Notice of Availability for the Ruby Hill Mine Expansion-East Archimedes Project Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, 12231 [05-4729]
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Dated: March 1, 2005.
Michael D. Olsen,
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Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV–060–3809]
Notice of Availability for the Ruby Hill
Mine Expansion—East Archimedes
Project Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
Nevada
Department of Wildlife and Eureka
County.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
COOPERATING AGENCIES:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 and the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations
found at 40 CFR Parts 1500–1508, notice
is hereby given of the availability of the
Draft Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (DSEIS) for comment,
prepared by the Battle Mountain Field
Office of the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM). The statement
analyzes the environmental effects of
the Proposed Action and the No Action
Alternatives.
DATES: Written comments must be postmarked or otherwise delivered by 4:30
p.m. (Pacific Time Zone) by no later
than 45 days after the date of
publication of this Notice in the Federal
Register. Comments may also be
submitted at public meetings to be held
in Battle Mountain, NV and Eureka, NV.
Dates of the meetings will be published
in local newspapers.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be addressed to the Bureau of Land
Management, attn: Caleb Hiner, Battle
Mountain Field Office, 50 Bastian Road,
Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820.
Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the
address listed below during regular
business hours, Monday–Friday,
excluding holidays. Individual
respondents may request
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold
your name or street address from public
review or from disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act, you must
state this prominently at the beginning
of your written comment. However, we
will not consider anonymous
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comments. Such requests to withhold
your name or street address from public
review will be honored to the extent
allowed by law. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives of officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
available for public inspection in their
entirety.
A limited number of copies of the
DSEIS may be obtained at the Battle
Mountain BLM Field Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caleb Hiner, Battle Mountain BLM at
(775) 635–4052.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Proposed Action would develop the
East Archimedes deposit which was
defined in the original EIS (approved
February 3, 1997) as a Reasonably
Foreseeable Future Action. The
Proposed Action would consist of an
extension of the existing pit, expansion
of the existing west and east waste rock
disposal areas, the expansion of the
existing heap leach pad, and
construction of dewatering facilities.
Under the Proposed Action, an
estimated additional 744 acres of
disturbance would occur. All
disturbances proposed under the
expansion falls within the footprint of
the project boundary as analyzed in the
original EIS.
Gerald M. Smith,
Field Manager.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of
contractual actions that have been
proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) and were pending
through December 31, 2004, and
contract actions that have been
completed or discontinued since the last
publication of this notice on October 4,
2004. From the date of this publication,
future quarterly notices during this
calendar year will be limited to new,
modified, discontinued, or completed
contract actions. This annual notice
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to identify changes in future notices.
This notice is one of a variety of means
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used to inform the public about
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resources and facilities consistent with
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newspapers of general circulation in the
areas determined by Reclamation to be
affected by the proposed action.
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pertaining to a specific contract
proposal may be obtained by calling or
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the address and telephone number given
for each region in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sandra L. Simons, Manager, Contract
Services Office, Bureau of Reclamation,
PO Box 25007, Denver, Colorado 80225–
0007; telephone 303–445–2902.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent
with section 9(f) of the Reclamation
Project Act of 1939 and the rules and
regulations published in 52 FR 11954,
April 13, 1987 (43 CFR 426.22),
Reclamation will publish notice of
proposed or amendatory contract
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of project water for authorized uses in
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and/or hearings may also be used, as
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Interior, or pursuant to delegated or
redelegated authority, the Commissioner
of Reclamation or one of the regional
directors. In some instances,
congressional review and approval of a
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-060-3809]
Notice of Availability for the Ruby Hill Mine Expansion--East
Archimedes Project Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
COOPERATING AGENCIES: Nevada Department of Wildlife and Eureka County.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 and the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations
found at 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, notice is hereby given of the
availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
(DSEIS) for comment, prepared by the Battle Mountain Field Office of
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The statement analyzes the
environmental effects of the Proposed Action and the No Action
Alternatives.
DATES: Written comments must be post-marked or otherwise delivered by
4:30 p.m. (Pacific Time Zone) by no later than 45 days after the date
of publication of this Notice in the Federal Register. Comments may
also be submitted at public meetings to be held in Battle Mountain, NV
and Eureka, NV. Dates of the meetings will be published in local
newspapers.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Bureau of Land
Management, attn: Caleb Hiner, Battle Mountain Field Office, 50 Bastian
Road, Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820. Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the
address listed below during regular business hours, Monday-Friday,
excluding holidays. Individual respondents may request confidentiality.
If you wish to withhold your name or street address from public review
or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state
this prominently at the beginning of your written comment. However, we
will not consider anonymous comments. Such requests to withhold your
name or street address from public review will be honored to the extent
allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and
from individuals identifying themselves as representatives of officials
of organizations or businesses, will be available for public inspection
in their entirety.
A limited number of copies of the DSEIS may be obtained at the
Battle Mountain BLM Field Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caleb Hiner, Battle Mountain BLM at
(775) 635-4052.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Proposed Action would develop the East
Archimedes deposit which was defined in the original EIS (approved
February 3, 1997) as a Reasonably Foreseeable Future Action. The
Proposed Action would consist of an extension of the existing pit,
expansion of the existing west and east waste rock disposal areas, the
expansion of the existing heap leach pad, and construction of
dewatering facilities. Under the Proposed Action, an estimated
additional 744 acres of disturbance would occur. All disturbances
proposed under the expansion falls within the footprint of the project
boundary as analyzed in the original EIS.
Gerald M. Smith,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 05-4729 Filed 3-10-05; 8:45 am]
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