[Federal Register: July 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number =
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for Programmatic=20
Environmental Impact Statement To Develop and Implement Agency-Specific=20
Programs for Solar Energy Development
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy and the Bureau of Land Management=20
(BLM) (the Agencies) are extending the public comment period for the=20
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Develop and Implement=20
Agency-Specific Programs for Solar Energy Development (Solar PEIS). The=20
Solar PEIS includes BLM-administered lands in the States of Arizona,=20
California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah. A notice published=20
in the Federal Register on June 30, 2009 [74 FR 31307] provided for a=20
public comment period ending on July 30, 2009.
DATES: Several individuals and organizations have requested an=20
extension of the comment period. The Agencies have decided to act in=20
accordance with these requests; therefore, comments on the solar energy=20
study areas will now be accepted through September 14, 2009. Comments=20
received or postmarked after September 14, 2009 will be considered to=20
the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments by the following methods:
Electronically, using the online comment form available on=20
the project Web site: http://frweb=
gate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3DleavingFR.html&log=3Dl=
inklog&to=3Dhttp://solareis.anl.gov. This is the preferred=20
method of commenting.
In writing, addressed to: Solar Energy PEIS, Argonne=20
National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue--EVS/900, Argonne, IL 60439.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact: Linda=20
Resseguie, BLM Washington Office, linda_resseguie@blm.gov, =
202-452-
7774; or Lisa Jorgensen, Department of Energy, Golden Field Office,=20
lisa.jorgensen@go.doe.gov, =
303-275-4906. You may also visit the Solar=20
PEIS Web site at http://frweb=
gate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3DleavingFR.html&log=3Dl=
inklog&to=3Dhttp://solareis.anl.gov.
Mike Pool,
Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. E9-17782 Filed 7-24-09; 8:45 am]
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