Notice of Availability of Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Betze Pit Expansion Project, Nevada, 49699-49700 [E8-19396]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Availability of Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for the Betze Pit Expansion
Project, Nevada
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
Elko District Office has prepared a Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (DSEIS) to expand the Betze
Pit at an open pit gold mine in Nevada;
and by this Notice is announcing the
opening of the comment period.
DATES: To ensure comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Betze Pit
Expansion Project DSEIS within 45 days
following the date the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes the Notice
of Availability in the Federal Register.
The BLM will announce future meetings
or hearings and any other public
involvement activities at least 15 days
in advance through public notices,
media news releases and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
—E-mail: eiscommentselko@nv.blm.gov.
—Fax: (775) 753–0255.
—Mail: Attention Kirk Laird, Project
Manager, BLM Elko District Office,
3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, NV
89801.
Copies of the Betze Pit Expansion
Project DSEIS are available in the BLM
Elko District Office, at the above address
and on the internet site at: https://
www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/
elko_field_office.html.
For
further information or to have your
name added to the mailing list, contact
Kirk Laird, Project Manager, BLM Elko
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The Betze
Pit Expansion Project DSEIS is an
amendment to the Betze Project Plan of
Operations for an ongoing open pit mine
on the Carlin Trend in Eureka and Elko
counties, Nevada. The Preferred
Alternative of the DSEIS includes the
Proposed Action of expanding the
existing open pit and constructing a
new waste rock and tailings facility.
Current mining operations at the Betze
Project are expected to end in 2011,
with processing operations ending in
2020. The Proposed Action in the
Preferred Alternative of the Betze Pit
Expansion Project DSEIS would extend
mining for 4 years and processing for 5
years. BLM’s preferred alternative
would also maximize mule deer
corridor access in the vicinity of the
Clydesdale Waste Rock Facility. Other
alternatives include the No-Action
Alternative continuing mining as
currently approved without approving
the expansion and a third Alternative
denying the construction of the new
Clydesdale Waste Rock Facility in favor
of continued expansion of the existing
Bazza Waste Rock Facility. A
cumulative impacts study and
supplemental EIS completed in 2000
and 2002 addressed groundwater
pumping/dewatering issues for the
Betze Pit, and pumping will continue
whether or not expansion is approved.
Major issues are impacts of current and
proposed operations on mule deer
migration routes, potential changes to
the post-mining pit lake chemistry, air
quality including increased greenhouse
gas and mercury emissions/deposition,
and sustaining benefits of mining on the
local economy.
Please note that public comments and
information submitted including names,
street addresses, and email addresses of
respondents will be available for public
review and disclosure at the above
address during regular business hours (8
a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday,
except holidays.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tom Warren,
Acting District Manager.
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Chuck Otto, Field Manager, or Kellie
Roadifer, Pinedale RMP Team Leader,
1625 W Pine Street, Pinedale, Wyoming
82941, or by telephone at (307) 367–
5309.
The
Pinedale Field Office planning area
includes public land and federal
mineral ownership in Sublette and
Lincoln Counties, Wyoming. The area
includes approximately 923,000 acres of
BLM-administered surface lands and
approximately 1,199,000 acres of
Federal mineral estate under Federal,
state, and private surface.
The Draft RMP/Draft EIS was made
available for public review and
comment for a 121-day period beginning
on February 16, 2007. The Draft RMP/
Draft EIS described and analyzed four
alternatives for the management of the
public lands and resources, including
the Federal mineral estate administered
by the BLM Pinedale Field Office:
Alternative 1 (No Action): Continues
to balance the use and development of
resources under current management
guidance;
Alternative 2: Provides development
and use opportunities while minimizing
adverse impacts to cultural and natural
resources;
Alternative 3: Focuses on greater
conservation of natural and cultural
resources while providing for
compatible development and use; and
Alternative 4 (Agency Preferred
Alternative): Provides development
opportunities while protecting sensitive
resources.
The key issues addressed by the
alternatives are: (1) Development of
energy resources and minerals; (2)
special management designations; (3)
public access and transportation
planning; (4) wildland-urban interface;
(5) management of special status
species; (6) water quality; (7) vegetation
management; (8) recreation activities;
(9) cultural resources management; (10)
air quality; and (11) wildlife
management.
The Draft RMP/Draft EIS included
recommendations regarding Areas of
Critical Environmental Concern
(ACECs). While the Draft RMP/EIS fully
documented the ACECs considered, to
ensure that BLM provided the public
with the required 60-day review and
comment period as required by 43 CFR
1610.7–2, the BLM published a notice of
supplemental information describing
the proposed ACECs and associated
values and use limitations in the
Federal Register on February 21, 2008.
There are two ACECs in the existing
Pinedale Field Office land use plan
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Pinedale
Proposed Resource Management Plan
and Final Environmental Impact
Statement, Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 and the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) and its
cooperating agencies, have prepared a
Proposed Resource Management Plan/
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(PRMP/FEIS) for the Pinedale Field
Office.
The BLM Planning regulations
(43 CFR 1610.5–2) state that any person
who meets the conditions as described
in the regulations may protest the BLM’s
Proposed RMP. A person who meets the
conditions and files a protest must file
the protest within 30 days of the date
that the Environmental Protection
Agency publishes this notice in the
Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Pinedale
PRMP/FEIS have been sent to affected
Federal, state, and local government
agencies and to interested parties.
Copies of the PRMP/FEIS will be
available for public inspection at the
following locations:
• Bureau of Land Management,
Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming
82003.
