81 FR 48841 - Update to Notice of Availability of a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Jamul Indian Village Proposed Gaming Management Agreement, San Diego County, California
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Indian Gaming Commission Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 143 (July 26, 2016)
National Indian Gaming Commission
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 143 (July 26, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-17589 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 26, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 48841-48842] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-17589] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Indian Gaming Commission Update to Notice of Availability of a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Jamul Indian Village Proposed Gaming Management Agreement, San Diego County, California AGENCY: National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), Interior. ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., the NIGC, in cooperation with the Jamul Indian Village has prepared a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Final SEIS) for the proposed Gaming Management Agreement (GMA) between the Jamul Indian Village (JIV) and San Diego Gaming Ventures (SDGV). If approved, the GMA would allow SDGV to assume responsibility for operation and management of the JIV Gaming Facility located in San Diego County, California. The Final SEIS addresses the effects of GMA approval and the No Action Alternative, which assumes no GMA, is approved. The SEIS also updates the environmental baseline given the time that has passed and the changes that have been made to the scope of the Proposed Action, which was originally addressed in the 2003 Final EIS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or to request a copy of the Final SEIS, please contact: Andrew Mendoza, Staff Attorney, National Indian Gaming Commission Office of the General Counsel 1849 C Street NW., Mail Stop #1621, Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 202-632-7003: Facsimile: 202-632-7066: email: Andrew [email protected]. Availability of the Final SEIS: The Final SEIS is available for public review at the following locations: The Rancho San Diego Public Library, 11555 Via Rancho San Diego, El Cajon, [[Page 48842]] CA 92019, telephone (619) 660-5370; and The Jamul Indian Village Tribal Office, 14191 #16 Highway 94. Jamul, CA 91935, telephone (619) 669-4785. Copies of the Final SEIS will also be available for download from the Tribe's Web site www.jamulindianvillage.com. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The JIV Reservation is located in the unincorporated portion of southwestern San Diego County approximately one mile south of the community of Jamul on approximately six-acres of land held in federal trust. State Route 94 (SR-94) provides regional access to the JIV from downtown San Diego, which is located approximately 20 miles to the west where it intersects with Highway 5. Local access to the JIV is provided directly from SR-94 via Daisy Drive. From the JIV, SR-94 travels briefly north and then west to Downtown San Diego, passing through the unincorporated communities of Jamul, Casa de Oro, Spring Valley and Lemon Grove. In 2000, JIV proposed a fee-to-trust land acquisition, construction and operation of a gaming complex and approval of a gaming development and management agreement for operation of the JIV Gaming Facility. The proposal was evaluated in a Final EIS prepared in 2003. Since that time, several major items have been removed from JIV's overall development program and the Gaming Facility has been redesigned to fit entirely within the existing JIV Reservation. All environmental effects of the Gaming Facility redesign have been evaluated through preparation of a Final Tribal Environmental Evaluation, which was prepared in accordance with the 1999 Tribal/State Compact. No action is before the BIA due to no fee-to-trust component of the JIV proposal. An action from the NIGC is required; specifically, approval or disapproval of the GMA. That approval or disapproval is the Proposed Action evaluated in the Final SEIS. In addition to the Proposed Action, the Final SEIS addresses the No Action Alternative, which assumes no approval of the GMA between JIV and SDGV. Under the No Action scenario, JIV would assume operation and management responsibilities of the Jamul Gaming Facility. The NIGC may, in its Record of Decision, select the No Action Alternative rather than the Proposed Action. This Final SEIS updates environmental conditions in the affected area given the amount of time that has passed since the 2003 Final EIS. Environmental issues addressed within the Final SEIS include land resources, water resources, air quality, biological resources, cultural/paleontological resources, socioeconomic conditions, transportation, land use, public services, hazardous materials, noise, and visual resources. The Final SEIS examines the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of each alternative on these resources. The NIGC published a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register on April 10, 2013, describing the Proposed Action, announcing the NIGC's intent to prepare a Draft SEIS for the Proposed Action, and inviting comments. The Draft EIS Notice of Availability (NOA) was published in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 8, 2016 and the Draft SEIS was made available to federal, Tribal, state, and local agencies and other interested parties for review and comment. The comment period was open for 45 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register and closed on May 23, 2016. A total of nine comment letters were received. All comments received by the NIGC were considered and addressed in the Final SEIS, however, no substantive changes were made. The EPA published the NOA of the Final SEIS in the Federal Register on July 8, 2016 The Chairman of the NIGC will prepare and sign the record of decision (ROD) to announce his final decision on the GMA between the JIV and SDGV following the August 8, 2016 conclusion of the 30 day public comment and review period. Availability of the ROD will be announced to the media and the project mailing list, and the ROD itself will be made available online. Submittal of Written Comments: You may mail or email, written comments to NIGC, Attn: Andrew Mendoza, Staff Attorney, c/o Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Mail Stop #1621, Washington, DC 20240 email: Andrew [email protected]. Please include your name, return address, and the caption: ''Final SEIS Comments, Jamul Indian Village,'' on the first page of your written comments. In order to be fully considered, written comments on the Final SEIS must be postmarked by August 8, 2016. Commenting individuals may request confidentiality. