[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18083-18084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9620]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service
[AZ-910-0777-61-241A]


Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for 
the Cyprus Miami Mining Corporation Leach Facility Expansion Project, 
Gila County, AZ

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior and Forest Service, 
Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix Field Office and the 
Tonto National Forest, in response to an Operating Plan filed by Cyprus 
Miami Mining Corporation (CMMC), have prepared a Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement (DEIS). The DEIS analyzes the environmental impacts of 
a proposed mining operation expansion, northwest of Miami, Arizona in 
Gila County. The Operating Plan proposal includes the development of 
three leach pad facilities, one waste rock disposal site, and 
associated facilities including access and utility corridors. The DEIS 
analyzes three alternatives in detail--the Proposed Action, Alternative 
A--Modified Development Sequence (Agency Preferred Alternative), and No 
Action. In summary, the DEIS (1) assesses the environmental impacts of 
the proposed expansion as described in the Proposed Action, Alternative 
A (Agency Preferred Alternative), and the No Action Alternative; (2) 
determines if there are beneficial, adverse, direct, indirect and 
cumulative impacts; and (3) identifies necessary mitigative measures. 
This DEIS was prepared to comply with the Council on Environmental 
Quality's regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508) for implementing the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 43 U.S.C.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and requests for copies of the draft EIS 
should be mailed to: Shela McFarlin, Project Manager, Bureau of Land 
Management, Arizona State Office, 222 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 
85004-2203, or to Paul Stewart, Project Manager, Tonto National Forest, 
2324 E. McDowell Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85006. Under Forest Service policy, 
names and addreses submitted in response to this solicitation, 
including the names and addresses of those who comment, will be 
considered part of the public record on this proposed action and will 
be available for public inspection. Comments submitted anonymously will 
be accepted and considered; however, those who submit anonymous 
comments will not have standing to appeal the subsequent decision under 
36 CFR Parts 215 or 217. Additionally, pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d), any 
person may request the agency to withhold a submission from the public 
record by showing how the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) permits 
such confidentiality. Persons requesting such confidentiality may be 
granted in only very limited circumstances, such as to protect trade 
secrets. The Forest Service will inform the requester of the agency's 
decision regarding the request for confidentiality, and where the 
request is denied, the agency will return the submission and notify the 
requester that the comments may be resubmitted with or without name and 
address within 60 days. Copies of the Draft EIS are available for 
public review at the following locations: BLM Arizona State Office, 
Public Room, 222 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004; Tonto National 
Forest, Supervisor's Office, 2324 E. McDowell Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85006; 
BLM Phoenix Field Office, 2015 West Deer Valley Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85027; 
Tonto National Forest, Globe Ranger District, Six Shooter Cyn. Rd., 
Globe, AZ 85501; Cyprus Miami Mining Corp., Land Department, 4342 E. 
U.S. Hwy. 60/70, Claypool, AZ 85532; Arizona State University, Hayden 
Library, Government Documents, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006; Mesa Public 
Library, 64 E. 1St Street, Mesa, AZ 85201; Globe Public Library, 339 S. 
Broad, Globe, AZ 85501; Miami Memorial Library, 1052 Adonis Avenue, 
Miami, AZ 85539. The DEIS is available via the Internet (http://
azwww.az.blm.gov./cm/cm.htm).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shela McFarlin, BLM Project Manager, 
(602) 417-9568; or Paul Stewart, Tonto National Forest Project Manager, 
(602) 225-5200.

DATES: Written comments must be postmarked by June 10, 1997 (or 60 days 
after the publication date in the Federal Register of the Notice of 
Availability by the Environmental Protection Agency). Written or oral 
comments may also be presented at the two public hearings to be held:

Wednesday, May 14, 1997--7:00-9:00 p.m.

Tri-Cities Fire Station, 4280 East Broadway, Claypool, AZ 85532

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Thursday, May 15, 1997--7:00-9:00 p.m.

Mesa Community Center, 201 Center St., Palo Verde 1 Room, Mesa, AZ 
85211
Michael A. Taylor,
Manager, BLM Phoenix Field Office.

Judith A. Miller,
Deputy Forest Supervisor, Tonto National Forest.
[FR Doc. 97-9620 Filed 4-11-97; 8:45 am]
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