[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 117 (Friday, June 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 35467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15241]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLIDI02000.L71220000.EO0000. LVTFD0980300]


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Proposed 
Blackfoot Bridge Mine, Caribou County, ID

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing the 
availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the proposed Blackfoot 
Bridge Mine.

DATES: The ROD is now available. Implementation of this decision may 
begin at the close of an appeal-filing period which begins June 17, 
2011 and ends 30 days after June 17, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Blackfoot Bridge Mine ROD are available in the 
BLM Pocatello Field Office at the following address: 4350 Cliffs Drive, 
Pocatello, Idaho 83204. In addition, an electronic copy of the ROD is 
available at the following Web site: http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/0.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle Free, Bureau of Land Management, 
Pocatello Field Office, 4350 Cliffs Drive, Pocatello, Idaho 83204, 
phone (208) 478-6368, fax (208) 478-6376. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above 
individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours 
a day, seven days a week, to leave a message or question with the above 
individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM has made the decision to approve the 
Blackfoot Bridge Mine and Reclamation Plan as defined by Alternative 
1A, subject to the environmental protection measures of the Proposed 
Action and Alternative 1A, mitigation, monitoring, and conditions 
developed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and 
subject to additional conditions described in the ROD. The BLM has also 
decided to recommend the proposed lease modification to lease I-05613. 
This decision is consistent with the Prefered Alternative as described 
and analyzed in the Final EIS.
    The BLM approves of Alternative 1A because this alternative employs 
reasonable measures to satisfy regulatory requirements and adequately 
reduces potential environmental impacts on local and regional water 
quality. A Geosynthetic Clay Liner Laminate cover system is the most 
notable of these mitigation measures, but other measures such as an 
Overburden Seepage Management System, will also reduce potential 
impacts. The effectiveness of these measures is enhanced by the 
development of specific management plans for the implementation of 
additional environmental control measures. As detailed in the Final 
EIS, these measures include, but are not limited to the Water 
Management Plan, the Environmental Monitoring Plan, and the Adaptive 
Management Plan.
    As conditions of approval for the Blackfoot Bridge Mine, P4 or the 
Federal lease holder, its employees, contractors, agents, assignees, 
and operators must comply with the mitigation and monitoring measures 
as well as other requirements defined in the Final EIS, the ROD, and 
conditions defined by cooperating agencies in their decisions. 
Conditions of Approval defined in the ROD cover performance bonding, 
monitoring, construction quality assurance, oversight funding, water 
rights, and other requirements.
    Implementation of the decision may begin at the close of an appeal-
filing period which begins with this notice and ends in 30 days. 
Information and procedures for taking appeals to the Interior Board of 
Land Appeals are provided in Appendix IV of the ROD.

    Authority: Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 
181 et seq.); the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 40 CFR part 1500.

Joe Kraayenbrink,
BLM Idaho Falls District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2011-15241 Filed 6-16-11; 8:45 am]
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