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63328 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 200 / Tuesday, October 16, 2012 / Notices Management, Phoenix, Arizona, on DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Land Policy and Management Act of dates indicated. 1976, BLM right-of-way (ROW) Bureau of Land Management regulations, and other applicable SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [LLWYL03000–L51010000–FX0000– Federal laws. This decision does not The Gila and Salt River Meridian, LVRWK09K1030; WYW–167155] authorize development of the wind Arizona energy project; rather, it sets the Notice of Availability of the Record of parameters for which future ROW The supplemental plat representing Decision for the Chokecherry and applications may be submitted by PCW. the amended lotting in section 3, Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project and The ROW applications will be screened Township 4 South, Range 5 East, Approved Visual Resource against the analysis conducted in this accepted October 1, 2012, and officially Management Plan Amendment for environmental impact statement (EIS), filed October 3, 2012, Arizona. Public Lands Administered by the and then the appropriate level of This plat was prepared at the request Bureau of Land Management, Rawlins subsequent, tiered National of the Bureau of Land Management. Field Office, Carbon County, Wyoming Environmental Policy Act analysis will be conducted prior to the BLM issuing AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, The supplemental plat representing a decision on ROW applications. The Interior. the amended lotting in section 15, BLM selected this manner of analyzing Township 4 South, Range 6 East, ACTION: Notice of availability. the project based on its size and accepted October 1, 2012, and officially SUMMARY: complexity of resources. Accordingly, filed October 3, 2012, Arizona. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the through this decision the BLM is (1) This plat was prepared at the request availability of the Record of Decision determining whether the area identified of the Bureau of Land Management. (ROD) for the Chokecherry and Sierra in PCW’s proposal is appropriate for A person or party who wishes to Madre Wind Energy Project and wind energy development; (2) protest against any of these surveys Approved Plan Amendment to the Identifying the requirements for future wind development in the area; and (3) must file a written protest with the Rawlins Resource Management Plan Amending the VRM class decision Arizona State Director, Bureau of Land (RMP) for Visual Resource Management portions of the 2008 Rawlins RMP for Management, stating that they wish to (VRM), the applicable plan for the the designated Decision Area. Two protest. project site and the surrounding areas located in the Rawlins Field Office. The resulting decisions are as follows: (1) A statement of reasons for a protest Secretary of the Interior signed the ROD The BLM has determined that portions may be filed with the notice of protest on October 9, 2012, which constitutes of the Application Area are suitable for to the State Director, or the statement of the final decision of the Department. wind energy development and reasons must be filed with the State associated facilities on public lands ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD subject to the requirements for all future Director within thirty (30) days after the including the Approved Plan wind development in the area as protest is filed. amendment to the Rawlins RMP are described under the Preferred available upon request from the BLM FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alternative in the CCSM project Final Rawlins Field Office, 1300 North Third These plats will be available for EIS, herein referred to as the Selected Street, Rawlins, Wyoming; or via the inspection in the Arizona State Office, Alternative. The Selected Alternative Internet at the following Web site: Bureau of Land Management, One North analyzed a wind energy development http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/ Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, proposal by PCW in the 219,707-acre NEPA/documents/rfo/ Arizona, 85004–4427. Persons who use alternative boundary to accommodate Chokecherry.html. a telecommunications device for the development of a 2,000- to 3,000- deaf (TDD) may call the Federal FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: megawatt (MW) project consisting of up Information Relay Service (FIRS) at Pamela Murdock, BLM Project Manager, to 1,000 turbines and ancillary facilities 1–800–877–8339 to contact the above at 307–775–6259; through mail at BLM in the two sites—the 109,086-acre individual during normal business Wyoming State Office, 5353 Chokecherry site and the 110,161-acre hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY Sierra Madre site—and off-site access on day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 82007; or email at [email protected]. 