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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO#4820000251] 

Public Meeting for the National 

Advisory Committee for 

Implementation of the Bureau of Land 

Management Public Lands Rule 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) National 

Advisory Committee for Implementation 

of the BLM Public Lands Rule will meet 

as follows. 

DATES: The Committee will meet 

virtually on February 19, 2025, from 9 

a.m. to 2:30 p.m. mountain time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually. The meeting will be open to 

the public. Attendees must register to 

participate with the individual listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice at least 3 business 

days prior to the meeting date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Gale, Designated Federal Officer, BLM 

National Headquarters, 760 Horizon 

Drive, Suite 102, Grand Junction, CO 

81506; telephone: (970) 730–7512; 

email: jgale@blm.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who 

are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member council advises the Secretary of 

the Interior, through the BLM, regarding 

implementation of the Public Lands 

Rule and associated outreach and 

engagement activities. Agenda topics 

will include Committee member 

introductions, orientation for 

compliance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, an ethics briefing, and 

review on the purpose and function of 

the Committee including roles and 

responsibilities for members, the 

Designated Federal Officer, and other 

Federal employees. A final agenda will 

be posted on the Committee’s web page 

at https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-andregulations/public-lands-rule-advisorycommittee two weeks in advance of the 

meeting. Written comments to the 

Committee can be emailed in advance to 

the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comments, please 

be aware that your entire comment, 

including your personally identifying 

information, may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

us in your comment to withhold your 

personally identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Please make requests in advance for 

sign language interpreter services, 

assistive listening devices, language 

translation services, or other reasonable 

accommodations. We ask that you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this notice at least 14 business days 

prior to the meeting to give the 

Department of the Interior sufficient 

time to process your request. All 

reasonable accommodation requests are 

managed on a case-by-case basis. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2). 

John Gale, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO #4820000251] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Ranegras Plains Energy Center, La 

Paz County, AZ 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

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 (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

announces the availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Ranegras Plains Energy Center, 

La Paz County, Arizona. 

DATES: To afford the BLM the 

opportunity to consider comments in 

the Final EIS, please ensure that the 

BLM receives your comments within 45 

days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

published its Notice of Availability 

(NOA) of the Draft EIS in the Federal 

Register. The EPA published its NOA 

on January 10, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The Draft EIS is available 

for review on the BLM project website 

at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanningui/project/2020050/510. 

Written comments related to the 

Ranegras Plains Energy Center may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Website: https://eplanning.blm.gov/ 

eplanning-ui/project/2020050/510 

• Email: blm_az_crd_solar@blm.gov 

• Mail: BLM Yuma Field Office, 

Attention: Ranegras Plains Energy 

Center, 7341 E 30th Street, Yuma, AZ 

85365 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined online at https://

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2020050/510 and at the Yuma 

Field Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Derek Eysenbach, Project Manager, at 

deysenbach@blm.gov, the mailing 

address above, or by phone at (602) 

417–9505. Individuals in the United 

States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability may 

dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to 

access telecommunications relay 

services for contacting Mr. Eysenbach. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Ranegras 

Plains Energy Center, LLC (Applicant) (a 

wholly owned subsidiary of Savion 

Energy, LLC, which is a wholly owned 

subsidiary of Shell New Energies US, 

LLC) is seeking a 40-year right-of-way 

(ROW) to use 5,029 acres administered 

by the BLM to construct, operate and 

maintain, and decommission a utilityscale solar photovoltaic (PV) facility, 

called the Ranegras Plains Energy 

Center (the project). The project would 

be located in southeastern La Paz 

County, Arizona, south of Interstate 10 

midway between Phoenix and the 

California border, approximately 30 

miles east of the community of 

Quartzsite, southeast of the Interstate 

10/Vicksburg Road junction. The project 

would consist of up to 1.3 million solar 

PV modules and associated 

infrastructure, including new and 

improved roads, powerlines for 

collection and transmission of 

electricity, operation and maintenance 

facilities, and a battery energy storage 

system. The project would interconnect 


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at the Ten West Link Series 

Compensation Station via an 11-mile 

gen-tie line, built adjacent to the Ten 

West Link 500-kilovolt (kV) 

transmission line, and have a generation 

capacity of 700 megawatts or more. 

The BLM’s purpose for action is to 

respond to the Applicant’s application 

for a ROW grant to construct, own, 

operate, maintain, and decommission a 

utility-scale solar PV energy generating 

facility on public lands administered by 

the BLM Colorado River District, Yuma 

Field Office. The need for action is 

established by the BLM’s 

responsibilities under FLPMA and the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005. 

The BLM has prepared a Draft EIS 

with input from cooperating agencies 

and public comments collected during 

scoping to address the direct, indirect, 

and cumulative impacts of the project. 

The Draft EIS analyzes four alternatives. 

