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[FR Doc No: 94-20382]


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[Federal Register: August 19, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[ID-010-04-406A-02; IDI-29233]

 

Stone Cabin Mine, ID; Final Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of final environmental impact statement.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act and 43 CFR 3809 (Mining Regulations) the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) as lead agency has prepared, by a third party 
contract, a final environmental impact statement (EIS) on a Plan of 
Operations for the proposed Stone Cabin Mine. The Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) and the Corps of Engineers (COE) are 
cooperating agencies. The final EIS is now released and is available to 
the public.

DATES: Comments on the EIS will be accepted until September 19, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the final EIS are available from: Bureau of Land 
Management, 3948 Development Avenue, Boise, ID 83705.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Fred Minckler, Team Leader at the address above. Telephone (208) 384-
3300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Stone Cabin Mine is a proposed open-pit 
gold and silver mine located in the Owyhee Mountains in Southwestern 
Idaho. The mine would be located on Florida Mountain, about 50 miles 
southwest of Boise, Idaho and about one mile west of the historic 
mining town of Silver City, Idaho. The Stone Cabin Mine would be 
operated as a satellite facility and would share some components of the 
existing Kinross DeLamar Mine located about five miles west of the 
proposed Stone Cabin Mine site.
    The BLM will issue a Record of Decision on the Plan of Operations 
no sooner than 30 days following release of the final EIS.

    Dated: August 10, 1994.
Rodger E. Schmitt,
Associate District Manager.
[FR Doc. 94-20382 Filed 8-18-94; 8:45 am]
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