[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17716-17717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06507]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCO923000 L13400000.PQ0000]


Notice Seeking Public Interest for Solar Energy Development on 
Public Lands in the State of Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Colorado State Office is 
providing an opportunity for parties to express an interest in 
proposing solar energy development projects on approximately 3,705 
acres of public land administered by the BLM's San Luis Valley Field 
Office in Saguache and Conejos counties, Colorado.

DATES: Parties interested in proposing a solar energy development 
project on the lands described in this notice should submit a letter of 
interest in response to this notice and a preliminary right-of-way 
(ROW) application (SF-299) to the address listed below on or before May 
21, 2013. The ROW application form can be downloaded at: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/117318.

ADDRESSES: Documentation should be sent to the Bureau of Land 
Management, Attention: Maryanne Kurtinaitis, CO923, 2850 Youngfield 
Street, Lakewood, CO 80215. Electronic submissions will not be 
accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maryanne Kurtinaitis, Renewable Energy 
Program Manager, by telephone at 303-239-3708 or by email at

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[email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business 
hours. The FIRS 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: BLM Colorado has received two ROW 
applications within two designated Solar Energy Zones (SEZs) serialized 
as COC-074761 (Los Mogotes East SEZ) and COC-074763 (De Tilla Gulch 
SEZ). Applications for solar energy development are processed as ROW 
authorizations under Title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976. The regulations at 43 CFR 2804.23 authorize the BLM to 
determine whether competition exists among ROW applications filed for 
the same facility or system. The regulations also allow the BLM to 
resolve any such competition by using competitive bidding procedures.
    The BLM will review submissions from interested parties in response 
to this notice and determine whether competition exists to develop 
solar energy projects in the De Tilla Gulch and Los Mogotes East SEZs. 
If the BLM determines sufficient competition exists, the BLM may use a 
competitive bidding process, consistent with the regulations, to select 
a preferred applicant in one or both of the SEZs.
    The first parcel is called De Tilla Gulch SEZ, and consists of 
approximately 1,064 acres of public land within sections 29, 30, 31, 
32, and 33 of T. 45 N., R. 9 E., New Mexico Principal Meridian, 
Saguache County, Colorado. This parcel lies approximately seven miles 
east of the town of Saguache, Colorado. The second parcel is called Los 
Mogotes East SEZ, and consists of approximately 2,641 acres of public 
land within sections 1, 12, 13, 24, and 25 of T. 34N., R. 8 E., New 
Mexico Principal Meridian, Conejos County, Colorado. This parcel lies 
three miles west of the town of Romeo, Colorado. A map of both SEZs can 
be viewed and downloaded at: http://solareis.anl.gov/maps/index.cfm.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2804.23.

Helen M. Hankins,
BLM Colorado State Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-06507 Filed 3-21-13; 8:45 am]
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