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your written comments. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. Anonymous comments will not, however, be considered. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available to public in their entirety. Authority: This notice is published in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 2711, section 1503.l of the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508), and the Department of the Interior regulations (43 CFR part 46), implementing the procedural requirements of NEPA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) Dated: July 20, 2016. Michael Hoenig, General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2016-17589 Filed 7-25-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7565-01-P
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of management alternatives designed to areas. The proposed plan would provide identifying information—may be made
address management challenges and operational flexibility for mineral publicly available at any time. While
issues raised during scoping concerning leasing and development through some you can ask us in your protest to
mineral leasing decisions in the area. specific exceptions and would close the withhold your personal identifying
The four alternatives are: BLM-managed lands adjacent to Arches information from public review, we
(1) Alternative A is the No Action and Canyonlands National Parks to cannot guarantee that we will be able to
alternative and represents the mineral leasing and development. In the do so.
continuation of existing mineral leasing proposed plan, a controlled surface use Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10,
management (oil, gas, and potash). stipulation requiring compensatory 43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5.
Alternative A allows for oil, gas, and mitigation would be applied to sensitive
potash leasing and development to resources where onsite mitigation alone Jenna Whitlock,
occur on the same tracts of land where may not be sufficient to adequately Acting State Director.
it is consistent with current leasing mitigate impacts. Best Management [FR Doc. 2016–17592 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am]
decisions in the RMPs. Practices (BMPs) have been developed BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P
(2) Alternative B provides for mineral that include components of the draft
leasing and development outside of compensatory mitigation policy such as
areas that are protected for high scenic the priority for mitigating impacts, types DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
quality (including public lands visible of mitigation, long term durability, and
from Arches and Canyonlands National monitoring. The BMPs also identify National Indian Gaming Commission
Parks), high-use recreation areas, and Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative
other sensitive resources with Update to Notice of Availability of a
projects as potential locations for Final Supplemental Environmental
stipulations that minimize surface compensatory mitigation outside the
disturbance and associated potential Impact Statement for the Jamul Indian
area of impact. Utah’s Watershed Village Proposed Gaming Management
resource impacts. Mineral leasing Restoration Initiative is a partnership-
decisions are divided into two options Agreement, San Diego County,
driven effort which includes State and California
specified as Alternative B1 and Federal agencies with a mission to
Alternative B2. In Alternative B1, conserve, restore, and manage AGENCY: National Indian Gaming
surface impacts would be minimized by ecosystems in priority areas across Utah. Commission (NIGC), Interior.
separating new leasing of the two Comments on the MLP and Draft RMP ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA).
commodities (oil/gas and potash), Amendments/Draft EIS (MLP/DEIS)
limiting the density of mineral received from the public and internal SUMMARY: In accordance with Section
development, and locating potash BLM review were considered and 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
processing facilities in areas identified incorporated, as appropriate, into the Policy Act (NEPA) 42 U.S.C. 4321 et
with the least amount of sensitive proposed plan amendments and Final seq., the NIGC, in cooperation with the
resources. Potash leasing would involve EIS. Public comments resulted in the Jamul Indian Village has prepared a
a phased approach and would be addition of clarifying text, but did not Final Supplemental Environmental
prioritized within identified areas. significantly change proposed land-use Impact Statement (Final SEIS) for the
Alternative B2 provides for only oil and plan decisions. Adjustments and proposed Gaming Management
gas leasing; no new potash leasing clarifications have also been made to the Agreement (GMA) between the Jamul
would occur. Alternative B2 would also preferred alternative in the Draft EIS, Indian Village (JIV) and San Diego
minimize surface impacts by limiting which is now presented as the proposed Gaming Ventures (SDGV). If approved,
the density of oil and gas development. plan in the Moab MLP/FEIS. the GMA would allow SDGV to assume
(3) Alternative C provides for only oil Instructions for filing a protest with responsibility for operation and
and gas leasing; no potash leasing the BLM Director regarding the Moab management of the JIV Gaming Facility
would occur. This alternative affords MLP/Proposed RMP Amendments/Final located in San Diego County, California.
