[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 43 (Friday, March 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 11598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4565]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-060-3809]


Notice of Availability; Environmental Impact Statement; South 
Pipeline Project; Proposed Expansion of Existing Gold Mining/Processing 
Operations; Lander County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
COOPERATING AGENCIES: Nevada Division of Wildlife, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS) for the South Pipeline Project, Lander County, Nevada.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 and 40 Code of Federal Regulations 1500-1508 Council 
on Environmental Quality Regulations, notice is hereby given of the 
availability of the FEIS, prepared by the Battle Mountain BLM, which 
analyzes the environmental effects of the South Pipeline Project 
(Proposed Action), the No Action Alternative, and the Pipeline Backfill 
Alternative.

DATES: Written comments must be postmarked or otherwise delivered by 
4:30 p.m. on April 3, 2000. Copies of the FEIS may be obtained at the 
Battle Mountain BLM Field Office.

ADDRESS: Written comments should be addressed to the Bureau of Land 
Management, Battle Mountain Field Office, 50 Bastian Road, Battle 
Mountain, Nevada 89820. Comments, including names and street addresses 
of respondents, will be available for public review at the above 
address during regular business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday 
through Friday, except holidays, and may be published in the EIS. 
Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to 
withold your name or street address from public review or from 
disclosure under 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 businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their 
entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Foulkes (775) 635-4060.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cortez Gold Mines, Inc. proposes to extend 
gold mining operations at the Pipeline Mine within the Gold Acres 
Mining District in Lander County, approximately 30 miles southeast of 
Battle Mountain, Nevada. The South Pipeline Project (Proposed Action) 
would include an expansion of the existing open pit and waste rock 
disposal sites, and the development of heap leach and ancillary 
facilities. The Proposed Action would require surface disturbance of 
4,450 acres, all of which is public land administered by the BLM. 
Operations are expected to occur seven-days-a-week, 24-hours-a-day, for 
an additional 10 years (total life of 18 years).

    Dated: February 22, 2000.
M. Lee Douthit,
Associate Field Manager, Battle Mountain Field Office.
[FR Doc. 00-4565 Filed 3-2-00; 8:45 am]
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