Notice2024-29099
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Lava Ridge Wind Project in Jerome, Lincoln, and Minidoka Counties, Idaho
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Published
December 11, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Lava Ridge Wind Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The ROD constitutes the decision of the BLM, as approved by the Department of the Interior (DOI).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29099]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_ID_FRN; MO# 4500183156]
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Lava
Ridge Wind Project in Jerome, Lincoln, and Minidoka Counties, Idaho
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 Lava Ridge Wind Project Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The ROD constitutes the decision
of the BLM, as approved by the Department of the Interior (DOI).
DATES: The ROD was signed on Dec. 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The ROD is available at <a href="https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2013782/510">https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2013782/510</a> and in hard copy at the BLM Shoshone Field
Office, 400 W F St., Shoshone, ID 83352.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kasey Prestwich, project manager,
telephone 208-732-7204; address in ADDRESSES above; and email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#acc7dcdec9dfd8dbc5cfc4eccec0c182cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f49f8486918780839d979cb4969899da939b82">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals in the United States who are deaf,
deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711
(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services
for contacting Mr. Prestwich. Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered within their country to make
international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOI has approved the BLM's decision to
issue a right-of-way (ROW) grant for the Lava Ridge Wind Project.
Consistent with the direction provided through the ROD and applicable
laws and regulations, the BLM will issue Magic Valley Energy (MVE) a
non-exclusive, non-possessory ROW grant with stipulations, to
construct, operate and maintain, and decommission a wind-powered
electrical generation facility on public lands within Jerome, Lincoln,
and Minidoka counties, Idaho. The ROW grant will authorize MVE to
develop and operate the project as described in an approved plan of
development, updated consistent with the terms established in the ROD.
The ROW authorizes installation of up to 231 wind turbines, along
with related infrastructure and facilities on BLM-managed public lands.
The ROW grant issued by the BLM will require MVE to comply with terms
and conditions, including project avoidance and minimization measures,
fulfill compensatory mitigation requirements, adhere to processes
established for the preservation of historic properties, and meet any
additional requirements, such as obtaining additional permits or
authorizations, established by Federal, State, or local laws.
The ROW area encompasses the BLM-managed public lands delineated
and described in Appendices A and B of the ROD. The estimated total
area of the ROW is 57,447 acres, with all project-related
infrastructure and facilities confined within the designated siting
corridors. The siting corridors, estimated to be 38,535 acres, limit
the location of the project infrastructure to areas considered within
the Lava Ridge Wind Project Final EIS; however, the final footprint of
the project will be smaller and consistent with the disturbance area
described in the Final EIS (the portion of ground disturbance on public
lands is estimated to be 3,926 acres).
The decision to authorize this energy generation project on BLM-
managed public lands is consistent with the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act, as amended, and the BLM's ROW regulations (43 U.S.C.
1761; 43 CFR part 2800).
Approval of this ROW constitutes the final decision of the DOI and,
in accordance with the regulations at 43 CFR 4.410(a)(3), is not
subject to appeal under DOI regulations at 43 CFR part 4.
Michael C. Courtney,
Twin Falls District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2024-29099 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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