[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 19955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10985]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-06-1990-10]


Environmental Statements; Mule Canyon Gold Mine, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, notice is given that the Battle Mountain District 
of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared, by third party 
contractor, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Santa Fe Pacific 
Gold Corporation's Mule Canyon Mine. This document is available for 
public review for a 45 day period.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Written comments on the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement must be postmarked by July 10, 1996.
    Public meeting to receive oral and written comments has been 
scheduled for date, time, and place listed below.
     June 5, 1996 at 7:00 p.m., at the Battle Mountain District 
Office, Battle Mountain, Nevada.
     A copy of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement can be 
obtained from: Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain District 
Office, ATTN: Christopher Stubbs, Project Manager, P.O. Box 1420, 
Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820.
     The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available for 
inspection at the following additional locations: Bureau of Land 
Management, Nevada State Office, 850 Harvard Way, Reno, Nevada: Lander 
County Library, Battle Mountain, Nevada: and the University of Nevada 
Library in Reno, Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Stubbs, Project Manager at 
the above Battle Mountain District Address or telephone (702) 635-4000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
analyzes the potential environmental impacts that could result from 
construction and operation of the Mule Canyon Gold Mine. Alternatives 
analyzed include the Proposed Action, No Action Alternative, East 
Access Alternative, and the Overburden and Interburden Disposal Area 
Configuration Alternative. The project would involve construction and 
operation of a new mine at Mule Canyon with open pits, overburden and 
interburden ore stockpiles, process facilities, tailings storage 
facilities, heap leach pads, and related support and ancillary 
facilities.

    Dated: April 29, 1996.
Gerald M. Smith,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-10985 Filed 5-2-96; 8:45 am]
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