96-9564. Crown Jewel Mine, Okanogan National Forest, Okanogan County, WA

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9564]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Crown Jewel Mine, Okanogan National Forest, Okanogan County, WA

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Revision of notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact 
statement.

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SUMMARY: On March 2, 1992, the USDA, Forest Service and the Washington 
State Department of Ecology, as joint lead agencies, issued a notice of 
intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a 
proposal to develop a mine for precious mineral extraction on Buckhorn 
Mountain in the Federal Register (57 FR 7362). On April 15, 1993, March 
11, 1994, and November 17, 1994 the USDA, Forest Service and the 
Washington State Department of Ecology, as joint lead agencies, issued 
revisions to the notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental 
impact statement (EIS) in the Federal Register (58 FR 19646, 59 FR 
11576, and 59 FR 59396). A notice of availability for the draft 
environmental impact statement was published in the Federal Register on 
June 30, 1995 (60 FR 34246), with the comment period closing on August 
29, 1995. The purpose of this revised notice of intent is to inform the 
interested parties of a revised release date for final EIS. The final 
environmental impact statement (EIS) is expected to be completed and 
available to the public in early October, 1996.

    Dated: April 9, 1996.
Allen N. Garr,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 96-9564 Filed 4-18-96; 8:45 am]
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