82_FR_54630 82 FR 54409 - Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project and Approved Land-use Plan Amendments, Oregon

82 FR 54409 - Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project and Approved Land-use Plan Amendments, Oregon

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 221 (November 17, 2017)

Page Range54409-54411
FR Document2017-25013

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project (B2H Project) and Approved Land-use Plan Amendments of the Baker and Southeastern Oregon Resource Management Plans (RMPs). The ROD constitutes the BLM's final decision regarding: (1) Approval to grant a Right-of-Way (ROW) to Idaho Power Company to construct, operate and maintain an extra-high-voltage, alternating- current transmission system; and (2) Amending portions of the BLM Baker and Southeastern Oregon RMPs.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 221 (Friday, November 17, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 221 (Friday, November 17, 2017)]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-25013]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Boardman 
to Hemingway Transmission Line Project and Approved Land-use Plan 
Amendments, Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability 
of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Boardman to Hemingway 
Transmission Line Project (B2H Project) and Approved Land-use Plan 
Amendments of the Baker and Southeastern Oregon Resource Management 
Plans (RMPs). The ROD constitutes the BLM's final decision regarding: 
(1) Approval to grant a Right-of-Way (ROW) to Idaho Power Company to 
construct, operate and maintain an extra-high-voltage, alternating-
current transmission system; and (2) Amending portions of the BLM Baker 
and Southeastern Oregon RMPs.

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DATES: This decision takes effect immediately.

