 

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facility on the reservation. The BLM’s 

purpose and need for the proposed 

Federal action also would be to respond 

to KRoad’s application for an up to 500 

kV transmission line and access road 

ROWs within an existing utility 

corridor, of which 5 miles are located on 

the reservation and 0.5 miles is located 

on BLM land just south of the 

reservation boundary, pursuant to the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act and BLM’s ROWs regulations. The 

BIA and BLM will adopt the EIS to 

make decisions on the land lease and 

ROW application under their 

jurisdiction while the EPA and USACE 

may adopt the document to make 

decisions under their authorities. The 

Tribe may also use the EIS to make 

decisions under their Tribal 

Environmental Policy Ordinance and 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may 

use the EIS to support its decision under 

the Endangered Species Act. 

Authority: This notice is published 

pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.10(a) of the Council 

of Environmental Quality Regulations (40 

CFR part 1500 et seq.) and 43 CFR 46.305 of 

the Department of Interior Regulations (43 

CFR part 46), the procedural requirements of 

the National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.), 

and is in accordance with the exercise of 

authority delegated to the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8. 

Dated: March 9, 2012. 

Larry Echo Hawk, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6203 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLUTG01100–12–L13110000–EJ0000] 

Notice of Availability of a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Gasco Energy Inc. Uinta Basin 

Natural Gas Development Project, 

Uintah County, UT 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: Under the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, and 

associated regulations, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) has prepared 

a Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) that evaluates, analyzes, and 

discloses to the public anticipated 

impacts of the Gasco Energy Inc. 

proposal to develop natural gas leases in 

Uintah and Duchesne Counties, Utah. 

This notice announces a 30-day 

availability period prior to preparation 

of a Record of Decision (ROD). 

DATES: A ROD may be issued 30 

calendar days following the date on 

which the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes its Notice of 

Availability of the Final EIS in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final EIS have 

been sent to affected Federal, state, and 

local government agencies and other 

stakeholders. Copies of the Final EIS are 

available for public inspection at the 

BLM Vernal Field Office, 170 South 500 

East, Vernal, Utah, and at the following 

Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/ 

fo/vernal/planning/nepa_.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Howard, Environmental 

Coordinator; 435–781–4400; 170 South 

500 East, Vernal, Utah, 84078; email: 

BLM_UT_Vernal_Comments@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the 

above individual during normal 

business hours. The FIRS is available 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a 

message or question with the above 

individual. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

prepared the Final EIS in response to 

Gasco’s proposal to explore and develop 

their Federal oil and gas leases. The 

Final EIS analysis allows the BLM to 

choose a course of action that fulfills its 

responsibilities under Federal laws 

when future plans and applications 

related to this proposal or in the project 

area are received. The Gasco Project 

Area encompasses 206,826 acres in 

Uintah and Duchesne Counties within 

the following townships. 

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah 

T. 9 S., R. 15–19 E. 

T. 10 S., R. 14–19 E. 

T. 11 S., R. 15–18 E. 

Under the Proposed Action 

(Alternative A), Gasco Energy Inc. 

would develop their existing oil and gas 

leases by drilling 1,491 wells from the 

same number of well pads over a period 

of 15 years, and by constructing 143 

acres of evaporative ponds to dispose of 

produced water. The Proposed Action 

would result in approximately 7,584 

acres of surface disturbance (about 4 

percent of the total project area). 

In response to the Proposed Action 

(Alternative A), the BLM published a 

Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS in the 

Federal Register on February 10, 2006 

[71 FR 7059]. The BLM used the 

resulting scoping comments to help 

identify impacts expected as a result of 

the proposed action, and to develop 

Alternatives B through E. 

The BLM held a 90-day public 

comment period for the Draft EIS from 

October 1, 2010 through December 30, 

2010, as announced through the Federal 

Register.Public comments focused on 

impacts to cultural resources within 

Nine Mile Canyon, the Green River and 

associated recreation activities, 100-year 

floodplains and endangered fish critical 

habitat, water quality (surface and 

ground), air quality, lands with 

wilderness characteristics, and valid 

existing lease rights. No single 

alternative in the Draft EIS (Alternatives 

A through E) adequately addressed the 

concerns raised, so the BLM, in close 

coordination with the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (FWS) and Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), used 

attributes of all five alternatives to 

create a new alternative, Alternative F. 

All aspects of Alternative F are 

contained entirely within the range of 

alternatives analyzed in the Draft EIS, so 

a determination was made that 

preparation of a Supplement to the Draft 

EIS was not necessary. 

Under Alternative F, the Agency 

Preferred Alternative, up to 1,298 new 

gas wells would be drilled from 575 

well pads over a period of 15 years, 

resulting in approximately 3,604 acres 

of disturbance (about 2 percent of the 

total project area). Water evaporation 

facilities were reduced to 78 acres. This 

is adequate for the first 5 years of the 

project while other disposal options are 

developed and implemented. The BLM 

also incorporated the measures to 

minimize impacts to resources, while 

allowing for the development of valid 

existing rights. No surface disturbance 

would occur below the rim of Nine Mile 

Canyon, within one-half mile of the 

Green River, in 100-year floodplains, or 

endangered fish critical habitat. A 

Programmatic Agreement (PA) was 

prepared in accordance with Section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act to address potential 

cultural resource impacts. A water 

monitoring plan was developed to 

address water quality impacts. 

Extensive applicant-committed 

measures, including an adaptive 

management strategy, were developed 

or refined to minimize air quality 

impacts. Directional drilling was also 

incorporated to the maximum extent 

possible. 

The BLM prepared the Final EIS in 

coordination with the FWS and EPA as 

described above, and in coordination 

with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 

Uintah and Duchesne Counties, who 

participated as cooperating agencies 

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