[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21257]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-030-1990-00]
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Little Rock
Mine Project, Grant County, New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability and Notice of Public Hearing.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(c) of the National
Environmental Policy Act, the Mimbres Resource Area has prepared a DEIS
analyzing the potential environmental impacts of the proposed re-
establishment, operation, and reclamation of the Little Rock Mine
Project located approximately 7 miles south of Silver City, New Mexico.
The proposed project would also require the construction of a haul road
that would enable Phelps Dodge Mining Company (PDMC) to transport ore
from the Little Rock Mine pit to existing Tyrone operations for
processing. The permit area is approximately 600 acres of which the
proposed mine pit would cover 190 acres and the haul road 40 acres.
DATES: Written comments on the DEIS must be submitted or postmarked no
later than October 15, 1996. A public hearing will be held at the time
and place listed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Juan S. Padilla, Team
Coordinator, BLM, Las Cruces District, 1800 Marquess, Las Cruces, NM
88005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juan S. Padilla, Team Coordinator at
(505) 525-4376.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Those individuals, organizations, Native
American tribes, agencies, and other government agencies with a known
interest in the proposal have been sent a copy of the DEIS. Single
copies of the document are available from the BLM Las Cruces District
Office, 1800 Marquess, Las Cruces, New Mexico and the BLM New Mexico
State Office, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Reading copies are
available for review at public and university libraries in Las Cruces,
Silver City, Deming, Lordsburg, Socorro, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. A
public hearing has been scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September
25, 1996, at the Grant County Courtroom, 2nd Floor, 201 North Cooper
Street, Silver City, New Mexico. Both oral and written comments may be
given at the hearing. Written comments may also be submitted to the
BLM, Las Cruces District, 1800 Marquess, Las Cruces, NM 88005 on or
before October 15, 1996.
Oral testimony at the hearing will be limited to 10 minutes for
each witness. Additional time may be granted at the discretion of the
presiding officer based on the number of speakers registered. Written
text of prepared speakers may be filed at the hearing whether or not
the speaker has been able to complete the oral delivery in the allotted
time. All oral and written comments on the adequacy of the Draft EIS
will receive consideration in the Final EIS.
Dated: August 14, 1996.
Timothy M. Murphy,
Acting District Manager, Las Cruces.
[FR Doc. 96-21257 Filed 8-20-96; 8:45 am]
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