ADDRESSES: The complete text of the ROD, along with the B2H Project 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and supporting documents, is 
available on the BLM Web site at http://www.boardmantohemingway.com/ 
Copies of the ROD will be placed in all involved BLM offices and, for 
public review, at the locations identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tamara Gertsch, National Project 
Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Vale District Office, P.O. Box 655, 
Vale, OR 97918; telephone: (307) 775-6115; email: 
[email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications 
device for the deaf may call the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-
8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The 
service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to assist you in 
leaving a message or question for the above individual. You will 
receive a reply during normal business hours.
    For information related to the U.S. Forest Service's (USFS) 
involvement in the B2H Project, contact: Arlene Blumton, USFS Project 
Lead, telephone: (541) 962-8522, email: [email protected]. The USFS 
will provide a mailing address in its Notice of Availability (NOA) of 
the B2H Project Final EIS and Proposed Land-use Plan Amendments, and a 
notice of the draft USFS Record of Decision will be published in the 
Baker City Herald shortly after the BLM ROD.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Idaho Power Company filed with the BLM an 
application for a ROW grant to use BLM-managed lands to construct, 
operate, and maintain the B2H Project, which is an approximately 294-
mile-long overhead, single-circuit, 500-kilovolt (kV), alternating-
current electric transmission line with additional ancillary 
facilities. The B2H Project will connect the northern terminus, the 
Longhorn Substation proposed by Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), 
which is approximately 4 miles northeast of the city of Boardman in 
Morrow County, Oregon, to the existing Hemingway Substation, which is 
near the city of Melba in Owyhee County, Idaho. When completed, the B2H 
Project will provide additional electrical load capacity between the 
Pacific Northwest Region and the Intermountain Region of Southwestern 
Idaho. The B2H Project also will alleviate existing transmission 
constraints and ensure that there is sufficient electrical capacity to 
meet present and forecasted customer needs as described in Idaho Power 
Company's 2015 Integrated Resource Plan (available online at https://www.idahopower.com/AboutUs/PlanningForFuture/irp/2015).
    The ROW width is 250 feet for its entire length, except for an 
approximately 7-mile section that will replace an existing 69-kV 
transmission line and will require a 90-foot-wide ROW within and 
parallel to the eastern boundary of the Naval Weapons Systems Training 
Facility, Boardman, as well as a 0.9-mile-long section that will 
require a 125-foot-wide ROW to relocate an existing 230-kV transmission 
line.
    Construction of the B2H Project will take 2 to 3 years and will 
consist of the following permanent facilities:
     A single-circuit 500-kV electric transmission line 
(including structures and conductors, as well as other associated 
facilities) between the proposed Longhorn Substation and the existing 
Hemingway Substation;
     Access roads and access-control gates;
     A communication regeneration site every 40 miles;
     Removal of approximately 7 miles of the existing Boardman 
to Tap 69-kV transmission line; and
     Rerouting 0.9 mile of the existing Quartz to Tap 230-kV 
transmission line.
    The BLM will issue a separate, short-term ROW grant for temporary 
facilities, including temporary access roads (if any), and geotechnical 
investigation (also analyzed in the Final EIS) for a period of 5 years.
    The BLM prepared an EIS in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to analyze the direct, indirect, and 
cumulative environmental impacts associated with the proposed action 
and the alternatives. The BLM also identified and considered mitigation 
measures in the EIS to address the environmental impacts of the B2H 
Project and proposed plan amendments.
    The ROD approved the Agency Preferred Alternative identified in the 
Final EIS. The BLM issued the ROD based on compliance with relevant 
laws, regulations, policies, and plans, including those guiding agency 
decisions that may have an impact on resources and their values, 
services, and functions.
    The ROD approving the ROW grant requires, among other things, that 
the applicant satisfy specific mitigation measures. In particular, the 
sequence of mitigation actions will be the mitigation hierarchy (avoid, 
minimize, or compensate) as identified by the White House Council on 
Environmental Quality's (CEQ) NEPA implementing regulations (40 CFR 
1508.20). Siting and design of the B2H Project required the application 
of design features of the B2H Project for environmental protection. 
Additionally, selective mitigation measures and implementation plans 
have been developed to consider the full mitigation hierarchy to avoid, 
minimize, or compensate for residual impacts on important, scarce, or 
sensitive resources. The priority is to mitigate impacts at sites of 
B2H Project activity in conformance with the land-use plan goals and 
objectives through impact avoidance or minimization of the impact, 
including those measures described in laws, regulations, policies, and 
land-use plans. If these types of mitigation measures are not 
sufficient to ameliorate anticipated direct, indirect, and cumulative 
impacts, and if substantial or significant residual impacts remain on 
important, scarce, or sensitive resources, the BLM is requiring 
compensatory mitigation to reduce these residual impacts or meet 
applicable land-use plan goals and objectives, consistent with the 
requirements of NEPA, as well as the BLM's statutory obligations under 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA). Compensatory 
mitigation may be required for Greater sage-grouse, riparian 
conservation areas, cultural resources, and national historic trails. 
Based on the analysis in the Final EIS, the ROD also amends two BLM 
RMPs as follows:
     Baker RMP--modifies 23 acres of visual resource management 
(VRM) Class II to Class IV in Burnt River Canyon;
     Southeastern Oregon RMP--modifies 51 acres of VRM Class 
III to Class IV in the vicinity of the Oregon Trail--Birch Creek Area 
of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC); and
     Southeastern Oregon RMP--modifies 20 acres of VRM Class II 
to Class IV outside of and north of the Owyhee River below the Dam 
ACEC.
    The approved Land-use Plan Amendments specifically revise the RMPs 
to allow for the development of the B2H Project and ancillary 
facilities on land managed by the BLM. Consistent with NEPA, the BLM 
has integrated its land-use planning process with its evaluation of the 
B2H Project, including the scoping and public availability periods for 
the EIS. With approval of these Land-use Plan Amendments, the B2H 
Project will conform to the approved RMPs (43 CFR 1610.5-3).
    The evaluation of B2H Project compliance with Land and Resource

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Management Plans will be described by the USFS in its NOA for the B2H 
Project Final EIS and Approved Land-use Plan Amendments and its draft 
USFS ROD to be issued for comment following the BLM ROD.
    Copies of the Final EIS and ROD are available for public review 
during normal business hours at the following locations in Oregon:

