[Federal Register: February 5, 2010 (Volume 75, Number =
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact=20
Statement for the Proposed Chevron Energy Solutions Lucerne Valley=20
Solar Project, San Bernardino County, CA, and the Draft California=20
Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment
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, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of=20
1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a=20
Draft California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan Amendment and a=20
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Chevron=20
Energy Solutions Lucerne Valley Solar Project and by this notice is=20
announcing the opening of the comment period.
DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive=20
written comments on the CDCA Plan Amendment and Draft EIS within 90=20
days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes=20
this Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The BLM will=20
announce future meetings or hearings and any other public involvement=20
activities at least 15 days in advance through public notices, media=20
releases, or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments related to the proposed Chevron=20
Energy Solutions Lucerne Valley Solar Project by any of the following=20
methods:
Web site: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3Dleavin=
gFR.html&log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/barsto=
w.html.
E-mail: LucerneSolar@blm.gov.
Fax: (951) 697-5299.
Mail or other delivery service: Greg Thomsen, BLM=20
California Desert District Office, 22835 Calle San Juan de Los Lagos,=20
Moreno Valley, California 92553.
Copies of the Draft EIS and Draft CDCA Plan Amendment for the=20
proposed Chevron Energy Solutions Lucerne Valley Solar Project are=20
available in the California Desert District Office at the above=20
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Greg=20
Thomsen, Project Manager; telephone (951) 697-5237 or at the address=20
and e-mail address above.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chevron Energy Solutions has requested a=20
516-acre right-of-way (ROW) authorization to construct and operate a=20
45-megawatt solar photovoltaic project and connect it to an existing=20
Southern California Edison 33 kV distribution system on public lands=20
located approximately 8 miles east of Lucerne Valley, San Bernardino=20
County, California.
The proposed project would include a solar array, switchyard, a=20
control and maintenance building, and parking area. The Draft EIS=20
analyzes the site-specific impacts to the environment from the proposed=20
project. Alternatives include:
A no action alternative with a plan amendment making the=20
project area unavailable to other solar energy projects;
A no action alternative with a plan amendment making the=20
project area available to other solar energy projects;
The proposed action;
A modified proposed action that reduces visual and=20
biological impacts; and
A reduced footprint/reduced megawatts modified proposed=20
action.
Pursuant to BLM's CDCA Plan (1980, as amended), sites associated=20
with power generation or transmission not identified in the CDCA Plan=20
will be considered through the plan amendment process.
A Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS and CDCA Plan amendment for=20
the Lucerne Valley Solar Project was published in the Federal Register=20
on July 23, 2009. This was followed by a 30-day public scoping period=20
which ended August 22, 2009. Scoping meetings were held on July 23,=20
2009 in Lucerne Valley, California, and on July 30 in San Bernardino,=20
California. Numerous public scoping comments were received.
The main concerns included potential impacts to biological species,=20
visual resources, and cultural resources, and appropriate use of public=20
land. The issues and concerns identified in the scoping comments were=20
addressed in the DEIS.
Please note that public comments will be available for public=20
review and disclosure at the above address during regular business=20
hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except holidays.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or=20
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be=20
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying=20
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can=20
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying=20
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be=20
able to do so.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 40 CFR 1506.10; 43 CFR 1610.2.
Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director, California.
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