460 acres. Power generated by the or question with the above individual. Persons who use a telecommunications project would be routed to one or more You will receive a reply during normal device for the deaf (TDD) may call the of up to five potential transmission lines business hours. Federal Information Relay Service analyzed in detail in separate EISs or an (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the existing transmission line on the Stephen K. Hansen, above individual during normal northern edge of the Project Site, all of Chief Cadastral Surveyor of Arizona. business hours. The FIRS is available 24 which were considered in the [FR Doc. 2012–25385 Filed 10–15–12; 8:45 am] hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a cumulative impact analysis for this message or question with the above BILLING CODE 4310–32–P project. (2) The BLM is requiring that individual. You will receive a reply certain project design features and during normal business hours. mitigation measures be incorporated SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM into any future CCSM wind energy evaluated the potential wind energy development authorizations. These development on a broad level to design features and mitigation measures determine appropriate areas and include the identified BLM restrictions for the Power Company of environmental constraints, applicant- Wyoming, LLC (PCW) to develop a wind committed measures and best energy facility on public lands in the management practices, and mitigation Application Area administered by the measures identified through the EIS BLM in compliance with the Federal process. The CCSM project also would VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:06 Oct 15, 2012 Jkt 229001 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16OCN1.SGM 16OCN1 tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 200 / Tuesday, October 16, 2012 / Notices 63329 be subject to additional constraints commemorative works in the District of (2) Approval of National Capital identified in the Programmatic Columbia and its environs. Memorial Advisory Commission Agreement for cultural and Native DATES: Wednesday, November 7, 2012. Operational Bylaws. (3) Other Business. American resources, Biological Opinion, ADDRESSES: The National Building The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. development of Eagle Conservation Museum, Room 312, 401 F Street NW., and is open to the public. Persons who Plans (ECPs) and Avian Protection Plans Washington, DC 20001. (APPs) in coordination with the U.S. wish to file a written statement or testify FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and Ms. at the meeting or who want further other monitoring and implementation Nancy Young, Secretary to the information concerning the meeting plans amended to the ROW grant. The Commission, by telephone at (202) 619– may contact Ms. Nancy Young, 7097, by email at BLM will not issue ROWs for the _ Secretary to the Commission. Before Chokecherry and Sierra Madre portions nancy [email protected], by telefax at including your address, phone number, of the project to PCW until USFWS (202) 619–7420, or by mail at the email address, or other personal issues letters of concurrence for the National Capital Memorial Advisory identifying information in your APPs and ECPs. Commission, 1100 Ohio Drive SW., comment, you should be aware that The Proposed Plan Amendment/Final Room 220, Washington, DC 20242. your entire comment—including your EIS and CCSM Project Final EIS were Information is also available at the personal identifying information—may released for a 30-day public review and Commission’s Web site, http:// be made publicly available at any time. protest period commencing on June 29, parkplanning.nps.gov/ncmac. While you can ask us in your comment 2012. At the close of the 30-day protest SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The to withhold your personal identifying period on July 30, 2012, thirteen timely Commission was established by Public information from public review, we and complete written protests were Law 99–652, the Commemorative Works cannot guarantee that we will be able to received and resolved. Their resolution Act (40 U.S.C. Chapter 89 et seq.), to do so. advise the Secretary of the Interior (the is summarized in the Director’s Protest Dated: October 1, 2012. Secretary) and the Administrator, Summary Report attached to the ROD. Lisa Mendelson-Ielmini, The proposed amendment to the General Services Administration, (the Administrator) on policy and Acting Regional Director, National Capital Rawlins RMP was not modified as a Region. result of the protest resolution. procedures for establishment of, and [FR Doc. 2012–25415 Filed 10–15–12; 8:45 am] Simultaneously with the protest period, proposals to establish, commemorative the Governor of Wyoming conducted a works in the District of Columbia and its BILLING CODE 4310–DL–P 60-day consistency review of the environs, as well as such other matters as it may deem appropriate concerning proposed Rawlins RMP Amendment to DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR identify any inconsistencies with State commemorative works. or local plans, policies or programs; no The Commission examines each Office of Natural Resources Revenue inconsistencies were identified. memorial proposal for conformance to [Docket No.