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equipment staging area and haul roads, 

and approximately 110.1 acres of 

disturbance are off-lease for haul roads, 

a county road re-route, growth media 

stockpiles and storm water retention 

ponds. 

Of the 110.1 total acres of off-lease 

disturbance, 31.3 acres are proposed to 

be disturbed on private land, and 13.6 

acres are proposed to be disturbed on 

National Forest System Lands within 

the 170-acre proposed lease 

modification. Off-lease disturbance on 

National Forest System Lands of 

approximately 30.8 acres for the haul 

road, storm water retention ponds, and 

growth media stockpiles is proposed to 

be permitted by a 71-acre Special Use 

Permit (SUP) rather than a lease 

modification. Off-lease disturbance of 

approximately 7.4 acres is proposed by 

Agrium on the Idaho Fish and Game’s 

Blackfoot Wildlife Management Area, 

primarily for storm water retention 

ponds and the county road realignment. Approximately 26.6 acres of 

disturbance off-lease on private land, 

but not within the lease modification, is 

proposed for the haul road, storm water 

retention ponds, and growth media 

stockpiles. Approximately 0.4 acres of 

proposed off-lease disturbance for the 

haul road is on land managed by the 

Idaho Department of Lands. Mining is 

proposed to begin at the southern end 

of the Rasmussen Valley Mine deposit, 

continuing northwest through the 

deposit to the extent of the lease. 

Initially, overburden from the pit would 

be placed in an external overburden 

storage area located on-lease directly to 

the west of the pit. As mining progresses 

northwest, overburden would be placed 

either back in the mined-out portion of 

the pit, or in additional external 

overburden storage areas located onlease to the west of the pit. 

Agrium has proposed management 

practices in its mine and reclamation 

plan to reduce environmental impacts. 

Reclamation would be conducted 

concurrently with mining. Agrium’s 

plan emphasizes the backfill of mine 

pits and limiting the amount of 

overburden placed in permanent 

external storage areas. To reduce the 

potential for contaminant release to 

water or uptake into reclamation 

vegetation, Agrium is proposing to limit 

the amount of time that seleniferous 

overburden is exposed to the elements, 

to return all seleniferous overburden 

material to the mine pits, and to cap 

overburden with low-seleniferous 

material consisting of approximately 3 

feet of cherty material, overlain by 2 feet 

of growth media. 

Agrium has proposed to build 

associated new facilities including an 

ore stockpile and groundwater supply 

well(s). To assist personnel needs and 

mobile equipment operation, a small 

support staging facility would be 

constructed at the active mining site 

immediately west of the pit. This 

facility provides electrical power, fuel 

and grease storage within secondary 

containment, communication, safety 

structures, and a temporary shift change 

building. 

Off-lease facilities would include haul 

roads and storm water control features, 

and growth media stockpiles. Trucks 

would be used to transport ore to the 

Wooley Valley rail head and overburden 

to a permanent disposal area. 

Potential impacts to surface resources 

and water quality include erosion, an 

increase in stream sediment load, and 

contamination from dissolved metals 

and selenium. Agrium has proposed to 

implement practices designed to reduce, 

eliminate, or mitigate these impacts. 

Suitable growth media would be 

salvaged from disturbed areas for use in 

reclamation. Mine reclamation would 

include removal of facilities and 

equipment, backfilling pits as mining 

progresses, grading slopes, capping 

overburden disposal areas and pit 

backfill, restoring drainages, spreading 

growth media, stabilizing surfaces, 

revegetation, and testing and treatment 

for any remaining contaminants. 

Environmental monitoring will be 

performed to ensure impacts do not 

exceed those authorized. 

Issues initially identified for the 

proposed mining of the Rasmussen 

Valley phosphate lease include 

potential effects on groundwater and 

surface water quantity and quality; 

vegetation, soil and mineral resources; 

air quality; wildlife and their habitats 

(including fisheries); livestock grazing; 

wetlands and riparian habitat; 

recreation; and socio-economics such as 

employment and the continued 

operation of a fertilizer plant and 

support businesses; Native American 

rights, treaties, and land uses; visual 

resources; and cumulative effects. 

