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also mail comments to the Park at the 

address shown above. Finally, you may 

present your comments in person at the 

public meeting(s) to be held during the 

public review period or at the address 

listed above. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. We will always make 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives of or officials or 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Authority: The authority for publishing 

this notice is 40 CFR 1506.6. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Everglades National Park at the 

address and telephone number shown 

above. 

The responsible official for this Draft 

EIS is the Regional Director, Southeast 

Region, NPS, 100 Alabama Street, SW., 

1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 

Dated: March 31, 2010. 

David Vela, 

Regional Director, Southeast Region, National 

Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12476 Filed 5–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCOS06000–L91310000–EI0000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Competitive Geothermal 

Lease Sale, Gunnison County, CO and 

Land Use Plan Amendment 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

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) 

Gunnison Field Office, Gunnison, 

Colorado intends to prepare an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) to 

consider whether, and under what 

conditions, to issue geothermal leases 

under pending nominations, which may 

include an amendment to the Gunnison 

Resource Area Approved Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) of February 

1993, as amended by the RMP 

Amendments for Geothermal Leasing in 

the Western United States (2008). While 

the area nominated for geothermal 

leasing is allocated as open to 

consideration for geothermal leasing 

under the amended Plan, and the 

proposed level of development 

contemplated in the amended Plan will 

not be exceeded by issuance of the 

proposed leases, the Reasonably 

Foreseeable Development scenario for 

the resource area has been refined and 

updated since that time, and additional 

stipulations to protect other resources 

and uses may be developed through this 

process and adopted into the Plan. The 

BLM proposes to amend the existing 

Gunnison Resource Area RMP using the 

NEPA analysis to support its decision. 

Review of the RMP is necessary due to 

recently updated information regarding 

the presence of Gunnison sage-grouse 

and Canada lynx habitat that was not 

analyzed in the existing RMP. The BLM, 

by this notice, is announcing the 

beginning of the scoping process to 

solicit public comments and identify 

issues. 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the EA and RMP 

amendment. Comments on issues may 

be submitted in writing until June 24, 

2010. A joint public scoping meeting 

was held by the BLM and the U.S. 

Forest Service (FS) in Gunnison, 

Colorado on March 11, 2010. The date(s) 

and location(s) of any additional 

scoping meetings will be announced at 

least 15 days in advance through local 

media, newspapers and the following 

BLM Web site: http://www.blm.gov/co/ 

st/en/fo/gfo.html. In order to be 

included in the EA, all comments must 

be received prior to the close of the 

scoping period or 30 days after the last 

public meeting, whichever is later. The 

BLM will provide additional 

opportunities for public participation 

upon publication of the EA. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues and planning criteria related 

to Competitive Geothermal Lease 

Nomination, Gunnison County by any of 

the following methods: 

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

en/fo/gfo.html. 

• E-mail: Marnie_Medina@blm.gov. 

• Fax: (970) 642–4425. 

• Mail: BLM, Gunnison Field Office, 

216 N. Colorado St., Gunnison, 

Colorado 81230. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Gunnison Field 

Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to have your 

name added to our mailing list, contact 

Marnie Medina, Realty Specialist, 

telephone (970) 642–4457; address 216 

N. Colorado St., Gunnison, Colorado 

81230; e-mail Marnie_Medina@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

has received two block nominations of 

lands for competitive geothermal 

leasing. One block includes 

approximately 4,586 acres of public 

lands and 400 acres of split estate lands, 

i.e., private surface overlying the 

Federal mineral estate. The second 

block includes approximately 3,765 

acres of FS lands. The proposed lease of 

that block will be included in the study 

area for BLM’s EA, but also will be 

analyzed by the FS in a separate 

environmental analysis. The FS will use 

its own NEPA process to decide 

whether, and under what conditions, to 

consent to the issuance of geothermal 

leases on its lands. In addition, the 

Colorado State Land Board has received 

an application for a geothermal lease on 

State lands adjacent to some of the 

nominated FS lands. The nominated 

lands are located in southeastern 

Gunnison County, north of Highway 50, 

in the general vicinity of Tomichi Dome 

east of Gunnison, Colorado. While the 

BLM lands at issue are currently open 

to geothermal leasing, current RMPlevel use restrictions and stipulations 

designed to protect other resources, in 

particular Gunnison sage-grouse (a BLM 

special status species) and Canada lynx 

(recently listed under the Endangered 

Species Act), may not be adequate or 

have not been formally adopted into the 

RMP. The nominated BLM lands are 

within occupied sage-grouse habitat and 

include about 200 acres of potential 

lynx habitat. The decision to be made is 

whether to offer the lands in the study 

area for geothermal lease, and if so, to 

identify the constraints, major and 

minor, under which geothermal leasing 

and development could occur. The 

planning level decisions could include, 

among other things, development of 

adequate protective measures for 

cultural resources, sage-grouse, and 

lynx, and other resources, which may 

involve some minor resource-specific 

land use plan amendments. Individual 

lease issuance decisions for the 

nominated lands will be made based on 

this NEPA process. A geothermal lease 

provides a non-exclusive right to future 

exploration and an exclusive right to 

produce and use the geothermal 

resources within the lease area, subject 


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to existing laws, regulations, formal 

orders, terms, conditions, and 

stipulations in or attached to the lease 

form, or included as conditions of 

approval to permits. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to: (1) Determine relevant 

issues that will influence the scope of 

the environmental analysis, including 

alternatives, and guide the process for 

amending the land use plan to adopt 

new stipulations and other conservation 

measures, and (2) decide whether, and 

under what conditions, to issue 

geothermal leases in the study area. At 

present, the BLM has identified the 

following preliminary issues: 

