[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29545-29546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10162]


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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 for the January 2007 Amendment to the Plan of Operations for 
the Barrick Goldstrike Mine (Also Known as the Betze Project), Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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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 analyze the 
environmental effects of the proposed amendment to the Plan of 
Operations for the Goldstrike Mine also known as the Betze Project, 25 
miles north of Carlin, Nevada. The original EIS was completed in 1991. 
The Goldstrike Mine has continued in operation since that date.

DATES: Public comments must be received in the Elko Field Office within 
30 days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

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

--Fax: (775) 753-0255.
--Mail: Sent to the attention of the January 2007 Barrick Goldstrike 
Amendment Manager, BLM Elko Field Office, 3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, 
NV 89801.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The current amendment proposes to expand the 
Goldstrike Mine from 7,771 acres of disturbance to 9,031 acres of which 
493 acres of new disturbance will be on public land managed by the BLM 
Elko

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Field Office. The proposed amendment includes four primary components: 
(1) A third tailings facility, which includes burial of an existing 
tailings facility, (2) a new waste rock facility (Clydesdale), (3) an 
expansion of the open pit by 296 acres, which will result in an 
increase of the size of the post-mining pit lake from 800 to 900 acres, 
and (4) an extension of mining activities until approximately 2015, 
including mining employment for 4 years as well as an extension of the 
dewatering program to maintain the water table at its current level for 
an additional four years. Ancillary disturbance includes a new haul 
road with culverts over Rodeo Creek, an intermittent drainage, 
diversion channels for a portion of the Brush Creek, an intermittent 
drainage, and Rodeo Creek, and accelerated reclamation of the Bazza 
Waste Rock Facility. A focal point of the SEIS will be the analysis of 
the cumulative impacts of mining and related actions along the Carlin 
Trend, including incorporation of the re-analysis of cumulative impacts 
for the Leeville and South Operations Area Projects currently underway 
by the Elko Field Office. The BLM is asking the public for information 
on any issues, including cumulative impacts, relevant to this 
amendment. 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, you should be aware 
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 your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

Danielle Yroz,
Associate Field Manager.
 [FR Doc. E7-10162 Filed 5-25-07; 8:45 am]
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