Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 10 / Friday, January 14, 2011 / Notices 2705 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 

DM 8. 

Dated: December 29, 2010. 

George Skibine, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–560 Filed 1–13–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVB00000 L71220000.EX0000 

LVTFF0986020 241A.00; MO #4500017947; 

11–08807; TAS: 14X8069] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Cortez Hills 

Expansion Project, Lander County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

Battle Mountain District, Mount Lewis 

Field Office, Battle Mountain, Nevada, 

has prepared a Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Cortez Hills Expansion Project in 

Lander County, Nevada. 

DATES: The BLM will not issue a final 

decision on the proposal for a minimum 

of 30 days from the date that the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes its notice of availability in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Cortez Hills 

Expansion Project Final Supplemental 

EIS are available for public inspection at 

the Battle Mountain District Office, 50 

Bastian Road, Battle Mountain, Nevada, 

during regular business hours of 7:45 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except holidays. Interested 

persons may also review the Final 

Supplemental EIS at the following Web 

site: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/ 

battle_mountain_field.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Worthington, (775) 635– 

4000, or e-mail: 

Christopher_Worthington@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

signed a Record of Decision and Plan of 

Operations approval on November 12, 

2008, for the Cortez Gold Mines (CGM) 

Cortez Hills Expansion Project, which is 

an expansion of existing open-pit gold 

mining and processing operations in 

northeastern Nevada. The project entails 

new surface disturbance of 

approximately 6,633 acres, which 

includes 6,412 acres of public land 

administered by the BLM Battle 

Mountain District and 221 acres of 

private land owned by CGM. The Notice 

of Availability of the Final Cortez Hills 

Expansion Project EIS was published in 

the Federal Register on October 3, 2008. 

On December 3, 2009, the U.S. Court 

of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 

partially reversed the U.S. District Court 

of Nevada’s denial of preliminary 

injunctive relief with respect to BLM’s 

environmental analysis of air quality 

and water resource issues. The BLM 

subsequently elected to prepare a 

Supplemental EIS to refine the analysis 

of potential air quality effects and the 

dewatering mitigation effectiveness for 

the Cortez Hills Expansion Project. 

A Notice of Intent to prepare a 

Supplemental EIS was published in the 

Federal Register on July 16, 2010. The 

Draft Supplemental EIS was released for 

public review on August 20, 2010, with 

a 45-day comment period. Following the 

release of the Draft Supplemental EIS, 

two public comment meetings were 

held, one in Crescent Valley and one in 

Battle Mountain in September 2010 to 

solicit additional comments on the 

document. Comments and resultant 

changes in the impact analyses are 

documented in the Final Supplemental 

EIS. 

Ron Wenker, 

State Director, Nevada. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7. 

[FR Doc. 2011–605 Filed 1–13–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWY920000.L14300000.FR0000; 

WYW139860, WYW63275] 

Notice of Realty Action; Modification of 

the Segregative Effect of Recreation 

and Public Purposes Act 

Classifications of Public Lands in 

Natrona County, WY 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of realty action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is amending the 

segregative effect of two Recreation and 

Public Purposes (R&PP) Act 

classifications which are included in the 

Federal lands selected as part of the 

Muddy Mountain Land Exchange 

(exchange) in Natrona County, 

Wyoming. This action will modify the 

segregation to open the lands only to 

effect this exchange. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick J. Moore, Assistant Field 

Manager, Minerals and Lands, Bureau of 

Land Management, Casper Field Office, 

2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, 

Wyoming 82604–2968; (307) 261–7530; 

or e-mail Patrick_Moore@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

is processing a proposed land exchange 

in Natrona County, Wyoming. The 

selected Federal lands include two 

R&PP leases to the Town of Midwest for 

a sewage lagoon site and a diving pond. 

Prior to issuance of the leases, the lands 

were classified for R&PP lease on 

November 3, 1978, and published in the 

Federal Register (62 FR 9446) which 

included segregation of the lands from 

the public land laws. In order for the 

R&PP leased land to be included in the 

exchange, the segregative effect of the 

classifications must be modified to 

allow for the exchange. Upon 

completion of the exchange, title to the 

lands encumbered by the R&PP leases 

will be transferred to the non-Federal 

party subject to the R&PP leases. 

Therefore, on January 14, 2011, the 

segregative effect of the classification for 

the Midwest sewage lagoon 

(WYW6327501) and the segregative 

effect of the classification for the 

Midwest diving pond (WYW13986001) 

is modified and the lands are opened 

only to transfer of title pursuant to the 

Muddy Mountain Land Exchange 

(WYW168824). 

Except for the Muddy Mountain 

exchange, the lands will continue to be 

segregated from the operation of the 

public land laws. 

Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5. 

Donald A. Simpson, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2011–604 Filed 1–13–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–CONC–0111–6326; 2410–OYC] 

Notice of Continuation of Visitor 

Services 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Public notice. 

DATES: Effective January 1, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo 

A. Pendry, Chief, Commercial Services 

Program, National Park Service, 1201 

Eye Street, NW., 11th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20005, Telephone, 

(202) 513–7156. 

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