97-24441. Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Soledad Mountain Project in Kern County, CA

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA065-1492]


Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report 
for Soledad Mountain Project in Kern County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) and the County of Kern, State of California have prepared a Final 
Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 
for the Soledad Mountain Project, a proposed gold mining operation on 
public and private lands in Kern County, California.

DATES: Comments on the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental 
Impact Statement must be postmarked no later than Oct. 19, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Bureau of Land 
Management, Ridgecrest Resource Area, 300 S. Richmond Road, Ridgecrest, 
California 93555, Attention: Ahmed Mohsen, EIS Coordinator.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ahmed Mohsen-EIS Coordinator (760) 
384-5421.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Final EIR/EIS is to 
present BLM and Kern County's response to public and agency comments on 
the Draft EIS/EIR and issues and concerns presented in the two public 
meetings held on June 24th & 25th, 1997. This is an abbreviated Final 
EIS/ERI formatted in accordance with NEPA Regulations at 40 CFR 
1503.4(c). In order to provide continuity, response to the comments has 
been formatted and organized to fit within the body of the document 
circulated for public review in June and July 1997. Since this had been 
a joint federal/state process, administrative procedures for each lead 
agency govern the schedules and documentation requirements after 
completion of the Final EIS/EIR. Kern County Board of Supervisors held 
a public meeting on September the 8th in Bakersfield, California to 
review and consider the certification and adoption of the EIR and the 
issuance of the appropriate permits for the operation. After completion 
of the 30-day public review, BLM would consider and respond to any 
comments received during this period in the Record of Decision (ROD) 
document. The ROD is the final document produced by the process. It 
outlines the process by which project decisions were reached. A notice 
of availability of the ROD will be published in the Federal Register 
and other media when it is completed.
Greg Thomsen,
Acting Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-24441 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]
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