Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 26, 2010 / Notices 65645 

Office, P.O. Box 27115, 301 Dinosaur 

Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gilda Fitzpatrick, Realty Specialist, 

BLM New Mexico State Office, (505) 

954–2197. Additional information 

pertaining to this application can be 

reviewed in case file NMNM 114447 

located in the New Mexico State Office, 

at the above address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this Disclaimer of Interest is 

to address the land title status to a 

parcel of land that is within the exterior 

boundary of the Carson National Forest. 

The authority to issue a Disclaimer of 

Interest for lands within the boundaries 

of the National Forest system 

administered by the U.S. Forest Service 

(USFS) falls to the BLM. The USFS, 

Southwest Regional Office, requested 

the BLM process Mr. Ortega’s 

Disclaimer of Interest application after a 

determination by BLM Cadastral Survey 

that the east boundary of the parcel is 

riparian and extends to the medial line 

of the current location of the Rio 

Caliente river. The application requests 

that the United States disclaim any 

interest in the surface estate of the 

subject land from their original 

surveyed and platted location to the 

center line of the Rio Caliente river. 

This action will be processed pursuant 

to Section 315 of the FLPMA (43 U.S.C. 

1745) for the following described land: 

Carson National Forest, New Mexico 

Principal Meridian 

T. 25 N., R. 8 E., 

Sec. 24, a portion of lot 6. 

The area described contains 1.490 

acres more or less, in Rio Arriba County. 

Individual respondents may request 

confidentiality. 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. 

A final decision on the merits of the 

application will not be made before 

January 24, 2011. 

If no valid objection is received, a 

Disclaimer of Interest may be approved 

stating that the United States does not 

have a valid interest in these surface 

lands. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1864.2) 

William Merhege, 

Deputy State Director, Division of Lands and 

Resources. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27047 Filed 10–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNM910000 L10200000.PH0000] 

Notice Reopening the Call for 

Nominations for the New Mexico 

Resource Advisory Councils 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to reopen the nomination period for the 

Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) 

New Mexico Resource Advisory 

Councils (RAC). The RACs provide 

advice and recommendations to the 

BLM on land use planning and 

management of the public lands within 

their geographic areas. 

DATE: All nominations must be received 

no later than November 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for the address of BLM 

offices accepting nominations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Sandoval, Bureau of Land 

Management, Correspondence, 

International, and Advisory Committee 

Office, 1849 C Street, NW., MS–401 LS, 

Washington, DC 20240; (202) 912–7434. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (FLPMA) (43 U.S.C. 1739) 

directs the Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary) to involve the public in 

planning and issues related to 

management of lands administered by 

the BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA directs 

the Secretary to establish 10- to 15- 

member citizen-based advisory councils 

that are consistent with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The 

rules governing RACs are found at 43 

CFR subpart 1784. As required by 

FACA, RAC membership must be 

balanced and representative of the 

various interests concerned with the 

management of the public lands. These 

include three categories: 

Category One—Holders of Federal 

grazing permits and representatives of 

organizations associated with energy 

and mineral development, timber 

industry, transportation or rights-ofway, developed outdoor recreation, offhighway vehicle use, and commercial 

recreation; 

Category Two—Representatives of 

nationally or regionally recognized 

environmental organizations, 

archaeological and historic 

organizations, dispersed recreation 

activities, and wild horse and burro 

organizations; and 

Category Three—Representatives of 

state, county, or local elected office; 

representatives and employees of a state 

agency responsible for management of 

natural resources; representatives of 

Indian tribes within or adjacent to the 

area for which the council is organized; 

representatives of academia who are 

employed in natural sciences; and the 

public-at-large. 

Individuals may nominate themselves 

or others. Nominees must be residents 

of the BLM district in which the RAC 

has jurisdiction. The BLM will evaluate 

nominees based on a variety of factors, 

including training, experience, and 

knowledge of the geographical area of 

the RAC. Nominees should demonstrate 

a commitment to collaborative resource 

decisionmaking. Current administration 

policy discourages individuals who are 

currently federally registered lobbyists 

from serving on FACA and non-FACA 

boards, committees, or councils. The 

following must accompany all 

nominations: 

—Letters of reference from represented 

interests or organizations; 

—A completed background information 

nomination form; and 

—Any other information that addresses 

the nominee’s qualifications. 

The BLM’s New Mexico State Office 

will issue a press release simultaneously 

with this notice, providing additional 

information for submitting nominations, 

specifying the number and categories of 

positions available for each RAC. The 

terms of the appointments range from 1 

to 3 years in order to stagger future 

expirations. If you have already 

submitted your nomination materials for 

2010, you do not need to resubmit them. 

Nominations for RACs should be sent to 

the appropriate BLM offices listed 

below: 

Albuquerque RAC 

Edwin Singleton, Albuquerque 

District Office, BLM, 435 Montano NE, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107, (505) 

761–8700. 

Farmington RAC 

Dave Evans, Farmington District 

Office, BLM, 1235 La Plata Highway, 

Farmington, New Mexico 87401, (505) 

599–8900. 

Las Cruces RAC 

Bill Childress, Las Cruces District 

Office, BLM, 1800 Marquess Street, Las 


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Cruces, New Mexico 88005, (575) 525– 

4300. 

Pecos RAC 

Doug Burger, Pecos District Office, 

BLM, 2909 West Second Street, Roswell, 

New Mexico 88201, (575) 627–0272. 

Certification Statement: I hereby 

certify that the BLM’s New Mexico 

RACs are necessary and in the public 

interest in connection with the 

Secretary’s responsibilities to manage 

the lands, resources, and facilities 

administered by the BLM. 

