Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Redding Rancheria Win-River Casino Relocation Project
| Published date | 03 April 2024 |
| Record Number | 2024-07048 |
| Citation | 89 FR 23040 |
| Court | Indian Affairs Bureau,Interior Department |
| Section | Notices |
Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 2024)
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23040-23041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07048]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Redding Rancheria
Win-River Casino Relocation Project
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), as lead agency, with the Redding Rancheria (Tribe), City
of Redding (City), Shasta County (County), the California Department of
Transportation, District 2 and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 9 serving as cooperating agencies, intends to file a
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) in connection with the Tribe's application to
transfer into trust approximately 232 acres for gaming purposes in
Shasta County, California (Strawberry Fields Site).
DATES: The Record of Decision for the proposed action will be issued on
or after 30 days from the date the EPA publishes its Notice of
Availability in the Federal Register. The BIA must receive any comments
on the FEIS before that date.
ADDRESSES: By mail or hand delivery to: Amy Dutschke, Regional
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific Region, 2800 Cottage Way,
Sacramento, California 95825. Please include your name, return address,
and ``FEIS Comments, Redding Rancheria Project'' on the first page of
your written comments. You may also submit comments through email to
Chad Broussard, Environmental Protection Specialist, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, at [email protected]. If emailing comments, please use
``FEIS Comments, Redding Rancheria Project'' as the subject of your
email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chad Broussard, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific Regional
Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2820, Sacramento, California 95825;
telephone: (916) 978-6165; email: [email protected]. Information
is also available online at http://www.reddingeis.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Notice of Availability (NOA) of the
Draft EIS was published by the BIA (84 FR 14391) on April 10, 2019, and
EPA (84 FR 16485) in the Federal Register on April 19, 2019. The Draft
EIS was originally made available for public comment for a 45-day
period. However, the BIA extended the public comment period for an
additional two weeks that concluded on June 17, 2019. A public hearing
was held on May 20, 2019, to collect verbal comments on the Draft EIS.
On May 14, 2020, the BIA published a notice to suspend preparation of
the EIS (85 FR 28973). On September 23, 2021, the BIA published a
notice of resumption of the EIS (85 FR 52922).
Background
The following alternatives are considered in the FEIS: (1) Proposed
Project; (2) Proposed Project with No Retail Alternative; (3) Reduced
Intensity Alternative; (4) Non-Gaming Alternative; (5) Anderson Site
Alternative; (6) Expansion of Existing Casino Alternative and (7) and
No Action/No Development Alternative. The BIA has selected Alternative
1, the Proposed Project, as the Preferred Alternative as discussed in
the FEIS.
Environmental issues addressed in the FEIS include geology and
soils, water resources, air quality, biological resources, cultural and
paleontological resources, socioeconomic conditions (including
environmental justice), transportation and circulation, land use,
public services, noise, hazardous materials, aesthetics, cumulative
effects,
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and indirect and growth inducing effects.
The information and analysis contained in the FEIS, as well as its
evaluation and assessment of the Preferred Alternative, will assist the
Department in its review of the issues presented in the Tribe's
application. Selection of the Preferred Alternative does not indicate
the Department's final decision because the Department must complete
its review process. The Department's review process consists of (1)
issuing the notice of availability of the FEIS; (2) issuing a Record of
Decision no sooner than 30 days following publication of a Notice of
Availability of the FEIS by the EPA in the Federal Register; and (3)
transfer of the Strawberry Fields Site in to trust.
Locations where the FEIS is Available for Review: The FEIS is
available for review at https://reddingeis.com. Contact information is
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
Public Comment Availability: Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be included as part of the
administrative record and responses to comments on the Final EIS.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask in your comment that your personal identifying information be
withheld from public review, the BIA cannot guarantee that this will
occur.
Authority
This notice is published pursuant to section 1503.1 of the Council
of Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR part 1500 through 1508)
and section 46.305 of the Department of the Interior Regulations (43
CFR part 46), implementing the procedural requirements of the NEPA of
1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371, et seq.), and is in the exercise of
authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209
DM 8. This notice is also published in accordance with 40 CFR 93.155,
which provides reporting requirements for conformity determinations.
Wizipan Garriott,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Exercising by
delegation the authority of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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