Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement To Analyze the Proposed Mount Hope Project Plan of Operations (NVN-082096) for the Mount Hope Molybdenum Mine, 9579-9580 [E7-3643]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV–060–1990]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement To
Analyze the Proposed Mount Hope
Project Plan of Operations (NVN–
082096) for the Mount Hope
Molybdenum Mine
Bureau of Land Management.
Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, 40 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) subparts 1500–1508,
and 43 CFR subpart 3809, notice is
hereby given that the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Battle Mountain
Field Office will be preparing an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Mount Hope Project, a proposed
open pit molybdenum mine, mill, and
associated facilities, located on public
and private lands in Eureka County,
Nevada.
This notice initiates the public
scoping period. Written comments on
the scope of the EIS should be postmarked or hand delivered to the BLM
Battle Mountain Field Office by 4:30
p.m., no later than 30 days after the date
of publication in the Federal Register to
ensure full consideration. The public
will be notified of scoping meetings
through the local news media at least 15
days prior to the first meeting. It is
anticipated at least two scoping
meetings (in Eureka and Battle
Mountain, Nevada) will be held during
this scoping period.
ADDRESSES: Written scoping comments
should be sent to the BLM, Battle
Mountain Field Office, 50 Bastian Road,
Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820, ATTN:
Angelica Ordaz. Written comments may
also be faxed to Angelica Ordaz at (775)
635–4034, or submitted in writing to the
BLM at one of the scoping meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information and/or to have your
name added to our mailing list, contact
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Angelica Ordaz, Planning and
Environmental Coordinator at the BLM
Battle Mountain Field Office, or by
telephone at (775) 635–4000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Idaho
General Mines, Inc. (IGMI) has
submitted a Plan of Operations (NVN–
082096) to the BLM for the proposed
mining project. Pursuant to Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations 1502.14(a) and 1502.14(d),
in addition to the proposed action, the
BLM will explore and objectively
evaluate all reasonable alternatives,
including the alternative of no action.
The reasonable range of alternatives will
include an analysis of the feasibility to
back fill or partially back fill the mined
out pits.
The Mount Hope Project Plan of
Operations (Plan) will be presented to
the public during scoping meetings, and
informational letters on the Plan will be
mailed to interested parties. The Plan
will be available for public review at
BLM’s Battle Mountain Field Office.
The BLM invites public comment on the
scope of the analysis, including issues
to consider and alternatives to the
proposed action. The purpose of the
public scoping process is to determine
relevant issues that will influence the
scope of the environmental analysis and
EIS alternatives. BLM personnel will be
present at the scoping meetings to
explain the environmental review
process, the mining regulations, and
other requirements for processing the
proposed Plan and the associated EIS.
Representatives of IGMI will also be
available to describe their proposal.
You may submit comments on issues
in writing to the BLM at the public
scoping meetings, or you may submit
them to the BLM using one of the
methods listed in the ADDRESSES section
above. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, be advised 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 from public review your
personal identifying information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. To be most helpful, formal
scoping comments should be submitted
within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice, although
comments will be accepted throughout
the development of the EIS. Comments
received and a list of attendees for each
scoping meeting will be made available
for public inspection and open for 30
days following each meeting for any
participant(s) who wish to clarify their
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views. Comments and documents
pertinent to this proposal, including
names and street addresses of
respondents, may be examined at the
Battle Mountain Field Office during
regular business hours (7:30 a.m.–4:30
p.m. Monday through Friday, except
holidays). Comments may be published
as part of the EIS.
The proposed project would be
located in north-central Nevada
approximately 23 miles northwest of the
town of Eureka in Townships 20, 21, 22,
and 23 North, Ranges 51 and 52 East.
