21404 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 73 / Friday, April 15, 2011 / Notices 

Pit to prevent development of a pit lake 

in the Genesis pit, expand the Section 

36 and Section 5 waste rock disposal 

facilities, construct the necessary haul 

roads and access roads, and process 60 

million tons of gold-bearing ore. The 

proposed project would disturb an 

additional 43 acres (25 acres of public 

land and 18 acres of private land) and 

provide for continued mining activities 

on approximately 1,092 acres of 

previously disturbed lands. The Draft 

EIS analyzed impacts of the proposed 

action and no action alternatives, and 

identified measures to mitigate adverse 

impacts. Major issues addressed in the 

Draft EIS include: (1) The cumulative 

impacts of mining and related actions 

on affected resources, for example water 

quality and quantity, in the Carlin 

Trend; (2) the release of mercury 

associated with processing the 60 

million tons of ore; (3) the impacts of 12 

additional years of mining as it relates 

to continued employment and economic 

activity for the local area; and (4) the 

impact of a pit lake forming under the 

no action alternative, but not in the 

action alternative. The NEPA analysis 

considered wilderness characteristics 

and complies with Secretarial Order 

3310. 

The proposed action includes an 

adaptive management plan which was 

analyzed in the Draft EIS and included 

as an appendix to the Draft EIS. The 

Draft EIS was released for public review 

on April 23, 2010, for a 45-day comment 

period. A public comment meeting was 

held in Elko, Nevada on May 19, 2010. 

The Final EIS has been prepared in an 

abbreviated format, and includes 

comments on the Draft EIS and the 

BLM’s responses along with minor 

modifications and corrections to the 

Draft EIS. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10. 

Kenneth E. Miller, 

District Manager, Elko. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9075 Filed 4–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–IMR–ROMO–1210–6463;1526–0002– 

SZP] 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Long Draw Reservoir Special 

Use Authorization, Rocky Mountain 

National Park 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: [Notice of Availability] Notice of 

Availability of a Record of Decision on 

the Final Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Long Draw Reservoir 

Special Use Authorization, Rocky 

Mountain National Park. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park 

Service announces the availability of the 

Record of Decision for the Long Draw 

Reservoir Special Use Authorization, 

Rocky Mountain National Park, 

Colorado. On September 17, 2010, the 

Regional Director, Intermountain Region 

approved the Record of Decision for the 

project. As soon as practicable, the 

National Park Service will begin to 

implement the Preferred Alternative 

contained in the FEIS issued on March 

27, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lawrence Gamble, Chief of Planning 

and Compliance, Rocky Mountain 

National Park, Estes Park, CO 80517, 

telephone 970–586–1320, e-mail 

larry_gamble@nps.gov; Dyce Gayton, 

Forest Planner, Arapaho and Roosevelt 

National Forests and Pawnee National 

Grassland, 2150 Centre Avenue, 

Building E, Fort Collins, Colorado 

80526, telephone 970–295–6761, e-mail 

dgayton@fs.fed.us; or Tom Ford, Group 

Leader for Recreation, Planning and 

Design, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building 

E, Fort Collins, Colorado 80526, 

telephone 970–295–6610, e-mail 

tford01@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, is the lead 

agency for this project and was 

responsible for preparation of the EIS 

because Long Draw Reservoir is located 

on National Forest System lands. The 

NPS is a cooperating agency on this 

project because the operations of Long 

Draw Reservoir affect lands within 

Rocky Mountain National Park managed 

by the NPS, and two alternatives 

considered in the EIS propose actions 

within the park. A total of four 

alternatives were considered: A noaction alternative and three action 

alternatives. 

With the Record of Decision, the 

National Park Service approves the 

implementation of Alternative 3 within 

the park. This decision is being made in 

conjunction with the Forest Service’s 

decision to apply terms and conditions 

to the 30-year authorization for Long 

Draw Reservoir and is necessary for the 

Forest Service to implement the selected 

alternative. The National Park Service is 

approving implementation of native 

greenback cutthroat trout restoration in 

the headwaters of the Cache la Poudre 

River within Rocky Mountain National 

Park by the Forest Service, Water 

Supply and Storage Company of Fort 

Collins, Colorado, and their project 

partners, with oversight provided by the 

National Park Service. In addition to the 

activities associated with 

implementation of the terms and 

conditions for the Long Draw reservoir 

authorization, the NPS will implement 

native fish restoration in Cascade Creek. 

The Record of Decision includes a 

description of the background of the 

project; a statement of the decision 

made including key actions and 

mitigating measures/monitoring to 

minimize environmental harm; the basis 

for the decision; an overview of public 

involvement and agency consultation in 

the decision-making process; a 

description of other alternatives 

considered; a description of the 

environmentally preferred alternative; 

and a findings on impairment of park 

resources and values. 

Copies of the Record of Decision may 

be obtained from the contact listed 

above or online at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/romo. 

Dated: March 1, 2011. 

John Wessels, 

Regional Director, Intermountain Region, 

National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9178 Filed 4–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–AKR–GAAR–0328–7059; 9924–PYS] 

National Park Service Alaska Region’s 

Subsistence Resource Commission 

(SRC) Program 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting for the 

National Park Service Alaska Region’s 

Subsistence Resource Commission 

(SRC) program. 

SUMMARY: The Gates of the Arctic 

National Park SRC will meet to develop 

and continue work on National Park 

Service (NPS) subsistence hunting 

program recommendations and other 

related subsistence management issues. 

The NPS SRC program is authorized 

under Title VIII, Section 808 of the 

Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act, Public Law 96–487, 

to operate in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

Public Availability of Comments: This 

meeting is open to the public and will 

have time allocated for public 

testimony. The public is welcome to 

present written or oral comments to the 

SRC. This meeting will be recorded and 


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