The EIS will analyze the Proposed 

Action and the No Action Alternative. 

Other alternatives may be considered 

that could provide mitigation of 

potential impacts. 

The tentative EIS project schedule is 

as follows: 

• Begin public scoping period and 

meetings: Winter 2011. 

• Estimated date for draft EIS and 

associated comment period: Spring 

2013. 

• Final EIS publication: Winter 2014. 

• Record of Decision: Winter 2014. 

At least three ‘‘open-house’’ style public 

scoping meetings will be held which 

will include displays explaining the 

project and providing a forum for 

commenting on the project. 

Meetings are planned to be held in 

Pocatello, Fort Hall, and Soda Springs, 

Idaho. The dates, times, and locations of 

the public scoping meetings will be 

announced in mailings and public 

notices issued by the BLM (see DATES

above). 

Authorities: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 40 CFR 

parts 1500–1508; 43 CFR part 46; 43 U.S.C. 

1701; and 43 CFR part 3590. 

Joe Kraayenbrink, 

District Manager, Idaho Falls District, Bureau 

of Land Management. 

Brent Larson, 

Forest Supervisor, Caribou-Targhee National 

Forest. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMT926000–11–L19100000–BJ0000– 

LRCME0R04763] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; 

Montana 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of 

survey. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the plat of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, 

Montana, on March 31, 2011. 

DATES: Protests of the survey must be 

filed before March 31, 2011 to be 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: Protests of the survey 

should be sent to Branch of Cadastral 

Survey, Bureau of Land Management, 

5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 

59101–4669. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Toth, Cadastral Surveyor, Branch 

of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land 

Management, 5001 Southgate Drive, 

Billings, Montana 59101–4669, 

telephone (406) 896–5121 or (406) 896– 

5009. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

survey was executed at the request of 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Rocky 

Mountain Region, Billings, Montana, 

and was necessary to determine 

individual and tribal trust lands. 

The lands we surveyed are: 

Principal Meridian, Montana 

T. 27 N., R. 48 E. 


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The plat, in two sheets, representing 

the dependent resurvey of a portion of 

the subdivisional lines, the corrective 

dependent resurvey of the line between 

sections 18 and 19, the dependent 

resurvey of a portion of the subdivision 

of sections 19 and 21, the adjusted 

original meanders of the former left 

bank of the Missouri River, downstream, 

through section 19, a certain division of 

accretion line, and the subdivision of 

sections 19 and 21, and the survey of 

the meanders of the present left bank 

and the informative traverse of the 

present left bank of the Missouri River, 

downstream, through section 19, 

Township 27 North, Range 48 East, 

Principal Meridian, Montana, was 

accepted February 16, 2011. 

We will place a copy of the plat, in 

two sheets, and related field notes we 

described in the open files. They will be 

available to the public as a matter of 

information. If the BLM receives a 

protest against this survey, as shown on 

this plat, in two sheets, prior to the date 

of the official filing, we will stay the 

filing pending our consideration of the 

protest. We will not officially file this 

plat, in two sheets, until the day after 

we have accepted or dismissed all 

protests and they have become final, 

including decisions or appeals. 

Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chap. 3. 

Dated: February 23, 2011. 

James D. Claflin, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of 

Resources. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVS00560.L71220000.FR0000.

LVTFF1000770, 241A; N–57230; 11–08807; 

MO# 4500018891; TAS:14X5232] 

Notice of Realty Action: Conveyance of 

Public Lands for Airport Purposes in 

Clark County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has examined and 

found 160 acres of public land in the 

City of Henderson, Clark County, 

Nevada, as suitable for conveyance for 

airport purposes under the authority of 

Section 516 of the Airport and Airway 

Improvement Act of 1982. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

written comments regarding the 

proposed conveyance of the lands until 

April 15, 2011. The requested lands will 

not be conveyed for at least 60 days after 

the date of the publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to 

the BLM Field Manager, Las Vegas Field 

Office, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las 

Vegas, NV 89130–2301. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Philip Rhinehart, (702) 515–5182, or 

prhineha@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clark 

County Department of Aviation has 

requested the conveyance of 160 acres 

of public land for a fully operational 

airport known as the Henderson 

Executive Airport. The lands are legally 

described as: 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

T. 23 S. R. 61 E. 

Sec. 10, S1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 NE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 11, W1⁄2NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4;NW1⁄4;SW1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4;NW1⁄4;SW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2;SW1⁄4;NW1⁄4;SW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2;SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

The area described contains 160 acres, 

more or less, in Clark County. 