The project would involve both public
and private lands in Eureka County,
Nevada. The project would involve the
construction and development of the
following primary components: An
open pit for development of the Mount
Hope ore body with an in-pit
groundwater dewatering system; waste
rock stockpiles; high grade and low
grade ore stockpiles; ancillary facilities
(maintenance shop, administrative
facilities, and fuel and lubricant storage
facilities); primary crusher; conveyor
system; crushed ore stock pile area and
ore reclaim system; a mill and flotation
circuit including reagent storage, offices
and a laboratory, warehouse, and
laydown yards; north and south tailings
storage facilities; a molybdenite
concentrate roaster; water supply well(s)
and associated rights-of-way for access
roads, power lines, and pipelines;
relocation of existing Falcon to Gonder
230-kV transmission line segments in
the project area; installation of a 120-kV
transmission line and substation;
construction of a landfill, haul,
secondary, access, and exploration
roads; and ancillary facilities including
growth media stockpiles, diversion
ditches, and stormwater runoff controls.
The mine and milling facility would
operate for approximately 53 years.
During the first 12 years, the milling rate
would be 44,100 tons per day and
would increase to 55,100 tons per day
for years 12 through 53. The roaster
would convert molybdenum disulfide
(MoS2) to technical grade molybdenum
oxide (MoO3). Up to 100 tons of
molybdenite concentrate per day would
be processed through the roaster.
Concurrent reclamation would be
conducted during the 53-year operating
period as mining in an area is
completed. Site closure and final
reclamation would be undertaken at the
end of mining and milling.
An interdisciplinary approach will be
used to develop the EIS, in order to
consider the variety of resource issues
and concerns identified. Potential
significant direct, indirect, residual, and
cumulative impacts from the proposed
action will be analyzed in the EIS.
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Significant issues to be addressed in the
EIS include in-pit dewatering activities,
Native American religious concerns,
visual resources, and socioeconomics.
Additional issues may be identified
during the scoping process. Federal,
State, and local agencies, as well as
individuals or organizations that may be
interested in or affected by the BLM’s
decision on this Plan of Operations are
invited to participate in the scoping
process and, if eligible, may request or
be requested by the BLM to participate
as a cooperating agency. The Nevada
Department of Wildlife and Eureka
County will participate as cooperating
agencies for this project.
Dated: January 3, 2007.
Gene Seidlitz,
Associate Field Manager, Battle Mountain
Field Office.
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approximately 11 a.m. unless otherwise
listed in the final meeting agenda.
A final detailed agenda, with any
additions/corrections to agenda topics,
location, field trips and meeting times,
will be sent to local and regional media
sources at least 14 days before each
meeting, and hard copies can also be
mailed or sent via FAX. Individuals
who need special assistance such as
sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, or who
wish a hard copy of each agenda, should
contact Barbara Keleher no later than 10
days prior to each meeting.
1340 Financial Blvd., Reno,
Nevada, Phone: (775) 861–6400.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doran Sanchez, Chief, Office of
Communications, telephone (775) 861–
6586, or Barbara Keleher, Outdoor
Recreation Planner, telephone (775)
861–6628, at the BLM Nevada State
Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno,
Nevada.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
The
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement
Act (REA; Pub. L. 108–447), enacted on
December 8, 2004, directs the
Secretaries of the Interior or Agriculture,
or both, to establish Recreation Resource
Advisory Committees to provide advice
and recommendations on recreation fees
and fee areas in each State or region for
Federal recreational lands and waters
managed by the Bureau of Land
Management or Forest Service. The law
allows the agencies to use existing RACs
or to establish new Recreation RACs.
For the state of Nevada, a recreation
subcommittee, of the three existing
RACs, has been designated to perform
Recreation Resource Advisory
Committees responsibilities pertaining
to both BLM and Forest Service
managed Federal lands and waters per
the national interagency agreement
between the Forest Service and BLM.
This subcommittee will recommend
new amenity fees and fee change
proposals to the respective RAC(s) for
that geographic region.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
[NV–912–07–1220PA–006F]
Notice of Public Meeting: Recreation
Subcommittee Meeting of the BLM
Nevada Sierra Front-Northwestern
Great Basin, Northeastern Great Basin
and Mojave-Southern Great Basin
Resource Advisory Councils (RACs)
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior and Forest Service, Agriculture.
ACTION: BLM Nevada RACs Recreation
Subcommittee meeting (hereinafter
referred to as ‘‘Recreation
Subcommittee.’’)