 Baker County Planning Department, 1995 Third St., Baker City
 Baker County Library, 2400 Resort St., Baker City
 BLM Baker Field Office, 3285 11th St., Baker City
 Boardman City Library, 200 S. Main St., Boardman
 Harney County Public Library, 80 W. D St., Burns
 Grant County Planning Department, 201 S. Humboldt St., Canyon 
City
 BLM Burns District Office, 28910 Hwy 20 W., Hines
 Hermiston Public Library, 235 E. Gladys Avenue, Hermiston
 Morrow County Planning Department, 205 NE. Third St., Irrigon
 Grant County Library, 507 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day
 La Grande Public Library, 2006 Fourth St., La Grande
 Union County Planning Department, 1001 4th St., Suite C, La 
Grande
 USFS Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Office, La Grande Ranger 
District, 3502 Highway 30, La Grande
 USFS Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Headquarters, 1550 Dewey 
Ave., Baker City
 Pendleton Public Library, 502 SW. Dorion Ave., Pendleton
 Umatilla County Planning Department, 216 SE. Fourth St., 
Pendleton
 BLM Prineville District Office, 3050 NE. 3rd St., Prineville
 Ontario Library, 388 SW. Second Ave., Ontario
 BLM Vale District Office, 100 Oregon St., Vale
 Malheur County Planning Department, 251 B St. W., Vale
 Oregon Department of Energy, 625 Marion St. NE., Salem
 North Powder City Library, 290 E. St., North Powder

    Copies of the Final EIS and ROD are available for public review 
during normal business hours at the following locations in Idaho:

 BLM Boise District Office, 3948 Development Ave., Boise
 Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise
 BLM Owyhee Field Office, 20 First Ave. W., Marsing
 Owyhee County Planning Department, 17069 Basey St., Murphy
 Nampa Public Library, 215 12th Avenue South Nampa, ID 83651
 Lizard Butte Library, 111 S 3rd Ave. W., Marsing

    On November 28, 2016, the NOA for the B2H Project Final EIS and 
Proposed Land-use Plan Amendments (81 FR 85632) was published in the 
Federal Register. The publication of the NOA initiated a 30-day protest 
period for the proposed land-use planning decision, as well as a 
simultaneous 60-day review by the Governor of Oregon to identify any 
inconsistencies with State or local plans, policies, or programs. At 
the close of the 30-day protest period, 53 protests were received. 
These protests were resolved by the BLM Director; individual protest 
response letters were sent to all protesting parties. Protest 
resolution is contained in the Director's Protest Summary Report, which 
is available online at http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/content/wo/en/prog/planning/planningoverview/protest_resolution.html. The proposed Land-
use Plan Amendments were not modified as a result of the protest 
resolution, and the Oregon Governor's review did not identify any 
inconsistencies.
    Approval of this decision by the Acting Assistant Secretary--Land 
and Minerals Management is not subject to administrative appeal (43 CFR 
4.410(a)(3)). Additionally, any challenge to this decision must be 
brought in Federal District Court and is subject to 42 U.S.C. 4370m-6.

    Authority:  40 CFR 1506.6.