The Clark County Department of 

Aviation currently holds an airport lease 

for 140 acres of the 160 acres found 

suitable for conveyance. The 140-acre 

lease will be terminated prior to the 

proposed conveyance. As part of the 

processing of the lease action on August 

20, 1999, a Notice of Realty Action was 

published in the Federal Register (64 

FR 161: 45562), noticing that certain 

public lands in Clark County, Nevada, 

had been examined and found suitable 

for public airport lease purposes under 

the provisions of the Airport and 

Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as 

amended (49 U.S.C., Appendix 211– 

213). The additional 20 acres requested 

for conveyance are needed for the 

continued operations of the Henderson 

Executive Airport. The additional 20 

acres have been found suitable for 

conveyance for airport purposes but are 

not currently under lease to Clark 

County. The lands identified for 

conveyance are segregated from mineral 

entry under the Southern Nevada Public 

Lands Management Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 

105–263). Conveyance of the subject 

lands is consistent with the BLM, Las 

Vegas Resource Management Plan dated 

October 5, 1998, and would be in the 

public interest. Under regulations found 

at 49 U.S.C. Section 47125, Clark 

County is entitled to a fee simple, no 

cost conveyance of the subject property. 

Conveyance of the land is consistent 

with applicable Federal and county land 

use plans and will help meet the needs 

of the community. The conveyance will 

enhance safety, capacity, security and 

environmental protection at the 

Henderson Executive Airport. The land 

is not required for any other Federal 

purposes. 

Additional detailed information 

pertaining to this request for 

conveyance, plan of development, and 

site plan is contained in case file N– 

57230, which is located in the BLM Las 

Vegas Field Office at the above address. 

Conveyance of the public land shall 

be subject to limitations prescribed by 

law and regulation and prior to patent 

issuance, a holder of any right-of-way 

within the conveyance area may be 

given the opportunity to amend the 

right-of-way for conversion to a new 

term, including perpetuity, if 

applicable. 

The patent, when issued, will be 

subject to the provisions of the Airport 

and Airways Improvement Act of 1982 

and applicable regulations of the 

Secretary of the Interior, and will 

contain the following rights, 

reservations, covenants, terms and 

conditions to the United States: 

1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches 

or canals constructed by the authority of 

the United States, Act of August 30, 

1890 (43 U.S.C. 945). 

2. All minerals shall be reserved to 

the United States, together with the 

right to prospect for, mine and remove 

such deposits from the same under 

applicable law and such regulations as 

the Secretary of the Interior may 

prescribe. 

Conveyance of the public land will be 

subject to: 

1. Valid existing rights. 

2. A right-of-way for a road, drainage, 

and municipal utilities (water and 

sewer) granted to the City of Henderson, 

Nevada, its successors or assigns, by 

right-of-way N–62099, pursuant to the 

Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

1761). 

3. A right-of-way to construct, 

operate, maintain, and terminate an 

underground water pipeline, a pressure 

reducing valve station, and maintenance 

area to the City of Henderson, Nevada, 

its successors or assigns, by right-of-way 

N–63254, pursuant to the Act of October 

21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761). 

4. A right-of-way to improve, 

construct, operate, maintain and 

terminate roads, municipal utilities 

(water and sewer) and drainage 

purposes to the City of Henderson, 

Nevada, its successors or assigns, by 

right-of-way N–77148, pursuant to the 

Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

1761). 

5. A right-of-way for underground 4 

inch, 6 inch, and 8 inch diameter 


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