80 FR 18599 - Notice of Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis Nacimiento Mine Site, Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 66 (April 7, 2015)
Forest Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 66 (April 7, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-07898 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 18599-18600] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-07898] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Notice of Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis Nacimiento Mine Site, Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of Settlement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent (ASAOC), between the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service (Forest Service) and Williams Express LLC (Williams), under Sections 104, 107 and 122 of CERCLA, regarding the Nacimiento Mine Site located on the Santa Fe National Forest near Cuba, New Mexico. The property that is the subject of this proposed ASAOC is areas where hazardous substances and/or pollutants or contaminants are located on the surface features of the federally owned portion of the Site designated as Operable Unit 1 (OU1). [[Page 18600]] This ASAOC requires Williams perform an Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis (EE/CA) report to develop, evaluate, and select cleanup alternatives involving mining waste piles and other surface features located on the federally owned portion of OU1 at the Site. The performance of this work must be approved and monitored by the Forest Service. Also under the ASAOC, Williams will reimburse up to $7,500 of the Forest Service's oversight costs related to the EE/CA. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the United States will receive written comments relating to the ASAOC. The United States will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the ASAOC if comments received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The United States' response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the USDA, Office of General Counsel, Mountain Region, 740 Simms Street, Golden, Colorado 80401, and the Forest Service's Southwestern Regional Office, 333 Broadway SE., Albuquerque, NM 87102. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 7, 2015. ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement and additional background information relating to the settlement are available for public inspection at the offices located at the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southwestern Regional Office, 333 Broadway SE., Albuquerque, NM 87102, or from Kirk M. Minckler with USDA's Office of the General Counsel, (303) 275-5549. Comments should reference the Nacimiento Mine, Santa Fe National Forest, Sandoval County, New Mexico, and should be addressed to Kirk M. Minckler, USDA Office of the General Counsel, P.O. Box 25005, Denver, CO 80225-005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information, contact Steven J. McDonald, USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region, 333 Broadway SE., Albuquerque, NM 87102, phone (505) 842-3838. For legal information, contact Kirk M. Minckler, USDA Office of the General Counsel, P.O. Box 25005, Denver, CO 80225-0005; phone (303) 275-5549, Fax: (303) 275-5557; email: kirk.minckler@ogc.usda.gov. Dated: March 31, 2015. Danny R. Montoya, Acting Deputy Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region. [FR Doc. 2015-07898 Filed 4-6-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE CODE 3410-11-P
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United States Forest Service (D. Colo. Rule. The lease modifications and publication date of this notice.
June 27, 2014). exploration plan authorization will be Comments should be limited to issues
DATES: Comments must be received in addressed in future environmental related to the proposed action, which is
writing by May 22, 2015. analyses, if needed. limited only to reinstating the North
ADDRESSES: Comments may be Fork Coal Mining Area exception of the
Purpose and Need
submitted electronically at https:// Colorado Roadless Rule. The Forest
cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/ The purpose and need for this Service is not seeking comments on the
CommentInput?Project=46470. In supplemental EIS is to provide other portions of the Colorado Roadless
management direction for conserving Rule, roadless area boundary
addition written comments can be
roadless characteristics within the area modifications, or other roadless areas in
submitted via hard-copy mail to:
while addressing the State interest in Colorado.
Colorado Roadless Rule, 740 Simms
not foreclosing exploration and Due to the extensive public
Street, Golden, CO 80401.
All comments, including names and development of the coal resources in the participation process that occurred with
addresses, are placed in the record and North Fork Coal Mining Area. the development of the Colorado
are available for public inspection and Proposed Action Roadless Rule, no public meetings are
copying. The proposed action for the Colorado planned for this 45 day scoping effort.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Roadless Rule supplemental is to However, public meetings may be held
Tu at 303–275–5156. Individuals using reinstate the North Fork Coal Mining in Denver and Paonia, Colorado after the
telecommunication devices for the deaf Area exception as written in 36 CFR release of the Supplemental Draft
(TDD) may call the Federal Information 294.43(c)(1)(ix). In addition, the Forest Environmental Impact Statement
Relay Services at 1–800–877–8339 Service is proposing to administratively (SDEIS) and proposed rule.
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Time, correct the North Fork Coal Mining Area Estimated Timeline
Monday through Friday. boundary to remedy clerical errors.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 3, The SDEIS and proposed rule is
Alternative to the Proposed Action estimated to be released in early fall
2012 (77 FR 39576), the U.S.
