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information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority 

This notice is published under the 

authority of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, Public Law 105–57. 

Dated: May 9, 2009. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–13329 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Notice of Termination of the 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Jean Lafitte National Historical 

Park and Preserve, Chalmette 

Battlefield, and National Cemetery 

General Management Plan Amendment 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Termination of the 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park, 

and Preserve, Chalmette Battlefield, and 

National Cemetery General Management 

Plan Amendment. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) is terminating the Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the Jean 

Lafitte National Historical Park and 

Preserve, Chalmette Battlefield, and 

National Cemetery General Management 

Plan Amendment (GMPA). A Notice of 

Intent to prepare this EIS was published 

in the Federal Register on May 2, 2003. 

After public scoping and a preliminary 

analysis of impacts related to the GMPA 

alternatives, the NPS determined that 

the impacts of the alternatives 

considered would be at or below the 

minor/negligible level. Consequently, 

the EIS is not necessary and NPS 

decided to terminate the EIS. The NPS 

intends to continue the GMPA process 

by completing an Environmental 

Assessment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

National Park Service, Jean Lafitte 

National Historical Park and Preserve, 

419 Decatur Street, New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70130–1035, telephone: 504– 

589–3882, e-mail: 

JELA_Superintendent@nps.gov. 

The authority for publishing this 

notice is 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C). 

The responsible official for this EIS is 

David Vela, Regional Director, Southeast 

Region, National Park Service, 100 

Alabama Street, SW., 1924 Building, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 

Dated: May 7, 2009. 

Art Frederick, 

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CACA 49539, CACA 49537, LLCAD08000, 

L51030000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement/Staff 

Assessment and Land Use Plan 

Amendment for the SES Solar One 

Project, San Bernardino County, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

California Environmental Quality Act 

(CEQA), the Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

together with the California Energy 

Commission, (hereinafter jointly 

referred to as the Agencies) intend to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement/Staff Assessment (EIS/SA), 

and a Proposed Land Use Plan 

Amendment for the Stirling Energy 

Systems (SES) Solar One Project 

(Project), a Stirling engine systems solar 

dish project in San Bernardino County, 

California. SES is seeking approval to 

construct and operate an electrical 

generating facility with a nominal 

capacity of 850 megawatts (MW), using 

concentrated solar thermal power. 

Approximately 8,230 acres of BLM 

administered public land are needed to 

develop the Project. SES has submitted 

an application to the BLM requesting a 

right-of-way (ROW) to construct the 

Project and related facilities. Pursuant to 

BLM’s California Desert Conservation 

Area (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. 

Under Federal law, BLM is 

responsible for processing requests for 

rights-of-way to authorize solar projects 

and associated transmission lines and 

other appurtenant facilities on the land 

it manages. BLM must comply with the 

requirements of NEPA to ensure that 

environmental impacts associated with 

construction, operation, and 

decommissioning will be identified, 

analyzed and considered in the 

application process. This will be 

accomplished through preparation of 

Draft and Final Environmental Impact 

Statements (EIS) in coordination with 

the Energy Commission. 

Under California law, the Energy 

Commission is responsible for 

reviewing the Application for 

Certification (AFC) filed for thermal 

power plants over 50 MW, and also has 

the role of lead agency for the 

environmental review of such projects 

under the CEQA (Pub. Res. Code, 

sections 21000 et seq., 25500 et seq.) 

The Energy Commission conducts this 

review in accordance with the 

administrative adjudication provisions 

of California’s Administrative Procedure 

Act (Government Code section 11400 et 

seq.) and its own regulations governing 

site certification proceedings (Cal. Code 

Regs., tit. 20, section 1701 et seq.), 

which have been deemed CEQA 

equivalent by the Secretary of 

Resources. SES Solar One, LLC, has 

submitted an AFC to the Energy 

Commission. The AFC facilitates 

analysis and review by staff prior to an 

Energy Commission decision on the 

proposed project. 