Jamie E. Connell,
State Director, Oregon/Washington.
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                                                ownership of Federal lands for private                  Supplemental EIS as five units (two                   included updating the mailing list for
                                                lands. ASARCO proposed the Ray Land                     single parcels and three parcel groups),              the project, contacting mailing list
                                                Exchange with the BLM in order to                       include parcels along the Gila and Big                persons via postcard and newsletter,
                                                acquire public lands adjacent to its Ray                Sandy Rivers, the Black Mountains, and                providing a detailed project Web site,
                                                Complex (Ray Mine and associated                        the Cerbat Mountains. The Offered                     and interviewing key stakeholders to
                                                processing facilities near Hayden) and                  Lands are private inholdings within the               present the land exchange details and
                                                in the Casa Grande vicinity. In                         jurisdictional boundaries of the Tucson               answer questions.
                                                exchange, ASARCO is offering to the                     and Kingman Field Offices of the BLM.                    Please note that public comments and
                                                BLM private lands that will consolidate                    The Draft Supplemental EIS also                    information submitted including names,
                                                checkerboard land ownership and                         includes a No-Action Alternative under                street addresses, and email addresses of
                                                improve access to existing Federal land                 which no land exchange would occur                    persons who submit comments will be
                                                for traditional uses such as hunting and                nor would the Phoenix or Safford                      available for public review and
                                                other recreation. By acquiring the                      District RMPs need to be amended                      disclosure at the above address during
                                                Selected Lands, ASARCO is seeking to                    under this option. Two additional                     regular business hours, Monday through
                                                consolidate its land holdings within and                action alternatives are also analyzed in              Friday, except holidays.
                                                near areas of ongoing mineral                           which less than the full amounts of land                 Before including your address, phone
                                                development and to use the Selected                     would be exchanged: The Buckeye Land                  number, email address, or other
                                                Lands to support and expand current                     Exchange Action Alternative and the                   personal identifying information in your
                                                and future mining-related operations.                   Copper Butte Land Exchange Action                     comment, you should be aware that
                                                Through the exchange, the BLM would                     Alternative. The Buckeye Land                         your entire comment—including your
                                                have an opportunity to improve                          Exchange Alternative involves reducing                personal identifying information—may
                                                resource management efficiency by                       the total acreage included in the land                be made publicly available at any time.
                                                disposing of heavily encumbered,                        exchange under this alternative. The                  While you can ask us in your comment
                                                isolated and difficult to manage public                 amount of the Selected Lands is reduced               to withhold your personal identifying
                                                lands; and acquire lands that will                      from approximately 10,976 acres to                    information from public review, we
                                                consolidate ownership patterns in order                 approximately 10,176 acres by                         cannot guarantee that we will be able to
                                                to improve public access.                               excluding about 800 surface and                       do so.
                                                   The Proposed Action and alternatives                 subsurface acres in the Copper Butte
                                                presented and analyzed in the Ray Land                  area and removing 640 acres of the                      Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10.
                                                Exchange/Plan Amendment Draft                           McCracken Mountains Parcels from the                  A. Scott Feldhausen,
                                                Supplemental EIS are generally the                      Offered Lands. The Copper Butte Land                  Gila District Manager.
                                                same as those presented and analyzed in                 Exchange Alternative also involves a                  [FR Doc. 2017–24823 Filed 11–16–17; 8:45 am]
                                                the 1999 Final EIS. The environmental                   reduced acreage exchange from the full
                                                                                                                                                              BILLING CODE 4310–32–P
                                                analysis is based on the foreseeable uses               exchange Proposed Action. The Copper
                                                of the Selected Lands. The Draft                        Butte Land Exchange Alternative
                                                Supplemental EIS includes an analysis                   involves reducing the total acreage of                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                of cumulative impacts to all resources                  the Selected Lands from approximately
                                                and land uses, including an evaluation                  10,976 acres to approximately 9,161                   Bureau of Land Management
                                                of potential impacts to Native American                 acres by excluding surface and
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                                                traditional values.                                     subsurface acres in the Copper Butte
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                                                   The Proposed Action (Agency                          area and removing 1,703 acres of the                  OROR065375. ID036029.HAG 17–0063]
                                                Preferred Alternative) is to complete the               McCracken Mountains Parcels from the
                                                Ray Land Exchange between the BLM                       Offered Lands.                                        Notice of Availability of the Record of
                                                and ASARCO. The Selected Lands total                       A plan amendment to the Phoenix                    Decision for the Boardman to
                                                approximately 10,976 acres and consist                  and Safford RMPs is required as the                   Hemingway Transmission Line Project
                                                of 31 parcels of public lands located in                selected lands have not been designated               and Approved Land-use Plan
                                                Pinal and Gila Counties in south-central                for disposal through previous BLM                     Amendments, Oregon
                                                Arizona. Twenty-eight of the parcels                    planning processes. The amendment to
                                                occur in the Middle Gila River Basin                    the Phoenix and Safford District RMPs                 AGENCY:  Bureau of Land Management,
                                                between Mineral Creek to the north, the                 would change the land tenure                          Interior
                                                White Canyon Wilderness to the                          designation from ‘‘retention’’ to                     ACTION: Notice of availability.
                                                northwest, and the Dripping Spring                      ‘‘disposal’’ for a total of approximately
                                                Mountains to the east, and the Gila                     10,339 acres. Specifically:                           SUMMARY:   The Bureau of Land
                                                River to the south. These 28 parcels are                   1. Approximately 9,906 acres                       Management (BLM) announces the
                                                clustered in three areas (the Ray                       designated in the 1988 Phoenix RMP as                 availability of the Record of Decision
                                                Complex, Copper Butte/Buckeye, and                      part of the White Canyon Resource                     (ROD) for the Boardman to Hemingway
                                                Chilito/Hayden) near ASARCO’s Ray                       Conservation Area to be changed from                  Transmission Line Project (B2H Project)
                                                Mine and the communities of Kearny,                     retention to disposal; and                            and Approved Land-use Plan
                                                Hayden, and Winkelman, Arizona. The                        2. Approximately 433 acres                         Amendments of the Baker and
                                                remaining three mineral estate only                     designated in the 1993 Safford District               Southeastern Oregon Resource
                                                parcels are located about 50 miles west                 RMP as part of the former Safford                     Management Plans (RMPs). The ROD
                                                                                                                                                              constitutes the BLM’s final decision
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                                                of the Ray Complex, near the                            District Long-Term Management Area to
                                                community of Casa Grande in Pinal                       be changed from retention to disposal.                regarding: (1) Approval to grant a Right-
                                                County. The Offered Lands total                         The BLM was not required to conduct                   of-Way (ROW) to Idaho Power Company
                                                approximately 7,304 acres and consist                   scoping for the Draft Supplemental EIS.               to construct, operate and maintain an
                                                of 18 parcels owned by ASARCO                           However, the agency has conducted                     extra-high-voltage, alternating-current
                                                located in Pinal and Mohave Counties,                   public outreach activities to inform the              transmission system; and (2) Amending
                                                also in Arizona. These parcels, which                   public and answer questions regarding                 portions of the BLM Baker and
                                                are presented throughout the Draft                      the proposed land exchange. The efforts               Southeastern Oregon RMPs.