• Conservation of Gunnison sagegrouse population and habitat; 

• Conservation of Canada lynx 

seasonal habitat; 

• Impacts to cultural resources; 

• Impacts to known geothermal 

resources and features in and near the 

lease nomination area; 

• Demand for renewable energy and 

local economic impacts; 

• Access to and across private lands; 

• Impacts to critical big game winter 

range and other wildlife habitat; 

• Visual impacts from potential 

development; and 

• Cumulative impacts associated with 

geothermal leasing including the 

potential for exploration and 

development operations. 

By this notice, the BLM is complying 

with requirements in 43 CFR 1610.2(c) 

to notify the public of potential 

amendments to land use plans, 

predicated on the findings of the EA. If 

a land use plan amendment is 

necessary, the BLM will integrate the 

land use planning process with the 

NEPA process for this project. 

The BLM may use a combination of 

scoping periods, public meetings, and 

the NEPA process to supplement the 

public involvement process required by 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 

470f) as provided for in 36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3). Native American Tribal 

consultations will be conducted and 

Tribal concerns, including impacts on 

Indian trust assets will be given due 

consideration. Federal, state, and local 

agencies, along with other stakeholders 

that may be interested or affected by the 

BLM’s decision on this project are 

invited to participate in the scoping 

process and, if eligible, may request or 

be requested by the BLM to participate 

as a Cooperating Agency. Agencies or 

organizations with technical expertise 

or jurisdictional authority will be 

invited to participate as Cooperating 

Agencies in the NEPA analysis and 

environmental review. Likely 

cooperating agencies identified thus far 

include the County of Gunnison, the 

City of Gunnison, the State of Colorado 

Governor’s Energy Office and 

Department of Natural Resources 

(Division of Wildlife, Division of Water 

Resources, State Land Board, and 

Colorado Geological Survey), the FS, the 

Western Area Power Administration, 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the 

Southern Ute Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute 

Tribe, and the Northern Ute Tribe. 

An interdisciplinary approach will be 

used to develop any plan amendment in 

order to consider the variety of resource 

issues and concerns identified during 

public scoping. Notification of the 

planning process will be made to the 

Governor of Colorado, County 

Commissioners, local tribes and 

potentially affected members of the 

public. The public is encouraged to help 

identify questions and concerns during 

the scoping phase. 

Preliminary planning criteria are: 

1. The BLM will continue to manage 

the public land within the planning area 

in accordance with FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 

1701 (et seq.), other applicable laws and 

regulations, and all existing public land 

laws. 

2. The BLM will use a collaborative 

and multi-jurisdictional approach, 

where possible, to jointly determine the 

desired future condition of public lands. 

3. The socio-economic impacts of the 

alternatives will be addressed. 

4. The amendment process will follow 

the FLPMA planning process and 

include an EA that will comply with 

NEPA standards and an Environmental 

Impact Statement if a Finding of No 

Significant Impact cannot be reached. 

5. Decisions in the Amendment will 

strive to be compatible with existing 

plans and policies of adjacent local, 

State, Federal and Tribal agencies to the 

extent that those plans and policies are 

consistent with Federal law governing 

the administration of public land. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2. 

Helen M. Hankins, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12461 Filed 5–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Kalaupapa National Historical Park 

Advisory Commission Meeting, June 

24, 2010 

Authority: 41 CFR 102–3.150. 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

date for the June 24, 2010, Meeting of 

the Kalaupapa National Historical Park 

Advisory Commission. 

DATES: The public meeting of the 

Commission will be held on Thursday, 

June 24, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. (Hawaiian 

Standard Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

McVeigh Social Hall, Kalaupapa 

National Historical Park, Kalaupapa, 

Hawaii 96742. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Prokop, Superintendent, 

Kalaupapa National Historical Park, 

P.O. Box 2222, Kalaupapa, Hawaii 

96742, telephone (808) 567–6802, or 

electronically at the following Internet 

address: Steve_Prokop@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The June 24, 2010, Commission 

meeting will consist of the following: 

1. Previous history and Overview of 

the Kalaupapa National Historical Park 

Advisory Commission. 

2. Report from the Superintendent. 

3. Memorial Project. 

4. Hawaii Senate Bill No. 2771. 

5. Air Transportation Costs. 

6. Public Comments. 

The meeting is open to the public, 

and time will be reserved for public 

comment. Interested persons may make 

oral/written presentations to the 

Commission or file written statements. 

Such requests should be made to the 

Superintendent at least seven days prior 

to the meeting. Oral comments will be 

summarized for the record. If persons 

wish to have their comments recorded 

verbatim, they must submit them in 

writing. Before including your address, 

phone, number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 


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