[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 8970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5065]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-020-7122-00-5499; AZA 28639]


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), Proposed Tailings and Waste Rock 
Disposal Areas, Cyprus Bagdad Copper Corporation, Bagdad, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability, record of decision for Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix District, in response 
to a Mining Plan of Operations (MPO) filed by Cyprus Bagdad Copper 
Corporation (CBCC), has prepared an Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) in compliance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, as amended, 43 CFR 3809, and Section 102(2)(c) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The proposed action involves 
development of a new tailings impoundment, expansion of an existing 
waste rock disposal area, and continuation of expansion of the existing 
open pit in order to continue copper mining and milling operations in 
Bagdad, Arizona for 35 years. The BLM has approved the Mining Plan of 
Operations as described in the proposed action. The Record of Decision 
is now available to the public.

ADDRESSES/FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Copies of the Record of 
Decision may be requested from: Mary Johnson, Project Manager, Bureau 
of Land Management, Phoenix District Office, 2015 West Deer Valley 
Road, Phoenix, AZ 85027, or telephone (602) 780-8090, ext. 564.

DATES: The publication of this notice in the Federal Register 
constitutes public notice of the decision. The decision may be appealed 
on or before April 5, 1996 by any person adversely affected by the 
decision, to the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA), Office of the 
Secretary, in accordance with the regulations contained in 43 CFR Part 
4. Information on filing appeals may be obtained from the Project 
Manager listed above.

    Dated: February 28, 1996.
David J. Miller,
Associate District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-5065 Filed 3-5-96; 8:45 am]
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