[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 26989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10805]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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TAS:]


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Moapa 
Solar Energy Center Project, Clark County, NV

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 Moapa Solar Energy Center 
Project. The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals 
Management signed the ROD on May 1, 2014, which constitutes the final 
decision of the Department.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are available upon request and for public 
inspection at the Southern Nevada District Office, Bureau of Land 
Management, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130 or on the 
Internet at http://www.moapasolarenergycentereis.com/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Helseth, Renewable Energy 
Project Manager, telephone 702-515-5173; address 4701 N. Torrey Pines 
Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130; email [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 Mr. 
Helseth during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question for Mr. Helseth. You 
will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Moapa Solar, LLC, applied to the BLM for a 
right-of-way grant on public lands to develop ancillary facilities for 
the 200 MW project on tribal lands. These ancillary facilities consit 
of roads, transmission lines, and a water pipeline. The generation-
interconnection lines and access road would be located on approximately 
167.2 acres of Federal lands managed by the BLM south of the site 
within Mount Diablo Meridian, Township 17 South, Range 63 East, 
Sections 29 thru 32. The water pipeline associated with the Project 
would be located on approximately 46.7 acres within the Moapa River 
Indian Reservation, northeast of the Moapa Solar Energy Center Project 
in Township 16 South, Range 64 East, Sections 28, 32, and 33. The Moapa 
Solar Energy Center Project is located approximately 20 miles northeast 
of Las Vegas in Clark County, Nevada.
    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the BLM published the 
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) concurrently in the Federal Register by the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs (BIA) on September 13, 2013 (78 FR 56695).
    The EPA published the Notice of Availability of the Final EIS in 
the Federal Register by the BIA on February 14, 2014 (79 FR 8986). 
Printed and electronic copies of the Draft and Final EIS are available 
at the Southern Nevada District Office and are posted on the Internet 
at http://www.moapasolarenergycentereis.com. The Final EIS analyzed 
five action alternatives and a No Action Alternative. The Proposed 
Action alternative is the BLM preferred alternative. This alternative 
is the applicant's original proposal (as described in its Plan of 
Development dated February 26, 2013). The ROD approves the 
construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of an access 
road, water pipeline, and 230kV and 500 kV transmission lines on BLM-
managed lands analyzed as part of the Proposed Action in the Final EIS 
for the Moapa Solar Energy Center. The ROD conditions the BLM's 
approval on all mitigation measures identified in the Final EIS and 
additional mitigation measures identified in the ROD.
    Because this decision is approved by the Secretary of the Interior, 
it is not subject to administrative appeal (43 CFR 4.410(a)(3)).

    Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 40 CFR 1506.10.

Linda Lance,
Deputy Director, Programs and Policy, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-10805 Filed 5-9-14; 8:45 am]
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