Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Cortez Hills Expansion Project, Lander County, NV, 2705 [2011-605]
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Notice of Availability of the Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for the Cortez Hills
Expansion Project, Lander County, NV
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
Battle Mountain District, Mount Lewis
Field Office, Battle Mountain, Nevada,
has prepared a Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Cortez Hills Expansion Project in
Lander County, Nevada.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a final
decision on the proposal for a minimum
of 30 days from the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its notice of availability in the
Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Cortez Hills
Expansion Project Final Supplemental
EIS are available for public inspection at
the Battle Mountain District Office, 50
Bastian Road, Battle Mountain, Nevada,
during regular business hours of 7:45
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. Interested
persons may also review the Final
Supplemental EIS at the following Web
site: https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/
battle_mountain_field.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Worthington, (775) 635–
4000, or e-mail:
Christopher_Worthington@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
signed a Record of Decision and Plan of
Operations approval on November 12,
2008, for the Cortez Gold Mines (CGM)
Cortez Hills Expansion Project, which is
an expansion of existing open-pit gold
mining and processing operations in
northeastern Nevada. The project entails
new surface disturbance of
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approximately 6,633 acres, which
includes 6,412 acres of public land
administered by the BLM Battle
Mountain District and 221 acres of
private land owned by CGM. The Notice
of Availability of the Final Cortez Hills
Expansion Project EIS was published in
the Federal Register on October 3, 2008.
On December 3, 2009, the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
partially reversed the U.S. District Court
of Nevada’s denial of preliminary
injunctive relief with respect to BLM’s
environmental analysis of air quality
and water resource issues. The BLM
subsequently elected to prepare a
Supplemental EIS to refine the analysis
of potential air quality effects and the
dewatering mitigation effectiveness for
the Cortez Hills Expansion Project.
A Notice of Intent to prepare a
Supplemental EIS was published in the
Federal Register on July 16, 2010. The
Draft Supplemental EIS was released for
public review on August 20, 2010, with
a 45-day comment period. Following the
release of the Draft Supplemental EIS,
two public comment meetings were
held, one in Crescent Valley and one in
Battle Mountain in September 2010 to
solicit additional comments on the
document. Comments and resultant
changes in the impact analyses are
documented in the Final Supplemental
EIS.
Ron Wenker,
State Director, Nevada.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7.
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Notice of Realty Action; Modification of
the Segregative Effect of Recreation
and Public Purposes Act
Classifications of Public Lands in
Natrona County, WY
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) is amending the
segregative effect of two Recreation and
Public Purposes (R&PP) Act
classifications which are included in the
Federal lands selected as part of the
Muddy Mountain Land Exchange
(exchange) in Natrona County,
Wyoming. This action will modify the
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segregation to open the lands only to
effect this exchange.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick J. Moore, Assistant Field
Manager, Minerals and Lands, Bureau of
Land Management, Casper Field Office,
2987 Prospector Drive, Casper,
Wyoming 82604–2968; (307) 261–7530;
or e-mail Patrick_Moore@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
is processing a proposed land exchange
in Natrona County, Wyoming. The
selected Federal lands include two
R&PP leases to the Town of Midwest for
a sewage lagoon site and a diving pond.
Prior to issuance of the leases, the lands
were classified for R&PP lease on
November 3, 1978, and published in the
Federal Register (62 FR 9446) which
included segregation of the lands from
the public land laws. In order for the
R&PP leased land to be included in the
exchange, the segregative effect of the
classifications must be modified to
allow for the exchange. Upon
completion of the exchange, title to the
lands encumbered by the R&PP leases
will be transferred to the non-Federal
party subject to the R&PP leases.
Therefore, on January 14, 2011, the
segregative effect of the classification for
the Midwest sewage lagoon
(WYW6327501) and the segregative
effect of the classification for the
Midwest diving pond (WYW13986001)
is modified and the lands are opened
only to transfer of title pursuant to the
Muddy Mountain Land Exchange
(WYW168824).
Except for the Muddy Mountain
exchange, the lands will continue to be
segregated from the operation of the
public land laws.
Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5.
Donald A. Simpson,
State Director.
Bureau of Land Management
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLNVB00000 L71220000.EX0000 LVTFF0986020 241A.00; MO
4500017947; 11-08807; TAS: 14X8069]
Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement for the Cortez Hills Expansion Project, Lander County,
NV
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
Battle Mountain District, Mount Lewis Field Office, Battle Mountain,
Nevada, has prepared a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Cortez Hills Expansion Project in Lander
County, Nevada.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a final decision on the proposal for a
minimum of 30 days from the date that the Environmental Protection
Agency publishes its notice of availability in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Cortez Hills Expansion Project Final
Supplemental EIS are available for public inspection at the Battle
Mountain District Office, 50 Bastian Road, Battle Mountain, Nevada,
during regular business hours of 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. Interested persons may also review the Final
Supplemental EIS at the following Web site: https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/battle_mountain_field.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Worthington, (775) 635-
4000, or e-mail: Christopher_Worthington@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM signed a Record of Decision and Plan
of Operations approval on November 12, 2008, for the Cortez Gold Mines
(CGM) Cortez Hills Expansion Project, which is an expansion of existing
open-pit gold mining and processing operations in northeastern Nevada.
The project entails new surface disturbance of approximately 6,633
acres, which includes 6,412 acres of public land administered by the
BLM Battle Mountain District and 221 acres of private land owned by
CGM. The Notice of Availability of the Final Cortez Hills Expansion
Project EIS was published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2008.
On December 3, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit partially reversed the U.S. District Court of Nevada's denial
of preliminary injunctive relief with respect to BLM's environmental
analysis of air quality and water resource issues. The BLM subsequently
elected to prepare a Supplemental EIS to refine the analysis of
potential air quality effects and the dewatering mitigation
effectiveness for the Cortez Hills Expansion Project.
A Notice of Intent to prepare a Supplemental EIS was published in
the Federal Register on July 16, 2010. The Draft Supplemental EIS was
released for public review on August 20, 2010, with a 45-day comment
period. Following the release of the Draft Supplemental EIS, two public
comment meetings were held, one in Crescent Valley and one in Battle
Mountain in September 2010 to solicit additional comments on the
document. Comments and resultant changes in the impact analyses are
documented in the Final Supplemental EIS.
Ron Wenker,
State Director, Nevada.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7.
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