Department of Agriculture promulgated The other alternative being 2015. The Supplemental Final EIS is
the Colorado Roadless Rule, a state- considered is the no-action alternative, estimated spring 2016.
specific regulation for management of which is the continuation of current
Brian Ferebee,
Colorado Roadless Areas. This Rule management following the District
Deputy Regional Forester, Rocky Mountain
addressed State-specific concerns while Court ruling to vacate the North Fork
Region.
conserving roadless area characteristics. Coal Mining Area exception. The
[FR Doc. 2015–07886 Filed 4–6–15; 8:45 am]
One State-specific concern was to avoid Colorado Roadless Rule contains a
severability clause (36 CFR 294.48(f)), BILLING CODE CODE 3410–11–P
foreclosing exploration and
development of coal resources on the which allows the rest of the Rule to
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and remain in effect. Therefore, the District
Court of Colorado’s ruling only changed DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests.
The Colorado Roadless Rule addressed management of Colorado Roadless Areas Forest Service
this by defining a 19,100-acre area as the in the North Fork Coal Mining Area.
North Fork Coal Mining Area, and Currently, the North Fork Coal Mining Notice of Administrative Settlement
developing an exception that allows Area is being managed the same as other Agreement and Order on Consent for
temporary road construction for coal- non-upper tier Colorado Roadless Areas. Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis
related activities within that defined Valid existing coal leases would operate Nacimiento Mine Site, Santa Fe
area. according the terms of their leases. National Forest, New Mexico
In July 2013, High Country Cooperating Agencies
Conservation Advocates, WildEarth AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
Guardians, and Sierra Club challenged The Colorado Department of Natural
ACTION: Notice of Settlement.
the Forest Service’s decision to consent Resources and the BLM will participate
to the Bureau of Land Management as cooperating agencies in the SUMMARY: In accordance with Section
preparation of the SEIS. 122(i) of the Comprehensive
(BLM) modifying two existing coal
leases, the BLM’s companion decision Responsible Official Environmental Response, Compensation
to modify the leases, BLM’s The Responsible Official for the and Liability Act of 1980, as amended
authorization of an exploration plan in rulemaking and SEIS is the Secretary of (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is
the lease modification areas, and the Agriculture or his designee. hereby given of an Administrative
North Fork Coal Mining Area exception Settlement Agreement and Order on
of the Colorado Roadless Rule. In June Decision To Be Made Consent (ASAOC), between the United
2014, the District Court of Colorado The Responsible Official will States Department of Agriculture Forest
found the environmental documents determine whether to reinstate the Service (Forest Service) and Williams
supporting the four decisions to be in North Fork Coal Mining Area exception, Express LLC (Williams), under Sections
violation of the National Environmental or continue to manage the area without 104, 107 and 122 of CERCLA, regarding
Policy Act (NEPA) due to analysis the exception. In addition, the Forest the Nacimiento Mine Site located on the
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deficiencies. In September 2014, the Service will determine if corrections to Santa Fe National Forest near Cuba,
District Court of Colorado vacated the the North Fork Coal Mining Area New Mexico. The property that is the
lease modifications, the exploration boundary should be made to adjust for subject of this proposed ASAOC is areas
plan, and the North Fork Coal Mining clerical errors. where hazardous substances and/or
Area exception of the Colorado Roadless pollutants or contaminants are located
Rule (36 CFR 294.43(c)(1)(ix)). Scoping Process on the surface features of the federally
This supplemental NEPA process will The Forest Service is seeking public owned portion of the Site designated as
only address the Colorado Roadless comments for 45 days from the Operable Unit 1 (OU1).
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This ASAOC requires Williams DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE accurate reporting of data from censuses
perform an Engineering Evaluation and and surveys. Because state, local, and
Cost Analysis (EE/CA) report to U.S. Census Bureau tribal governments have geographic data
develop, evaluate, and select cleanup and current knowledge about where
alternatives involving mining waste Proposed Information Collection; growth and change are occurring in
piles and other surface features located Comment Request; Geographic their jurisdictions, their input into the
on the federally owned portion of OU1 Partnership Programs overall development of a continually
at the Site. The performance of this AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, maintained address list for censuses and
work must be approved and monitored Commerce. surveys makes a vital contribution. The
by the Forest Service. Also under the ACTION: Notice. Census Bureau recognizes that state,
ASAOC, Williams will reimburse up to local, and tribal governments have
$7,500 of the Forest Service’s oversight SUMMARY: The Department of authoritative geographic data for their
costs related to the EE/CA. Commerce, as part of its continuing jurisdiction. The benefits to local
For thirty (30) days following the date effort to reduce paperwork and governments in sharing that information
of publication of this notice, the United respondent burden, invites the general as part of the Census Bureau’s GPPs are
States will receive written comments public and other Federal agencies to realized with quality data for more
relating to the ASAOC. The United take this opportunity to comment on accurate results of censuses and
States will consider all comments proposed and/or continuing information surveys.
