Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 24 / Friday, February 5, 2010 / Notices 6057 

has renewed the National Geospatial 

Advisory Committee. The Committee 

will provide advice and 

recommendations to the Federal 

Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), 

through the FGDC Chair (the Secretary 

of the Interior or designee), related to 

management of Federal geospatial 

programs, the development of the 

National Spatial Data Infrastructure 

(NSDI), and the implementation of 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Circular A–16 and Executive 

Order 12906. The Committee will 

review and comment upon geospatial 

policy and management issues and will 

provide a forum to convey views 

representative of non-Federal partners 

in the geospatial community. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Mahoney, USGS (phone: 206–220–4621, 

e-mail: jmahoney@usgs.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

publishing this notice in accordance 

with the requirements of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 

(FACA). The Committee will conduct its 

operations in accordance with the 

provisions of the FACA. It will report to 

the Secretary of the Interior through the 

Chair of the FGDC Steering Committee 

and will function solely as an advisory 

body. The Committee will provide 

recommendations and advice to the 

Department and the FGDC on policy 

and management issues related to the 

effective operation of Federal geospatial 

programs. 

The Secretary of the Interior will 

appoint Committee members. The 

Committee will be composed of up to 30 

representatives, who will be selected to 

generally achieve a balanced 

representation of the viewpoints of the 

various stakeholders involved in 

national geospatial activities and the 

development of the NSDI. 

The Committee is expected to meet 3– 

4 times per year. Committee members 

will serve without compensation. Travel 

and per diem costs will be provided for 

Committee members by the U.S. 

Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS 

will provide necessary support services 

to the Committee. Committee meetings 

will be open to the public. Notice of 

committee meetings will be published 

in the Federal Register at least 15 days 

before the date of the meeting. The 

public will have an opportunity to 

provide input at these meetings. 

In accordance with FACA, a copy of 

the Committee’s charter will be filed 

with the Committee Management 

Secretariat, General Services 

Administration; Committee on Energy 

and Natural Resources, United States 

Senate; Committee on Natural 

Resources, United States House of 

Representatives; and the Library of 

Congress. 

The Certification for renewal is 

published below. 

Certification: I hereby certify that the 

National Geospatial Advisory 

Committee is in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed on the Department of 

the Interior by Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) Circular A–16 

(Revised), ‘‘Coordination of Geographic 

Information and Related Spatial Data 

Activities.’’ The Committee will assist 

the Department of the Interior by 

providing advice and recommendations 

related to the management of Federal 

geospatial programs and the 

development of the National Spatial 

Data Infrastructure. 

Dated: January 28, 2010. 

Ken Salazar, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2508 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Terminating the Sporting Conservation 

Council 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of termination. 

SUMMARY: After consultation with the 

Secretary of Agriculture and the General 

Services Administration, we, the 

Department of the Interior, have 

terminated the Sporting Conservation 

Council. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bruce Decker, Chief, Division of 

Program and Partnership Support, 

External Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 4501 N. Fairfax Drive, Mailstop 

EA–3103, Arlington, Virginia 22203; 

telephone 703–358–2521. 

Dated: January 7, 2010. 

Ken Salazar, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2497 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CACA 49561, LLCAD08000L5101 

ER0000LVRWB09B3220] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Chevron Energy 

Solutions Lucerne Valley Solar Project, 

San Bernardino County, CA, and the 

Draft California Desert Conservation 

Area Plan Amendment 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, and the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, as 

amended, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft 

California Desert Conservation Area 

(CDCA) Plan Amendment and a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the proposed Chevron Energy 

Solutions Lucerne Valley Solar Project 

and by this notice is announcing the 

opening of the comment period. 

DATES: To ensure that comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the CDCA Plan 

Amendment and 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, 

or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the proposed Chevron Energy 

Solutions Lucerne Valley Solar Project 

by any of the following methods: 

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

en/fo/barstow.html. 

• E-mail: LucerneSolar@blm.gov. 

• Fax: (951) 697–5299. 

• Mail or other delivery service: Greg 

Thomsen, BLM California Desert 

District Office, 22835 Calle San Juan de 

Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, California 

92553. 

Copies of the Draft EIS and Draft 

CDCA Plan Amendment for the 

proposed Chevron Energy Solutions 

Lucerne Valley Solar Project are 

available in the California Desert 

District Office at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Greg 

Thomsen, Project Manager; telephone 

(951) 697–5237 or at the address and email address above. 


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6058 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 24 / Friday, February 5, 2010 / Notices 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chevron 

Energy Solutions has requested a 516- 

acre right-of-way (ROW) authorization 

to construct and operate a 45-megawatt 

solar photovoltaic project and connect it 

to an existing Southern California 

Edison 33 kV distribution system on 

public lands located approximately 8 

miles east of Lucerne Valley, San 

Bernardino County, California. 

The proposed project would include a 

solar array, switchyard, a control and 

maintenance building, and parking area. 

