[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 48862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20992]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Fort Mojave Solar 
Project on the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation, Mohave County, Arizona, 
and Clark County, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of cancellation.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 
intends to cancel all work on the environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the proposed Fort Mojave Solar Project, Fort Mojave Indian 
Reservation, Mohave County, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada. The 
notice of intent to prepare the EIS, which included a description of 
the proposed action, was published in the Federal Register on April 11, 
2016.

DATES: This cancellation will take effect October 29, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chip Lewis, Regional Environmental 
Protection Officer, telephone (602) 379-6750.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIA is cancelling work on this EIS 
because the Fort Mojave Tribe and their solar development partner have 
mutually decided not to pursue development of the solar energy 
generation facility that was the subject of the EIS. The notice of 
intent to prepare the EIS, which included a description of the proposed 
action, was published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2016 (81 FR 
21377). Public meetings were held on May 25-26, 2016, at Mohave Valley, 
Arizona and Laughlin, Nevada respectively. The Draft EIS had not yet 
been published.

Authority

    This notice is published in accordance with section 1503.1 of the 
Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508) 
implementing the procedural requirements of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the 
Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 1-6), and is in the exercise 
of authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 
209 DM 8.

    Dated: September 11, 2018.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2018-20992 Filed 9-26-18; 8:45 am]
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