[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 16569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8725]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed High 
Mesa Waste Management Facility on the Nambe Indian Reservation, Santa 
Fe County, NM

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Correction of public comment, date, and notice of additional 
public hearing.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: On March 2, 1998, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) published 
in the Federal Register (FR 10236-10237) a Notice of Availability and 
public comment and hearing dates for the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed High Mesa Waste Management Facility 
on the Nambe Indian Reservation, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. The date 
given in that Notice for the close of the public comment period on the 
DEIS was incorrect. The BIA wishes to correct this error, and to give 
notice of an additional public hearing on the DEIS.
    The proposed BIA action is approval for the lease to High Mesa 
Environmental LLC of 100 acres of Indian trust lands of the Pueblo of 
Nambe for the purpose of constructing and operating a combined, 
municipal solid waste and construction and demolition waste facility. 
The facility will not receive hazardous waste.
    This notice is published pursuant to Section 1503.1 of the Council 
on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 1508) 
implementing the procedural requirements of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the 
Department of Interior Manual (516 DM 1-6); and is in the exercise of 
authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 
DM 8.

DATES: The date by which written comments must arrive at the address 
given below is corrected from March 30,1998 to May 12, 1998. The 
additional public hearing will be held on April 21, 1998, at the 
location shown below.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to Rob Baracker, Area Director, Albuquerque 
Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, P.O. Box 26567, Albuquerque, NM 
87125-6567. The additional public hearing will be held at from 6:00 
p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on April 21, 1998, at the Nambe Pueblo Fuel Terminal 
east of Allsup's Convenience Store, at the Cuyamungue Arroyo on U.S. 
Route 84/285.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Curtis Canard, Albuquerque Area 
Office, 505-766-3170.

    Dated: March 27, 1998.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 98-8725 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-02-U