[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10241-10242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4078]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-910-07-1990-EX]


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement Updating Cumulative Effects Analysis for the Newmont Mining 
Corporation South Operations Area Project Amendment, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(2)(c) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 43 CFR part 3809, the Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM), Elko Field Office will be preparing a 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to update the 
cumulative effects analysis for Newmont Mining Corporation's South 
Operations Area Project Amendment (SOAPA) gold mine in Elko County, 
Nevada. The project was authorized in 2002. The BLM is asking the 
public for information on any new or proposed projects within the 
cumulative effects areas which could contribute cumulative effects. We 
are also asking the public to review the cumulative effects areas as 
defined in the 2002 SOAPA EIS. This EIS can be reviewed on or 
downloaded from the Elko BLM's Web page, http://www.nv.blm.gov/elko.

DATES: Comments must be received in the Elko Field Office within 21 
days after publication of this NOI in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:

--Fax: (775) 753-0255
--Mail: Send to the attention of the South Operations Area Project 
Amendment Project Manager, BLM Elko Field Office, 3900 East Idaho 
Street, Elko, NV 89801

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deb McFarlane, Project Manager at the 
Elko Field Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801. Telephone: 
(775) 753-0200.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM signed a Record of Decision (ROD) 
for Newmont Mining Corporation's South Operations Area Project 
Amendment located on the Carlin Trend in northeastern Nevada, on July 
26, 2002. That ROD authorized Newmont to mine an additional 350 feet 
below what had been previously authorized and to expand 139 acres 
aerially, to expand waste rock disposal facilities and leach 
facilities, to continue dewatering and ground water discharge to Maggie 
Creek, and to construct associated ancillary facilities.
    Four years of legal review resulted in the United States Court of 
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit partially reversing the ROD. In response, 
the BLM will review and update the cumulative effects analyzed in 
Chapter 4 of the 2002 EIS and issue a SEIS, along with a new ROD.
    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 as part of the SEIS. Before including 
your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal 
identifying information in your comment, be advised that your entire 
comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made 
publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to 
withhold from public review your personal identifying information, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. All submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, will be available for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: January 17, 2007.
Danielle Yroz,
Associate Field Manager.
 [FR Doc. E7-4078 Filed 3-6-07; 8:45 am]
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