Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; Montana, 4361 [2012-1813]
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increased from 1,371 acres of public
land to 3,428 acres of public land.
Disturbance on private land controlled
by HRDI would be increased from 1,692
acres to 1,807 acres. The additional
acreage in the project boundary would
be used for exploration.
The Draft EIS analyzes two
alternatives; the Proposed Action and
the No Action Alternative.
The Proposed Action, if selected by
the BLM, would include: Expansion of
the plan boundary and use of the entire
project area for exploration;
incorporation of five rights-of-way;
expand four existing open pits; the
backfilling of all or portions of three
open pits; build a dispatch center and
expand maintenance facilities;
expansion of haul and secondary roads,
waste rock facilities, and heap leach
facilities; expansion of existing and
construction of two ready line and
heavy equipment fueling areas;
expansion of existing waste rock
facilities; the operation a portable
crusher with conveyors at the south
heap leach facility; construct, operate,
and then close the south heap leach
facility, Merrill-Crowe process plant,
and solution ponds; relocation of a
segment of the Seven Troughs Road to
bypass the south heap leach facility;
expansion of the existing refinery and
the Brimstone Merrill-Crowe plant;
construct storm water diversions, install
culverts, and other storm water controls;
close the existing Class III landfill and
construct a new Class III landfill; the
drilling of one potable-water well and
one process-water well; the relocation of
the existing Brimstone substation,
upgrade the existing Crofoot substation,
and extension of power lines to new
process areas; construction of growth
media stockpiles; and reclaimation of
the project consistent with the proposed
reclamation plan.
Under the No-Action Alternative the
BLM would not approve the proposed
plan of operations and there would be
no expansion. HRDI would continue
mining activities under the previously
approved plans of operation.
Three other alternatives were
considered, then eliminated: Daylight
Hours Operation, Modified Exploration
Activities, and Different Waste Rock
Dump and Heap Leach Pad
Configurations.
A Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS
for the Proposed Hycroft Mine
Expansion was published in the Federal
Register on April 1, 2011 (76 FR 18243).
Ten comments were received during a
90-day scoping period. The comments
stated concerns about lighting impacts
to night skies and the economic benefits
including jobs. The proponent prepared
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a lighting plan designed to lessen the
impacts of light outside the project area
by using directional lighting, and
lowering or moving light sources. Other
issues raised during initial internal and
external scoping were possible impacts
from acid mine drainage and the
proximity of the mine to the Black Rock
Desert-High Rock Canyon-Emigrant
Trails National Conservation Area
(NCA). A Waste Rock Characterization
Report has been completed for the
various types of rock to be mined, and
the specific measures that would be
taken to prevent acid rock drainage will
be outlined in the Draft EIS. While
outside of the NCA, the project is within
visual range of the NCA. Mitigating the
visual issue is the fact that the mine has
been in existence since 1987 and the
NCA was designated in 1990.
Please note that public comments and
information submitted including names,
street addresses, and email addresses of
persons who submit comments will be
available for public review and
disclosure at the above address during
regular business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.), Monday through Friday, except
holidays.
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10.
Gene Seidlitz,
District Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLMT926000–L14200000–BJ0000]
Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey;
Montana
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of
survey.
AGENCY:
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, on February 27, 2012.
SUMMARY:
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Protests of the survey must be
filed before February 27, 2012 to be
considered.
DATES:
Protests of the survey
should be sent to the Branch of
Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land
Management, 5001 Southgate Drive,
Billings, Montana 59101–4669.
ADDRESSES:
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, Marvin_Montoya@blm.gov.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–(800) 877–8339 to contact
the above individual during normal
business hours. The FIRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
message or question with the above
individual. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
This
survey was executed at the request of
the Regional Land Surveyor, Region 6,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and was
necessary to determine the Lee Metcalf
National Wildlife Refuge lands.
The lands we surveyed are:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Principal Meridian, Montana
T. 9 N., R. 20 W.
The plat, in six sheets, representing the
dependent resurvey of a portion of the north
boundary and a portion of the subdivisional
lines, the subdivision of sections 2, 3, 10, 11,
14, and 15, and the survey of portions of the
easterly and westerly rights-of-way of the
Montana Rail Link Railroad, through sections
2, 11, and 14 and certain parcels in
Township 9 North, Range 20 West, Principal
Meridian, Montana, was accepted December
21, 2011.
We will place a copy of the plat, in
six sheets, and related field notes we
described in the open files. They will be
available to the public as a matter of
information. If the BLM receives a
protest against this survey, as shown on
this plat, in six sheets, 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 six sheets, until the day after we
have accepted or dismissed all protests
and they have become final, including
decisions or appeals.
Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chap. 3.
James D. Claflin,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of
Resources.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLMT926000-L14200000-BJ0000]
Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; Montana
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of survey.
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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, on February 27, 2012.
DATES: Protests of the survey must be filed before February 27, 2012 to
be considered.
ADDRESSES: Protests of the survey should be sent to the Branch of
Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land Management, 5001 Southgate Drive,
Billings, Montana 59101-4669.
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, Marvin_Montoya@blm.gov. Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1-(800) 877-8339 to contact the above individual
during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7
days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual.
You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This survey was executed at the request of
the Regional Land Surveyor, Region 6, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
and was necessary to determine the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge
lands.
The lands we surveyed are:
Principal Meridian, Montana
T. 9 N., R. 20 W.
The plat, in six sheets, representing the dependent resurvey of
a portion of the north boundary and a portion of the subdivisional
lines, the subdivision of sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, and 15, and the
survey of portions of the easterly and westerly rights-of-way of the
Montana Rail Link Railroad, through sections 2, 11, and 14 and
certain parcels in Township 9 North, Range 20 West, Principal
Meridian, Montana, was accepted December 21, 2011.
We will place a copy of the plat, in six sheets, and related field
notes we described in the open files. They will be available to the
public as a matter of information. If the BLM receives a protest
against this survey, as shown on this plat, in six sheets, 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
six sheets, until the day after we have accepted or dismissed all
protests and they have become final, including decisions or appeals.
Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chap. 3.
James D. Claflin,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of Resources.
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