[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 109 (Thursday, June 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 26440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11809]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[190A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900253G]


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 comment period extension.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is announcing a two-week 
extension of the comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed Redding Rancheria Fee-to-Trust and 
Casino Project, Shasta County, California. The BIA published a Notice 
of Availability on April 10, 2019.

DATES: The BIA must receive all comments by June 17, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand deliver 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]. Please include 
your name and return address on the first page of your written 
comments. 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 www.reddingeis.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 10, 2019, the BIA published in the 
Federal Register (84 FR 14391) a Notice of Availability for the DEIS 
the Proposed Redding Rancheria Fee-to-Trust and Casino Project, Shasta 
County, California. BIA then held a public hearing at the Redding 
Memorial Veterans Hall in Redding on May 20, 2019.
    The DEIS has been prepared for the Redding Rancheria's (Tribe) 
application requesting that the United States acquire approximately 232 
acres of land in trust in Shasta County, California. 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 Tribe is proposing 
to construct a casino resort that includes a casino, hotel, event/
convention center, outdoor amphitheater, retail center, and associated 
parking/infrastructure. The new facility would replace the Tribe's 
existing casino, and the Tribe would convert the existing casino 
buildings to a different Tribal use. Additional information on the 
proposed action, alternatives to the proposed action, and potential 
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action and 
alternatives can be found in the DEIS.
    Locations where the DEIS is Available for Review: The DEIS is 
available for review during regular business hours (8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) 
at the BIA Pacific Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, 
California, 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, 2800 Cottage Way, 
Sacramento, California; [email protected]; telephone: (916) 978-
6165. 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.

    Dated: May 23, 2019.
John Tahsuda,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2019-11809 Filed 6-5-19; 8:45 am]
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