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• Effects on wildlife habitat, plants, and 

animals including threatened, 

endangered, and sensitive species 

(especially sage-grouse) 

• Potential effects to JBLM YTC military 

training operations 

• Effects to visual resources and 

existing view sheds 

• Effects to cultural resources 

• Effects to soils and water from 

surface-disturbing activities 

• Social and economic effects 

• Management and control of invasive 

plant species 

• Public health and safety 

The Supplemental Draft EIS analysis 

identified several advantages associated 

with the New Northern Route 

Alternative and they include: 

• Reduced overall transmission line 

length; approximately 22-miles shorter 

than the DEIS Agency Preferred 

Alternative. The reduced transmission 

line length provides reduced resource 

impacts for several issues compared to 

the original DEIS Agency Preferred 

Alternative. 

• Reduced overall transmission line 

length across non-federal lands; The 

New Northern Route Alternative occurs 

primarily on federal lands and therefore 

has less impacts on land use, public 

health and safety, and other issues 

compared to the DEIS Agency Preferred 

Alternative. 

• Reduced overall disturbance 

footprint; the New Northern Route 

Alternative is consolidated in an 

existing transmission line corridor 

(approximately 200-foot centerline-tocenterline separation) for the majority of 

the proposed routing. The reduced 

disturbance foot-print thus reduced 

resource impacts such as impacts to 

wildlife habitat (especially SageGrouse), military training, soils, water 

resources, invasive species spread, and 

others issues compared to the DEIS 

Agency Preferred Alternative. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. Please note that public comments 

and information submitted, including 

names, street addresses, and email 

addresses of persons who submit 

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. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 

1506.10. 

Daniel C. Picard, 

Spokane District Manager. 

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DEPARMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[14XLLAKF02000.L16100000. 

DQ0000.LXSS094L0000] 

Notice of Availability of Additional 

Information on Proposed Areas of 

Critical Environmental Concern and 

Associated Resource Use Limitations 

Identified in the Draft Eastern Interior 

Resource Management Plan/Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: On February 24, 2012, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

published a Notice of Availability 

(NOA) of the Eastern Interior Draft 

Resource Management Plan (RMP)/ 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for public review and comment in the 

Federal Register. BLM planning 

regulations require the BLM to notify 

the public of proposed Areas of Critical 

Environmental Concern (ACEC) and 

specify the resource use limitations 

which would occur if the ACECs were 

formally designated through approval of 

the Eastern Interior RMP. Based on 

public comment on the Draft RMP, the 

BLM proposes the reconfiguration of the 

Fortymile ACEC and proposes a new 

ACEC on the Mosquito Flats. These 

specific proposed ACEC boundaries 

were not noticed in the Draft RMP/EIS. 

Thus, the BLM is providing this notice 

and public comment period for these 

two proposed ACECs. 

DATES: You may submit comments 

related to the new ACEC information in 

this notice until March 3, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the new ACEC information by 

any of the following methods: 

• Email: easterninterior@blm.gov. 

• Fax: 907–474–2282. 

• Mail: Eastern Interior Field Office, 

Attention—Eastern Interior RMP, 

Bureau of Land Management, 1150 

University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 

99709. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeanie Cole, telephone 907–474–2340 or 

email j05cole@blm.gov. Persons who use 

a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

on the Draft RMP/EIS received from the 

public and internal BLM analyses on 

ACECs were reviewed and considered 

for incorporation into the proposed 

plan. As a result, the BLM now proposes 

the addition of the 30,000 acre Mosquito 

Flats ACEC and reconfiguration of the 

Fortymile ACEC to 685,000 acres. It is 

unnecessary to issue a supplement to 

the Draft EIS pursuant to 40 CFR 1502.9 

because the proposed land management 

direction for these ACECs was within 

the spectrum of alternatives analyzed in 

the Draft EIS. The following description 

details the information for these two 

proposed ACECs. Maps of both ACECs 

are available on the BLM’s Eastern 

Interior RMP Web site at www.blm.gov/ 

ak/eirmp. 

Mosquito Flats ACEC (30,000 Acres) 

During the public comment period for 

the Eastern Interior RMP, the BLM 

received two nominations for an ACEC 

on the Mosquito Flats. The proposed 

Mosquito Flats ACEC is a large wetland 

complex unique to BLM lands in the 

planning area; it consists of a wetland 

basin situated in the upper portion of 

the drainage, at relatively high elevation 

(∼2250 ft), and surrounded by 

mountains. Mosquito Flats provides 

unique wetland and aquatic habitats 

and supports a variety of wildlife 

species. 

The proposed ACEC is comprised of 

a complex of floating bog wetland 

vegetation partially surrounded by 

mountains. The Mosquito Fork River 

flows over continuous sand beds that 

are uncharacteristically clean, light 

colored, well-sorted, and low in 

organics. These sand beds provide 

unique aquatic habitat essential for 

maintaining diverse species within the 

planning area. 

