[Federal Register: April 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 75)]
[Notices]
[Page 19721]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA 660-07-5101-ER]
Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the Proposed Mountain View IV
Wind Energy Project
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), together with the City of Palm Springs, has
prepared a Draft EIS/EIR for the Mountain View IV Wind Energy Project
and by this notice is announcing the opening of the comment period. The
BLM is the lead Federal agency for the preparation of this EIS in
compliance with the requirements of NEPA. The City of Palm Springs is
the lead agency for the State of California for the preparation of this
EIR in compliance with the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA).
DATES: To assure that they will be considered, BLM must receive written
comments on the Draft EIS/EIR within 45 days following the date the
Environmental Protection Agency publishes their Notice of Availability
in the Federal Register. The BLM will announce future meetings or
hearings and any other public involvement activities at least 15 days
in advance through public notices, media news releases, and/or
mailings.
Documents pertinent to this proposal will be available for public
review at the BLM Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office located at 690
W. Garnet Avenue, North Palm Springs, California, during regular
business hours of 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
holidays, and may be published as part of the EIS/EIR. 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.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Web Site: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.blm.gov/ca/palmsprings. E-mail: Greg--Hill@ca.blm.gov.
Fax: (760) 251-4899.
Mail: Bureau of Land Management, Palm Springs-South Coast
Field Office, 690 W. Garnet Ave., P.O. Box 581260, North Palm Springs,
CA 92258.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Greg
Hill, Bureau of Land Management, Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office,
(760) 251-4840, or by e-mail at Greg_Hill@ca.blm.gov. A copy of the
Draft EIS/EIR for the Proposed Mountain View IV Wind Energy Project is
available for review at the BLM Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office
at the above address, and at the Palm Springs Public Library located at
300 South Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262. Copies are also
available via the Internet at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.blm.gov/ca/palmsprings.
Electronic (on CD-ROM) or paper copies may also be obtained by
contacting Greg Hill at the aforementioned addresses and phone number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Mountain View Power Partners IV, LLC has
applied for a right-of-way on public lands and a conditional use permit
on private lands to construct a wind energy generating facility in the
Coachella Valley, in Riverside County. The project site is west of
Indian Avenue and is within the corporate boundary of the City of Palm
Springs and within the planning area for the draft Coachella Valley
Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan. Operations are expected to
last approximately 30 years. The proposed project would install a total
of approximately 42 to 50 wind turbines on public and private lands,
with a total generating capacity of approximately 49 megawatts. Related
structures would include access roads, a 34.5-kV powerline and an
electrical substation. If approved, the wind energy generating facility
on public lands would be authorized in accordance with Title V of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (USC) and the Federal
regulations at 43 CFR part 2800. The proposed project would take
approximately 7 months to construct.
A Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare an EIS/EIR was published in the
Federal Register on June 5, 2006; this NOI invited comments on issues
which may have been relevant to preparation of the document. A public
scoping meeting was held on June 27, 2006 at the Desert Highland
Community Center, in the City of Palm Springs with notice of the
meeting published in the Desert Sun newspaper. The meeting was held to
help assist in identifying the range of actions, alternatives,
mitigation measures, and significant effects to be analyzed in the EIS/
EIR.
Dated: February 21, 2007.
John Kalish,
Acting Field Manager, Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office.
Editorial Note: This document was received at the Office of the
Federal Register on April 16, 2007.
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