Application for Public Gathering 60-day FR Notice

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Outdoor Recreation Planner, State and
Local Assistance Programs Division,
National Park Service (2225), 1849 C
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240–
0001 or via e-mail at
[email protected] or
[email protected]. All responses to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request.
To Request a Draft of Proposed
Collection of Information Contact:
Michael D. Wilson, Chief or Laurie
Heupel, Outdoor Recreation Planner,
State and Local Assistance Programs
Division, National Park Service (2225),
1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC
20240–0001 or via e-mail at
[email protected] or
[email protected]. You are
entitled to a copy of the entire ICR
package free-of-charge.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1024–0047.
Title: Land and Water Conservation
Fund (LWCF) Conversions of Use
Provisions.
Form: None.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
Expiration Date: August 31, 2010.
Abstract: In order to convert sites and
facilities assisted under the LWCF to
other than public outdoor recreation
uses, the grant recipient must submit
documentation for NPS consideration.
Documentation includes appraisal
reports, statements regarding need for
the conversion, and such additional
information as may be necessary given
the peculiar nature of the specific
request.
Affected Public: State Governments,
DC and Territories.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
Obtain a Benefit.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated total annual responses:
450.
Estimated average completion time
per response: 1 hour.
Estimated annual reporting burden:
450 hours.
Estimated annual non hour cost
burden: $9,560.
The NPS also is asking for comments
on (1) the practical utility of the
information being gathered; (2) the
accuracy of the burden hour estimate;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden to respondents, including use of
automated information collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address,
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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 us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
Dated: April 14, 2010.
Cartina Miller,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–8978 Filed 4–16–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
National Park Service
60-Day Notice of Intention to Request
Clearance of Collection of Information;
Opportunity for Public Comment
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5
CFR part 1320, Reporting and Record
Keeping Requirements, the National
Park Service (NPS) invites public
comments on an extension of a
currently approved collection of
information Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) #1024–0021. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Public comments on this
Information Collection Request (ICR)
will be accepted on or before June 18,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Send comments directly to:
Ms. Robbin Owen, Chief, National Park
Service, National Capital Region,
National Mall and Memorial Parks,
Division of Park Programs, 1100 Ohio
Drive, SW., Room 128, Washington, DC
20242; or via fax at 202–401–2430; or
via e-mail at [email protected]. All
responses to the notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for the OMB approval. All comments
will become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
Request a Draft of Proposed Collection
of Information Contact: Ms. Robbin
Owen, Chief, NPS, National Capital
Region, National Mall and Memorial
Parks, Division of Park Programs, 1100
Ohio Drive, SW., Room 128,
Washington, DC 20242; or via phone at
202- 619–7225; or via fax at 202–401–
2430; or via e-mail at

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[email protected]. You are entitled
to a copy of the entire ICR package free
of charge once the package is submitted
to OMB for review. You can access this
ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1024–0021.
Title: National Park Service, National
Capital Region Application for a Permit
to Conduct a Demonstration or Special
Event in Park Areas and a Waiver of
Numerical Limitations on
Demonstrations for White House
Sidewalk and/or Lafayette Park.
Form(s): None.
Expiration Date: 11/30/2010.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
Abstract: The NPS requests comments
on an application form that allows the
Park Programs Division of National Mall
and Memorial Parks to process requests
from individual and organizations to
hold public gatherings on NPS property.
These public gatherings consist of
special events and demonstrations that
the NPS is charged with regulating to
insure protection of cultural and natural
resources within NPS property. The
NPS will use the information you
submit to determine whether or not to
make modifications to the application
form. Once the NPS makes any
modifications that it may decide to
adopt, the NPS plans to submit a
proposed collection of information
package to OMB with a request that
OMB approve the package and reinstate
the OMB clearance number. The
information collection responds to the
statutory requirements that the NPS
preserve park resources and regulate the
use of units of the National Park System.
The information to be collected
identifies: (1) Those individuals and/or
organizations that wish to conduct a
public gathering on NPS property in the
National Capital Region, (2) the logistics
of a proposed demonstration or special
event that aid the NPS in regulation
activities to insure that they are
consistent with the NPS mission, (3)
potential civil disobedience and traffic
control issues for the assignment of
United States Park Police personnel, (4)
circumstances which may warrant to be
assigned to the event for the purpose of
covering potential cost to repair damage
caused by the event. You may obtain
copies of the application from the
source listed below (see the ‘‘send
comments to’’ section) http://
www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/
permits.htm.
Description of respondents:
Respondents are those individuals or
organizations that wish to conduct a

