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Final Environmental Impact Statement DOE/EIS–0458 FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT VOLUME II: APPENDICES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE TO ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND FOR CONSTRUCTION AND STARTUP OF THE TOPAZ SOLAR FARM SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA US Department of Energy, Lead Agency Loan Guarantee Program Office Washington, DC 20585 In Cooperation with US Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District August 2011 APPENDICES TABLE OF CONTENTS Appendix A Public Scoping Appendix B PG&E Connected Action Appendix C Farmlands Correspondence and Analysis Appendix D Visual Simulation Methodology Appendix E Biological Resources, Including Section 7 Consultation Appendix F Cultural Resources, Including Section 106 Consultation Appendix G Draft Wildfire Management Plan Appendix H USACE CWA Section 404 Individual Permit Information Appendix I Contractor Disclosure Statement Appendix J Distribution List Appendix K Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan Appendix A Public Scoping 65306 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 204 / Friday, October 22, 2010 / Notices required by Section 10(a)(2) of the discussion of recently released IES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Advisory Committee Act and is reports will be held from 2:30 p.m. until intended to notify the public of their 4 p.m. The meeting will close to the Notice of Intent To Prepare an opportunity to attend the open portion public from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. for the Environmental Impact Statement for a of the meeting. The public is being election of Chair and Vice Chair. The Proposed Federal Loan Guarantee To given less than 15 days’ notice due to new officers will have a brief Support Construction of the Topaz the need to accommodate the members’ opportunity to address the membership Solar Farm, San Luis Obispo County, schedules. about their vision for the Board’s role CA DATES: November 1, 2010 for the next two years, and adjournment AGENCY: Loan Guarantee Program, TIMES: Open session: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. is expected at 5 p.m. Department of Energy. The meeting will be closed from 4 p.m. A final agenda will be available from ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an to 4:45 p.m. for the election of a Chair environmental impact statement and and Vice Chair. Mary Grace Lucier (see contact information above) on October 25 and conduct a public scoping meeting and ADDRESSES: 80 F Street, NW., Room 100, will be posted on the Board Web site notice of proposed floodplain action. Washington, DC 20208. http://ies.ed.gov/director/board/ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of agendas/index.asp. Individuals who Mary Grace Lucier, Designated Federal Energy (DOE) announces its intent to will need accommodations for a Official, National Board for Education prepare an environmental impact Sciences, 555 New Jersey Ave., NW., disability in order to attend the meeting statement (EIS) pursuant to the National Room 602 I, Washington, DC 20208; (e.g., interpreting services, assistance Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as phone: (202) 219–2253; fax: (202) 219– listening devices, or materials in amended (NEPA), the Council on 1466; e-mail: [email protected]. alternative format) should notify Mary Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA Individuals who use a Grace Lucier no later than October 20. regulations, and the DOE NEPA telecommunications device for the deaf We will attempt to meet requests for implementing procedures, to assess the (TDD) may call the Federal Information accommodations after this date but potential environmental impacts of its Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339. cannot guarantee their availability. The proposed action of issuing a Federal SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting site is accessible to individuals loan guarantee to Topaz Solar Farms, National Board for Education Sciences with disabilities. LLC (Topaz) (DOE/EIS–0458). Topaz is authorized by Section 116 of the Records are kept of all Committee submitted an application to DOE under Education Sciences Reform Act of proceedings and are available for public the Federal loan guarantee program 2002(ESRAa0, 20 U.S.C 9516. The Board inspection at 555 New Jersey Ave., NW., pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) to support advises the Director of the Institute of Room 602 K, Washington, DC 20208, construction of the Topaz Solar Farm Education Sciences (IES) on, among from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., other things, the establishment of Project located in San Luis Obispo Eastern Standard Time Monday through County, California (the Project). activities to be supported by the Friday. Institute, on the funding for applications Topaz is a limited liability company for grants, contracts, and cooperative Electronic Access to This Document: that