Notice of Intent To Amend the California Desert Conservation Area Plan and Prepare an Associated Environmental Assessment for the Oberon Solar Project, Riverside County, CA
| Published date | 18 March 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 14763 |
| Record Number | 2021-05590 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Interior Department,Land Management Bureau |
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Samantha L. Deshommes,
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Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Intent To Amend the
California Desert Conservation Area
Plan and Prepare an Associated
Environmental Assessment for the
Oberon Solar Project, Riverside
County, CA
AGENCY
: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION
: Notice of intent.
SUMMARY
: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office
is proposing to amend the 1980
California Desert Conservation Area
(CDCA) Plan, as amended, and prepare
the associated environmental analysis
for the Oberon Solar Project (Project). By
this notice, the BLM is announcing the
beginning of the scoping process to
solicit public comments on issues and
identify planning criteria.
DATES
: This notice initiates the public
scoping process for the CDCA Plan
amendment with associated
environmental analysis. Comments on
issues may be submitted in writing until
April 19, 2021. The date(s) and
location(s) of any scoping meetings will
be announced at least 15 days in
advance through local news media,
newspapers, and the BLM ePlanning
website at: https://go.usa.gov/xfdH5.
To be included in the analysis, all
comments must be received prior to the
close of the 30-day scoping period.
Additional opportunities for public
participation will be available upon
publication of the draft plan amendment
environmental analysis document.
ADDRESSES
: You may submit comments
on issues and planning criteria by any
of the following methods:
•Email: BLM_CA_PS_OberonSolar@
blm.gov.
•Mail: ATTN: Brandon Anderson,
BLM, 22835 Calle San Juan De Los
Lagos, Moreno Valley, CA 92553.
•Online via ePlanning: https://
go.usa.gov/xfdH5.
Documents pertinent to this project
may be examined during regular
business hours upon request using
email: BLM_CA_PS_OberonSolar@
blm.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Brandon Anderson, Assistant District
Manager, telephone (951) 697–5215;
address Bureau of Land Management,
22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos,
Moreno Valley, CA 92553; email BLM_
CA_PS_OberonSolar@blm.gov.
Documents relevant to this planning
process can be found at https://
go.usa.gov/xfdH5. Contact the Bureau of
Land Management to arrange for other
means of viewing documents. Persons
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1(800) 877–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The
applicant, IP Land Holding, LLC, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Intersect
Power, has requested a right-of-way
(ROW) authorization to construct,
operate, maintain, and decommission a
500-megawatt (MW) alternating current
solar photovoltaic energy-generating
facility along with the necessary
ancillary facilities on public lands
managed by the BLM. The project is
proposed within a 4,700-acre area of
public lands managed by the BLM just
north and east of Desert Center,
California. The Project is within a
development focus area, as identified
through the Desert Renewable Energy
Conservation Plan (DRECP) amendment
to the CDCA Plan.
The DRECP contains Conservation
and Management Actions (CMAs) that
are intended to avoid and/or minimize
impacts to numerous resources within
the plan area. However, application of
the relevant CMAs to the proposed
project would preclude the ability to
construct and operate the 500-MW
project in an area identified as suitable
for renewable energy development. As
such, the proposed Project would
require a plan amendment to allow solar
development within the application
area.
This notice informs the public that
the BLM intends to prepare a draft
CDCA Plan amendment and associated
environmental analysis document for
the Oberon Solar Project. It also
announces the beginning of the scoping
process for this effort and seeks public
input on environmental issues and
potential planning criteria relevant to
the project and any potential plan
amendments. The public-scoping
process may guide the planning process
and determine relevant issues that will
influence the scope of the
environmental analysis, including
alternatives and mitigation measures.
Preliminary issues for the Project have
been identified by the BLM, other
Federal agencies, the State, local
agencies, and other stakeholders. Issues
include air quality and greenhouse gas
emissions, special status wildlife and
vegetation species, cultural resources,
geology and soils, hazards and
hazardous materials, hydrology and
water quality, noise, recreation, traffic,
visual resources, and cumulative effects.
Written comments may be submitted via
one of the methods listed in the
ADDRESSES
section above. Input must be
received by the close of the 30-day
public-scoping period.
If a plan amendment is necessary, the
BLM will integrate the land use
planning process with the NEPA
process for the project. A preliminary
list of the potential planning criteria
that will be used to help guide and
define the scope of the plan amendment
includes:
1. Any plan amendments will be
completed in compliance with FLPMA,
NEPA, and all other relevant Federal
laws, executive orders, and BLM
polices.
2. Existing valid plan decisions will
not change, and any new plan decisions
will not conflict with existing plan
decisions.