DATES: Publication of this notice 

initiates a public scoping period of at 

least 30 days. During the formal public 

scoping period, the Agencies will solicit 

public comments on issues, concerns, 

potential impacts, alternatives, and 

mitigation measures that should be 

considered in the analysis of the 

proposed action. In addition, the 

Agencies expect to hold one BLM public 

scoping meeting/Energy Commission 

information hearing during the formal 

scoping period to encourage public 

input. The public scoping meeting will 

be held in Barstow, California on June 

22, 2009 with further details to be 

announced through the local news 

media, newspapers, mailings, the BLM 

Web page [http://www.ca.blm.gov/ 

barstow] and the Energy Commission 

Web page [http://www.energy.ca.gov/ 

sitingcases/solarone/] at least 15 days 

prior to the event. While you may have 

the opportunity to make oral comments 

at the June 22nd BLM public scoping 

meeting, written comments are strongly 

encouraged to be submitted. In order to 

be included in the Draft EIS/Preliminary 

Staff Assessment (DEIS/PSA), all 

comments must be received prior to the 

close of the formal scoping period 

which will be July 7, 2009. Additional 

opportunities for public participation 

and formal comment occur when the 

DEIS/PSA is issued. BLM will also 

utilize and coordinate the NEPA 

commenting process to satisfy the 

public involvement process for Section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 


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470f) as provided for in 36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3). 

ADDRESSES:

• California Energy Commission: 

Christopher Meyer, Project Manager, 

Siting, Transmission and Environmental 

Protection Division, California Energy 

Commission, 1516 Ninth Street, MS–15, 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

[cmeyer@energy.state.ca.us]. 

• Bureau of Land Management: Jim 

Stobaugh, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, NV 

89520 or by phone, (775) 861–6478, or 

email [Jim_Stobaugh@blm.gov]. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jim Stobaugh, BLM project manager, 

at (775) 861–6478. See also ADDRESSES, 

above. 

Christopher Meyer, Energy 

Commission project manager, at (916) 

653–1639. See also ADDRESSES. 

Information on participating in the 

Commission’s review of the project may 

be obtained through the Commission’s 

Public Adviser’s Office, at (916) 654– 

4489 or toll free in California, (800) 

822–6228, or by email: 

[publicadviser@energy.state.ca.us] 

News media inquiries should be 

directed to the Commission’s media 

office at (916) 654–4989, or via email at 

[mediaoffice@energy.state.ca.us]. 

Status of the proposed project, copies 

of notices, an electronic version of the 

AFC, and other relevant documents are 

also available on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site at [http:// 

www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/ 

solarone]. You can also subscribe to 

receive email notification of all notices 

at [http://www.energy.ca.gov/ 

listservers]. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Stirling 

Energy Systems (SES) formed limited 

liability corporations (LLC) for three 

applications to develop solar energy 

facilities in three adjacent areas along 

Interstate 40 between Newberry Springs 

and Hector, CA. Two of these adjacent 

applicants, SES Solar Three, LLC and 

SES Solar Six, LLC, have applied to 

BLM for rights-of-way (ROW) on public 

lands to construct a concentrated solar 

thermal power plant facility (Phase 1 

and Phase 2 of the proposed Solar One 

project). The eastern portion of the 

proposed Solar One Project Area was 

subsequently withdrawn from 

application because it was located 

within the Pisgah Area of Critical 

Environmental Concern. The reduction 

of this land from the Solar One project 

area and the recognition of the value of 

development of the project adjacent to 

existing transmission lines first, resulted 

in SES combining the Solar Three LLC 

and Solar Six LLC application areas 

under one project area to meet its 

overall goal of an 850 MW solar facility 

at this site. For purposes of the filings, 

Solar Three, LLC and Solar Six, LLC are 

considered the ‘‘Applicant.’’ The name 

of the proposed project is the Solar One 

Project. 

The proposed Solar One Project 

would be constructed on an 

approximate 8,230-acre site located in 

San Bernardino County, California. The 

project site is approximately 37 miles 

east of Barstow, 17 miles east of 

Newberry Springs, 57 miles northeast of 

Victorville, and approximately 115 

miles east of Los Angeles. The proposed 

SES Solar One Project would be a 

nominal 850-megawatt (MW) Stirling 

engine project, with construction 

planned to begin in late 2010 if the 

project is approved by the Energy 

Commission and rights-of way grants 

are issued by the BLM. Although 

construction would take approximately 

40 months to complete, renewable 

power would be available to the grid as 

each 60-unit group is completed. The 

primary equipment for the generating 

facility would include the 25-kilowatt 

Stirling solar dish systems (referred to 

as SunCatchers), their associated 

equipment and systems, and their 

support infrastructure. Each SunCatcher 

consists of a solar receiver heat 

exchanger and a closed-cycle, highefficiency Solar Stirling Engine 

specifically designed to convert solar 

power to rotary power then driving an 

electrical generator to produce gridquality electricity. 

