[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31478]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[(CA-067-7122-6606); CACA-35511]


Environmental Statements; Availability, Etc.; Imperial Project 
Proposed Gold Mining/Processing Operation; Imperial County

agency: Bureau of Land Management.

Action: Notice of availability of the Imperial Project Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement on the Imperial Project Proposed Gold 
Mining/Processing Operation, Imperial County.

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summary: Notice is hereby given of the availability of the joint Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement/Impact Report (DEIS/EIR) prepared by the 
Bureau of Land Management and the County of Imperial for a 60-day 
public review.

dates: Written comments must be received no later than January 27, 
1998.

addresses: Written comments should be addressed to the Area Manager, 
Attn: Imperial Project, El Centro Resource Area, 1661 South Fourth St., 
El Centro, California 92243.

for further information contact: Douglas Romoli (909) 697-5237.

supplementary information: The Imperial Project is a proposal by Glamis 
Imperial Corporation (a sister corporation of the former project 
applicant Chemgold Inc.) to develop an open-pit, gold mining operation 
utilizing a heap leach process. Located in eastern Imperial County, 
California, approximately 45 miles northeast of El Centro, California 
and 20 miles northwest of Yuma, Arizona, the proposed project area 
comprises approximately 1,625 acres. Up to 150 million tons of ore 
would be leached, and 300 million tons of waste rock would be deposited 
at the proposed waste rock stockpiles or the mined-out portions of the 
three planned open pits. The maximum average mining rate would be 
130,000 tons per day. Five alternatives besides the proposed action 
were analyzed in the DEIS/EIR. Impacts on air quality, noise, 
groundwater, vegetation, desert tortoise among other resources were 
analyzed. Impacts on cultural resources and Native America values were 
identified. Two public hearings have been scheduled:

December 10, 1997 at 7:00 p.m., Comfort Inn, 8000 Parkway Drive, La 
Mesa, CA
December 11, 1998 at 7:00 p.m., Barbara Worth Country Club, 2050 
Country Club Dr., Holtville, CA

    Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will 
be available for public review. Individual respondents may request 
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name or street address 
from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information 
Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your written 
comment. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. 
All submissions from organizations or business, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organization 
or businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their 
entirety.

    Dated: November 24, 1997.
Alan Stein,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-31478 Filed 12-1-97; 8:45 am]
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