Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 13 / Friday, January 20, 2012 / Notices 2999 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

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4500027523; TAS: 14X5017] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Notice of Segregation for the 

Searchlight Wind Energy Project, Clark 

County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Searchlight Wind Energy Project 

and by this notice is announcing the 

opening of the comment period. 

Publication of this notice also serves to 

segregate the identified lands from 

appropriation under the public land 

laws for a period of 2 years, including 

location under the Mining Law, but not 

the Mineral Leasing Act or the Materials 

Act, subject to valid existing rights. 

DATES: To ensure comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Searchlight 

Wind Energy Project Draft EIS within 90 

days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes this 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 releases, 

and/or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the Searchlight Wind Energy 

Project by any of the following methods: 

• Web site: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/ 

en/fo/lvfo/blm_programs/energy/search

light_wind_energy.html 

• Email: BLM_NV_SNDO_Searchlight

WindEnergyEIS@blm.gov. 

• Fax: (702) 515–5010, attention 

Gregory Helseth. 

• Mail: BLM Las Vegas Field Office, 

Attn: Gregory Helseth, 4701 North 

Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 

89130–2301. 

Copies of the Searchlight Wind 

Energy Project are available in the Las 

Vegas Field Office at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Helseth, Renewable Energy 

Project Manager, (702) 515–5173; 4701 

North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 

89130–2301; email: BLM_NV_SNDO_

SearchlightWindEnergyEIS@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: 

Searchlight Wind Energy, LLC (SWE), a 

wholly owned subsidiary of Duke 

Energy, applied to the BLM for a rightof-way (ROW) grant on public lands to 

develop a 200-megawatt (MW) wind 

energy facility. The ROW application 

area encompasses approximately 

18,789.71 acres of BLM-administered 

public lands adjacent to Searchlight, 

located approximately 60 miles 

southeast of Las Vegas, in Clark County, 

Nevada. The project is in conformance 

with the 1998 Las Vegas Resource 

Management Plan. 

The proposed wind turbines would be 

up to 262-feet-tall from the ground to 

the hub with blades extending up to an 

additional 153 feet. The total height of 

each turbine would be up to 415 feet. In 

addition to the wind turbines, the 

proposed project would require the 

construction of new access roads, two 

electrical substations, an overhead 

transmission line connecting the two 

substations, an electrical 

interconnection facility/switchyard 

owned and operated by Western Area 

Power Administration (Western), an 

operations and maintenance building, 

and temporary and permanent laydown 

areas. Three permanent meteorological 

masts would remain on the site to 

measure the wind speed and direction 

across the site over the life of the 

project. 

SWE has requested to interconnect its 

proposed project to the electrical 

transmission grid via Western’s DavisMead 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission 

line. Western, a Federal agency, is 

participating in the EIS process as a 

cooperating agency and may use the EIS 

to support its decision to approve or 

deny SWE’s interconnection request. 

Western has also submitted a ROW 

application to the BLM for construction 

and operation of the electrical 

interconnection facility/switchyard, 

which is analyzed as part of this EIS. 

The proposed action analyzed in the 

Draft EIS is to approve the project in 

response to the applications received 

from SWE and Western. Three 

alternatives are analyzed in the Draft 

EIS—an 87 wind turbine layout, a 96 

wind turbine alternative, and a noaction alternative. The 87 wind turbine 

alternative is the BLM’s preferred 

alternative and has a smaller footprint 

than the 96 wind turbine alternative. 

The Draft EIS describes and analyzes the 

project’s site-specific impacts on air 

quality, biological resources, cultural 

resources, environmental justice, 

geological resources, human health, and 

hazardous materials, lands and realty, 

noise, noxious weeds, paleontological 

resources, recreation, socioeconomic 

resources, transportation, visual 

resources and water resources. 

A Notice of Intent was published in 

the Federal Register on December 16, 

2008 (73 FR 76377). The BLM held three 

public scoping meetings in Searchlight, 

Laughlin, and Boulder City, Nevada, on 

January 27, 28, and 29, 2009, 

respectively. The formal scoping period 

ended on February 17, 2009. Sixty-six 

comment submissions were received, 

which identified 384 issues. The issues 

are grouped into 14 main issue 

categories: Process, project alternatives, 

project description, project need, air 

quality, cultural, hazardous materials, 

land use, noise, socioeconomics, 

vegetation, visual, water, and 

cumulative impacts. 

Maps of the proposed project area and 

the alternatives analyzed in the Draft 

EIS are available at the Las Vegas Field 

Office. Please note that public 

comments and information submitted 

will be available for public review and 

disclosure at the above address 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 

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. 

In connection with its processing of 

SWE’s and Western’s application, the 

BLM is also segregating the public lands 

within the project application area for 

the project from appropriation under 

public land laws, including the Mineral 

Law of 1872, as amended, but not the 

Mineral Leasing or the Material Sales 

Acts, for a period of 2 years from the 

date of publication of this notice. This 

is done under the authority contained in 

43 CFR 2091.3–1(e) and 43 CFR 

2804.25(e), and is subject to valid 

existing rights. The public lands 

contained within this temporary 

segregation total approximately 

18,789.71 acres and are described as 

follows: 


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Mount Diablo Meridian 

T. 28 S., R. 63 E., 

Sec. 22, that portion of the E1⁄2SE1⁄4 lying 

east of the easterly right-of-way of S.R. 