The facility would be built in two 

phases and would be expected to 

operate for approximately 20 years 

based on the Purchase Power Agreement 

signed by SES with Southern California 

Edison (SCE). The first phase would 

consist of up to 20,000 SunCatchers 

configured in 334 units, with 1.5 MW 

solar groups of 60 SunCatchers per unit 

and have a net nominal generating 

capacity of 500 MW on 5,838 acres of 

Federal lands. The second phase would 

consist of approximately 14,000 

SunCatchers configured in 233 units 

with a net generating capacity of 350 

MW on 2,392 acres of Federal lands. 

Each SunCatcher system consists of an 

approximate 38-foot high by 40-foot 

wide solar concentrator dish that 

supports an array of curved glass mirror 

facets designed to automatically track 

the sun and focus solar energy onto a 

power conversion unit which generates 

electricity. 

Related structures for the project 

would include the construction of a new 

230-kV substation located 

approximately in the center of the 

project site. This new substation would 

be connected to the existing SCE Pisgah 

Substation adjacent to the project site 

via approximately two miles of singlecircuit, 230-kV transmission line. Other 

than this interconnection transmission 

line that will be constructed by SES, the 

proposed project would require SCE to 

expand and upgrade the existing 230-kV 

SCE Pisgah Substation to support the 

increase in voltage to 500-kV, loop the 

Eldorado-Lugo 500-kV line into the SCE 

Pisgah Substation and demolish 65 

miles of the existing Lugo-Pisgah No.2 

230-kV transmission and replace it with 

towers and conductor. In addition, 

modifications within the SCE Eldorado 

and Lugo substations will be required. 

SCE proposes to construct the new 

Lugo-Pisgah No.2 500-kV transmission 

line for 57 of the 67 miles needed for the 

upgrade from the existing Pisgah 

substation to the Victorville substation 

within the existing ROW of the 230-kV 

transmission line that would be 

replaced and upgraded. 

The last 10 miles of this new LugoPisgah No. 2 500-kV line to the 

Victorville substation, located south of 

Victorville would be constructed within 

a new ROW area. 

The EIS/SA will analyze the sitespecific impacts on air quality, 

biological resources, cultural resources, 

water resources, geological resources 

and hazards, hazardous materials 

handling, land use, noise, 

paleontological resources, public health, 

socioeconomics, soils, traffic and 

transportation, visual resources, waste 

management and worker safety and fire 

protection, as well as facility design 

engineering, efficiency, reliability, 

transmission system engineering and 

transmission line safety and nuisance. 

The BLM CDCA Plan of 1980, as 

amended, while recognizing the 

potential compatibility of solar 

generation facilities on public lands, 

requires that all sites associated with 

power generation or transmission not 

identified in the 1980 Plan will be 

considered through the plan 

amendment process. 

The following planning criteria will 

be utilized during the plan amendment 

process: 

• The plan amendment process will 

be completed in compliance with 

FLPMA, NEPA, and all other relevant 

Federal laws, Executive orders, and 

management policies of the BLM; 

• The plan amendment process will 

include an EIS that will comply with 

NEPA standards; 

• Where existing planning decisions 

are determined to be valid, those 

decisions will remain unchanged and 

will be incorporated into any new plan 

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• The plan amendment will recognize 

valid existing rights; 

• Native American Tribal 

consultations will be conducted in 

accordance with policy and Tribal 

concerns will be given due 

consideration. The plan amendment 

process will include the consideration 

of any impacts on Indian trust assets; 

• Consultation with the SHPO will be 

conducted throughout the plan 

amendment process; and 

• Consultation with USFWS will be 

conducted throughout the plan 

amendment process. 

If the ROW and proposed land use 

plan amendment are approved by BLM, 

the concentrated solar thermal power 

plant facility on public lands would be 

authorized in accordance with Title V of 

the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 and the BLM’s 

ROW Regulations at 43 CFR part 2800. 

A certificate designating approval of the 

Energy Commission must be obtained 

by SES before it may construct a power 

plant and/or electric transmission line 

and related facilities. 

You may submit comments on issues 

and planning criteria in writing at the 

public scoping meeting, or you may 

submit them via e-mail (see ADDRESSES

section above). To be most helpful, you 

should submit comments within 30 

days after the public scoping meeting. 