the greatest protection to areas with EIS may be found in the ‘‘Dear Reader’’ The Final SEIS addresses the effects of
high scenic quality, recreational uses, letter of the Moab MLP/Proposed RMP GMA approval and the No Action
and special designations, the BLM- Amendments/Final EIS, and in the Alternative, which assumes no GMA, is
managed lands adjacent to Arches and Federal regulations at 43 CFR 1610.5–2. approved. The SEIS also updates the
Canyonlands National Parks, and other All protests must be in writing and environmental baseline given the time
sensitive resources. mailed to the appropriate address, as set that has passed and the changes that
(4) Alternative D is the BLM’s forth in the ADDRESSES section above. have been made to the scope of the
proposed plan and provides for both oil Emailed protests will not be accepted as Proposed Action, which was originally
and gas leasing and potash leasing. valid protests unless the protesting addressed in the 2003 Final EIS.
Mineral development would be party also provides the original letter by FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
precluded in many areas with high either regular mail or overnight delivery further information or to request a copy
scenic quality, in some high use postmarked by the close of the protest of the Final SEIS, please contact:
recreation areas, specifically designated period. Under these conditions, the Andrew Mendoza, Staff Attorney,
areas, and in other areas with sensitive BLM will consider the email as an National Indian Gaming Commission
resources. Outside of these areas, advance copy and it will receive full Office of the General Counsel 1849 C
surface impacts would be minimized by consideration. If you wish to provide Street NW., Mail Stop #1621,
separating leasing of the two
srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
the BLM with such advance Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 202–
commodities (oil/gas and potash), notification, please direct emails to 632–7003: Facsimile: 202–632–7066:
locating potash processing facilities in protest@blm.gov. email: Andrew Mendoza@nigc.gov.
areas with the least amount of sensitive Before including your phone number, Availability of the Final SEIS: The
resources, and limiting the density of email address, or other personal Final SEIS is available for public review
mineral development. Potash leasing identifying information in your protest, at the following locations:
would involve a phased approach and you should be aware that your entire The Rancho San Diego Public Library,
would be prioritized within identified protest—including your personal 11555 Via Rancho San Diego, El Cajon,
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CA 92019, telephone (619) 660–5370; the Final SEIS include land resources, organizations or businesses, and from
and water resources, air quality, biological individuals identifying themselves as
The Jamul Indian Village Tribal resources, cultural/paleontological representatives or officials of
Office, 14191 #16 Highway 94. Jamul, resources, socioeconomic conditions, organizations or businesses, will be
CA 91935, telephone (619) 669–4785. transportation, land use, public services, made available to public in their
Copies of the Final SEIS will also be hazardous materials, noise, and visual entirety.
available for download from the Tribe’s resources. The Final SEIS examines the Authority: This notice is published in
Web site www.jamulindianvillage.com. direct, indirect, and cumulative effects accordance with 25 U.S.C. 2711, section
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The JIV of each alternative on these resources. 1503.l of the Council on Environmental
Reservation is located in the The NIGC published a Notice of Intent Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500
unincorporated portion of southwestern (NOI) in the Federal Register on April through 1508), and the Department of
San Diego County approximately one 10, 2013, describing the Proposed the Interior regulations (43 CFR part 46),
mile south of the community of Jamul Action, announcing the NIGC’s intent to implementing the procedural
on approximately six-acres of land held prepare a Draft SEIS for the Proposed requirements of NEPA, as amended (42
in federal trust. State Route 94 (SR–94) Action, and inviting comments. U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)
provides regional access to the JIV from The Draft EIS Notice of Availability
Dated: July 20, 2016.
downtown San Diego, which is located (NOA) was published in the Federal
Register by the U.S. Environmental Michael Hoenig,
approximately 20 miles to the west General Counsel.
