[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9621]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NV-040-1990-01; M46-83-004P]
Bald Mountain Mine Expansion Project Draft Environmental Impact
Statement
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act, notice is given that the Ely District of the Bureau of Land
Management has prepared, by a third party contractor, a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement on Placer Dome U.S. Bald Mountain Mine
Expansion Project in eastern Nevada. This document is available for
public review for a 45 day period.
DATES AND ADDRESSES: Written comments on the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement must be postmarked by June 16, 1995.
Public meetings to receive oral and written comments have been
scheduled for the dates and places listed below. All meetings will
begin at 7:00 p.m. each evening.
May 8, 1995--at the Ely Bureau of Land Management District
Office, 702 Industrial Way, Ely, NV 89301.
May 9, 1995--Stockman's Motor Hotel, 340 Commercial St.,
Elko, Nevada 89803.
May 10, 1995--Sands Regency Hotel Casino, 345 N. Arlington
Ave., Reno, Nevada 89501.
A copy of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement can be
obtained from: Bureau of Land Management, Ely District Office, ATTN:
Dan Netcher, Project Leader, HC 33 Box 33500, Ely, NV 89301.
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available for
inspection at the following additional locations: Bureau of Land
Management, Nevada State Office, 850 Harvard Way, Reno, NV 89520;
Eureka, White Pine and Elko County Libraries; and the University of
Nevada libraries in Reno and Las Vegas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dan Netcher, Project Leader at the above Ely District Office address or
telephone (702) 289-1800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft Environmental Impact Statement
analyzes the potential environmental impacts that could result from the
expansion of the current gold mining operations at Bald Mountain Mine
and development of the Horseshoe/Galaxy Mine (Proposed Action) and
reasonable alternatives. Alternatives analyzed consist of: (1) no
action; (2) haul road design; (3) waste rock dump configurations; and
(4) reclamation options. The project would involve construction and
operation of a new mine at Horseshoe/Galaxy with open pits, crushing
facilities, waste dumps, conventional heap leaching facilities and
several ancillary facilities. The Bald Mountain Mine expansion would
consist of modification of the processing circuit with a wet crushing
circuit that would produce a split flow of ore, and the processing
facility would consist of both heap leaching and carbon-in-leach
facilities with associated tailings. The Bald Mountain Mine expansion
would also consist of expansion of the current Top Pit and development
of the Sage Pit with corresponding waste rock dumps.
Dated: April 4, 1995.
Ann J. Morgan,
State Director, Nevada.
[FR Doc. 95-9621 Filed 4-18-95; 8:45 am]
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