Under the No Action Alternative, BLM 

would not approve the ROW and the 

project would not be constructed on 

BLM-administered lands. Under the 

Proposed Action, the BLM would grant 

a ROW for the project, which would 

have a net generating capacity of up to 

700 megawatts alternating current and 

span 5,029 acres administered by the 

BLM. The project would include solar 

PV modules, DC cabling and combining 

switchgear, inverters, voltage collection 

systems, transformers, monitoring and 

controls systems, operations and 

maintenance facilities, above-ground 

electrical connection lines, and 

potentially a battery energy storage 

system and project substation. The 

project would connect into the regional 

transmission system via the Ten West 

Link 500kV Series Compensation 

Station. The Applicant has incorporated 

numerous design features into the 

proposed project that would be 

approved by the Proposed Action to 

avoid or minimize adverse 

environmental effects during 

construction, operation, and 

decommissioning, including an 

unfenced wildlife movement corridor to 

allow wildlife access to habitat in a 

nearby desert wash. These plans and 

procedures are provided as appendices 

to the Proposed Plan of Development 

and the Draft EIS. 

The Access-Retention Alternative 

would employ the same technology and 

design as under the Proposed Action but 

would also incorporate additional 

public access route corridors based on 

existing inventoried routes within the 

solar array area. 

The Soils-Focused Alternative would 

employ the same technology and design 

as under the Proposed Action but would 

also include special management 

actions to minimize impacts on 

established desert pavements within the 

project site. A Desert Pavement 

Management Plan would further 

minimize the vegetation loss and 

fugitive dust emissions and accelerate 

surface reclamation outcomes following 

construction and decommissioning. All 

design features present under the 

Proposed Action would apply to the 

Soils-Focused Alternative. The BLM has 

identified the Soils-Focused Alternative 

as the agency’s preferred alternative. 

Information acquired during the Draft 

EIS public comment period will inform 

the BLM’s ultimate decision to select 

any of the four alternatives. 

The BLM Authorized Officer will 

decide whether to issue a ROW grant to 

the Applicant for the project and, if so, 

the terms and conditions that would 

apply. The Colorado River District 

Manager is the Authorized Officer who 

will sign the Record of Decision for the 

project, informed by the information 

and analyses in the EIS. 

The BLM is the lead Federal agency 

and is responsible for compliance with 

NEPA (including preparation of this 

EIS) and consultations required by the 

National Historic Preservation Act and 

the Endangered Species Act. The 

following Tribal Nations and other 

agencies that may have jurisdiction, 

special expertise, or interest in the 

project have agreed to participate in the 

NEPA process as cooperating agencies: 

Arizona Department of Transportation, 

Arizona Game and Fish Department, La 

Paz County, Fort Yuma-Quechan Tribe, 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. 

Department of Defense, EPA, and U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. The BLM has 

a signed memorandum of understanding 

with each cooperating agency to identify 

its roles and responsibilities and those 

of the BLM in the process. 

A virtual public meeting will be held 

2 to 3 weeks after publication of this 

notice; the meeting date will be 

announced on the project’s ePlanning 

website at least 15 days prior to the 

meeting (see ADDRESSES). The public 

meeting will include a presentation and 

opportunity to speak with the project 

team. 

The BLM encourages the public to 

review the Draft EIS and provide 

comments on the adequacy of the 

alternatives, analysis of effects, and any 

new information that would help the 

BLM disclose potential impacts of the 

project in the Final EIS. 

The BLM will continue to consult 

with Indian Tribal Nations on a 

government-to-government basis in 

accordance with Executive Order 13175, 

BLM MS 1780, and other Departmental 

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, 40 CFR 1506.10) 

Raymond Suazo, 

State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–AKRO–ANIA–DENA–CAKR–LACL– 

KOVA–WRST–GAAR–39157; 

PPAKAKROR4; PPMPRLE1Y.LS0000] 

Public Meetings of the National Park 

Service Alaska Region Subsistence 

Resource Commission Program 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) is hereby giving notice that the 

Aniakchak National Monument 

Subsistence Resource Commission 

(SRC), the Denali National Park SRC, the 

Cape Krusenstern National Monument 

SRC, the Lake Clark National Park SRC, 

the Kobuk Valley National Park SRC, 

the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 

SRC, and the Gates of the Arctic 

National Park SRC will meet as 

indicated below. 

DATES: The Aniakchak National 

Monument SRC will meet in-person and 

via videoconference from 1:00 p.m. to 

5:00 p.m. or until business is completed 

on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. The 

alternate meeting date is Thursday, 

February 13, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 

5:00 p.m. or until business is completed 

at the same location and in-person and 

via videoconference. If an in-person 

meeting is not feasible or advisable, the 

meeting will be held solely by 

videoconference. 

The Denali National Park SRC will 

meet via teleconference from 10:00 a.m. 

to 5:00 p.m. or until business is 

completed on Wednesday, February 19, 

2025. The alternate meeting date is 

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, from 


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