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                                                DATES:  This decision takes effect                      sufficient electrical capacity to meet                Quality’s (CEQ) NEPA implementing
                                                immediately.                                            present and forecasted customer needs                 regulations (40 CFR 1508.20). Siting and
                                                ADDRESSES: The complete text of the                     as described in Idaho Power Company’s                 design of the B2H Project required the
                                                ROD, along with the B2H Project Final                   2015 Integrated Resource Plan (available              application of design features of the
                                                Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)                    online at https://www.idahopower.com/                 B2H Project for environmental
                                                and supporting documents, is available                  AboutUs/PlanningForFuture/irp/2015).                  protection. Additionally, selective
                                                on the BLM Web site at http://                             The ROW width is 250 feet for its                  mitigation measures and
                                                www.boardmantohemingway.com/                            entire length, except for an                          implementation plans have been
                                                Copies of the ROD will be placed in all                 approximately 7-mile section that will                developed to consider the full
                                                involved BLM offices and, for public                    replace an existing 69-kV transmission                mitigation hierarchy to avoid, minimize,
                                                review, at the locations identified in the              line and will require a 90-foot-wide                  or compensate for residual impacts on
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of                    ROW within and parallel to the eastern                important, scarce, or sensitive resources.
                                                this notice.                                            boundary of the Naval Weapons                         The priority is to mitigate impacts at
                                                                                                        Systems Training Facility, Boardman, as               sites of B2H Project activity in
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                        well as a 0.9-mile-long section that will             conformance with the land-use plan
                                                Tamara Gertsch, National Project
                                                                                                        require a 125-foot-wide ROW to relocate               goals and objectives through impact
                                                Manager, Bureau of Land Management,
                                                                                                        an existing 230-kV transmission line.                 avoidance or minimization of the
                                                Vale District Office, P.O. Box 655, Vale,
                                                                                                           Construction of the B2H Project will               impact, including those measures
                                                OR 97918; telephone: (307) 775–6115;
                                                                                                        take 2 to 3 years and will consist of the             described in laws, regulations, policies,
                                                email: comment@
                                                                                                        following permanent facilities:                       and land-use plans. If these types of
                                                boardmantohemingway.com. Persons
                                                                                                           • A single-circuit 500-kV electric                 mitigation measures are not sufficient to
                                                who use a telecommunications device
                                                                                                        transmission line (including structures               ameliorate anticipated direct, indirect,
                                                for the deaf may call the Federal Relay
                                                                                                        and conductors, as well as other                      and cumulative impacts, and if
                                                Service at (800) 877–8339 to contact the
                                                                                                        associated facilities) between the                    substantial or significant residual
                                                above individual during normal
                                                                                                        proposed Longhorn Substation and the                  impacts remain on important, scarce, or
                                                business hours. The service is available
                                                                                                        existing Hemingway Substation;                        sensitive resources, the BLM is
                                                24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to assist
                                                                                                           • Access roads and access-control                  requiring compensatory mitigation to
                                                you in leaving a message or question for
                                                                                                        gates;                                                reduce these residual impacts or meet
                                                the above individual. You will receive                     • A communication regeneration site                applicable land-use plan goals and
                                                a reply during normal business hours.                   every 40 miles;
                                                   For information related to the U.S.                                                                        objectives, consistent with the
                                                                                                           • Removal of approximately 7 miles                 requirements of NEPA, as well as the
                                                Forest Service’s (USFS) involvement in
                                                                                                        of the existing Boardman to Tap 69-kV                 BLM’s statutory obligations under the
                                                the B2H Project, contact: Arlene
