[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72928-72929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29009]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Wilton Rancheria Fee-to-Trust and Casino Project,
Sacramento County, California
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency intends to gather information necessary
for preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) in connection
with the Wilton Rancheria's (Tribe) application requesting that the
United States acquire land in trust in Sacramento County, California,
for the construction and operation of a gaming facility.
DATES: Written comments on the scope of the EIS must arrive by January
6, 2014. The public scoping meeting will be held on December 19, 2013,
from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., or until the last public comment is received.
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 ``NOI Comments, Wilton Rancheria Project'' on
the first page of your written comments. The scoping meeting will be
held at the Chabolla Community Center, 600 Chabolla Ave., Galt,
California 95632.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Rydzik, Chief, Division of
Environmental, Cultural Resource Management and Safety, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Pacific Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento,
Room W-2820, California 95825, telephone (916) 978-6051, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribe has sumitted an application to the
Department requesting the placement of approximately 282 acres of fee
land in trust by the United States upon which the Tribe would construct
a gaming facility. Accordingly, the proposed action for the Department
is the acquisition requested by the Tribe. The proposed fee-to-trust
property is located within the City of Galt Sphere of Influence Area in
unincorporated Sacramento County, California, north of Twin Cities Road
between State Highway 99 and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. The
Sacramento County Assessor's parcel numbers (APNs) for the site are
148-0010-018, 148-0041-009, 148-0041-006, 148-0041-004, 148-0041-001,
148-0031-007, and 148-0010-060. The purpose of the proposed action is
to improve the economic status of the Tribal government so it can
better provide housing, health care, education, cultural programs, and
other services to its members.
The proposed action encompasses the various Federal approvals which
may be required to implement the Tribe's proposed economic development
project, including approval of the Tribe's fee-to-trust application.
The EIS will identify and evaluate issues related to these approvals,
and will also evaluate a range of reasonable alternatives.
Areas of environmental concern identified for analysis 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;
hazardous materials and hazardous wastes; public services and
utilities; socioeconomics; environmental justice; visual resources/
aesthetics; and cumulative, indirect, and growth-inducing effects. The
range of issues and alternatives to be addressed in the EIS may be
expanded or reduced based on comments received in response to this
notice and at the public scoping
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meeting. Additional information, including a map of the project site,
is available by contacting the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
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 Implementation
Policy (43 CFR part 46), and is in the exercise of authority
delegated to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.
Dated: November 26, 2013.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2013-29009 Filed 12-3-13; 8:45 am]
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