[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 136 (Friday, July 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41516-41517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17420]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for the Cortez Hills Expansion Project, Lander County, NV
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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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, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Battle
Mountain District, Mount Lewis Field Office, Battle Mountain, Nevada,
intends to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Cortez Hills Expansion Project in Lander County, Nevada.
DATES: This notice initiates the NEPA process for the Supplemental EIS.
We will provide opportunities for public participation upon publication
of the Draft Supplemental EIS.
ADDRESSES: Background information, print and electronic copies of the
2008 Final EIS for the Cortez Hills Expansion Project are available at
the BLM Battle Mountain District Office, 50 Bastian Road, Battle
Mountain, Nevada, during regular business hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Copies of the 2008 Final
EIS are also available at the following Web site: http://www.blm.gov/nv/battlemountain.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have
your name added to our mailing list, contact Christopher Worthington,
(775) 635-4000, or e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM signed a Record of Decision 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, including
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 Environmental
Impact Statement, Nevada was published in the Federal Register on Oct.
3, 2008.
On December 3, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit partially reversed the lower court'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.
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Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7.
Gerald M. Smith,
District Manager, Battle Mountain.
[FR Doc. 2010-17420 Filed 7-15-10; 8:45 am]
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