[Federal Register: April 2, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 63)]
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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 West Butte Wind Power Right-of-Way, Crook=20
and Deschutes Counties, OR
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, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a=20
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the West Butte Wind=20
Power Right-of-Way and by this notice is announcing the opening of the=20
comment period.
DATES: To ensure comments will be considered, the BLM must receive=20
written comments on the Draft EIS within 45 days following the date the=20
Environmental Protection Agency publishes its Notice of Availability of=20
this Draft EIS in the Federal Register. The BLM will announce future=20
meetings or hearings and any other public involvement activities at=20
least 15 days in advance through public notices, media releases, and/or=20
mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments related to the West Butte Wind Power=20
Right-of-Way by any of the following methods:
Web site: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cg=
i-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3DleavingFR.html&log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp:/=
/www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/plans/wbw_power_row/request.php.=
E-mail: or_west_butte_eis@blm.gov.
Fax: (541) 416-6798.
Mail: West Butte Wind Power Right of Way, BLM Prineville=20
District Office, 3050 N.E. 3rd Street, Prineville, Oregon 97754.
Copies of the West Butte Wind Power Right-of-Way Draft EIS are=20
available at the Prineville District Office at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The West Butte Wind Power Right-of-Way=20
Project Lead, telephone (541) 416-6885; address 3050 N.E. 3rd Street,=20
Prineville, Oregon 97754; e-mail or_west_butte_eis@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The applicant, West Butte Wind Power, LLC,=20
has requested a right-of-way authorization to construct 3.9 miles of=20
road and an adjacent power transmission line on public land to support=20
renewable energy production on private land, including the construction=20
of up to 52 wind turbines and ancillary facilities. The project is 25=20
miles southeast of Bend, Oregon on the north side of U.S. Highway 20.=20
The Draft EIS analyzes impacts of the Proposed Action, the Proposed=20
Action with mitigation, and the No Action alternatives, and identifies=20
measures to mitigate adverse impacts. Major issues brought forward=20
during the public scoping process and addressed in the Draft EIS=20
include:
(1) Vegetation;
(2) Wildlife Habitat;
(3) Sensitive Species;
(4) Visual Resources;
(5) Cultural and Tribal Resources;
(6) Noise;
(7) Socioeconomic Impacts; and
(8) Public Safety.
The agency's preferred alternative is the Proposed Action with=20
mitigation.
A Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for the West Butte Wind Power=20
Right-of-Way Project was published in the Federal Register on January=20
19, 2010 (75 FR 2886). Public participation was solicited through the=20
media, mailings, and the BLM Website. The formal scoping period ended=20
February 5, 2010.
Please note that public comments and information submitted=20
including names, street addresses, and e-mail addresses of persons who=20
submit comments will be available for public review and disclosure at=20
the above address during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.),=20
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 and 1506.10.
February 23, 2010.
Stephen Robertson,
Prineville Associate District Manager.
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