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AGENCIES:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement
Act of 2004 (FLREA), the Recreation
Subcommittee will hold a meeting to
establish guidelines for the newly
formed Recreation Subcommittee, to
discuss a proposal for establishing a fee
at Bob Scott campground managed by
the Forest Service and to discuss a
proposal to raise fees at BLM
campgrounds managed by the BLM
Nevada Elko Field Office.
Date and Time: The Recreation
Subcommittee will meet on Thursday,
March 29, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the Bureau of Land Management,
Nevada State Office. All meetings are
open to the public. A general public
comment period, where the public may
submit oral or written comments to the
Recreation Subcommittee will begin at
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Dated: February 26, 2007.
Ron Wenker,
Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State
Director.
Dated: February 26, 2007.
Ed Monnig,
Forest Service, Supervisor, Humboldt-Toiyabe
National Forest.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO–910–06–7122–PN–C002]
Notice of Final Amended
Supplementary Rules for Public Land
Administered by the Bureau of Land
Management in Colorado Relating to
the Unlawful Use of Alcohol by
Underage Persons, Driving Under the
Influence of Alcohol and/or Drugs,
Firearms and Drug Paraphernalia Use
and Possession on Public Land
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; Final amended
supplementary rules for public land
within the State of Colorado.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Colorado State Office of
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
is amending the supplementary rules
published in 2003 (January 14, 203, 68
FR 1858) for the public lands within the
State of Colorado. The supplementary
rules relate to the illegal use of alcohol
and drugs on the public lands. The
amended supplementary rules are
necessary to protect natural resources
and the health and safety of public land
users. These amended supplementary
rules will allow BLM personnel to
continue enforcement of existing public
land regulations pertaining to alcohol
and drug use in a manner consistent
with current state laws as contained in
the Colorado Revised Statutes.
DATES: These rules are effective March
2, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dorothy Bensusan, Bureau of Land
Management, 2850 Youngfield Street,
Lakewood, Colorado 80215, telephone
(303) 239–3893. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may contact this individual by
calling the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at (800) 877–8339, 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Comment
II. Background
III. Procedural Matters
I. Public Comment
These supplementary rules were
published as proposed in the Federal
Register on October 11, 2006 (71 FR
59811), and were open for public
comment for 60 days, ending December
11, 2006. No comments were received
by the due date. Accordingly, these
rules are being published as final.
II. Background
The BLM, Colorado, published final
supplementary rules in 2003 that
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-060-1990]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement To
Analyze the Proposed Mount Hope Project Plan of Operations (NVN-082096)
for the Mount Hope Molybdenum Mine
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) subparts 1500-
1508, and 43 CFR subpart 3809, notice is hereby given that the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM), Battle Mountain Field Office will be
preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Mount Hope
Project, a proposed open pit molybdenum mine, mill, and associated
facilities, located on public and private lands in Eureka County,
Nevada.
DATES: This notice initiates the public scoping period. Written
comments on the scope of the EIS should be post-marked or hand
delivered to the BLM Battle Mountain Field Office by 4:30 p.m., no
later than 30 days after the date of publication in the Federal
Register to ensure full consideration. The public will be notified of
scoping meetings through the local news media at least 15 days prior to
the first meeting. It is anticipated at least two scoping meetings (in
Eureka and Battle Mountain, Nevada) will be held during this scoping
period.
ADDRESSES: Written scoping comments should be sent to the BLM, Battle
Mountain Field Office, 50 Bastian Road, Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820,
ATTN: Angelica Ordaz. Written comments may also be faxed to Angelica
Ordaz at (775) 635-4034, or submitted in writing to the BLM at one of
the scoping meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have
your name added to our mailing list, contact Angelica Ordaz, Planning
and Environmental Coordinator at the BLM Battle Mountain Field Office,
or by telephone at (775) 635-4000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Idaho General Mines, Inc. (IGMI) has
submitted a Plan of Operations (NVN-082096) to the BLM for the proposed
mining project. Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations 1502.14(a) and 1502.14(d), in addition to the proposed
action, the BLM will explore and objectively evaluate all reasonable
alternatives, including the alternative of no action. The reasonable
range of alternatives will include an analysis of the feasibility to
back fill or partially back fill the mined out pits.