95 NVCC–020733; 

Sec. 23, that portion lying east of the 

easterly right-of-way of S.R. 95 NVCC– 

020733, excepting Patent No. 27–72–0013, 

and patented mineral surveys; 

Sec. 24, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; 

Sec. 25, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; 

Sec. 26, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; 

Sec. 27, those portions of lots 1, 8, 9, 10, 

14, and 15 lying east of the easterly rightof-way of S.R. 95 NVCC–020733. 

T. 29 S., R. 63 E., 

Sec. 1; 

Sec. 11, that portion lying east of airport 

leases NEV–065340 and N–81843; 

Sec. 12, NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 13; 

Sec. 14, that portion lying east of the 

easterly right-of-way of S.R. 95 NVCC– 

020845, excepting airport lease NEV– 

065340; 

Sec. 24, that portion lying east of the 

easterly right-of-way of S.R. 95 NVCC– 

020845; 

Sec. 25, that portion lying east of the 

easterly right-of-way of S.R. 95 NVCC– 

020845. 

T. 28 S., R. 64 E., 

Secs. 19 and 20; 

Sec. 26, those portions of the 

N1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and 

W1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, lying north of the 

northerly right-of-way of Cottonwood 

Cove Road; 

Secs. 27 and 28; 

Sec. 29, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; 

Sec. 30, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; 

Sec. 31, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; 

Sec. 32, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; 

Secs. 33 and 34. 

T. 29 S., R. 64 E., 

Sec. 4; 

Sec. 5, excepting patented mineral surveys; 

Secs. 6 to 8 inclusive, 17 to 20 inclusive, 

and 29 and 30. 

The area described contains 18,789.71 

acres, more or less, in Clark County, 

Nevada. 

The BLM has determined that this 

temporary segregation is necessary to 

ensure the orderly administration of the 

public lands by maintaining the status 

quo while it processes SWE’s and 

Western’s ROW applications for the 

above described lands. The temporary 

segregation period will terminate and 

the lands will automatically reopen to 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the Mining Law, if one 

of the following events occurs: (1) The 

BLM issues a decision granting, granting 

with modifications, or denying SWE’s 

and Western’s ROW authorization 

request; (2) Publication in the Federal 

Register of a notice terminating this 

segregation; or (3) No further 

administrative action occurs at the end 

of this segregation. Any segregation 

made under this authority is effective 

only for a period of up to 2 years. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 

1506.10. 

Vanessa Hice, 

Assistant Field Manager, Division of Lands. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

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Notice of Public Meeting: Resource 

Advisory Council to the Boise District, 

Bureau of Land Management, U.S. 

Department of the Interior 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

U.S. Department of the 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) Boise District 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will 

hold a meeting as indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held March 

21, 2012, at the Boise District Office, 

located at 3948 S. Development Avenue, 

Boise, Idaho, beginning at 9 a.m. and 

adjourning at 4:30 p.m. Members of the 

public are invited to attend. A public 

comment period will be held. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MJ 

Byrne, Public Affairs Officer and RAC 

Coordinator, BLM Boise District, 3948 

Development Ave., Boise, ID 83705, 

Telephone (208) 384–3393. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the BLM, on a 

variety of planning and management 

issues associated with public land 

management in southwestern Idaho. 

Items on the agenda include reports by 

the RAC’s Resource Management Plan 

Subgroup on its collaboration with the 

development of the Four Rivers Field 

Office Resource Management Plan. A 

progress report on the Paradigm Project 

will be provided by the District’s Fuels 

Program, and the environmental impact 

statement for renewal of 25 grazing 

permits in western Owyhee County. An 

update will also be given on 

accomplishments during FY 2011 and 

plans for FY2012, related to 

implementation of the Omnibus Public 

Lands Management Act of 2009, Subpart 

F—Owyhee Public Land Management. 

Each field manager will discuss progress 

being made on priority actions in their 

offices. Agenda items and location may 

change due to changing circumstances. 

The public may present written or oral 

comments to members of the Council. 

At each full RAC meeting, time is 

provided in the agenda for hearing 

public comments. Depending on the 

number of persons wishing to comment 

and time available, the time for 

individual oral comments may be 

limited. Individuals who plan to attend 

and need special assistance should 

contact the BLM Coordinator as 

provided above. 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. 

Dated: January 12, 2012. 

Aden L. Seidlitz, 

District Manager. 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[DN 2871] 

Certain Video Displays and Products 

Using and Containing Same; Receipt 

of Complaint; Solicitation of 

Comments Relating to the Public 

Interest 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has received a complaint 

entitled In Re Certain Video Displays 

and Products Using and Containing 

Same, DN 2871; the Commission is 

soliciting comments on any public 

interest issues raised by the complaint. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James R. Holbein, Secretary to the 

Commission, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

205–2000. The public version of the 

complaint can be accessed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 


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