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[Federal Register: February 1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 22)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Availability of Truckhaven Geothermal Leasing Area=20
Final Environmental Impact Statement, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of=20
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and=20
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.),the Bureau of=20
Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Final Environmental Impact=20
Statement (EIS) for the Truckhaven Geothermal Leasing Area, Imperial=20
County, managed by the El Centro Field Office.

DATES: BLM will issue a Record of Decision (ROD) 30 days after the date=20
of publication of this notice (40 CFR 1506.10(b)(2)).

ADDRESSES: A copy of the FEIS has been sent to affected Federal, State,=20
and local government agencies and interested parties. The document will=20
be available electronically at the following Truckhaven Geothermal=20
Leasing Area, Imperial County EIS Web site: http:=
//frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3DleavingFR.html&=
log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://www.ca.blm.gov/elcentro.
 Copies of the FEIS will be available for public inspection at=20

the following locations:
     Bureau of Land Management, California State Office, 2800=20
Cottage Way, Suite W-1834, Sacramento, CA 95825.
     Bureau of Land Management, El Centro Field Office, 1661 S.=20
4th Street, El Centro, CA 92243.
     Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District,=20
22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, CA 92553

FOR FURTHER IINFORMATION CONTACT: John Dalton, Truckhaven Geothermal=20
Leasing Area EIS Project Manager, at (951) 691-5200, Bureau of Land=20
Management, 22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, CA 92553; =

john_dalton@ca.blm.gov.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Truckhaven Geothermal Leasing Area=20
encompasses approximately 14,731 acres of Federal minerals in western=20
Imperial County, California, north of State Route 78 and generally west=20
and south of County Highway S-22. The area is part of the California=20
Desert Conservation Area. The main issues addressed in the Final EIS=20
are geothermal resource leasing, recreation, and special status=20
species. Three alternatives are analyzed in the Final EIS: (1) No=20
action, which would not lease any geothermal resources; (2) leasing=20
only lands with existing noncompetitive lease applications; and (3) the=20
proposed action, which would offer all BLM managed lands within this=20
area for lease, subject to certain stipulations and mitigation measures=20
to be applied at the development stage. Comments on the Truckhaven=20
Geothermal Leasing Area Draft EIS received from the public and via=20
internal BLM review were incorporated into the Final EIS. These=20
comments resulted in corrections, clarifying text, and the addition of=20
new data used in the analysis of impacts. The Final EIS includes=20
measures to mitigate impacts to off-highway vehicle restriction. The=20
Final EIS addresses comprehensive, long-range decisions for the use and=20
management of geothermal resources in the planning area and management=20
of other resources and uses potentially affected by geothermal resource=20
management decisions. The reasonable foreseeable development scenario=20
for the area projects a potential for two 25-Megawatt geothermal power=20
plants, with a total surface disturbance of 502.25 acres of the 14,731=20
acres proposed for leasing that are administered by the BLM. The ROD=20
for this project will address only BLM's decisions for public lands and=20
resources administered by the BLM.

Alan Stein,
Acting Field Manager.
[FR Doc. E8-1763 Filed 1-31-08; 8:45 am]

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