[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14391-14392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07080]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[192D0102DR/DS5A300000/DR.5A311.IA000118]


Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Redding 
Rancheria Fee-to-Trust and Casino Project, Shasta County, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs (BIA), as lead agency, intends to file a Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement (DEIS) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) in connection with the Redding Rancheria's (Tribe) application 
requesting that the United States acquire approximately 232 acres of 
land in trust in Shasta County, California, for the construction and 
operation of a casino resort.

DATES: Written comments on the DEIS must arrive within 45 days after 
EPA publishes its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The 
date and location of the public hearing on the DEIS will be announced 
at least 15 days in advance through a notice to be published in local 
newspapers (Redding Record Searchlight and Sacramento Bee) and online 
at http://www.reddingeis.com.

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand-deliver written comments to Amy 
Dutschke, Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific Region, 
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825. Please include your 
name, return address, and ``DEIS Comments, Redding Rancheria Project'' 
on the first page of your written comments. You may also submit 
comments through email to Chad Broussard, Environmental Protection 
Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, at [email protected]. If 
emailing comments, please use ``DEIS Comments, Redding Rancheria 
Project'' as the subject of your email.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chad Broussard, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific Regional 
Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2820, Sacramento, California 95825; 
telephone: (916) 978-6165; email: [email protected]. Information 
is also available online at http://www.reddingeis.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribe submitted an application to the 
Department of the Interior (Department) requesting the placement of 
approximately 232 acres of fee land in trust by the United States upon 
which the Tribe would construct a casino resort. The facility would 
include an approximately 69,500 square foot casino, an approximately 
250-room hotel, an event/convention center, an outdoor amphitheatre, a 
retail center, and associated parking and infrastructure. The new 
facility would replace the Tribe's existing casino, and the existing 
casino buildings would be converted to a different Tribal use.
    Accordingly, the proposed action for the Department is the 
acquisition requested by the Tribe. The proposed fee-to-trust property 
is located in an unincorporated part of Shasta County, California, 
approximately 1.6 miles northeast of the existing Redding Rancheria, 
and about two miles southeast of downtown Redding. The proposed trust 
property includes seven parcels, bound by Bechelli Lane on the north, 
private properties to the south, the Sacramento River on the west, and 
Interstate 5 on the east. The Shasta County Assessor's parcel numbers 
(APNs) for the property are 055-010-011, 055-010-012, 055-010-014, 055-
010-015, 055-050-001, 055-020-004 and 055-020-005.
    The following alternatives are considered in the DEIS: (1) Proposed 
Project; (2) Proposed Project with No Retail Alternative; (3) Reduce 
Intensity Alternative; (4) Non-Gaming Alternative; (5) Anderson Site 
Alternative; (6) Expansion of Existing Casino Alternative; and (7) No 
Action Alternative. Environmental issues addressed in the EIS include 
land resources; water resources; air quality; noise; biological 
resources; cultural/historical/archaeological resources; resource use 
patterns; traffic and transportation; public health and safety;

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hazardous materials and hazardous wastes; public services and 
utilities; socioeconomics; environmental justice; visual resources/
aesthetics; and cumulative, indirect, and growth-inducing effects.
    Locations Where the DEIS is Available for Review: The DEIS is 
available for review during regular business hours at the BIA Pacific 
Regional Office at the address noted above in the ADDRESSES section of 
this notice, and the Redding Public Library, 1100 Parkview Avenue, 
Redding, California. The DEIS is also available online at http://www.reddingeis.com. To obtain a compact disc copy of the DEIS, please 
provide your name and address in writing or by phone to Chad Broussard, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific Regional Office. Contact information 
is listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 
notice. Individual paper copies of the DEIS will be provided upon 
payment of applicable printing expenses by the requestor for the number 
of copies requested.
    Public Comment Availability: Comments, including names and 
addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the 
BIA address shown in the ADDRESSES section, during regular business 
hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. 
Before including your address, telephone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask in your comment that your personal identifying information be 
withheld from public review, the BIA cannot guarantee that this will 
occur.
    Authority: This notice is published in accordance with sections 
1503.1 and 1506.6 of the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations 
(40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508) implementing the procedural 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321-4345 et seq.), and the Department of the 
Interior National Environmental Policy Act Regulations (43 CFR part 
46), and is in the exercise of authority delegated to the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.

    Dated: April 5, 2019.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2019-07080 Filed 4-9-19; 8:45 am]
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