[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 19955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10985]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-06-1990-10]
Environmental Statements; Mule Canyon Gold Mine, NV
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 of 1969, notice is given that the Battle Mountain District
of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared, by third party
contractor, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Santa Fe Pacific
Gold Corporation's Mule Canyon Mine. 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 July 10, 1996.
Public meeting to receive oral and written comments has been
scheduled for date, time, and place listed below.
June 5, 1996 at 7:00 p.m., at the Battle Mountain District
Office, Battle Mountain, Nevada.
A copy of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement can be
obtained from: Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain District
Office, ATTN: Christopher Stubbs, Project Manager, P.O. Box 1420,
Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820.
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, Nevada: Lander
County Library, Battle Mountain, Nevada: and the University of Nevada
Library in Reno, Nevada.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Stubbs, Project Manager at
the above Battle Mountain District Address or telephone (702) 635-4000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft Environmental Impact Statement
analyzes the potential environmental impacts that could result from
construction and operation of the Mule Canyon Gold Mine. Alternatives
analyzed include the Proposed Action, No Action Alternative, East
Access Alternative, and the Overburden and Interburden Disposal Area
Configuration Alternative. The project would involve construction and
operation of a new mine at Mule Canyon with open pits, overburden and
interburden ore stockpiles, process facilities, tailings storage
facilities, heap leach pads, and related support and ancillary
facilities.
Dated: April 29, 1996.
Gerald M. Smith,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-10985 Filed 5-2-96; 8:45 am]
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