[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 5039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1073]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-010-1990-EX]


Notice of Availability of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement; Betze Project Dewatering, Eureka and Elko Counties, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA) of final Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act, 40 CFR parts 1500-1508 and 43 CFR part 3809, notice is 
given that the Elko Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management has 
prepared a final SEIS for Barrick Goldstrike's dewatering operations 
for the Betze/Post Project in northeastern Nevada.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The final SEIS will be distributed and made available 
to the public following publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. The period of availability for public review for the final 
SEIS ends 30 days after publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the final SEIS can be obtained from: Bureau of 
Land Management, Elko Field Office; Attn: Kirk Laird, SEIS Coordinator; 
3900 E. Idaho Street; Elko, NV 89801. The final SEIS may also be 
downloaded from the Elko Field Office Internet site at http://www.nv.blm.gov/elko.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirk Laird, SEIS Coordinator, at the 
above Elko Field Office address or telephone (775) 753-0200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEIS supplements the analysis of 
dewatering for the Betze Project originally analyzed for an 
Environmental Impact Statement completed in 1991. The SEIS analysis is 
based on updated data, changes in the dewatering program, and improved 
hydrogeologic modeling. The draft SEIS analyzed a proposed additional 
water pipeline, which has been canceled, is no longer subject to 
analysis, and thus is not part of the final SEIS. The SEIS analyzes the 
potential impact of ongoing dewatering by Barrick's Goldstrike Mine, 
approved by the State of Nevada, and proposed dewatering by other mines 
along the Carlin Trend and analyzes updated mitigation measures. An 
abbreviated final SEIS has been produced. The abbreviated final SEIS 
contains copies of comment letters received on the draft SEIS, 
responses to those comments, and an errata section with specific 
modifications and corrections to the draft in response to the comments.

    Dated: January 10, 2003.
Helen Hankins,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 03-1073 Filed 1-30-03; 8:45 am]
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