The Mount Hope Project Plan of Operations (Plan) will be presented
to the public during scoping meetings, and informational letters on the
Plan will be mailed to interested parties. The Plan will be available
for public review at BLM's Battle Mountain Field Office. The BLM
invites public comment on the scope of the analysis, including issues
to consider and alternatives to the proposed action. The purpose of the
public scoping process is to determine relevant issues that will
influence the scope of the environmental analysis and EIS alternatives.
BLM personnel will be present at the scoping meetings to explain the
environmental review process, the mining regulations, and other
requirements for processing the proposed Plan and the associated EIS.
Representatives of IGMI will also be available to describe their
proposal.
You may submit comments on issues in writing to the BLM at the
public scoping meetings, or you may submit them to the BLM using one of
the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section above. Before including
your address, phone number, email address, or other personal
identifying information in your comment, be advised 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 from public review your personal identifying information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. To be most helpful,
formal scoping comments should be submitted within 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice, although comments will be accepted
throughout the development of the EIS. Comments received and a list of
attendees for each scoping meeting will be made available for public
inspection and open for 30 days following each meeting for any
participant(s) who wish to clarify their views. Comments and documents
pertinent to this proposal, including names and street addresses of
respondents, may be examined at the Battle Mountain Field Office during
regular business hours (7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
except holidays). Comments may be published as part of the EIS.
The proposed project would be located in north-central Nevada
approximately 23 miles northwest of the town of Eureka in Townships 20,
21, 22, and 23 North, Ranges 51 and 52 East. The project would involve
both public and private lands in Eureka County, Nevada. The project
would involve the construction and development of the following primary
components: An open pit for development of the Mount Hope ore body with
an in-pit groundwater dewatering system; waste rock stockpiles; high
grade and low grade ore stockpiles; ancillary facilities (maintenance
shop, administrative facilities, and fuel and lubricant storage
facilities); primary crusher; conveyor system; crushed ore stock pile
area and ore reclaim system; a mill and flotation circuit including
reagent storage, offices and a laboratory, warehouse, and laydown
yards; north and south tailings storage facilities; a molybdenite
concentrate roaster; water supply well(s) and associated rights-of-way
for access roads, power lines, and pipelines; relocation of existing
Falcon to Gonder 230-kV transmission line segments in the project area;
installation of a 120-kV transmission line and substation; construction
of a landfill, haul, secondary, access, and exploration roads; and
ancillary facilities including growth media stockpiles, diversion
ditches, and stormwater runoff controls.
The mine and milling facility would operate for approximately 53
years. During the first 12 years, the milling rate would be 44,100 tons
per day and would increase to 55,100 tons per day for years 12 through
53. The roaster would convert molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) to
technical grade molybdenum oxide (MoO3). Up to 100 tons of
molybdenite concentrate per day would be processed through the roaster.
Concurrent reclamation would be conducted during the 53-year operating
period as mining in an area is completed. Site closure and final
reclamation would be undertaken at the end of mining and milling.
An interdisciplinary approach will be used to develop the EIS, in
order to consider the variety of resource issues and concerns
identified. Potential significant direct, indirect, residual, and
cumulative impacts from the proposed action will be analyzed in the
EIS.
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Significant issues to be addressed in the EIS include in-pit dewatering
activities, Native American religious concerns, visual resources, and
socioeconomics. Additional issues may be identified during the scoping
process. Federal, State, and local agencies, as well as individuals or
organizations that may be interested in or affected by the BLM's
decision on this Plan of Operations are invited to participate in the
scoping process and, if eligible, may request or be requested by the
BLM to participate as a cooperating agency. The Nevada Department of
Wildlife and Eureka County will participate as cooperating agencies for
this project.
Dated: January 3, 2007.
Gene Seidlitz,
Associate Field Manager, Battle Mountain Field Office.
[FR Doc. E7-3643 Filed 3-1-07; 8:45 am]
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