                                                                                                        transmission line; and                                Federal Land Policy and Management
                                                Blumton, USFS Project Lead, telephone:                     • Rerouting 0.9 mile of the existing
                                                (541) 962–8522, email: ablumton@                                                                              Act (FLPMA). Compensatory mitigation
                                                                                                        Quartz to Tap 230-kV transmission line.               may be required for Greater sage-grouse,
                                                fs.fed.us. The USFS will provide a                         The BLM will issue a separate, short-
                                                mailing address in its Notice of                                                                              riparian conservation areas, cultural
                                                                                                        term ROW grant for temporary facilities,              resources, and national historic trails.
                                                Availability (NOA) of the B2H Project                   including temporary access roads (if                  Based on the analysis in the Final EIS,
                                                Final EIS and Proposed Land-use Plan                    any), and geotechnical investigation                  the ROD also amends two BLM RMPs as
                                                Amendments, and a notice of the draft                   (also analyzed in the Final EIS) for a                follows:
                                                USFS Record of Decision will be                         period of 5 years.                                       • Baker RMP—modifies 23 acres of
                                                published in the Baker City Herald                         The BLM prepared an EIS in                         visual resource management (VRM)
                                                shortly after the BLM ROD.                              accordance with the National                          Class II to Class IV in Burnt River
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Idaho                        Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to                    Canyon;
                                                Power Company filed with the BLM an                     analyze the direct, indirect, and                        • Southeastern Oregon RMP—
                                                application for a ROW grant to use                      cumulative environmental impacts                      modifies 51 acres of VRM Class III to
                                                BLM-managed lands to construct,                         associated with the proposed action and               Class IV in the vicinity of the Oregon
                                                operate, and maintain the B2H Project,                  the alternatives. The BLM also                        Trail—Birch Creek Area of Critical
                                                which is an approximately 294-mile-                     identified and considered mitigation                  Environmental Concern (ACEC); and
                                                long overhead, single-circuit, 500-                     measures in the EIS to address the                       • Southeastern Oregon RMP—
                                                kilovolt (kV), alternating-current electric             environmental impacts of the B2H                      modifies 20 acres of VRM Class II to
                                                transmission line with additional                       Project and proposed plan amendments.                 Class IV outside of and north of the
                                                ancillary facilities. The B2H Project will                 The ROD approved the Agency                        Owyhee River below the Dam ACEC.
                                                connect the northern terminus, the                      Preferred Alternative identified in the                  The approved Land-use Plan
                                                Longhorn Substation proposed by                         Final EIS. The BLM issued the ROD                     Amendments specifically revise the
                                                Bonneville Power Administration                         based on compliance with relevant                     RMPs to allow for the development of
                                                (BPA), which is approximately 4 miles                   laws, regulations, policies, and plans,               the B2H Project and ancillary facilities
                                                northeast of the city of Boardman in                    including those guiding agency                        on land managed by the BLM.
                                                Morrow County, Oregon, to the existing                  decisions that may have an impact on                  Consistent with NEPA, the BLM has
                                                Hemingway Substation, which is near                     resources and their values, services, and             integrated its land-use planning process
                                                the city of Melba in Owyhee County,                     functions.                                            with its evaluation of the B2H Project,
                                                Idaho. When completed, the B2H                             The ROD approving the ROW grant
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                                                                                                                                                              including the scoping and public
                                                Project will provide additional electrical              requires, among other things, that the                availability periods for the EIS. With
                                                load capacity between the Pacific                       applicant satisfy specific mitigation                 approval of these Land-use Plan
                                                Northwest Region and the                                measures. In particular, the sequence of              Amendments, the B2H Project will
                                                Intermountain Region of Southwestern                    mitigation actions will be the mitigation             conform to the approved RMPs (43 CFR
                                                Idaho. The B2H Project also will                        hierarchy (avoid, minimize, or                        1610.5–3).
                                                alleviate existing transmission                         compensate) as identified by the White                   The evaluation of B2H Project
                                                constraints and ensure that there is                    House Council on Environmental                        compliance with Land and Resource


