[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 142 (Monday, July 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 37051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17782]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWO350000.L14300000]


Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for Programmatic 
Environmental Impact Statement To Develop and Implement Agency-Specific 
Programs for Solar Energy Development

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy and the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) (the Agencies) are extending the public comment period for the 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Develop and Implement 
Agency-Specific Programs for Solar Energy Development (Solar PEIS). The 
Solar PEIS includes BLM-administered lands in the States of Arizona, 
California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah. A notice published 
in the Federal Register on June 30, 2009 [74 FR 31307] provided for a 
public comment period ending on July 30, 2009.

DATES: Several individuals and organizations have requested an 
extension of the comment period. The Agencies have decided to act in 
accordance with these requests; therefore, comments on the solar energy 
study areas will now be accepted through September 14, 2009. Comments 
received or postmarked after September 14, 2009 will be considered to 
the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments by the following methods:
     Electronically, using the online comment form available on 
the project Web site: http://solareis.anl.gov. This is the preferred 
method of commenting.
     In writing, addressed to: Solar Energy PEIS, Argonne 
National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue--EVS/900, Argonne, IL 60439.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact: Linda 
Resseguie, BLM Washington Office, [email protected], 202-452-
7774; or Lisa Jorgensen, Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, 
[email protected], 303-275-4906. You may also visit the Solar 
PEIS Web site at http://solareis.anl.gov.

Mike Pool,
Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. E9-17782 Filed 7-24-09; 8:45 am]
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