55128 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 24, 2008 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV030–08–1430-ER; 08–08807; TAS: 

14X1109] 

Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Blackhawk to Heybourne 

Transmission Line Project, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Carson City District 

Office, Carson City, Nevada, intends to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for Sierra Pacific Power 

Company’s Blackhawk to Heybourne 

Transmission Line Project which will 

run through Storey, Lyon, Carson City 

and Douglas counties. This notice 

announces the beginning of the scoping 

process and solicits input on the 

identification of issues. 

DATES: The BLM will accept comments 

until October 31, 2008. The BLM will 

announce public scoping meetings 

through local news media, mailings, and 

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

nv/st/en/fo/carson_city_field.html at 

least 15 days prior to each meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to: 

• BLM Carson City District Office, 

Attn: Blackhawk EIS Project Manager, 

5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, 

NV 89701. 

• Fax: (775) 885–6147. 

• E-mail: blackhawkeis@blm.gov. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Carson City 

District Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and to have your 

name added to the Blackhawk EIS 

mailing list, call Mark Struble, (775) 

885–6107; or e-mail 

blackhawkeis@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

Carson City District Office will prepare 

an EIS for the Blackhawk to Heybourne 

Transmission Line Project (Project) to 

analyze the direct, indirect, and 

cumulative impacts resulting from 

construction of a new 120 kV electrical 

transmission line and two new 

substations proposed in a right-of-way 

(ROW) application submitted by Sierra 

Pacific Power Company. The proposed 

Project includes the construction of 

approximately 34 miles of an electrical 

120 kV transmission line through four 

counties in Nevada, beginning at the 

proposed new Blackhawk Substation in 

Storey County. From the proposed 

Blackhawk Substation four new 120 kV 

transmission lines would run parallel, 

crossing U.S. Highway 50, for 

approximately four miles where two of 

the lines would fold into an existing 

transmission line north of the Carson 

River. From that point the remaining 

two lines would continue southwest, 

crossing the Carson River, and running 

eight miles to the existing Dayton 

Substation in Lyon County. From the 

Dayton Substation one transmission line 

would run south over two miles, then 

west approximately six miles, parallel 

with existing lines to the existing 

Brunswick Substation in Carson City. 

From the Brunswick Substation the 

transmission line parallels existing 

powerlines straight south for 

approximately seven miles to the 

existing Prison Hill Substation in 

Carson City. At this point the line 

would parallel an existing line south for 

less than a mile before turning west for 

approximately three and a half miles in 

a new corridor through a saddle in Hot 

Springs Mountain and across the 

Douglas County water treatment facility, 

then south for approximately one mile 

paralleling an existing line and 

terminating at the proposed new 

Heybourne Substation in Douglas 

County. The proposed transmission line 

runs parallel with existing transmission 

lines along all but the first four miles in 

Storey and Lyon counties and three and 

a half miles in Douglas County. The 

BLM will work closely with interested 

parties to identify the best possible 

alternatives and management decisions 

that will take into account local, 

regional, and national needs and 

concerns. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to determine relevant issues 

that will influence the scope of the 

environmental analysis, including 

alternatives, and guide the EIS process. 

The EIS will address issues brought 

forth through scoping and will be 

evaluated by an interdisciplinary team 

of BLM and other agency specialists. A 

range of alternatives and mitigating 

measures will be considered to evaluate 

and minimize environmental impacts 

and to assure that the proposed actions 

do not result in undue or unnecessary 

degradation of public lands. Federal, 

State, and local agencies and other 

individuals or organizations that may be 

interested in or affected by the BLM 

decision on the Blackhawk to 

Heybourne Transmission Line Project 

are urged to participate in the EIS 

process. It is important that those 

interested in the proposed activities 

participate in the scoping and 

commenting processes of the EIS. 

Written comments may be provided to 

the BLM at the public scoping meetings 

or may be submitted to the BLM using 

one of the methods listed in the 

Addresses section above. Comments 

will be accepted until October 31, 2008. 

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. 

Dated: September 11, 2008. 

Patrick Gubbins, 

Manager, Carson City District Office. 

[FR Doc. E8–22336 Filed 9–23–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–957–08–1420–BJ] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plats of 

Survey, Wyoming. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has filed the plats of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM Wyoming State Office, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming, on the dates 

indicated. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, 5353 

Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 

surveys were executed at the request of 

the Bureau of Land Management and 

U.S. Forest Service, and are necessary 

for the management of resources. The 

lands surveyed are: 

The plat and field notes representing 

the metes and bounds survey of Lot 4, 

section 8, Township 18 North, Range 79 

West, of the Sixth Principal Meridian, 

Wyoming, Group No. 794, was accepted 

July 23, 2008. 

The plat and field notes representing 

the dependent resurvey of a portion of 

the Fifth Standard Parallel North, 

through Ranges 93 and 94 West, a 

portion of the east boundary, the 

subdivisional lines, and the subdivision 

of certain sections, Township 20 North, 


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