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                                                Management Plans will be described by                   • Nampa Public Library, 215 12th                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:      Lisa
                                                the USFS in its NOA for the B2H Project                    Avenue South Nampa, ID 83651                       R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission,
                                                Final EIS and Approved Land-use Plan                    • Lizard Butte Library, 111 S 3rd Ave.                U.S. International Trade Commission,
                                                Amendments and its draft USFS ROD to                       W., Marsing                                        500 E Street SW., Washington, DC
                                                be issued for comment following the                        On November 28, 2016, the NOA for                  20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The
                                                BLM ROD.                                                the B2H Project Final EIS and Proposed                public version of the complaint can be
                                                  Copies of the Final EIS and ROD are                   Land-use Plan Amendments (81 FR                       accessed on the Commission’s
                                                available for public review during                      85632) was published in the Federal                   Electronic Document Information
                                                normal business hours at the following                  Register. The publication of the NOA                  System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov,
                                                locations in Oregon:                                    initiated a 30-day protest period for the             and will be available for inspection
                                                • Baker County Planning Department,                     proposed land-use planning decision, as               during official business hours (8:45 a.m.
                                                  1995 Third St., Baker City                            well as a simultaneous 60-day review by               to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the
                                                • Baker County Library, 2400 Resort St.,                the Governor of Oregon to identify any                Secretary, U.S. International Trade
                                                  Baker City                                            inconsistencies with State or local                   Commission, 500 E Street SW.,
                                                • BLM Baker Field Office, 3285 11th                     plans, policies, or programs. At the                  Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
                                                  St., Baker City                                       close of the 30-day protest period, 53                205–2000.
                                                • Boardman City Library, 200 S. Main                    protests were received. These protests                   General information concerning the
                                                  St., Boardman                                         were resolved by the BLM Director;                    Commission may also be obtained by
                                                • Harney County Public Library, 80 W.                   individual protest response letters were              accessing its Internet server at United
                                                  D St., Burns                                          sent to all protesting parties. Protest               States International Trade Commission
                                                • Grant County Planning Department,                     resolution is contained in the Director’s             (USITC) at https://www.usitc.gov. The
                                                  201 S. Humboldt St., Canyon City                      Protest Summary Report, which is                      public record for this investigation may
                                                • BLM Burns District Office, 28910                      available online at http://www.blm.gov/               be viewed on the Commission’s
                                                  Hwy 20 W., Hines                                      pgdata/content/wo/en/prog/planning/                   Electronic Document Information
                                                • Hermiston Public Library, 235 E.                                                                            System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
                                                                                                        planningoverview/protest_
                                                  Gladys Avenue, Hermiston                                                                                    Hearing-impaired persons are advised
                                                                                                        resolution.html. The proposed Land-use
                                                • Morrow County Planning Department,                                                                          that information on this matter can be
                                                                                                        Plan Amendments were not modified as
                                                  205 NE. Third St., Irrigon                                                                                  obtained by contacting the
                                                • Grant County Library, 507 S. Canyon                   a result of the protest resolution, and the
                                                                                                        Oregon Governor’s review did not                      Commission’s TDD terminal on (202)
                                                  Blvd., John Day                                                                                             205–1810.
                                                • La Grande Public Library, 2006                        identify any inconsistencies.
                                                                                                           Approval of this decision by the                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                  Fourth St., La Grande
                                                • Union County Planning Department,                     Acting Assistant Secretary—Land and                   Commission has received a complaint
                                                  1001 4th St., Suite C, La Grande                      Minerals Management is not subject to                 and a submission pursuant to § 210.8(b)
                                                • USFS Wallowa-Whitman National                         administrative appeal (43 CFR                         of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
                                                  Forest Office, La Grande Ranger                       4.410(a)(3)). Additionally, any challenge             and Procedure filed on behalf of