Mosquito Flats is an important moose 

calving area and summer habitat for the 

regional moose population. The area 

also supports short-eared owls and 

nesting trumpeter swans, both BLMAlaska sensitive species. It may also 

support other BLM-sensitive species, 

including olive-sided flycatcher, rusty 

blackbird, and blackpoll warbler. 

Proposed Use Limitations: Closed to 

locatable mineral entry and mineral 

leasing, subject to valid existing rights. 

Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) use is 


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limited by season with no summer use, 

except by permit. 

Fortymile ACEC (685,000 Acres) 

The BLM proposes modifying the 

boundary of the Fortymile ACEC that 

was presented in Alternative B in the 

Draft RMP/EIS to improve 

manageability by including additional 

small parcels between the calving/postcalving distribution and the Fortymile 

National Wild and Scenic River 

Corridor. The Fortymile ACEC is 

proposed to maintain effective caribou 

and Dall sheep habitat and mineral 

licks. The Fortymile caribou herd is an 

important subsistence resource in 

interior Alaska and calving and 

postcalving habitats are considered the 

most sensitive seasonal habitats. 

Proposed Use Limitations: Closed to 

locatable mineral entry and mineral 

leasing, subject to valid existing rights. 

Limited OHV designation: Seasonal 

limitation on uses within 1 mile of 

mineral licks. 

Consistent with 43 CFR 1610.7–2, the 

BLM is providing this notice and public 

comment period for these two proposed 

ACECs. (Supplemental information can 

be found in the original Notice of 

Availability (NOA) published in the 

Federal Register and on the Eastern 

Interior RMP Web site at www.blm.gov/ 

ak/eirmp). 

You may submit comments related to 

the new ACEC information on this 

notice until March 3, 2014 using any of 

the methods listed in the DATES section 

above. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. 

Bud C. Cribley, 

State Director. 

Authority: 43 CFR 1610.7–2 

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BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2014–0077] 

Extension of Comment Period on the 

Environmental Assessment for Virginia 

Offshore Wind Technology 

Advancement Project on the Atlantic 

Outer Continental Shelf Offshore 

Virginia 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: BOEM is extending the 

comment period on an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) that considers the 

reasonably foreseeable environmental 

consequences associated with approval 

of wind energy-related research 

activities offshore Virginia as proposed 

by the Virginia Department of Mines, 

Minerals and Energy (DMME). BOEM is 

seeking public input on the EA, 

including comments on the 

completeness and adequacy of the 

environmental analysis. BOEM will 

consider public comments on the EA in 

determining whether to issue a Finding 

of No Significant Impact (FONSI), or 

conduct additional analysis under the 

National Environmental Policy Act. 

DATES: Comments on the EA will now 

be accepted until January 16, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of 

Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden 

Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 

20170, (703) 787–1340 or 

Michelle.Morin@boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please 

refer to the notice published in the 

Federal Register (79 FR 71446) on 

December 2, 2014, for further 

information. The notice and the EA can 

be found at: http://www.boem.gov/

VOWTAP/. 

Comments: You may submit your 

comments by one of two methods: 

1. Electronically: http://

www.regulations.gov. In the entry 

entitled, ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter 

BOEM–2014–0077, and then click 

‘‘search.’’ Follow the instructions to 

submit public comments and view 

supporting and related materials for this 

notice. 

2. In written form, delivered by hand 

or by mail, enclosed in an envelope 

labeled ‘‘Approval of the Virginia 

Offshore Wind Technology 

Advancement Project on the Atlantic 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore 

Virginia’’ to: Program Manager, Office of 

Renewable Energy, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, 381 Elden Street, 

HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 20170– 

4817. Comments must be received or 

postmarked no later than January 16, 

2015. All written comments received or 

postmarked during the comment period 

will be made available to the public. 

Comments already submitted in 

response to the December 2, 2014, 

notice do not need to be resubmitted. 

Authority: This notice is published 

pursuant to 43 CFR 46.305. 

Dated: December 22, 2014. 

Walter D. Cruickshank, 

Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permits Issued Under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permits issued Under 

the Antarctic Conservation of 1978, 

Public Law 95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permits issued under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

This is the required notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Li 

Ling Hamady, ACA Permit Officer, 

Division of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. 

Or by email: ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 25, 2014 the National Science 

Foundation published a notice in the 

Federal Register of a permit application 

received. The permit was issued on 

December 25, 2014 to: Ashley Perrin, 

Permit No. 2015–016. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of 

Polar Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30730 Filed 12–31–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2014–0276] 

General Use of Locks in Protection and 

Control of Facilities and Special 

Nuclear Materials, Classified Matter, 

and Safeguards Information 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request 

for comment. 


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