96-14337. Notice of Availability

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 111 (Friday, June 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14337]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NV-010-1990-01]


Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, DOI.

ACTION: Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for Newmont Gold 
Company's Bootstrap Project.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act, 40 CFR parts 1500-1508 and 43 CFR 3809, notice is given 
that the Bureau of Land Management has prepared, with the assistance of 
a third-party consultant, a FEIS on Newmont's proposed Bootstrap 
Project in northeastern Nevada, and has made copies of the document 
available for public review. Also available is the FEIS's associated 
Record of Decision approving the findings of the Environmental Impact 
Statement on Newmont's Plan of Operations.
    As provided in the Council of Environmental Quality regulation 40 
CFR 1506.10(b)(2), an exception to the required thirty day delay 
between the release of the FEIS and its associated ROD has been 
granted. Therefore, the ROD is being released simultaneously with the 
FEIS.

DATES: Written comments on the FEIS will be accepted until close of 
business on July 8, 1996. No public meetings are scheduled.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the FEIS and ROD can be obtained from: Bureau of 
Land Management, Elko District Office, Attn: Deb McFarlane, EIS 
Coordinator, 3900 E. Idaho St., Elko, NV 89801.
    The FEIS and ROD are available for inspection at the following 
locations: BLM State Office (Reno), BLM Elko District Office, Carson 
City library, Elko County library, the University of Nevada libraries 
in Reno and Las Vegas, and the Great Basin College library (Elko).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, write to 
the above address or call Deb McFarlane at [phone].

    Dated: May 31, 1996.
Helen Hankins,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-14337 Filed 6-06-96; 8:45 am]
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