                                                  District, 3502 Highway 30, La Grande                  to this decision must be brought in                   Windham Packaging, LLC on November
                                                • USFS Wallowa-Whitman National                         Federal District Court and is subject to              13, 2017. The complaint alleges
                                                  Forest Headquarters, 1550 Dewey                       42 U.S.C. 4370m-6.                                    violations of section 337 of the Tariff
                                                  Ave., Baker City                                        Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.                           Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337) in the
                                                • Pendleton Public Library, 502 SW.                                                                           importation into the United States, the
                                                                                                        Jamie E. Connell,                                     sale for importation, and the sale within
                                                  Dorion Ave., Pendleton
                                                • Umatilla County Planning                              State Director, Oregon/Washington.                    the United States after importation of
                                                  Department, 216 SE. Fourth St.,                       [FR Doc. 2017–25013 Filed 11–16–17; 8:45 am]          certain microperforated packaging
                                                  Pendleton                                             BILLING CODE 4310–33–P                                containing fresh produce. The
                                                • BLM Prineville District Office, 3050                                                                        complaint names as respondents Alpine
                                                  NE. 3rd St., Prineville                                                                                     Fresh, Inc. of Miami, FL; Apio, Inc. of
                                                • Ontario Library, 388 SW. Second                                                                             Guadalupe, CA; B & G Foods North
                                                  Ave., Ontario                                         INTERNATIONAL TRADE                                   America, Inc. of Parsippany, NJ; Glory
                                                • BLM Vale District Office, 100 Oregon                  COMMISSION                                            Foods, Inc. of Columbus, OH; Mann
                                                  St., Vale                                                                                                   Packing Co., Inc. of Salinas, CA; and
                                                                                                        Notice of Receipt of Complaint;
                                                • Malheur County Planning                                                                                     Taylor Farms California, Inc. of Salinas,
                                                                                                        Solicitation of Comments Relating to
                                                  Department, 251 B St. W., Vale                                                                              CA. The complainant requests that the
                                                • Oregon Department of Energy, 625                      the Public Interest
                                                                                                                                                              Commission issue a limited exclusion
                                                  Marion St. NE., Salem                                 AGENCY: U.S. International Trade                      order, cease and desist orders and
                                                • North Powder City Library, 290 E. St.,                Commission.                                           impose a bond upon respondents’
                                                  North Powder                                          ACTION: Notice.                                       alleged infringing articles during the 60-
                                                  Copies of the Final EIS and ROD are                                                                         day Presidential review period pursuant
                                                available for public review during                      SUMMARY:   Notice is hereby given that                to 19 U.S.C. 1337(j).
                                                normal business hours at the following                  the U.S. International Trade                             Proposed respondents, other
                                                locations in Idaho:                                     Commission has received a complaint                   interested parties, and members of the
                                                • BLM Boise District Office, 3948                       entitled Certain Microperforated                      public are invited to file comments, not
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                                                  Development Ave., Boise                               Packaging Containing Fresh Produce,                   to exceed five (5) pages in length,
                                                • Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol                  DN 3273; the Commission is soliciting                 inclusive of attachments, on any public
                                                  Blvd., Boise                                          comments on any public interest issues                interest issues raised by the complaint
                                                • BLM Owyhee Field Office, 20 First                     raised by the complaint or                            or § 210.8(b) filing. Comments should
                                                  Ave. W., Marsing                                      complainant’s filing pursuant to the                  address whether issuance of the relief
                                                • Owyhee County Planning                                Commission’s Rules of Practice and                    specifically requested by the
                                                  Department, 17069 Basey St., Murphy                   Procedure.                                            complainant in this investigation would


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CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability.
DatesThis decision takes effect immediately.
ContactTamara Gertsch, National Project Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Vale District Office, P.O. Box 655, Vale, OR 97918; telephone: (307) 775-6115; email: [email protected] Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf may call the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877- 8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to assist you in leaving a message or question for the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
FR Citation82 FR 54409 

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