is owned by First Solar, Inc. Topaz agreements for research after the You may view this document, as well as proposes to develop the Project on completion of peer review, and reviews all other documents of this Department approximately 4,000 acres of land. As and evaluates the work of the Institute. published in the Federal Register, in proposed, the approximately 550- At this time, the Board consists of ten text or Adobe Portable Document megawatt electric generation project of fifteen appointed members due to the Format (PDF) on the Internet at the would include the installation of about expirations of the terms of former following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ nine million photovoltaic (PV) solar members. The Board shall meet and can fed-register/index.html. modules within approximately 437 arrays and associated electric carry out official business because the To use PDF you must have Adobe ESRA states that a majority of the voting equipment. At full capacity, the Project Acrobat Reader, which is available free members serving at the time of a would generate enough electricity to at this site. If you have questions about meeting constitutes a quorum. power an estimated 160,000 California On November 1, 2010, starting at 8:30 using PDF, call the U.S. Government homes annually. Generated electricity a.m. the Board will approve the agenda Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1–888– would be sold to Pacific Gas and and hear remarks from the chair, 293–6498; or in the Washington, DC, Electric (PG&E) under a long-term followed by further remarks from John area at (202) 512–1530. power purchase agreement. The Project Easton, IES director. The Board is Note: The official version of this document would be interconnected into PG&E’s expected to consider and approve is the document published in the Federal existing Morro Bay-Midway 230-kilovolt priorities proposed by the director to Register. Free Internet access to the official (kV) transmission line, which runs in an guide the work of the Institute. A break edition of the Federal Register and the Code east-to-west direction through the site. will take place from 9:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. of Federal Regulations is available on GPO The EIS will evaluate the potential A presentation on the Privacy Technical Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ environmental impacts of the issuance Assistance Center will take place from index.html. of a DOE Loan Guarantee for Topaz’s 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., followed by an proposed Project and the range of overview of the proposed agenda for the Dated: October 19, 2010. reasonable alternatives. The purposes of Regional Educational Laboratories John Q. Easton, this Notice of Intent are to inform the program. Director, Institute of Education Sciences. public about DOE’s proposed action; The meeting will break for lunch from [FR Doc. 2010–26782 Filed 10–21–10; 8:45 am] invite public participation in the EIS 12 noon to 1:15 p.m., following which process; announce plans for a public there will be a presentation and BILLING CODE 4000–01–P scoping meeting; and solicit public discussion of state of the art approaches comments for consideration in to research implementation. A establishing the scope and content of VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:43 Oct 21, 2010 Jkt 223001 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22OCN1.SGM 22OCN1 emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 204 / Friday, October 22, 2010 / Notices 65307 the EIS. DOE is hereby providing notice Department of Energy, 1000 4,100 acres of land within one of two of a proposed action in a floodplain and Independence Avenue, SW., overlapping study areas: that DOE will include a floodplain Washington, DC 20585; telephone: 202– Study Area A, the southernmost study assessment in the EIS. DOE invites those 586–4600; facsimile: 202–586–7031; area, includes approximately 8,000 agencies with jurisdiction by law or electronic mail: [email protected]; acres. If the Project is located within special expertise to be cooperating or leave a toll-free message at 800–472– Study Area A, the fenced area would be agencies. 2756. approximately 4,100 acres. Study Area B, the northernmost study DATES: The public scoping period will SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: area, includes approximately 6,300 begin with publication of this Notice of Background acres. If the Project is located within Intent and end on November 22, 2010. Study Area B, the fenced area would be To ensure that all of the issues related Title XVII of EPAct 2005 established a Federal loan guarantee program for approximately 4,000 acres. to this proposal are addressed, DOE The study areas are larger than what invites comments on the proposed eligible energy projects, and was amended by the American Recovery and would be needed to develop the project scope and content of the EIS from all in order to allow flexibility in the final interested parties.
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