83 FR 16117 - Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan Amendment With Associated Environmental Assessment and Notice of Segregation for the Proposed Dry Lake East Designated Leasing Area, Clark County, NV

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 72 (April 13, 2018)

Page Range		16117-16118
FR Document		2018-07736

In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field Office (LVFO), intends to prepare a Resource Management Plan Amendment and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Dry Lake East Designated Leasing Area (DLA), approximately 10 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and east of the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone. Through this Notice the BLM is segregating the public lands located within the proposed DLA from appropriation under the public land laws, including the Mining Law, but not the Mineral Leasing or Material Sales Acts, for a period of up to 2 years from the date of publication of this Notice. Publication of this Notice initiates the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNVS01000. L13400000.PQ0000.18X; N-95554; MO #4500116808]


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan Amendment 
With Associated Environmental Assessment and Notice of Segregation for 
the Proposed Dry Lake East Designated Leasing Area, Clark County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, as amended (NEPA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Vegas 
Field Office (LVFO), intends to prepare a Resource Management Plan 
Amendment and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Dry Lake 
East Designated Leasing Area (DLA), approximately 10 miles northeast of 
Las Vegas, Nevada, and east of the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone. Through 
this Notice the BLM is segregating the public lands located within the 
proposed DLA from appropriation under the public land laws, including 
the Mining Law, but not the Mineral Leasing or Material Sales Acts, for 
a period of up to 2 years from the date of publication of this Notice. 
Publication of this Notice initiates the beginning of the scoping 
process to solicit public comments and identify issues.

DATES: This Notice initiates the public scoping process and segregation 
period for the public lands within the proposed DLA. Comments on issues 
may be submitted in writing until May 14, 2018. The date(s) and 
location(s) of any meetings will be announced at least 15 days in 
advance through local news media and the BLM website at: https://go.usa.gov/xnbdU. In order for comments to be fully considered in the 
BLM's Resource Management Plan Amendment/EA, all comments must be 
received prior to the close of the scoping period or 15 days after the 
last public meeting, whichever is later.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments related to the project by any of the 
following methods:
     Email: [email protected].
     E-planning: https://go.usa.gov/xnbdU.
     Fax: (702) 515-5010, attention Nicollee Gaddis.
     Mail: BLM, Las Vegas Field Office, Attn: Nicollee Gaddis, 
4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130-2301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicollee Gaddis, Planning & 
Environmental Coordinator, at telephone (702) 515-5136; or address 4701 
North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130-2301; or email 
[email protected]. Contact Ms. Gaddis to have your name added to the 
mailing list. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to 
contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FRS is 
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question 
with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal 
business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed Dry Lake East DLA would be 
located on approximately 1,800 acres of lands managed by the BLM, 
located approximately 10 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada and east 
of the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone. Designation of the proposed DLA 
would allow the BLM to conduct a competitive lease auction for solar 
development.
    The purpose of the public scoping process is to determine relevant 
issues that will influence the scope of the environmental analysis, 
including alternatives, and guide the process for developing the 
Resource Management Plan Amendment/EA. At present, the BLM has 
identified the following preliminary issues: Threatened and endangered 
species, the Old Spanish National Historic Trail, visual resource 
impacts, surface water, recreation, socioeconomic effects, and 
cumulative impacts.
    The BLM will consult with Native American tribes on a government-
to-government basis in accordance with Executive Order 13175 and other 
policies. Native American tribal consultation will be conducted in 
accordance with policy, and tribal concerns will be given due 
consideration, including impacts on Indian Trust assets. Federal, 
State, and local agencies, along with other stakeholders that may be 
interested or affected by the BLM's decision on this project, are 
invited to participate in the scoping process and, if eligible, may 
request or be requested by the BLM to participate as a cooperating 
agency.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    Segregation: In accordance with 43 CFR 2091.3-1(e) and 43 CFR 
2804.25(f), the BLM is segregating the public lands within the proposed 
DLA from appropriation under the public land laws, including the Mining 
Law, but not the Mineral Leasing or the Material Sales Acts, for a 
period of up to 2 years in order to promote the orderly administration 
of the public lands. This segregation is subject to valid existing 
mining claims located before this segregation notice. There are 
currently no mining claims in the identified area. Licenses, permits, 
cooperative agreements, or discretionary land use authorizations of a 
temporary nature which would not impact lands identified in this Notice 
may be allowed with the approval of an authorized officer of the BLM. 
The segregation period may not exceed 2 years, unless the State 
Director determines and documents in writing, prior to the expiration 
of the segregation period, that an extension is necessary for the 
orderly administration of the public lands. If the State Director 
determines that an extension is necessary, the BLM will extend the 
segregation for up to 2 years by publishing a Notice in the Federal 
Register, prior to the expiration of the initial segregation period.
    The lands segregated under this Notice are legally described as 
follows:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Clark County, Nevada

