Notice of Intent To Amend the Las Vegas Resource Management Plan To Relocate a Utility Corridor; Nevada, 29546-29547 [E7-10163]

Download as PDF 29546 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 102 / Tuesday, May 29, 2007 / Notices Field Office. The proposed amendment includes four primary components: (1) A third tailings facility, which includes burial of an existing tailings facility, (2) a new waste rock facility (Clydesdale), (3) an expansion of the open pit by 296 acres, which will result in an increase of the size of the post-mining pit lake from 800 to 900 acres, and (4) an extension of mining activities until approximately 2015, including mining employment for 4 years as well as an extension of the dewatering program to maintain the water table at its current level for an additional four years. Ancillary disturbance includes a new haul road with culverts over Rodeo Creek, an intermittent drainage, diversion channels for a portion of the Brush Creek, an intermittent drainage, and Rodeo Creek, and accelerated reclamation of the Bazza Waste Rock Facility. A focal point of the SEIS will be the analysis of the cumulative impacts of mining and related actions along the Carlin Trend, including incorporation of the re-analysis of cumulative impacts for the Leeville and South Operations Area Projects currently underway by the Elko Field Office. The BLM is asking the public for information on any issues, including cumulative impacts, relevant to this amendment. Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the above address during regular business hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays, and may be published as part of the SEIS. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail 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 us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [NM–910–07–0777–XX] Notice of Public Meeting, New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as indicated below. DATES: the meeting dates are July 24–25, 2007, at the Convention Center, 302 South Canal Street, Carlsbad, New Mexico, Room 3. the public comment period is scheduled July 24, 2007, from 6–7 p.m. at the Convention Center. the public may present written comments to the RAC. Depending on the number of individuals wishing to comment and time available, oral comments may be limited. The three established RAC working groups may have a later afternoon or an evening meeting. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15member RAC advises the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, on a variety of planning and management issues associated with public land management in New Mexico. All meetings are open to the public. At this meeting, topics include issues on renewable and nonrenewable resources. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theresa Herrera, New Mexico State Office, Office of External Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502–0115, 505.438.7517. Dated: May 22, 2007. Linda S.C. Rundell, State Director. [FR Doc. 07–2650 Filed 5–25–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Danielle Yroz, Associate Field Manager. [FR Doc. E7–10162 Filed 5–25–07; 8:45 am] [NV–050–1430–ER; N–62861; 7–08807] Bureau of Land Management Notice of Intent To Amend the Las Vegas Resource Management Plan To Relocate a Utility Corridor; Nevada Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of intent. AGENCY: VerDate Aug<31>2005 20:45 May 25, 2007 Jkt 211001 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to amend the Las Vegas Resource Management Plan (RMP) to allow for the relocation of a section of a BLM utility corridor, and to prepare an environmental assessment (EA), pursuant to Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to analyze the effects of that action. The BLM proposes to relocate an 11.4-mile length of the half-mile wide BLM Utility Corridor that currently extends across the southern portion of Indian Springs in Clark County, NV. The Corridor as designated overlaps private lands. The amendment would relocate the Corridor further south behind Grandpa Mountain to avoid the private lands. The scoping comment period will commence with the publication of this notice and will end 30 days after its publication. Comments should be submitted in writing to the address below and will be accepted throughout the scoping period. Any scoping meetings will be announced 15 days in advance through the local news media, newsletters, and the BLM Web site at https://www.nv.blm.gov/vegas/ default.htm. DATES: Please mail written comments to the Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas Field Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV, 89130–2301, (fax (702) 515– 5023) attention Mark R. Chatterton. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark R. Chatterton at the Las Vegas Field Office (see address above), telephone (702) 515–5049; e-mail Mark_Chatterton@nv.blm.gov. The Las Vegas RMP was approved on October 5, 1998. The BLM Utility Corridor in the vicinity of Indian Springs (see Map 2– 4 of Volume II of the Las Vegas RMP) was established along an existing power line. The existing BLM Utility Corridor is approximately 2,640 feet wide in the vicinity of Indian Springs. This halfmile wide utility corridor extends northwest from T. 16 S., R. 57 E., sec. 33, M.D.M. along U.S. Highway 95 to the community of Indian Springs where the corridor diverges south around Indian Springs. Approximately onequarter-mile of the Corridor width extends into private property. This RMP amendment is intended to relocate 11.4 miles of the half-mile wide corridor, centered on Indian Springs, further south behind Grandpa Mountain to avoid abutting any private lands. Beyond Indian Springs, the Corridor continues west parallel to U.S. Highway SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\29MYN1.SGM 29MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 102 / Tuesday, May 29, 2007 / Notices 95 offset approximately 3,960 feet to the south. The purpose of the public scoping process is to determine relevant issues that will influence the scope of the environmental analysis, including concerns, or proposed alternatives that should be considered. Please note that public comments and information submitted, including names, addresses, and email addresses of the respondents will be available for public review at the Las Vegas Field Office during regular business hours from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comments, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we be able to do so. BLM will notify the public through local news media and the BLM website when the draft plan amendment and the EA will be available for public comment. Preliminary issues and concerns have been identified by BLM personnel, other agencies, and individuals. Disciplines involved in the planning process will include specialists with expertise in wildlife management, minerals and geology, outdoor recreation, archaeology, lands and realty, and botany. The alternative to the proposed action will be the No Action Alternative (keeping the existing BLM Utility Corridor). Planning documents, environmental information, and other associated information are available for public review at the Las Vegas Field Office during regular business hours from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. The authority for the Federal Register publication of this Notice of Intent is found at, 43 CFR 1610.2(c). Dated: April 3, 2007. Juan Palma, Field Manager. [FR Doc. E7–10163 Filed 5–25–07; 8:45 am] ACTION: Notice of filing of plat of survey. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, Montana, (30) days from the date of publication in the Federal Register≤. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Montoya, Cadastral Surveyor, Branch of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land Management, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 59101–4669, telephone (406) 896–5124 or (406) 896– 5009. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This survey was executed at the request of the Rocky Mountain Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and was necessary to determine Trust and Tribal land. The lands we surveyed are: 29547 Register were received by the National Park Service before May 12, 2007. Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60 written comments concerning the significance of these properties under the National Register criteria for evaluation may be forwarded by United States Postal Service, to the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, 1849 C St. NW., 2280, Washington, DC 20240; by all other carriers, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service,1201 Eye St. NW, 8th floor, Washington DC 20005; or by fax, 202–371–6447. Written or faxed comments should be submitted by June 13, 2007. J. Paul Loether, Chief, National Register of Historic Places/ National Historic Landmarks Program. CONNECTICUT Principal Meridian, Montana T. 5 S., R. 32 E. Fairfield County The plat, in 1 sheet, representing the survey of the meanders of the present left bank of the Big Horn River, through section 18 and a portion of section 19, the medial lines of certain relicted channels of the Big Horn River, through sections 18 and 19, and an island (Tract No. 37), Township 5 South, Range 32 East, Principal Meridian, Montana, was accepted May 10, 2007. We will place a copy of the plat, in 1 sheet, and related field notes we described in the open files. They will be available to the public as a matter of information. If BLM receives a protest against this survey, as shown on this plat, in 1 sheet, prior to the date of the official filing, we will stay the filing pending our consideration of the protest. We will not officially file this plat, in 1 sheet, until the day after we have accepted or dismissed all protests and they have become final, including decisions or appeals. Sanford—Curtis—Thurber House, 71 Riverside Rd., Newtown, 07000557 Dated: May 22, 2007. Michael T. Birtles, Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of Resources. [FR Doc. E7–10240 Filed 5–25–07; 8:45 am] Central Avenue School, (Indiana’s Public Common and High Schools MPS) 2120 Central Ave., Anderson, 07000562 BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P Jefferson County BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Middlesex County Old Saybrook Town Hall and Theater, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook, 07000558 INDIANA Blackford County Montpelier Carnegie Library, 301 S. Main St., Montpelier, 07000560 Carroll County ackson Township School Gymnasium, 205 E. Cumberland St., Camden, 07000564 Fulton County Woodstock Country Club, 1301 W. 38th St., Indianapolis, 07000561 Lake County Van Buren Terrace Historic District, P≤336– 354 Van Buren St., Gary, 07000565 Wolf, George John, House, 7220 Forest Ave., Hammond, 07000563 Madison County IOWA Evergreen Ridge Stock Farm Historic District, 2224 IA S, Fairfield, 07000559 MARYLAND National Park Service Bureau of Land Management sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions Slagle—Byers House (CARR–821), 1624 Littlestown Pike, Westminster, 07000566 Nominations for the following properties being considered for listing or related actions in the National Cherry Grobe, HO–1, 2937 Jennings Chapel Rd., Woodbine, 07000567 [MT–926–07–1910–BJ–5REG] Montana: Filing of Plat of Survey Bureau of Land Management, Montana State Office, Interior. 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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29546-29547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10163]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-050-1430-ER; N-62861; 7-08807]


