[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 13870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7495]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-065-06-1990-01]
Environmental Statements; California Desert Conservation Area, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
for an open pit, heap leach gold mine on portions of public lands in
the California Desert Conservation Area, Kern County, CA; and notice of
scoping period and public meetings.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be
preparing a joint Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact
Report (EIS/EIR) for addressing impacts of the proposed gold mine
development in Kern County, CA. The BLM invites comments and
suggestions on the scope of the analysis.
DATES: Public scoping meetings will be held on:
Date: April 16, 1996--Tuesday
Time: 6:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Place: Rosamond High School,
2925 Rosamond Blvd,
Rosamond, CA 93560,
Glennan Gymnasium
Date: April 17, 1996--Wednesday
Time: 6:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Place: Mojave High School,
15732 ``O'' St.,
Mojave, CA 93501,
Mustang Gymnasium
ADDRESSES: Scoping comments may be sent to: BLM Ridgecrest Resource
Area Manager, 300 S. Richmond, Ridgecrest, CA 93555, Attn: Ahmed
Mohsen, EIS Coordinator.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Golden Queen is proposing to construct and
operate the Soledad Mountain Project, an open pit precious metals (gold
and silver) mining and cyanide leaching processing operation at the
Soledad Mountain project area located approximately five miles
southwest of the town of Mojave in Kern County, California.
The proposed action includes: construction of facilities; mining
and processing of precious metals ores at the rate of three to four
million tons per year for a period of ten to sixteen years; stockpiling
of overburden materials; sales of overburden materials as aggregate and
construction materials; and reclamation of the project site.
The project area is approximately 1,228 acres, of which 959 acres
are private land and 269 acres are unpatented mining claims on public
lands administered by BLM. The proposed surface disturbance is
approximately 782 acres on private lands and 153 acres on public lands.
The proposed mining operation includes twelve interconnected open pit
mining areas within the ultimate pit boundary of the proposed open pit.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ahmed Mohsen, BLM EIS Coordinator at
(619) 384-5421.
Dated: March 21, 1996.
Lee Delaney,
Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-7495 Filed 3-27-96; 8:45 am]
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