[Federal Register: July 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 135)]
[Notices]               
[Page 40361-40362]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID-210-5101-ER-D050, IDI-35183/NVN-84663]

 
Extension of Scoping Period for the Notice of Intent To Prepare 
an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed China Mountain Wind 
Project

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Extend Scoping Period for the Notice of Intent to Prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed China Mountain Wind 
Project.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Jarbidge Field Office, 
Twin Falls District, Idaho, is extending the scoping period for the 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed China Mountain Wind 
Project, located in the Jarbidge Foothills, southwest of Rogerson, 
Idaho, and west of Jackpot, Nevada. The EIS will be prepared in 
accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(FLPMA) (43 U.S.C. 1701), as amended; the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321), as amended; and the Council on 
Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508). This 
notice extends the public scoping process to identify relevant issues 
associated with the proposed project.

DATES: The scoping period is extended from June 21, 2008 to July 21, 
2008. Comments received after that date will be considered to the 
extent practicable. Comments may be submitted using one of the methods 
listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: China Mountain Wind Project Manager, 
Jarbidge Field Office, 2536 Kimberly Road, Twin Falls, Idaho 83301, 
telephone (208) 732-7413.

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/id/st/en/fo/jarbidge.html.
     E-mail: id_chinamtn_eis@blm.gov.
     Fax: (208) 736-2375 or (208) 735-2076.
     Mail: Project Manager, China Mountain EIS, Jarbidge Field 
Office, 2536 Kimberly Road, Twin Falls, Idaho 83301.
    Comments can also be hand delivered to the Jarbidge Field Office at 
the address above. Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined 
at the Jarbidge Field Office.


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    Dated: June 30, 2008.
Rick Vander Voet,
Jarbidge Field Office Manager, Idaho Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. E8-15999 Filed 7-11-08; 8:45 am]

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