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email: jbarringer@blm.gov. People who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Bering Sea–Western Interior Planning 

Area is in western Alaska and 

encompasses approximately 62.3 

million acres of land, including 13.5 

million acres managed by the BLM. 

This RMP replaces the 1981 

Southwest Management Framework and 

a small portion of the 1986 Central 

Yukon Resource Management Plan, 

including amendments. It provides: 

• Consolidated direction to address 

land and resource use and development 

on BLM-managed lands within the 

planning area under one RMP, and 

• Analysis of the environmental 

effects that could result from the 

implementation of the alternatives 

proposed in the RMP/EIS. 

The purpose of this Proposed RMP is 

to make decisions that guide future land 

management actions and site-specific 

implementation decisions. The 

decisions will address goals and 

objectives for resource management 

(desired outcomes) and establish land 

uses (allocations) that are allowable, 

restricted, or prohibited to achieve the 

goals and objectives. The need for this 

RMP is to provide guidance that will 

address the significant alterations in 

resources, circumstances, laws, policies, 

and regulations in the planning area 

since 1981. 

The Proposed RMP/Final EIS 

evaluates five alternatives for managing 

the planning area. Alternative A, the no 

action alternative, represents existing 

management described by current land 

use plans and provides the benchmark 

against which to compare the other 

alternatives. Alternative B emphasizes 

reducing the potential for competition 

between recreational or developmental 

uses and subsistence resources by 

identifying key areas for additional 

management actions. Alternative C 

emphasizes adaptive management at the 

planning level to maintain the long-term 

sustainability of resources while 

providing for multiple resource uses. 

Alternative D provides additional 

flexibility at the site-specific 

implementation level and fewer 

management restrictions at the planning 

level. The Proposed RMP (Alternative E) 

emphasizes adaptive management at the 

planning level to protect the long-term 

sustainability of resources while 

providing for multiple resource uses. 

This alternative is meant to provide 

flexibility at the planning level while 

still providing enough direction to make 

processing of site-specific projects easier 

and more consistent. Alternatives B, C, 

D, and E were developed using input 

from the public, stakeholders, and 

cooperating agencies. Major planning 

issues addressed include subsistence 

resources, including water resources, 

fisheries, and wildlife; forestry; minerals 

and mining; recreation; travel 

management and access; and areas of 

critical environmental concern. 

The BLM initiated the scoping 

process for the Bering Sea-Western 

Interior RMP with the publication of a 

Notice of Intent in the Federal Register 

on July 18, 2013 and concluded that 

scoping process 180 days later on 

January 17, 2014. The BLM requested 

agencies, tribes, groups, and the public 

to identify issues and concerns within 

the planning area. Scoping comments 

collected at public meetings and by 

emails, letters, and phone calls were 

used to identify issues and define the 

scope of analysis for management 

alternatives. Meetings were held in 10 

communities with proximity to 

substantial blocks of BLM lands, the 

Iditarod National Historic Trail, the 

Unalakleet Wild River Corridor, and 

major watersheds in the planning area 

(Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers). Local 

and regional news releases advertised 

the times and locations of these 

meetings. Additional detail on the 

public outreach efforts related to the 

scoping process is included in the 

Scoping Report (BLM 2014a). 

During February and March of 2015, 

the BLM held public meetings in 14 

communities that focused on explaining 

the preliminary alternatives for the 

future Draft RMP/EIS. The BLM released 

the Preliminary Alternatives Comment 

Summary Report in August 2015, which 

summarized input received on 

preliminary alternatives for the Draft 

RMP/EIS. The BLM used the comments, 

along with subsequently identified 

issues and planning criteria, to help 

formulate a reasonable range of 

alternatives for analysis in the Draft 

RMP/EIS. 

The BLM provided additional public 

outreach when there were substantial 

project updates through its Bering SeaWestern Interior ePlanning website; 

mailing of postcards and flyers; seven 

newsletter publications; emailed eNews 

Blasts; and through press releases, 

newspaper advertisements, and radio 

public service announcements. 

The 90-day public comment period on 

the Draft RMP/EIS ran from March 15, 

2019, to June 13, 2019, with 17 public 

meetings held during that time to gather 

comments on the Draft RMP/EIS. The 

BLM engaged in a collaborative 

outreach and public involvement 

process during the public comment 

period that included federally 

recognized tribes, Alaska Native 

corporations, city, state, and federal 

agencies, non-governmental 

organizations, and the general public. 

The BLM collected comments on 

alternatives, objectives, and actions 

described in the Draft RMP/EIS. This 

Proposed RMP/Final EIS reflects 

changes and adjustments based on 

information received during public 

comment on the Draft RMP/EIS and new 

information. The Bering Sea-Western 

Interior Comment Summary Report 

(BLM 2019) provides additional detail 

on the public comment period, 

comments received, and how those 

comments were addressed in this 

Proposed RMP/Final EIS. A summary of 

comments received during the public 

comment period and responses to those 

comments is also included in Appendix 

G. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3120(a); 40 CFR 

1506.6(b). 

Chad B. Padgett, 

State Director, Alaska. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVL00000.L19900000.EX0000 21X MO 

#4500150160] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Robinson Mine Plan of Operations 

Amendment, White Pine County, 

Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely 

District (EYDO), Nevada, has prepared a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for the Robinson Mine Plan of 

Operations Amendment project and by 

this notice is announcing its 

availability. 