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. 

Robert Doyel, 

Acting Deputy State Director for Natural 

Resources, California State Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–13320 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

Nominations for the following 

properties being considered for listing 

or related actions in the National 

Register were received by the National 

Park Service before May 23, 2009. 

Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 CFR Part 

60 written comments concerning the 

significance of these properties under 

the National Register criteria for 

evaluation may be forwarded by United 

States Postal Service, to the National 

Register of Historic Places, National 

Park Service, 1849 C St., NW., 2280, 

Washington, DC 20240; by all other 

carriers, National Register of Historic 

Places, National Park Service,1201 Eye 

St., NW., 8th floor, Washington DC 

20005; or by fax, 202–371–6447. Written 

or faxed comments should be submitted 

by June 23, 2009. 

J. Paul Loether, 

Chief, National Register of Historic Places/ 

National Historic Landmarks Program. 

CALIFORNIA 

Ventura County 

First Baptist Church of Ventura, 101 S. Laurel 

St., Ventura, 09000466 

CONNECTICUT 

Fairfield County 

Restmore, 375 Warner Hill Rd., Fairfield, 

09000467 

Hartford County 

Case Brothers Historic District, 680–728 

Spring St., 40 Glen Rd., and rough 

boundaries of Case Mountain Recreation 

Area and Manchester Land, Manchester, 

09000468 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Berkshire County 

West Stockbridge Town Hall, 9 Main St., 

West Stockbridge, 09000469 

Hampshire County 

Gate Cemetery, Ireland St., Chesterfield, 

09000470 

Ireland Street Cemetery, Ireland St., 

Chesterfield, 09000471 

MICHIGAN 

Berrien County 

Zinc Collar Pad Company Building, 304 S. 

Oak St., Buchanan, 09000472 

Houghton County 

Chassell School Complex, 42373, 42365 N. 

Hancock St., Chassell, 09000473 

Jackson County 

Hebrew Cemetery, 420 N.W. Ave., Jackson, 

09000474 

Otsego County 

Johannesburg Manufacturing Company Store, 

10816 M–32 E., Johannesburg, 09000475 

St. Joseph County 

Clapp, Leverett A. and Amanda (Hampson), 

House, 324 W. Main St., Centreville, 

09000476 

MISSOURI 

Cole County 

Munichburg Commercial Historic District, 

(Southside Munichburg, Missouri MPS) 

114–130 (even only) E. Dunklin St., 610, 

620 Madison St., 704 Madison St., Jefferson 

City, 09000477 

NEW YORK 

Cayuga County 

Hutchinson Homestead, 6080 Lake St., 

Cayuga, 09000478 

Columbia County 

Rockefeller, Simeon, House, 524 Columbia 

Co. Rte. 8, Germantown, 09000479 

St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1273 Co. Rte. 7, 

Ancram, 09000480 

Washington County 

Stoops Hotel, 2839 NY 29, Battenville, 

09000481 

NORTH DAKOTA 

Grand Forks County 

Grand Forks Near Southside Historic District 

(Second Boundary Increase), 1019 Reeves 

Dr., Grand Forks, 09000482 

SOUTH CAROLINA 

Chester County 

Lando School, Schoolhouse Rd., Lando, 

09000485 

Greenville County 

Campbell’s Covered Bridge, 123 Campbell 

Covered Bridge Rd., Gowensville, 

09000483 

Hampton County 

Lawton, John, House, 118 3rd. St., Estill, 

09000484 

TEXAS 

Cameron County 

Hicks-Gregg House, 1249 W. Washington St., 

Brownsville, 09000486 

WISCONSIN 

Columbia County 

Griswold, George, House, 146 S. Dickason 

Blvd., Columbus, 09000487 

Ingalsbe, Adolphus and Sarah, House, 546 

Park Ave., Columbus, 09000488 

Request for REMOVAL has been made for 

the following resources: 

WISCONSIN 

Milwaukee County 

Coast Guard Station, Old, 1600 N. Lincoln 

Memorial Dr., Milwaukee, 89001047 

St. Croix County 

Williams, T.E., Block, 321 2nd St., Hudson, 

84000070 

[FR Doc. E9–13249 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Weekly Listing of Historic Properties 

Pursuant to (36 CFR 60.13(b,c)) and 

(36 CFR 63.5), this notice, through 


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