Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 208 / Thursday, October 28, 2010 / Notices 66389 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Colorado River Basin 

Salinity Control Advisory Council 

(Council) was established by the 

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–320) (Act) to 

receive reports and advise Federal 

agencies on implementing the Act. In 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Bureau of 

Reclamation announces that the Council 

will meet as detailed below. The 

meeting of the Council is open to the 

public. 

DATES: The Council will convene the 

meeting on Thursday, November 18, 

2010, at 1 p.m. and recess at 

approximately 5 p.m. The Council will 

reconvene the meeting on Friday, 

November 19, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. and 

adjourn the meeting at approximately 

10:30 a.m. Any member of the public 

may file written statements with the 

Council before, during, or up to 30 days 

after the meeting either in person or by 

mail. To the extent that time permits, 

the Council chairman will allow public 

presentation of oral comments at the 

meeting. To allow full consideration of 

information by Council members, 

written notice must be provided at least 

5 days prior to the meeting. Any written 

comments received prior to the meeting 

will be provided to Council members at 

the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Bahia Resort Hotel, 998 West 

Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, 

California 92109. Send written 

comments to Mr. Kib Jacobson, Bureau 

of Reclamation, Upper Colorado 

Regional Office, 125 South State Street, 

Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138– 

1147; telephone (801) 524–3753; 

facsimile (801) 524–3826; e-mail at: 

kjacobson@usbr.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kib 

Jacobson, telephone (801) 524–3753; 

facsimile (801) 524–3826; e-mail at: 

kjacobson@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to discuss the 

accomplishments of Federal agencies 

and make recommendations on future 

activities to control salinity. Council 

members will be briefed on the status of 

salinity control activities and receive 

input for drafting the Council’s annual 

report. The Bureau of Reclamation, 

Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, and United States 

Geological Survey of the Department of 

the Interior; the Natural Resources 

Conservation Service of the Department 

of Agriculture; and the Environmental 

Protection Agency will each present a 

progress report and a schedule of 

activities on salinity control in the 

Colorado River Basin. The Council will 

discuss salinity control activities, the 

contents of the reports, and the Basin 

States Program created by Public Law 

110–246, which amended the Act. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including a name, address, 

telephone number, e-mail address, or 

other personal identifying information 

in the comment, please be advised that 

the entire comment—including personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While it 

can be requested to withhold personal 

identifying information from public 

review, Reclamation cannot guarantee 

that this will happen. 

Dated: September 27, 2010. 

Brent Rhees, 

Assistant Regional Director, Upper Colorado 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27217 Filed 10–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CACA–048811, LLCAD060000, 

L51010000.FX0000, LVRWB09B2600] 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision for the Blythe Solar Power 

Project and Associated Amendment to 

the California Desert Conservation 

Area Resource Management Plan, 

Riverside County, California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Record of Decision 

(ROD)/Approved Amendment to the 

California Desert Conservation Area 

(CDCA) Plan (the applicable Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) for the project 

site and the surrounding areas) located 

in the California Desert District. The 

Secretary of the Interior signed the ROD 

on October 22, 2010, which constitutes 

the final decision of the Department. 

DATES: The ROD/Approved Plan 

Amendment are effective immediately 

upon publication of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD/ 

Approved Amendment to the CDCA 

Plan are available upon request from the 

Field Manager, Palm Springs-South 

Coast Field Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, 1201 Bird Center Drive, 

Palm Springs, California 92262 or via 

the internet at the following Web site: 

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/

palmsprings.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Shaffer, BLM Project Manager; 

telephone: (760) 833–7100; mailing 

address: Bird Center Drive, Palm 

Springs, California 92262; or e-mail: 

capssolarblythe@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chevron 

Energy Solutions filed right-of-way 

(ROW) application CACA–048811 for 

the proposed Blythe Solar Power Project 

(BSPP). Chevron Energy Solutions 

entered into a development agreement 

with Solar Millennium and requested 

that the project be assigned to Palo 

Verde Solar I, LLC, a wholly owned 

subsidiary of Solar Millennium. The 

BSPP is a concentrated solar electrical 

generating facility using parabolic 

trough technology and facilities. The 

BSPP site is proposed on approximately 

7,025 acres of BLM-managed lands in 

Riverside County, California, 

approximately 8 miles west of Blythe, 

California, 3 miles north of Highway I– 

10, and 1 mile north of the Blythe 

Regional Airport. In addition to the 

BSPP site, the project includes a 

distribution line, an electrical 

transmission line, fiber optic lines, a 

natural gas pipeline, and an access road. 

The double circuit 230-kilovolt (kV) 

transmission line will be constructed to 

interconnect to the Devers-Palo Verde II 

500-kV transmission line at the 

Colorado River substation. The linear 

facilities will encumber approximately 

43 acres onsite and 183 acres offsite. 

The project site is in the California 

Desert District within the planning 

boundary of the CDCA Plan, which is 

the applicable RMP for the project site 

and the surrounding areas. The CDCA 

Plan, while recognizing the potential 

compatibility of solar generation 

facilities on public lands, requires that 

all sites associated with power 

generation or transmission not already 

identified in that Plan be considered 

through the BLM’s land use plan 

amendment process. As a result, prior to 

approval of a ROW grant for the BSPP, 

the BLM must amend the CDCA Plan to 

allow the solar generating project on the 

site. The Approved Amendment to the 

CDCA Plan specifically revises the 

CDCA Plan to allow for the 

development of the BSPP project on the 

7,025 acres of land managed by the BLM 


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