Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Newmont Mining Corporation Proposed Emigrant Project Plan of Operations, NV, 69675-69676 [E8-27455]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Land Management
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[CO–100–1610–DP]
Fayetteville/Greenville Expansion
Project, Texas Gas Transmission, LLC,
Right-of-Way Permit Application To
Cross Hillside National Wildlife Refuge,
Holmes County, MS: Withdrawal
Notice of Correction to Notice of
Availability of the Additional Air
Quality Impact Assessment To Support
the Little Snake Draft Resource
Management Plan and Environmental
Impact Statement (RMP/EIS), Moffat
and Routt Counties, CO
[NV–010–07–1990–EX; N–78123]
AGENCY:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
AGENCY:
Notice of receipt of right-of-way
permit application; withdrawal.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service, published a notice requesting
public comments on a right-of-way
(ROW) permit application we received
from Texas Gas Transmission, LLC
(Texas Gas), to install a natural gas
pipeline under lands within Hillside
National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in
Holmes County, MS. The company
chose an alternate route that bypasses
Hillside NWR and no longer seeks a
ROW permit from us, and has
withdrawn its application. Therefore,
we are not seeking comments on the
application.
Ken
Clough, Fish and Wildlife Service, 6578
Dogwood View Parkway, Jackson, MS
39213; by facsimile to (601) 965–4010;
or by e-mail to ken_clough@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
On
November 3, 2008, we published a
Federal Register notice (73 FR 65391)
announcing the availability of an
application for a ROW permit by Texas
Gas to install a natural gas pipeline
under lands within Hillside NWR. The
application was made available for a 30day review and comment period.
Because Texas Gas has abandoned the
route that would have crossed the refuge
in favor of an alternate route which
bypasses the refuge, the review and
comment period has been cancelled.
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Authority: We publish this notice under 30
U.S.C. 185 (k).
Dated: November 10, 2008.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
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Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION:
Notice of correction.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) published a Notice
of Availability in the Federal Register
[73 FR 60321] on October 10, 2008, that
had incorrect information in the DATES
section. The October 10, 2008, Notice of
Availability incorrectly indicated that
the BLM would receive written
comments on the Additional Air Quality
Impact Assessment within 45 days
following the date the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) published
their Notice of Availability in the
Federal Register. The EPA was not
required, nor did it intend to publish
such a notice of availability. Therefore,
the BLM is publishing this notice of
correction to clarify that the BLM will
receive written comments on the
Additional Air Quality Impact
Assessment within 45 days following
the date that this notice of correction
publishes in the Federal Register.
To assure that they will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Air Quality
Impact Assessment by January 5, 2009.
Additional announcements are being
made through local media news releases
and information will be posted on the
Little Snake Resource Management Plan
Web site: https://www.co.blm.gov/lsra/
rmp.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeremy Casterson, Planning and
Environmental Coordinator, BLM—
Little Snake Field Office, 455 Emerson
St., Craig, CO 81625. Phone: (970) 826–
5071. E-mail:
Jeremy_Casterson@blm.gov.
Lynn E. Rust,
Acting State Director, Colorado.
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Notice of Availability of a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Newmont Mining Corporation
Proposed Emigrant Project Plan of
Operations, NV
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 and 43 CFR Part
3809, the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) Elko Field Office has prepared
with the assistance of a third party
contractor, a Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS) on Newmont
Mining Corporation’s proposed
Emigrant Project Plan of Operations.
The project area is located in Elko
County about ten miles south of Carlin,
Nevada. The DEIS analyzes potential
environmental impacts that could result
from the open pit mine project during
the projected 10-year operating period.
This is the second DEIS issued for this
project. The original DEIS was issued
March 25, 2005.
DATES: The DEIS is now available for
comment. Written comments on the
DEIS will be accepted until January 5,
2009.
ADDRESSES: The public may submit
comments by the following methods:
Mail: Bureau of Land Management,
Elko Field Office, Attn: Emigrant Mine
Project Manager, 3900 East Idaho Street,
Elko, NV 89801;
Fax: (775) 753–0255.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom
Schmidt, Project Manager, Elko Field
Office, 3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, NV
89801; (775) 753–0200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A DEIS for
this project was originally issued March
25, 2005. Substantive comments were
received on that DEIS. This new DEIS,
which incorporates revisions made in
response to those comments, is being
issued to replace the 2005 DEIS.