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special event or demonstration on NPS
properties with the National Capital
Region that lie within the geographical
limits set forth in 36 CFR 7.96(a).
Obligation to Respond: Required to
Obtain a Benefit.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated average number of
responses: 2,051 per year.
Estimated average time burden per
respondent: .5 hours.
Estimated total annual reporting
burden: 1,026 hours.
Estimated annual non hour cost
burden: $102,550.
Comments are invited on: (1) The
practical utility of the information being
gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden
hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden to
respondents, including use of
automated information collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail 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 us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: April 12, 2010.
Cartina A. Miller,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–8983 Filed 4–16–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement/Staff
Assessment and Possible Amendment
to the California Desert Conservation
Area Plan for the Calico Solar
(Formerly SES Solar One) Project, San
Bernardino County, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: The Department of the
Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) and the California
Energy Commission (CEC) have jointly
released a Draft Environmental Impact

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Statement (EIS)/Staff Assessment (SA),
including a possible Draft Amendment
to the California Desert Conservation
Area (CDCA) Plan (1980, as amended),
for the Calico Solar (formerly Stirling
Energy Systems Solar One) Project, San
Bernardino County, California. The
Draft EIS/SA, prepared in compliance
with the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), and
the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA), evaluates the
environmental impacts of constructing
and operating an 850 megawatt (MW)
solar power facility on 8,230 acres of
BLM-administered land. The Draft EIS/
SA is jointly prepared by the BLM and
the CEC in response to Calico Solar,
LLC’s right-of-way (ROW) application to
the BLM and its Application for
Certification (AFC) to the CEC.
DATES: The publication of the EPA’s
Notice of Availability of this Draft EIS
in the Federal Register initiates a 90day public comment period. To ensure
that comments will be considered, the
BLM must receive written comments on
the Draft EIS/SA and plan amendment
within 90 days following the date the
EPA publishes its Notice of Availability
in the Federal Register. The BLM will
announce future meetings or hearings
and any other public involvement
activities at least 15 days in advance
through public notices, media releases,
and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Calico Solar
Project Draft EIS/SA are available from
the BLM Barstow Field Office, 2601
Barstow Road, Barstow, California
92311. The document may also be
viewed at public libraries in San
Bernardino County, Sacramento, Fresno,
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Eureka, and
San Diego, California.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Stobaugh, BLM Project Manager, by
mail: P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada
89520; phone: (775) 861–6478; or
e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March
14, 2007, SES Solar Six, LLC and SES
Solar Three, LLC submitted applications
for ROW grants to the BLM to construct
and operate a concentrated solar dish
power plant facility on Federal public
lands in San Bernardino County,
California. The two ROW application
areas were subsequently combined into
one project (SES Solar One) proposed
for an 8,230-acre site located
immediately north of Interstate 40,
approximately 37 miles east of Barstow,
California. On December 2, 2008, SES
Solar One, LLC (SES Solar Three, LLC
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AFC to the CEC to construct and operate
the SES Solar One Project. In January
2010, the project name was formally
changed to Calico Solar as a result of
SES Solar Three, LLC merging with SES
Solar Six, LLC to create Calico Solar,
LLC.
The proposed action is to construct an
850-MW, 8,230-acre (13 square mile)
solar energy facility on BLMadministered land. Approximately 1,718
acres of public land within the proposed
project area were either donated to the
BLM or acquired by the BLM with Land
and Water Conservation Funds (LWCF).
The project proposal includes building
about 34,000, 25-kilowatt Stirling solar
dish systems. Each solar dish system
consists of an approximately 38-foot
high by 40-foot wide solar concentrator
dish that supports an array of curved
glass mirrors. These mirrors would
automatically track the sun and focus
solar energy onto a power conversion
unit that generates electricity.
The Calico Solar Project would also
include a number of related facilities
and infrastructure, including:
• A new 230-kilovolt (kV) Calico
Substation; approximately 2 miles of
single-circuit 230-kV transmission line
to connect the new Calico Substation to
the existing Southern California Edison
(SCE) Pisgah Substation;
• Project roads and fencing;
• An administration building; and
• A 45,000 square foot main services
complex.
Approximately 739 feet of the new
230-kV transmission line would be
outside of the project area. The solar
facility would operate for about 20 years
based on the Purchase Power Agreement
signed with SCE on August 9, 2005.
Upgrades to the SCE transmission
system are needed to transmit the
electricity generated from the Calico
Solar Project. These upgrades would
take place outside the Calico Solar
project area.
The BLM is considering amending the
CDCA Plan as part of the proposed
action. The CDCA Plan requires that all
sites associated with power generation
or transmission not identified in the
CDCA Plan be considered through the
BLM land use planning amendment
process. If the BLM decides to approve
the ROW grant, the BLM would also
amend the CDCA Plan, as required. The
BLM’s proposed action in the Draft EIS/
SA is to authorize the 850-MW Calico
Solar Project and approve the CDCA
Plan amendment in response to the
application received from Calico Solar,
LLC.
The action alternatives include: (1)
The proposed action (as described
above); (2) a 720-MW, 6,512-acre (10.2

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