received and may modify or withdraw collections, as required by the
II. Method of Collection
its consent to the ASAOC if comments Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
received disclose facts or considerations Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. This notice is for a generic clearance
that indicate that the settlement is 3506(c)(2)(A)). that will cover a number of activities
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. required for updating MAF/TIGER with
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
The United States’ response to any participant-provided address and other
comments must be submitted on or
comments received will be available for geographic information, or obtain
before June 8, 2015.
public inspection at the USDA, Office of address and spatial data for research
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments and evaluation purposes. The
General Counsel, Mountain Region, 740 to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Simms Street, Golden, Colorado 80401, information collected in these programs
Paperwork Clearance Officer, in cooperation with state, local, and
and the Forest Service’s Southwestern Department of Commerce, Room 6625, tribal governments and other partners is
Regional Office, 333 Broadway SE., 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, essential to the mission of the Census
Albuquerque, NM 87102. Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Bureau and directly contributes to the
DATES: Comments must be submitted on Internet at jjessup@doc.gov). successful outcome of censuses and
or before May 7, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: surveys conducted by the Census
ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement Direct requests for additional Bureau. The generic clearance allows
and additional background information information or copies of the information the Census Bureau to focus its resources
relating to the settlement are available collection instrument(s) and on actual operational planning,
for public inspection at the offices instructions to Laura Waggoner, U.S. development of procedures, and
located at the United States Department Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233 implementation of programs to update
of Agriculture, Forest Service, (or via the Internet at laura.l.waggoner@ and improve the geographic data
Southwestern Regional Office, 333 census.gov). maintained in MAF/TIGER.
Broadway SE., Albuquerque, NM 87102, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Census Bureau will develop
or from Kirk M. Minckler with USDA’s guidelines and procedures for state,
Office of the General Counsel, (303) I. Abstract local, and tribal government
275–5549. Comments should reference The mission of the Geography submissions of address data and
the Nacimiento Mine, Santa Fe National Division (GEO) within the Census geographic boundaries, and will outline
Forest, Sandoval County, New Mexico, Bureau is to plan, coordinate, and the mutual roles and responsibilities of
and should be addressed to Kirk M. administer all geographic and each party within each GPP. The GPP
Minckler, USDA Office of the General cartographic activities needed to listed below, is not exhaustive of all
Counsel, P.O. Box 25005, Denver, CO facilitate Census Bureau statistical activities that may be performed under
80225–005. programs throughout the United States this generic clearance. The Census
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For and its territories. GEO manages Bureau will follow the approved
technical information, contact Steven J. programs to continuously update procedure when submitting any
McDonald, USDA Forest Service geographic data including addresses, additional activities not specifically
Southwestern Region, 333 Broadway spatial features, boundaries, and listed here.
SE., Albuquerque, NM 87102, phone geographic entities in the Master
Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Support System Initiative
(505) 842–3838. For legal information, (GSS–I)
contact Kirk M. Minckler, USDA Office Geographic Encoding and Referencing
of the General Counsel, P.O. Box 25005, System (MAF/TIGER) System. GEO also The GSS–I is an integrated program
Denver, CO 80225–0005; phone (303) conducts research into geographic designed to improve geographic data
275–5549, Fax: (303) 275–5557; email: concepts, methods, and standards and enhance the quality assessment and
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kirk.minckler@ogc.usda.gov. needed to facilitate Census Bureau data measurement for MAF/TIGER. The
collection and dissemination programs. GSS–I builds on the accomplishments of
Dated: March 31, 2015. Geographic Partnership Programs the last decade’s MAF/TIGER
Danny R. Montoya, (GPPs) encourages participants, Enhancement Program (MTEP), which
Acting Deputy Regional Forester, USDA following Census Bureau guidelines, to redesigned MAF/TGER, improved the
Forest Service, Southwestern Region. review, update, and suggest positional accuracy of TIGER spatial
[FR Doc. 2015–07898 Filed 4–6–15; 8:45 am] modifications to geographic data to features, and emphasized quality
BILLING CODE CODE 3410–11–P maintain MAF/TIGER and to ensure the measurement. The Census Bureau plans
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| Contact | For technical information, contact Steven J. McDonald, USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region, 333 Broadway SE., Albuquerque, NM 87102, phone (505) 842-3838. For legal information, contact Kirk M. Minckler, USDA Office of the General Counsel, P.O. Box 25005, Denver, CO 80225-0005; phone (303) 275-5549, Fax: (303) 275-5557; email: [email protected] | |
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