Newmont Mining Corporation has
submitted a Plan of Operations to open
the Emigrant Mine about ten miles
south of Carlin, Nevada. Modifications
to the proposed plan have been made
based upon new information pertinent
to the proposed action and its effects.
The mine and associated facilities
would be located in portions of Sections
24, 26, 34, 36 of T. 32 N., R. 53 E.; and
Sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, T. 31 N., R 53
E. Mt. Diablo Meridian, Nevada.
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The revised proposal for the Emigrant
Mine would include developing and
operating an open pit mine,
constructing a waste rock disposal
facility, storing oxide waste in mined
out areas of the pit, developing an oxide
heap leach pad, constructing ancillary
facilities, temporarily rerouting
intermittent stream and flows in the pit
area, and concurrent reclamation.
Proposed mining operations would last
approximately 10 years through 2017.
Approximately 1,172 acres of public
land and 260 acres of private land
would be disturbed.
The issues analyzed in the DEIS
include potential direct, indirect, and
cumulative impacts to wildlife and
cultural resources, the potential for
waste rock, heap leach, and pit walls to
produce acid rock drainage or heavy
metals, and diversion of an unnamed
drainage. In addition, the following
resources are analyzed: geology and
minerals, Native American religious
concerns, air quality, paleontology,
lands and realty, fisheries and aquatic
resources, range management,
vegetation, soils, visual resources,
recreation and wilderness, weeds, social
and economic values, environmental
justice, and threatened, endangered,
candidate, and sensitive species.
The DEIS analyzes the proposed
action and no action alternatives. Other
alternatives considered and reasons why
they were eliminated from detailed
analysis are discussed. Measures to
avoid or minimize environmental
impacts and to assure the proposed
action does not result in undue or
unnecessary degradation of public lands
are included. This DEIS can be reviewed
and/or downloaded from the BLM Elko
Web page at https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/
en/fo/elko_field_office.html.
The BLM is asking the public to
comment on the DEIS. 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 DEIS. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail 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.
All submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
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representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
available for public inspection in their
entirety.
Gene Seidlitz,
Field Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT–090–1610–017J]
Notice of Availability of Record of
Decision for the Monticello Field Office
Approved Resource Management Plan
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Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ES–930–1310–FI; LAES 51206]
Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of
Terminated Oil and Gas Lease,
Louisiana
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
Notice of Reinstatement of
Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
ACTION:
Under the provisions of
Public Law 97–451, the Bureau of Land
Management-Eastern States (BLM–ES)
received a petition for reinstatement of
oil and gas lease LAES 51206 from
Rhumba Operating, LLC for lands in
Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. The petition
was filed on time and was accompanied
by all the rentals due since the date the
lease terminated under the law.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robyn Shoop, Supervisory Land Law
Examiner, BLM–ES, 7450 Boston
Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia, at
(703) 440–1512.
No valid
lease has been issued affecting these
lands. The lessee has agreed to the new
lease terms for rental and royalties at
rates of $10.00 per acre or fraction
thereof, per year, and 162⁄3 percent,
respectively. The lessee has paid the
required $500.00 administrative fee and
$163.00 to reimburse the BLM for the
cost of publishing this Notice in the
Federal Register. The lessee has met all
the requirements for reinstatement as set
out in Sections 31(d) and (e) of the
Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C.
188), and the BLM is proposing to
reinstate the lease effective December 1,
2006, under the original terms and
conditions of the lease and the
increased rental and royalty rates cited
above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: October 22, 2008.
Steven R. Wells,
Deputy State Director, Division of Natural
Resources.
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SUMMARY: The BLM announces the
availability of the Approved Resource
Management Plan (RMP)/Record of
Decision (ROD) for the Monticello Field
Office located in Utah. The Department
of the Interior Assistant Secretary for
Land and Minerals Management signed
the ROD on November 17, 2008, which
constitutes the final decision of the
Department of the Interior and makes
the Approved RMP effective
immediately.