Protection Agency (EPA) on April 8,
where it intersects with Highway 5. [FR Doc. 2016–17589 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am]
2016 and the Draft SEIS was made
Local access to the JIV is provided
available to federal, Tribal, state, and BILLING CODE 7565–01–P
directly from SR–94 via Daisy Drive.
local agencies and other interested
From the JIV, SR–94 travels briefly
parties for review and comment. The
north and then west to Downtown San DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
comment period was open for 45 days
Diego, passing through the
after the date of publication in the
unincorporated communities of Jamul, National Park Service
Federal Register and closed on May 23,
Casa de Oro, Spring Valley and Lemon
2016. A total of nine comment letters [NPS–WASO–CR–HPS–21568;
Grove.
were received. All comments received PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000 (166)]
In 2000, JIV proposed a fee-to-trust by the NIGC were considered and
land acquisition, construction and addressed in the Final SEIS, however, Information Collection Request Sent to
operation of a gaming complex and no substantive changes were made. the Office of Management and Budget
approval of a gaming development and The EPA published the NOA of the for Approval; Historic Preservation
management agreement for operation of Final SEIS in the Federal Register on Certification Application
the JIV Gaming Facility. The proposal July 8, 2016 The Chairman of the NIGC
was evaluated in a Final EIS prepared AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
will prepare and sign the record of
in 2003. Since that time, several major decision (ROD) to announce his final ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
items have been removed from JIV’s decision on the GMA between the JIV
overall development program and the SUMMARY: We (National Park Service,
and SDGV following the August 8, 2016 NPS) have sent an Information
Gaming Facility has been redesigned to conclusion of the 30 day public
fit entirely within the existing JIV Collection Request (ICR) to Office of
comment and review period. Management and Budget (OMB) for
Reservation. All environmental effects Availability of the ROD will be
of the Gaming Facility redesign have review and approval. We summarize the
announced to the media and the project ICR below and describe the nature of the
been evaluated through preparation of a mailing list, and the ROD itself will be
Final Tribal Environmental Evaluation, collection and the estimated burden and
made available online. cost. This information collection is
which was prepared in accordance with Submittal of Written Comments: You
the 1999 Tribal/State Compact. No scheduled to expire on July 31, 2016.
may mail or email, written comments to
action is before the BIA due to no fee- We may not conduct or sponsor and a
NIGC, Attn: Andrew Mendoza, Staff
to-trust component of the JIV proposal. person is not required to respond to a
Attorney, c/o Department of the Interior,
An action from the NIGC is required; 1849 C Street NW., Mail Stop #1621, collection of information unless it
specifically, approval or disapproval of Washington, DC 20240 email: Andrew displays a currently valid OMB Control
the GMA. That approval or disapproval Mendoza @nigc.gov. Please include your Number. However, under OMB
is the Proposed Action evaluated in the name, return address, and the caption: regulations, we may continue to
Final SEIS. ’’Final SEIS Comments, Jamul Indian conduct or sponsor this information
In addition to the Proposed Action, Village,’’ on the first page of your collection while it is pending at OMB.
the Final SEIS addresses the No Action written comments. In order to be fully DATES: You must submit comments on
Alternative, which assumes no approval considered, written comments on the or before August 25, 2016.
of the GMA between JIV and SDGV. Final SEIS must be postmarked by ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
Under the No Action scenario, JIV August 8, 2016. suggestions on this information
would assume operation and Commenting individuals may request collection to the Desk Officer for the
management responsibilities of the confidentiality. If you wish us to Department of the Interior at OMB–
Jamul Gaming Facility. The NIGC may, withhold your name and/or address OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or
in its Record of Decision, select the No from public review or from disclosure OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov
srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Action Alternative rather than the under the Freedom of Information Act, (email). Please provide a copy of your
Proposed Action. you must state this prominently at the comments to the Information Collection
This Final SEIS updates beginning of your written comments. Clearance Officer, National Park
environmental conditions in the Such requests will be honored to the Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,
affected area given the amount of time extent allowed by law. Anonymous Mail Stop 242, Reston, VA 20192 (mail);
that has passed since the 2003 Final EIS. comments will not, however, be or madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email).
Environmental issues addressed within considered. All submissions from Please reference OMB Control Number
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| Contact | For further information or to request a copy of the Final SEIS, please contact: Andrew Mendoza, Staff Attorney, National Indian Gaming Commission Office of the General Counsel 1849 C Street NW., Mail Stop #1621, Washington, DC 20240, Phone: 202-632-7003: Facsimile: 202-632-7066: email: Andrew [email protected] | |
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