• Bureau of Land Management,
Pinedale Field Office, 1625 W Pine
Street, Pinedale, Wyoming 82941.
Interested persons may also review
the PRMP/FEIS on the Internet at
https://www.blm.gov/rmp/wy/pinedale.
All protests must be in writing and
mailed to the following addresses:
Regular Mail: Director (210), Attention:
Brenda Williams, P.O. Box 66538,
Washington, DC 20035.
Overnight Mail: Director (210),
Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L
Street, N.W., Suite 1075, Washington,
DC 20036.
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(1988): Rock Creek ACEC (5,300 acres)
and Beaver Creek ACEC (3,590 acres).
There are 6 potential new ACECs
proposed in the Draft RMP/EIS. The
ACECs are:
• Trapper’s Point ACEC (550 acres
[Alternative 2], 4,000 acres [Alternative
4], or 9,540 acres [Alternative 3]):
Values of concern are big game
migration corridors, cultural and
historic properties, and livestock
trailing. Within this ACEC, fence
construction and surface disturbing
activities would be prohibited with the
exception of activities designed to
increase big game migration viability.
The ACEC would be unavailable for oil
and gas leasing. Off-road vehicle use
would be restricted to designated roads
and trails and subject to a seasonal
closure from November 15 through
April 30 annually.
• New Fork Potholes ACEC (1,800
acres [Alternatives 3 and 4] ): Values of
concern are waterfowl, trumpeter swan,
and riparian habitats. With the
exception of those that would benefit
wildlife habitat, surface disturbing
activities would be prohibited. The
ACEC would be unavailable for oil and
gas leasing. Off-road vehicle use would
be restricted to designated roads and
trails.
• Upper Green River ACEC (12,270
acres [Alternative 3]): Values of concern
are big game migration routes and
migration bottlenecks, and high scenic
and recreational values. The ACEC
would be unavailable for oil and gas
leasing. Off-road vehicle use would be
restricted to designated roads and trails,
and no net increase in miles of roads
would be allowed.
• White-Tailed Prairie Dog ACEC (no
acreage estimate available [Alternative
3]): The White-Tailed Prairie Dog
(WTPD) ACEC would not have a
specific area but would involve a
number of townships where WTPD
habitat might be found in future
surveys. The value of concern is habitat
for the WTPD. Surveys for prairie dog
presence would be required prior to
authorizing any activities. Anti-raptor
perching devices would be required on
any above-ground facilities located
within 1/4 mile of WTPD towns greater
than 12.5 acres in size, and surfacedisturbing activities would be
prohibited in these towns. Off-road
vehicle use would be limited to
designated roads and trails, and
poisoning of prairie dogs would be
prohibited except in cases of health and
safety emergencies.
• Ross Butte ACEC (35,670 acres
[Alternative 3]): Values of concern are
significant cultural resources,
archeological landscapes and Native
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-010-1990-GN; 08-08807; TAS: 14X1109]
Notice of Availability of Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for the Betze Pit Expansion Project, Nevada
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), Elko District Office has prepared a Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) to expand the Betze Pit at an
open pit gold mine in Nevada; and by this Notice is announcing the
opening of the comment period.
DATES: To ensure comments will be considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Betze Pit Expansion Project DSEIS within 45
days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes
the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The BLM will
announce future meetings or hearings and any other public involvement
activities at least 15 days in advance through public notices, media
news releases and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
--E-mail: eiscommentselko@nv.blm.gov.
--Fax: (775) 753-0255.
--Mail: Attention Kirk Laird, Project Manager, BLM Elko District
Office, 3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801.
Copies of the Betze Pit Expansion Project DSEIS are available in
the BLM Elko District Office, at the above address and on the internet
site at: https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/elko_field_office.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or to have
your name added to the mailing list, contact Kirk Laird, Project
Manager, BLM Elko District Office, 3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, NV
89801 (775) 753-0200, or e-mail to: Kirk_Laird@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Betze Pit Expansion Project DSEIS is an
amendment to the Betze Project Plan of Operations for an ongoing open
pit mine on the Carlin Trend in Eureka and Elko counties, Nevada. The
Preferred Alternative of the DSEIS includes the Proposed Action of
expanding the existing open pit and constructing a new waste rock and
tailings facility. Current mining operations at the Betze Project are
expected to end in 2011, with processing operations ending in 2020. The
Proposed Action in the Preferred Alternative of the Betze Pit Expansion
Project DSEIS would extend mining for 4 years and processing for 5
years. BLM's preferred alternative would also maximize mule deer
corridor access in the vicinity of the Clydesdale Waste Rock Facility.
Other alternatives include the No-Action Alternative continuing mining
as currently approved without approving the expansion and a third
Alternative denying the construction of the new Clydesdale Waste Rock
Facility in favor of continued expansion of the existing Bazza Waste
Rock Facility. A cumulative impacts study and supplemental EIS
completed in 2000 and 2002 addressed groundwater pumping/dewatering
issues for the Betze Pit, and pumping will continue whether or not
expansion is approved. Major issues are impacts of current and proposed
operations on mule deer migration routes, potential changes to the
post-mining pit lake chemistry, air quality including increased
greenhouse gas and mercury emissions/deposition, and sustaining
benefits of mining on the local economy.
Please note that public comments and information submitted
including names, street addresses, and email addresses of respondents
will be available for public review and disclosure at the above address
during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through
Friday, except holidays.
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.
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Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6.
Tom Warren,
Acting District Manager.
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