The Draft EIS analyzes the site-specific 

impacts to the environment from the 

proposed project. Alternatives include: 

• A no action alternative with a plan 

amendment making the project area 

unavailable to other solar energy 

projects; 

• A no action alternative with a plan 

amendment making the project area 

available to other solar energy projects; 

• The proposed action; 

• A modified proposed action that 

reduces visual and biological impacts; 

and 

• A reduced footprint/reduced 

megawatts modified proposed action. 

Pursuant to BLM’s CDCA Plan (1980, 

as amended), sites associated with 

power generation or transmission not 

identified in the CDCA Plan will be 

considered through the plan 

amendment process. 

A Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS 

and CDCA Plan amendment for the 

Lucerne Valley Solar Project was 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 23, 2009. This was followed by a 

30-day public scoping period which 

ended August 22, 2009. Scoping 

meetings were held on July 23, 2009 in 

Lucerne Valley, California, and on July 

30 in San Bernardino, California. 

Numerous public scoping comments 

were received. 

The main concerns included potential 

impacts to biological species, visual 

resources, and cultural resources, and 

appropriate use of public land. The 

issues and concerns identified in the 

scoping comments were addressed in 

the DEIS. 

Please note that public comments 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, 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 1506.6; 40 CFR 

1506.10; 43 CFR 1610.2. 

Thomas Pogacnik, 

Deputy State Director, California. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2299 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–MB–2009–N286; 80213–9410– 

0000–7B] 

Federal Sport Fish Restoration; 

California Department of Fish and 

Game Fish Hatchery and Stocking 

Program 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: Final 

environmental impact report/ 

environmental impact statement (EIR/ 

EIS). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (FWS) announces the 

availability of the final EIR/EIS for the 

California Department of Fish and 

Game’s (CDFG) Fish Hatchery and 

Stocking Program (Program). FWS is 

lead agency, under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, for the EIR/EIS 

jointly prepared with CDFG. Under the 

Sport Fish Restoration Act (SFRA), FWS 

proposes to fund actions associated with 

the operation of CDFG’s 14 trout 

hatcheries and the Mad River Hatchery 

for the anadromous steelhead, and 

stocking from the 15 hatcheries. The 

Federal action does not include funding 

CDFG’s other anadromous fish 

hatcheries and associated stocking, nor 

its issuance of private stocking permits. 

SFRA funding may also support CDFG’s 

Fishing in the City and Classroom 

Aquarium Education Programs. CDFG is 

the lead agency under the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and 

proposes to implement hatchery 

operations and stocking funded by FWS, 

as well as all other components of the 

CDFG Program, including anadromous 

fish hatchery operations and associated 

stocking, and issuance of stocking 

permits to private parties seeking to 

stock fish in California’s inland waters. 

The final EIR/EIS presents Program 

impact analysis, mitigation for impacts, 

selection of the preferred alternative, 

and response to comments received 

during the comment period for the draft 

EIR/EIS. 

DATES: We anticipate that a Record of 

Decision will be issued by FWS in 2010, 

but no sooner than 30 days after the 

Federal Register publication date for 

this notice of availability. 

ADDRESSES: Download copies of the 

final EIR/EIS from the CDFG Web site at 

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/pubnotice/ 

hatchery/. Alternatively, you may send 

your request for copies of the final EIR/ 

EIS to Mr. Bart Prose by mail at U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage 

Way, Room W–1729, Sacramento, CA 

95825; by e-mail to bart_prose@fws.gov; 

or by fax to (916) 978–6155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bart Prose: (916) 978–6152 (phone); 

bart_prose@fws.gov (e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

SFRA (Pub. L. 106–408), FWS has 

authority to grant Federal funds from 

the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating 

Trust Fund to support actions 

associated with CDFG’s Program. The 

Trust Fund is financed through 

collection of excise taxes on sportfishing equipment, electric motors, and 

sonar; import duties on fishing tackle, 

yachts, and pleasure craft; the portion of 

gasoline tax attributable to motorboats 

and small engines; and interest on the 

Fund. 

CDFG has been rearing and stocking 

fish in the inland waters of California 

since the late 1800s, when the State of 

California enacted legislation to restore 

and preserve fish in State waters. This 

legislation called for the newly formed 

California State Fish and Game 

Commission to establish ‘‘fish 

breederies’’ to stock and supply streams, 

lakes, and bays with both foreign and 

domestic fish. Since that time in the late 

1800s, CDFG has continued that 

mandate by rearing and stocking both 

inland trout and anadromous species of 

fish reared at 24 hatcheries and planting 

bases located throughout the State. 

For the past approximately 100 years, 

CDFG has stocked nonnative trout 

throughout the State. CDFG’s Program 

currently operates 14 trout hatcheries 

throughout the State, rearing 6 trout 

species and 3 salmon species. Trout 

hatcheries rear rainbow, golden, 

cutthroat, brown, lake, and brook trout. 

Salmon species reared include Chinook, 

Coho, and kokanee. CDFG’s Mad River 

Hatchery for anadromous fish presently 

rears only steelhead. Over the past 5 

years, CDFG planted over 3.6 million 

pounds of combined trout and inland 

salmon, annually, from its 14 trout 

hatcheries into hundreds of locations, 

including high mountain lakes, lowelevation reservoirs, and various 

streams and creeks. The Mad River 


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