[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 246 (Friday, December 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76325-76326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7761]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-660-1430-ER-CACA-44491]


Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the Imperial 
Irrigation District's Desert Southwest Transmission Line Project, 
California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement/ 
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, and 40 CFR Part 1500, the Bureau 
of Land Management (BLM) announces that the Final EIS/EIR for the 
Imperial Irrigation District's (IID) Desert Southwest Transmission Line 
Project is available for a thirty (30) day public review and comment 
period.

DATES: The public is provided 30 days for review and comment after the 
date that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes its 
Notice of Availability for this document in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any 
of several methods. You may mail comments to: Gail Acheson, Field 
Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Palm Springs--South Coast Field 
Office, 690 W. Garnet Ave., P.O. Box 581260, North Palm Springs, CA 
92258.
    You may also comment via the Internet to: [email protected]. Please 
include in the subject line: ``Final EIS/EIR, Desert Southwest 
Transmission Line Project'' and your name and return address in your 
Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation that we have 
received your Internet message, contact Diane Gomez at (760) 251-4852. 
You may also hand-deliver comments to: Palm Springs--South Coast Field 
Office, 690 W. Garnet Avenue, North Palm Springs, CA 92258. Our 
practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of 
respondents, available for public review during regular business hours. 
Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address 
from the record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. 
There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold from the 
record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to 
withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at 
the beginning of your comment. However, we will not consider anonymous 
comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available 
for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Gomez at (760) 251-4852 or e-
mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Final EIS/EIR assesses the 
environmental effects of constructing, operating and maintaining a 500 
kilovolt (kV) electrical transmission line from an area near Blythe, 
California, to the Southern California Edison Company's Devers 
Substation, located several miles north of Palm Springs, California. 
Four alternatives and several minor variations to these alternatives 
are also considered. A Record of Decision for the proposed project will 
be prepared following the review of the final EIS. A copy of the Final 
EIS/EIR is available for review and comment via the Internet at http://www.ca.blm.gov/palmsprings. Electronic (on CD-ROM) and paper copies may 
also be obtained by contacting Diane Gomez at the aforementioned 
addresses and phone number.

    Dated: September 26, 2005.
Elena Misquez,
Acting Field Manager.
[FR Doc. E5-7761 Filed 12-22-05; 8:45 am]
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