Notice of Availability of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Updating Cumulative Effects Analysis for the Newmont Mining Corporation Leeville Project, Nevada, 38539 [2010-16033]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement Updating Cumulative
Effects Analysis for the Newmont
Mining Corporation Leeville Project,
Nevada
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Elko District Office
prepared a Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
to update the cumulative effects
analysis for Newmont Mining
Corporation’s Leeville Project gold mine
in Eureka and Elko counties, Nevada,
and by this notice is announcing its
availability. The project was authorized
in 2002.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a final
decision on the proposal for a minimum
of 30 days after the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its notice in the Federal
Register.
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ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final
Supplemental EIS are available for
inspection at the BLM, Elko District
Office, 3900 Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada
89801. Interested persons may also
review the Final Supplemental EIS on
the following Elko District Office Web
site: https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/
elko_field_office.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Deb
McFarlane, (775) 753–0200, or e-mail:
Deb_McFarlene@blm.gov.
The BLM
signed a Record of Decision (ROD) for
Newmont Mining Corporation’s Leeville
Project, an underground gold mine
located on the Carlin Trend in
northeastern Nevada, on September 25,
2002. Four years of legal review resulted
in the United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit partially reversing
the ROD. The Final Supplemental EIS
updates analysis of some cumulative
impacts including potential impacts to
air quality, minerals, Native American
and cultural resources, water,
vegetation, grazing, recreation, noise,
visual resources, wilderness resources,
threatened and endangered species, and
socioeconomics.
The Leeville Project includes three
main ore bodies located approximately
2,500 feet below ground’s surface.
Newmont Mining Corporation is
authorized to construct ancillary mine
facilities, including construction of five
shafts to access the ore bodies, shaft
hoists, a waste rock disposal facility,
refractory ore stockpiles, facilities to
support mine dewatering, and facilities
to support backfill operations. Surface
disturbance totals 486 acres.
A Notice of Intent to Prepare a
Supplemental EIS Updating Cumulative
Effects Analysis for the Newmont
Mining Corporation Leeville Project,
Nevada, was published in the Federal
Register on March 7, 2007 [72 FR
10241]. The Notice of Availability for
the Draft Supplemental EIS for the
Leeville Project was published in the
Federal Register on September 6, 2007
[72 FR 51248].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10.
Kenneth E. Miller,
Elko District Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLNVE00000 L19900000.EX0000 241A; 10-08807; MO4500012653;
TAS: 14X1109]
Notice of Availability of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement Updating Cumulative Effects Analysis for the Newmont Mining
Corporation Leeville 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, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Elko District
Office prepared a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) to update the cumulative effects analysis for Newmont Mining
Corporation's Leeville Project gold mine in Eureka and Elko counties,
Nevada, and by this notice is announcing its availability. The project
was authorized in 2002.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a final decision on the proposal for a
minimum of 30 days after the date that the Environmental Protection
Agency publishes its notice in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final Supplemental EIS are available for
inspection at the BLM, Elko District Office, 3900 Idaho Street, Elko,
Nevada 89801. Interested persons may also review the Final Supplemental
EIS on the following Elko District Office Web site: https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/elko_field_office.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Deb
McFarlane, (775) 753-0200, or e-mail: Deb_McFarlene@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM signed a Record of Decision (ROD)
for Newmont Mining Corporation's Leeville Project, an underground gold
mine located on the Carlin Trend in northeastern Nevada, on September
25, 2002. Four years of legal review resulted in the United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit partially reversing the ROD. The
Final Supplemental EIS updates analysis of some cumulative impacts
including potential impacts to air quality, minerals, Native American
and cultural resources, water, vegetation, grazing, recreation, noise,
visual resources, wilderness resources, threatened and endangered
species, and socioeconomics.
The Leeville Project includes three main ore bodies located
approximately 2,500 feet below ground's surface. Newmont Mining
Corporation is authorized to construct ancillary mine facilities,
including construction of five shafts to access the ore bodies, shaft
hoists, a waste rock disposal facility, refractory ore stockpiles,
facilities to support mine dewatering, and facilities to support
backfill operations. Surface disturbance totals 486 acres.
A Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental EIS Updating
Cumulative Effects Analysis for the Newmont Mining Corporation Leeville
Project, Nevada, was published in the Federal Register on March 7, 2007
[72 FR 10241]. The Notice of Availability for the Draft Supplemental
EIS for the Leeville Project was published in the Federal Register on
September 6, 2007 [72 FR 51248].
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10.
Kenneth E. Miller,
Elko District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2010-16033 Filed 7-1-10; 8:45 am]
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