Notice of Availability for the Ruby Hill Mine Expansion-East Archimedes Project Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; A Proposed Expansion of Existing Gold Mining/Processing Operations in Eureka County, NV, 50398 [05-16951]
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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 Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement; A
Proposed Expansion of Existing Gold
Mining/Processing Operations in
Eureka County, NV
Bureau of Land Management.
Cooperating Agencies: Nevada
Department of Wildlife and Eureka
County.
ACTION: Notice of availability for the
Ruby Hill Mine Expansion—East
Archimedes Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:
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 1500–1508, notice is
hereby given of the availability of the
Final Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement 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
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30 days after the date of publication of
this Notice in the Federal Register.
Comments, including names and
addresses or respondents, will be
available for public review at the above
address 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 business, 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 Final Supplemental EIS may be
obtained at the Battle Mountain BLM
Field Office.
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.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caleb Hiner, Battle Mountain BLM at
(775) 635–4052.
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 disturbance proposed
under the expansion falls within the
footprint of the project boundary as
analyzed in the original EIS.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Gerald M. Smith,
Field Manager.
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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 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; A
Proposed Expansion of Existing Gold Mining/Processing Operations in
Eureka County, NV
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.
Cooperating Agencies: Nevada Department of Wildlife and Eureka
County.
ACTION: Notice of availability for the Ruby Hill Mine Expansion--East
Archimedes Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.
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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 1500-1508, notice is hereby given of the availability
of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 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 30 days after the date
of publication of this Notice in the Federal Register.
Comments, including names and addresses or respondents, will be
available for public review at the above address 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 business, 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 Final Supplemental
EIS may be obtained at the Battle Mountain BLM Field Office.
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.
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 disturbance
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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