Notice of Intent To Amend the Las Vegas Resource Management Plan 
To Relocate a Utility Corridor; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to amend the Las 
Vegas Resource Management Plan (RMP) to allow for the relocation of a 
section of a BLM utility corridor, and to prepare an environmental 
assessment (EA), pursuant to Section 102 of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to analyze the effects of that action. The 
BLM proposes to relocate an 11.4-mile length of the half-mile wide BLM 
Utility Corridor that currently extends across the southern portion of 
Indian Springs in Clark County, NV. The Corridor as designated overlaps 
private lands. The amendment would relocate the Corridor further south 
behind Grandpa Mountain to avoid the private lands.

DATES: The scoping comment period will commence with the publication of 
this notice and will end 30 days after its publication. Comments should 
be submitted in writing to the address below and will be accepted 
throughout the scoping period. Any scoping meetings will be announced 
15 days in advance through the local news media, newsletters, and the 
BLM Web site at https://www.nv.blm.gov/vegas/default.htm.

ADDRESSES: Please mail written comments to the Bureau of Land 
Management, Las Vegas Field Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las 
Vegas, NV, 89130-2301, (fax (702) 515-5023) attention Mark R. 
Chatterton.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark R. Chatterton at the Las Vegas 
Field Office (see address above), telephone (702) 515-5049; e-mail 
Mark--Chatterton@nv.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Las Vegas RMP was approved on October 5, 
1998. The BLM Utility Corridor in the vicinity of Indian Springs (see 
Map 2-4 of Volume II of the Las Vegas RMP) was established along an 
existing power line. The existing BLM Utility Corridor is approximately 
2,640 feet wide in the vicinity of Indian Springs. This half-mile wide 
utility corridor extends northwest from T. 16 S., R. 57 E., sec. 33, 
M.D.M. along U.S. Highway 95 to the community of Indian Springs where 
the corridor diverges south around Indian Springs. Approximately one-
quarter-mile of the Corridor width extends into private property. This 
RMP amendment is intended to relocate 11.4 miles of the half-mile wide 
corridor, centered on Indian Springs, further south behind Grandpa 
Mountain to avoid abutting any private lands. Beyond Indian Springs, 
the Corridor continues west parallel to U.S. Highway

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95 offset approximately 3,960 feet to the south.
    The purpose of the public scoping process is to determine relevant 
issues that will influence the scope of the environmental analysis, 
including concerns, or proposed alternatives that should be considered. 
Please note that public comments and information submitted, including 
names, addresses, and email addresses of the respondents will be 
available for public review at the Las Vegas Field Office during 
regular business hours from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except holidays. Before including your address, phone number, 
e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your 
comments, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your 
personal identifying information--may be publicly available at any 
time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
be able to do so.
    BLM will notify the public through local news media and the BLM 
website when the draft plan amendment and the EA will be available for 
public comment. Preliminary issues and concerns have been identified by 
BLM personnel, other agencies, and individuals. Disciplines involved in 
the planning process will include specialists with expertise in 
wildlife management, minerals and geology, outdoor recreation, 
archaeology, lands and realty, and botany. The alternative to the 
proposed action will be the No Action Alternative (keeping the existing 
BLM Utility Corridor).
    Planning documents, environmental information, and other associated 
information are available for public review at the Las Vegas Field 
Office during regular business hours from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except holidays.
    The authority for the Federal Register publication of this Notice 
of Intent is found at, 43 CFR 1610.2(c).

    Dated: April 3, 2007.
Juan Palma,
Field Manager.
 [FR Doc. E7-10163 Filed 5-25-07; 8:45 am]
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