3. Any plan amendments will
recognize valid existing rights.
With respect to the potential land use
plan amendment, the BLM will evaluate
identified issues to be addressed in the
plan amendment, and will place them
into one of three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the plan
amendment.
2. Issues to be resolved through policy
or administrative action.
3. Issues beyond the scope of this plan
amendment.
The BLM will provide an explanation
in the environmental analysis document
as to why an issue was placed in
category two or three. The public is also
encouraged to help identify any
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management questions and concerns
that should be addressed in the
environmental analysis and potential
land-use plan amendments. The BLM
will work collaboratively with
interested parties to identify the
management decisions that are best
suited to local, regional, and national
needs and concerns.
The BLM will utilize and coordinate
the NEPA scoping process to help fulfill
the public involvement process under
the National Historic Preservation Act
(54 U.S.C. 306108) as provided in 36
CFR 800.2(d)(3). Information about
historic and cultural resources within
the area that may be potentially affected
by the proposed action will assist the
BLM in identifying and evaluating
impacts to such resources. The BLM
will consult with American Indian
tribes on a government-to-government
basis in accordance with Executive
Order 13175 and other policies. Tribal
concerns, including impacts on
American Indian trust assets and
potential impacts to cultural resources,
will be given due consideration.
Federal, State, and local agencies, along
with tribes, and other stakeholders that
may be interested in or affected by the
proposed action that the BLM is
evaluating, are invited to participate in
the scoping process and, if eligible, may
request or be requested by the BLM to
participate in the development of the
environmental analysis as a cooperating
agency.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information (PII) in
your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment—including
your PII—may be made publicly
available at any time. While you can ask
us in your comment to withhold your
PII from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Danielle Chi,
BLM California Deputy State Director, Natural
Resources.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337–TA–1229]
Certain Furniture Products Finished
With Decorative Wood Grain Paper and
Components Thereof; Commission
Determination To Affirm an Initial
Determination Terminating the
Investigation as to Respondent Walker
Edison Co., LLC Based on a Consent
Order; Issuance of a Consent Order;
Termination of Investigation
AGENCY
: U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has determined to affirm
an initial determination (‘‘ID’’) (Order
No. 8) issued by the presiding
administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’)
terminating the investigation as to
respondent Walker Edison Co., LLC
(‘‘Walker Edison’’) based on a consent
order and to issue a consent order. The
investigation is terminated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Benjamin S. Richards, Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
708–5453. Copies of non-confidential
documents filed in connection with this
investigation may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help
accessing EDIS, please email
EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
internet server at https://www.usitc.gov.
Hearing-impaired persons are advised
that information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal on (202)
205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The
Commission instituted this investigation
on November 9, 2020, based on a
complaint, as supplemented, filed by
Toppan Interamerica, Inc. of
McDonough, Georgia (‘‘Complainant’’).
85 FR 71355 (Nov. 9, 2020). The
complaint alleges violations of section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, in the
importation into the United States, the
sale for importation, and the sale within
the United States after importation of
certain furniture products finished with
decorative wood grain paper and
components thereof by reason of
infringement of U.S. Copyright
Registration No. VA 2–142–287. The
complaint further alleges that an
industry in the United States exists. Id.
at 713356. The Commission’s notice of
investigation named Walker Edison as
the sole respondent. Id.
On January 21, 2021, Complainant
and Walker Edison jointly moved to
terminate the investigation as to Walker
Edison based on the entry of a consent
order. The joint motion included a
consent order stipulation executed by
Walker Edison and a proposed consent
order. On January 27, 2021, the
presiding ALJ issued the subject ID
granting the motion. No petitions for
review of the ID were received.
On February 19, 2021, the
Commission determined to review the
ID in light of apparent deficiencies in
Walker Edison’s consent order
stipulation and in the proposed consent
order submitted by the parties. In the
notice of review, the Commission
sought responses from the parties
regarding whether either would object
to correction of the deficiencies in the
proposed consent order and whether
Walker Edison would stipulate to the
addition of a term to the proposed
consent order. On February 22, 2021,
both parties filed responses indicating
that they did not object to correction of
the deficiencies in the proposed consent
order, and Walker Edison stipulated to
the inclusion of the additional term in
any consent order the Commission may
issue.
In light of the parties’ responses, the
Commission has determined to affirm
the ID and issue a consent order. Walker
Edison is hereby terminated from the
investigation, which is also terminated
in its entirety.
The Commission vote for this
determination took place on March 15,
2021.
The authority for the Commission’s
determination is contained in section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in part
210 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part
210).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: March 15, 2021.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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