T. 17 S., R. 64 E.,
    Sec. 32, those portions lying east of the right-of-way boundary 
of NEV 045565 and west of the right-of way boundary of CC 0360.
T. 18 S., R. 64 E.,
    Sec. 5, those portions lying west of the right-of way boundary 
of CC 0360;
    Sec. 6, those portions lying east of the right-of-way boundary 
of NEV 045565;
    Sec. 7, lots 12, 18, 19, 20, and 29, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/
4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, those portions lying west of the right-of way boundary 
of CC 0360.

    Termination of the segregation occurs on the earliest of the 
following dates: Upon issuance of a decision by the authorized officer 
granting, granting with modifications, or denying the application for a 
Right of Way; automatically at the end of the segregation; or upon 
publication of a Federal Register Notice of termination of the 
segregation.

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    Upon termination of segregation of these lands, all lands subject 
to this segregation would automatically reopen to appropriation under 
the public land laws and location under the Mining Law of 1872 (30 
U.S.C. 22 et seq.).

    Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 
1610.5, 43 CFR 2091.3-1, and 43 CFR 2804.25(f).

Gayle Marrs-Smith,
Las Vegas Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 2018-07736 Filed 4-12-18; 8:45 am]
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Upon termination of segregation of of human remains under the control of different periods, from about A.D. 1000
these lands, all lands subject to this the New York State Museum, Albany, to the 1400s, and from the late 1500s to
segregation would automatically reopen NY. The human remains were removed possibly the early 1600s. Based on the
to appropriation under the public land from sites in Onondaga and Tioga findings of the NAGPRA Review
laws and location under the Mining Law Counties, NY. Committee in 2008, the Engelbert site
of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.). This notice is published as part of the was determined to be culturally
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, National Park Service’s administrative affiliated with Onondaga Nation and the
43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5, 43 CFR responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
2091.3–1, and 43 CFR 2804.25(f). U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in In the 1960s, human remains
this notice are the sole responsibility of representing, at minimum, one
Gayle Marrs-Smith, the museum, institution, or Federal individual were removed from the Oran-
Las Vegas Field Manager. agency that has control of the Native Barnes site in Onondaga County, NY.
[FR Doc. 2018–07736 Filed 4–12–18; 8:45 am] American human remains. The National The human remains were collected from
BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P Park Service is not responsible for the the surface of the site by Stanley Gibson,
determinations in this notice. whose family donated the remains to
the museum as part of a larger collection
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Consultation
in 2009. The human remains consist of
A detailed assessment of the human a femur fragment from an adult
National Park Service remains was made by the New York individual of unknown age and sex
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025283; State Museum professional staff in (#A2009.35K). No known individual
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] consultation with representatives of the was identified. No associated funerary
Onondaga Nation. objects are present.
Notice of Inventory Completion: New In 1976, human remains representing,
York State Museum, Albany, NY History and Description of the Remains
at minimum, one individual were
At some time prior to 1914, human removed from the Oran-Barnes site in
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
remains representing, at minimum, one Onondaga County, NY. The human
ACTION: Notice. individual were removed from a site in remains were collected from the surface
SUMMARY: The New York State Museum the town of Pompey in Onondaga of a hillside midden by James Bradley,
has completed an inventory of human County, NY. The human remains were who donated them to the museum in
remains, in consultation with the acquired in 1914 as part of a larger 2009. The human remains include one
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native collection purchased from Otis M. small cranial fragment and a tooth
Hawaiian organizations, and has Bigelow. The human remains consist of representing at least one adult
determined that there is a cultural a small cranial fragment from an adult individual of unknown age and sex
affiliation between the human remains individual of unknown age and sex. No (#A2009.13B.99.16–17). No known