Linda S.C. Rundell, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27029 Filed 10–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2010–N235; 1112–0000– 

81440–F2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Permit, Santa Barbara 

County, CA 

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), have received 

an application from Pacific Renewable 

Energy Generation LLC (applicant) for 

an incidental take permit under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). We are considering 

issuing an incidental take permit (ITP) 

that would authorize the applicant’s 

take of the federally endangered El 

Segundo Blue Butterfly incidental to 

otherwise lawful activities that would 

result in the loss of Coast Buckwheat, 

which serves as butterfly habitat. We 

invite comments from the public on the 

application, which includes the 

Geotechnical Boring Project Habitat 

Conservation Plan (HCP), and on our 

preliminary determination that the HCP 

qualifies as a low-effect plan that is 

eligible for a categorical exclusion under 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by 

November 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may download a copy 

of the HCP, draft Environmental Action 

Statement, Low-Effect Screening Form, 

and related documents on the Internet at 

http://www.fws.gov/ventura/, or you 

may request documents by U.S. mail or 

phone (see below). Please address 

written comments to Diane K. Noda, 

Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and 

Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 2493 Portola Road, Suite B, 

Ventura, CA 93003. You may 

alternatively send comments by 

facsimile to (805) 644–3958. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jen 

Lechuga, HCP Coordinator, at the 

Ventura address above, or by telephone 

at (805) 644–1766 extension 224. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have 

received an application from Pacific 

Renewable Energy Generation LLC for 

an incidental take permit under the Act 

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We are 

considering issuing an incidental take 

permit (ITP) that would authorize the 

applicant’s take of the federally 

endangered El Segundo Blue Butterfly 

(Euphilotes battoides allyni) incidental 

to otherwise lawful activities that would 

result in the loss of 356 plants of Coast 

Buckwheat, which serves as habitat for 

El Segundo Blue Butterfly near the west 

end of the Santa Ynez Mountains, 7 

miles south of Lompoc, Santa Barbara 

County, California. We invite comments 

from the public on the application and 

associated documents, and on our 

preliminary determination that the HCP 

qualifies as a low-effect plan eligible for 

categorical exclusion under NEPA. 

Background 

The El Segundo Blue Butterfly was 

listed as endangered on June 1, 1976 (41 

FR 22041). The Gaviota Tarplant was 

listed as endangered on March 20, 2000 

(65 FR 14888) and has been listed as 

endangered under the state of 

California’s Endangered Species Act 

(California Fish and Game Code, 

Sections 2050 et seq.) since January 

1990. Section 9 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) and our implementing 

Federal regulations in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17 

prohibit the ‘‘take’’ of fish or wildlife 

species listed as endangered or 

threatened. Take of listed fish or 

wildlife is defined under the Act as ‘‘to 

harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, 

wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or 

to attempt to engage in any such 

conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 1532). However, 

under limited circumstances, we issue 

permits to authorize incidental take. 

‘‘Incidental Take’’ is defined by the Act 

as take that is incidental to, and not the 

purpose of, carrying out of an otherwise 

lawful activity. Regulations governing 

incidental take permits for threatened 

and endangered species are, 

respectively, in the Code of Federal 

Regulations at 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22. 

Issuance of an ITP also must not 

jeopardize the existence of federally 

listed fish, wildlife, or plant species. 

The Act’s take prohibitions do not 

apply to federally listed plant species on 

private lands unless such take would be 

in violation of State law. In addition to 

meeting other criteria, the HCP’s 

proposed actions must not jeopardize 

the existence of federally listed fish, 

wildlife, or plants. The applicant has 

submitted an application to the 

California Department of Fish and Game 

for an incidental take permit pursuant to 

the California Endangered Species Act. 

The applicant proposes to conduct 43 

geotechnical borings about 8 miles 

northwest of Point Conception, near the 

west end of the Santa Ynez Mountains, 

and 7 miles south of Lompoc, Santa 

Barbara County, California. The 

geotechnical borings will provide the 

data necessary to develop and complete 

the design and engineering plans for the 

Lompoc Wind Energy Project. Phase II 

of the Lompoc Wind Energy Project 

would involve the construction and 

operation of wind turbines. Any 

potential impacts to listed species 

caused by the construction and 

operation of the Lompoc Wind Energy 

Project will be addressed through a 

subsequent consultation or permitting 

process under the Act. The geotechnical 

boring project is viewed as a discrete 

action because it does not guarantee that 

Phase II would occur. The proposed 

project would result in temporary direct 

impacts to 0.69 acres of El Segundo Blue 

Butterfly habitat and 0.64 acres of the 

Gaviota Tarplant habitat. 

The applicant proposes to implement 

the following measures to minimize and 

mitigate for the loss of El Segundo Blue 

Butterfly habitat and Gaviota Tarplant 

within the permit area: (1) Establish a 

permanent conservation area that will 

preserve 712 coast buckwheat plants 

through a conservation easement and 

provide for the management of the area; 

(2) restore degraded native Central 

Coastal Scrub and Grassland habitats 

within the conservation area; (3) 

enhance 0.49 acres of Gaviota Tarplant; 

(4) design access routes to boring sites 

to minimize impacts to Gaviota Tarplant 

areas; (5) minimize ground disturbance; 

(6) use silt fencing and soil salvaging 

techniques to minimize impacts to the 

El Segundo Blue Butterfly and Gaviota 

Tarplant; (7) avoid flight season of the 

El Segundo Blue Butterfly; (8) conduct 

dust control, relocation of El Segundo 

Blue Butterflies, staging, and boundary 

delineation to minimize El Segundo 

Blue Butterfly impacts; and (9) conduct 

ongoing monitoring for both species to 

track compliance with the permit, the 

effects of the permitted activities, and 

effectiveness of the mitigation measures. 

In the proposed HCP, the applicant 

considers two alternatives to the taking 


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