[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52765-52766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26719]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-020-1990-01]


Final Environmental Impact Statement, Florida Canyon Mine 
Proposed Expansion and Comprehensive Reclamation Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement addressing the Florida Canyon Mine Proposed Expansion and 
Comprehensive Reclamation Plan, and the initiation of a 30-day review 
period

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, notice is given that the Winnemucca Field Office of 
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared, by third party 
contractor, a Final Environmental Impact Statement on Florida Canyon 
Mining Incorporated's Florida Canyon Mine Expansion and Comprehensive 
Reclamation Plan. The mine is located on public and private lands in 
Pershing County, Nevada, approximately 35 miles northeast of Lovelock 
and 38 miles southwest of Winnemucca. This document will become 
available to the public for a 30-day review period before issuance of a 
Record of Decision.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)

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will be distributed and made available to the public on 10 October 
1997. Comments on the FEIS must be received by the close of business 10 
November 1997. On or after that date a Record of Decision will be 
issued regarding the Proposed Action
    A copy of the FEIS can be obtained from: Bureau of Land Management, 
Winnemucca Field Office, ATTN: Ken Loda, Project NEPA Coordinator, 5100 
E. Winnemucca Boulevard, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445. Those who did not 
receive the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) should request 
that document as well.
    The FEIS and DEIS are also available for inspection at the 
following additional locations: Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State 
Office, 850 Harvard Way, Reno, Nevada; Humboldt County Library, 
Winnemucca, Nevada; Pershing County Library, Lovelock, Nevada; Lander 
County Library, Battle Mountain, Nevada; and the University of Nevada 
Library in Reno, Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ken Loda, Project NEPA Coordinator at the above Winnemucca Field Office 
address, by telephone at (702) 623-1500, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS was prepared in abbreviated form, 
and with the DEIS (issued on 20 June 1997) they represent the complete 
Environmental Impact Statement. The FEIS responds to comments received 
on the DEIS. Together the documents analyze the potential direct, 
indirect and cumulative environmental impacts that could result from 
the expansion of the open pit and north and south waste rock storage 
areas; development of the new south heap leach pad; haul road; solution 
ponds; solution corridor/road; plant; monitoring wells/road; crusher 
site; diversion channels and sediment ponds; growth media stockpiles; 
exploration roads and drill sites; waste supply pipelines; realignment 
of the Johnson Canyon access road; and a revised comprehensive 
reclamation plan for the mine. Approximately 860 acres would be 
disturbed by the proposed mine expansion, of which 447 are public and 
413 private. Approval of the proposed project would extend the life of 
the mine five years. Alternatives analyzed are the north extension of 
the heap leach pad alternative and the no action alternative.

    Dated: September 26, 1997.
Ron Wenker,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-26719 Filed 10-8-97; 8:45 am]
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