and present-day Indian Tribes or Native known individual was identified. No individual was identified. No associated
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal associated funerary objects are present. funerary objects are present.
descendants or representatives of any Beauchamp described the Pompey The Oran-Barnes site is a large village
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian area as the early home of the Onondaga, site that has been dated to the late pre-
organization not identified in this notice where numerous village sites date from contact period, circa A.D. 1500, based
that wish to request transfer of control the late pre-contact period through the on the type of settlement and the
of these human remains should submit seventeenth century. artifacts present, including pottery.
a written request to the New York State In the 1960s, human remains In 1977, human remains representing,
Museum. If no additional requestors representing, at minimum, two at minimum, one individual were
come forward, transfer of control of the individuals were removed from the removed from the Shurtleff site in
human remains to the lineal vicinity of Endicott, possibly the Onondaga County, NY. The human
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Engelbert site, in Tioga County, NY. The remains were collected from the surface
Hawaiian organizations stated in this human remains were found among of a hillside midden by James Bradley,
notice may proceed. archeological collections belonging to who donated them to the museum as
the New York State Archaeological part of a larger collection in 2012. The
DATES: Lineal descendants or
Association Louis A. Brennan/Lower human remains consist of three small
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Hudson Chapter, and were transferred cranial fragments and a foot phalange
Native Hawaiian organization not
to the museum in 2011. Information from at least one adult individual of
identified in this notice that wish to
with the human remains suggests they unknown age and sex (#A2012.05B.61–
request transfer of control of these
may have been excavated by Brennan 62). No known individual was
human remains should submit a written
and studied by Dr. Audrey Sublett at identified. No associated funerary
request with information in support of
Florida Atlantic University in 1967. objects are present.
the request to the New York State
Sublett analyzed human remains from The Shurtleff site is considered an
Museum at the address in this notice by
the Engelbert site in 1967 and 1968. The early historic Onondaga village site that
May 14, 2018.
human remains represent an adult male, has been dated to approximately A.D.
ADDRESSES: Lisa Anderson, New York
35–45 years of age, and a single ulna of 1635–1645 (or 1630–1640) based on the
State Museum, 3049 Cultural Education an adult individual of unknown age and
Center, Albany, NY 12230, telephone types of glass beads found at the site.
sex. No known individuals were
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES

(518) 486–2020, email lisa.anderson@ identified. No associated funerary Determinations Made by the {Museum
nysed.gov. objects are present. or Federal Agency}
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is The Engelbert site is a large, Officials of the New York State
here given in accordance with the multicomponent habitation site that was Museum have determined that:
Native American Graves Protection and used intermittently over a period of • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. about 5,000 years. The site was also human remains described in this notice
3003, of the completion of an inventory used as a burial site during at least two represent the physical remains of 6

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of intent.
Dates		This Notice initiates the public scoping process and segregation period for the public lands within the proposed DLA. Comments on issues may be submitted in writing until May 14, 2018. The date(s) and location(s) of any meetings will be announced at least 15 days in advance through local news media and the BLM website at: https:// go.usa.gov/xnbdU. In order for comments to be fully considered in the BLM's Resource Management Plan Amendment/EA, all comments must be received prior to the close of the scoping period or 15 days after the last public meeting, whichever is later.
Contact		Nicollee Gaddis, Planning &
FR Citation		83 FR 16117

83 FR 16117 - Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan Amendment With Associated Environmental Assessment and Notice of Segregation for the Proposed Dry Lake East Designated Leasing Area, Clark County, NV

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 72 (April 13, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management