99-11907. Notice of Availability of the Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Selected Actions Taken for Mining Claim Use and Occupancy in Nevada, and the Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25514-25515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11907]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-920-1990-00]


Notice of Availability of the Programmatic Environmental 
Assessment for Selected Actions Taken for Mining Claim Use and 
Occupancy in Nevada, and the Preliminary Finding of No Significant 
Impact

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (NEPA), and Use and Occupancy Under the Mining Laws regulations 
(43 CFR 3715), the Bureau of Land Management has prepared an 
environmental assessment (EA) that evaluates the impacts of typical 
mining claim and/or millsite occupancies. This EA describes and 
analyzes the proposed action, consisting of seven typical occupancy 
scenarios, and the no action option. The actions analyzed in this EA 
involve operations that disturb 5 acres or less. This notice is 
intended to invite the public to comment on the analysis of impacts 
presented in the EA and the performance measures developed for the 
proposed action.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted on or before June 11, 1999. 
Any comments received by the close of the comment period will be 
evaluated and those letters that identify issues, where clarification 
or discussion is required, will be addressed in the final EA. Copies of 
the EA and the preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 
will be provided to any person or agency commenting, or to other 
interested parties, upon written

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request. Comments on the EA and FONSI should be sent to the Nevada 
State Office at the address listed below.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the EA to: Bureau of Land Management, 
Nevada State Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, NV 89520-0006

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Gibson, Geologist, Nevada State 
Office. Telephone: [phone].
Jean Rivers-Council,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 99-11907 Filed 5-11-99; 8:45 am]
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