[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 38540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16031]
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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 South Operations Area Project Amendment, 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 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
South Operations Area Project Amendment gold mine in Eureka and Elko
counties, Nevada and by this Notice is announcing its availability.
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 of availability in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final Supplemental EIS are available for
public 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 Web site: http://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: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM signed a Record of Decision (ROD)
for Newmont Mining Corporation's South Operations Area Project
Amendment (SOAPA), an open-pit gold mine located on the Carlin Trend in
northeastern Nevada, on July 26, 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 the
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 SOAPA authorized Newmont Mining Corporation to mine an
additional 350 feet below what had been previously authorized, to
expand waste rock disposal facilities and leach facilities by 139
acres, to continue dewatering and ground water discharge to Maggie
Creek, and to construct associated ancillary facilities.
A Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental EIS Updating
Cumulative Effects Analysis for the Newmont Mining Corporation South
Operations Area Project Amendment, Nevada, was published in the Federal
Register on March 7, 2007 [72 FR 10241]. The Notice of Availability for
the Draft Supplemental EIS was published in the Federal Register on
September 6, 2007 [72 FR 51249].
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10.
Kenneth E. Miller,
Elko District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2010-16031 Filed 7-1-10; 8:45 am]
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