60804 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 190 / Friday, October 1, 2010 / Notices 

Dated: September 1, 2010. 

Theresa E. Rabot, 

Deputy Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Region 1, Portland, Oregon. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24730 Filed 9–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLOPRP0600 L51010000.ER0000 

LVRWH09H0600; HAG 10–0338] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the West Butte Wind Power Right-ofWay, Crook and Deschutes Counties, 

OR 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Deschutes Resource 

Area, Prineville, Oregon, has prepared a 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for the West Butte Wind Power 

Right-of-Way and by this Notice is 

announcing its availability. 

DATES: A Record of Decision (ROD) may 

be signed no sooner than 30 days after 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes its Notice of Availability of 

the Final EIS in the Federal Register. 

The availability of the ROD will be 

announced through a subsequent 

Federal Register notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Storo, BLM West Butte Wind 

Power Right of Way Project Lead: 

telephone (541) 416–6885; address 3050 

NE. 3rd Street, Prineville, Oregon 

97754; e-mail: 

or_west_butte_eis@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

applicant, West Butte Wind Power, LLC, 

has requested a right-of-way (ROW) 

authorization to construct 3.9 miles of 

road and an adjacent power 

transmission line on public land to 

support the construction of up to 52 

wind turbines and ancillary facilities on 

adjacent private land. The portion of the 

project on public lands is the ‘‘Proposed 

Action.’’ Actions occurring on private 

land are called ‘‘connected actions.’’ The 

project is 25 air miles southeast of Bend, 

Oregon, located on the north side of US 

Highway 20. The Draft EIS analyzing 

impacts of the project was released for 

public comment on April 2, 2010 [75 FR 

16828]. Approximately 36 comments 

were received on the Draft EIS. The 

comments were incorporated, where 

appropriate, to clarify the analysis 

presented in the Final EIS. The Final 

EIS analyzes a No Action Alternative, 

the Proposed Action, and one other 

alternative. These alternatives were 

shaped in part by comments received 

from the public and internal BLM 

review. 

Alternative 1—Proposed Action. This 

alternative includes the granting of a 

ROW for construction and operation of 

an access road and transmission line 

across lands administered by the BLM. 

Consideration of this alternative 

includes an analysis of the connected 

action of West Butte Wind Power 

constructing and operating a wind farm 

and associated facilities (e.g., access 

road, transmission line, substation, and 

an operations and maintenance 

building) on privately held lands. 

Alternative 2—Northern Access Road 

Alternative. This alternative includes an 

analysis of an alternate main access road 

through the Juniper Acres Development, 

the facilities related to the connected 

action as described in Alternative 1, and 

a ROW through BLM-administered 

public land for a 3.9-mile transmission 

line. 

Alternative 3—No Action Alternative. 

This alternative includes denying a 

ROW for construction and operation of 

an access road and transmission line 

across lands administered by the BLM. 

The preferred alternative is 

Alternative 1, the Proposed Action. 

Coordination with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service is occurring to ensure 

that an Avian Protection Plan is 

prepared that will sufficiently address 

overall project impacts to golden eagles. 

Deborah J. Henderson-Norton, 

BLM Prineville District Manager. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10 

[FR Doc. 2010–24557 Filed 9–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Nimbus Hatchery Fish Passage 

Project, Lower American River, 

California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 

and notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

the California Environmental Quality 

Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation, 

the lead Federal agency, and the 

California Department of Fish and Game 

(CDFG), acting as the lead State agency, 

have made available for public review 

and comment a Draft EIS/EIR for the 

Nimbus Hatchery Fish Passage Project 

(Project). The purpose of the Project is 

to create and maintain a reliable system 

for collecting adult fish at the Nimbus 

Fish Hatchery (Hatchery). Reclamation 

maintains the Hatchery to meet 

mitigation obligations for spawning 

areas blocked by construction of 

Nimbus Dam. CDFG operates the 

Hatchery under a contract with 

Reclamation and is responsible for the 

management of the fishery resources 

within the adjacent lower American 

River. The Hatchery was constructed in 

1955 under the American River Basin 

Development Act (October 14, 1949, 63 

Stat. 852) along with Nimbus and 

Folsom Dams. The Draft EIS/EIR 

describes and presents the 

environmental effects of three action 

alternatives and the No-Action 

Alternative. Written comments will be 

accepted from agencies, organizations 

and individuals on the Draft EIS/EIR. 

DATES: Submit written comments on the 

Draft EIS/EIR by November 30, 2010. 

Public meetings will be held to 

receive comments on the Draft EIS/EIR 

and provide further clarification 

regarding the Project on Thursday, 

November 4, 2010 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. 

and from 6:30 to 8 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

the Draft EIS/EIR to Mr. David 

Robinson, Central California Area 

Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 

Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630– 

1799; or e-mail at 

IBRFOODHatchPass@usbr.gov. 

Public meetings will be held at the 

California State University Sacramento 

Aquatic Center, 1901 Hazel Avenue, 

Gold River, CA 95670. 

Copies of the Draft EIS/EIR may be 

requested from Ms. Janet Sierzputowski 

at 916–978–5112, TTY 916–978–5608, 

or e-mail at jsierzputowski@usbr.gov. 

The Draft EIS/EIR is also accessible from 

the following Web sites: http:// 

www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/ 

nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=5216 

or http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/ 

hatchery/index.html. 

See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for locations where copies of the 

Draft EIS/EIR are available for public 

review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Robinson at the CCAO general 

telephone number 916–988–1707, TTY 

916–989–7285, or e-mail at 

IBR2FOODHatchPass@usbr.gov. 


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