Copies of the Approved
RMP/ROD are available upon request at
the BLM Monticello Field Office, 365
North Main, Monticello, UT 84535, or
via the Internet at https://www.blm.gov/
ut/st/en/fo/monticello/planning/html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
BLM Monticello Field Office, Nick
Sandberg, Associate Field Office
Manager, telephone (435) 587–1500;
365 N. Main, Monticello, Utah 84535.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Approved RMP was developed with
multiple opportunities for public
participation through a multi-year
collaborative planning process. The
BLM sought participation from the
public, tribes, and local, State, and
Federal agencies in the development of
this RMP and will continue to pursue
partnerships in the management of
public lands. No inconsistencies with
State or local plans, policies, or
programs were identified during the
Governor’s consistency review of the
Proposed RMP/Final Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS). The Approved
RMP is designed to achieve or maintain
desired future conditions identified
through the planning process.
The Monticello Field Office Approved
RMP/ROD addresses management of
approximately 1.8 million acres of BLMadministered surface lands and 2.5
million acres of federally owned
mineral estate in San Juan County and
a small portion of Grand County, Utah.
The planning effort addressed a variety
of management issues, including:
Cultural resources; recreation and offhighway vehicle management; visual
resources; woodlands products; special
designations, including Areas of Critical
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-010-07-1990-EX; N-78123]
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the Newmont Mining Corporation Proposed Emigrant Project Plan of
Operations, NV
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(2)(c) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 43 CFR Part 3809, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Elko Field Office has prepared with the
assistance of a third party contractor, a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) on Newmont Mining Corporation's proposed Emigrant
Project Plan of Operations. The project area is located in Elko County
about ten miles south of Carlin, Nevada. The DEIS analyzes potential
environmental impacts that could result from the open pit mine project
during the projected 10-year operating period. This is the second DEIS
issued for this project. The original DEIS was issued March 25, 2005.
DATES: The DEIS is now available for comment. Written comments on the
DEIS will be accepted until January 5, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The public may submit comments by the following methods:
Mail: Bureau of Land Management, Elko Field Office, Attn: Emigrant
Mine Project Manager, 3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801;
Fax: (775) 753-0255.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Schmidt, Project Manager, Elko
Field Office, 3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801; (775) 753-0200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A DEIS for this project was originally
issued March 25, 2005. Substantive comments were received on that DEIS.
This new DEIS, which incorporates revisions made in response to those
comments, is being issued to replace the 2005 DEIS.
Newmont Mining Corporation has submitted a Plan of Operations to
open the Emigrant Mine about ten miles south of Carlin, Nevada.
Modifications to the proposed plan have been made based upon new
information pertinent to the proposed action and its effects. The mine
and associated facilities would be located in portions of Sections 24,
26, 34, 36 of T. 32 N., R. 53 E.; and Sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, T. 31
N., R 53 E. Mt. Diablo Meridian, Nevada.
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The revised proposal for the Emigrant Mine would include developing
and operating an open pit mine, constructing a waste rock disposal
facility, storing oxide waste in mined out areas of the pit, developing
an oxide heap leach pad, constructing ancillary facilities, temporarily
rerouting intermittent stream and flows in the pit area, and concurrent
reclamation. Proposed mining operations would last approximately 10
years through 2017. Approximately 1,172 acres of public land and 260
acres of private land would be disturbed.
The issues analyzed in the DEIS include potential direct, indirect,
and cumulative impacts to wildlife and cultural resources, the
potential for waste rock, heap leach, and pit walls to produce acid
rock drainage or heavy metals, and diversion of an unnamed drainage. In
addition, the following resources are analyzed: geology and minerals,
Native American religious concerns, air quality, paleontology, lands
and realty, fisheries and aquatic resources, range management,
vegetation, soils, visual resources, recreation and wilderness, weeds,
social and economic values, environmental justice, and threatened,
endangered, candidate, and sensitive species.
The DEIS analyzes the proposed action and no action alternatives.
Other alternatives considered and reasons why they were eliminated from
detailed analysis are discussed. Measures to avoid or minimize
environmental impacts and to assure the proposed action does not result
in undue or unnecessary degradation of public lands are included. This
DEIS can be reviewed and/or downloaded from the BLM Elko Web page at
https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/elko_field_office.html.
The BLM is asking the public to comment on the DEIS. 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 DEIS. Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail 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.
All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be available for public inspection in
their entirety.
Gene Seidlitz,
Field Manager.
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