DATES: In order to have comments 

considered for inclusion in the Final 

EIS, the BLM must receive comments on 

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the Draft EIS by January 19, 2021, or 45 

days following the date that the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes its Notice of Availability in 

the Federal Register, whichever is 

greater. To maximize the opportunity 

for public input on this project while 

prioritizing the health and safety of 

BLM employees and the interested 

public, BLM will host online virtual 

public meetings to provide information 

and gather input on the project. The 

date(s) and information about how to 

login and participate in these virtual 

meetings will be announced at least 15 

days in advance through local media 

and on the BLM website at https://

go.usa.gov/xvYad. To ensure that 

comments will be considered, the BLM 

must receive written comments on the 

Draft EIS within 45 days following the 

date the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes its Notice of 

Availability in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the Robinson Mine Plan of 

Operations Amendment Draft EIS by 

any of the following methods: 

• Website: https://go.usa.gov/xvYad 

• Email: blm_nv_eydo_robinson_eis@

blm.gov 

• Mail: BLM Ely District Office, ATTN: 

Project Manager, Tiera Arbogast, 702 

North Industrial Way, Ely, Nevada 

89301 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Ely District 

Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tiera Arbogast, telephone 775–289– 

1872, or email tarbogast@blm.gov. 

Contact Ms. Arbogast to have your name 

added to the mailing list. Persons who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact Ms. Arbogast during normal 

business hours. The FRS is available 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a 

message or question with the above 

individual. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. Normal 

business hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except for 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document provides notice that the BLM 

EYDO, Ely, Nevada, has published a 

Draft EIS for the Robinson Mine Plan of 

Operations Amendment project. The 

Robinson Mine is an 8,887.6 acre copper 

mining operation adjacent to Ruth, 

Nevada, seven miles west of Ely, 

Nevada via U.S. Route 50. 

The KGHM Robinson Nevada Mining 

Company (KGHM Robinson) is 

proposing additional development at 

the Robinson Mine to extend mine life 

approximately 4 additional years 

beyond its currently anticipated 

permanent closure in 2024. To 

accomplish this, the company is 

proposing renewed mining in the 

eastern portions of its privately-owned 

Liberty Pit and a grant by the BLM to 

access and develop two specific areas of 

nearby BLM-managed public land on 

which to dispose newly generated waste 

rock. 

Under the Proposed Action 

Alternative (Alternative B) the company 

would develop approximately 260 acres 

immediately south of the Robinson 

Mine to serve as the ‘‘King’’ waste rock 

storage facility. An alternative scenario 

would allow the company to develop 

approximately 102 acres of BLM lands 

and 67 acres of KGHM-owned land 

adjacent to its existing North Tripp 

waste rock facility. The company is also 

considering possible disposal of new 

waste rock within approximately 160 

acres in its privately-owned Ruth East 

Pit, where no future mining is planned. 

Lastly, KGHM Robinson is seeking 

access to 94 private acres and 

approximately 545 acres of BLM lands 

adjacent to its existing Giroux Wash 

Tailings Storage Facility in order to (a) 

obtain soil material to use in increasing 

the height of the Giroux Wash main 

impoundment and the surrounding 

perimeter dams, and (b) to serve as 

growth media (e.g., topsoil) storage areas 

to be used in future reclamation of areas 

of mining-related surface disturbance. 

Under the No Action Alternative 

(Alternative A) the BLM would not 

approve the 2019 Robinson Mine Plan 

of Operations Amendment as written. 

Although KGHM Robinson could 

continue mining on their own private 

lands, no additional expansion onto 

BLM-managed public lands would be 

permitted. Without additional areas on 

which to dispose waste rock generated 

by continued mining, or the ability to 

obtain substantial additional volumes of 

soil to use in increasing the height of the 

primary impoundment and perimeter 

dams at the Giroux Wash Tailings 

Storage Facility (TSF), KGHM Robinson 

estimates that active operations at the 

Robinson Mine would cease in 2024. 

The Reduced King Waste Rock Dump 

(WRD) and North Tripp WRD 

(Alternative C) would keep all project 

elements described in the 2019 Plan 

Amendment, including both the North 

Tripp and King WRDs; however, the 

allowable footprint of the King WRD 

would be reduced from the 260 acres 

under Alternative B to 234 acres under 

this alternative. Specifically, Alternative 

C would eliminate all proposed King 

WRD development east of County Road 

44A. The North Tripp WRD would be 

expanded onto approximately 102 acres 

of BLM-managed public lands and 67 

private acres. As with Alternative B, this 

alternative would include dewatering 

and renewed mining in the eastern 

portions of the Liberty Pit and 

development of approximately 545 acres 

of BLM-managed public land and 94 

private acres adjacent to the Giroux 

Wash TSF. This alternative would result 

in approximately 869 acres of new 

disturbance on BLM-managed public 

lands and 237 acres of KGHM-owned 

private lands, for a total of 

approximately 1,106 acres of new 

surface disturbance. As with Alternative 

B, mine life would be extended to 2028, 

The Ruth East Backfill and Reduced 

King WRD Alternative (Alternative D) is 

similar to Alternative B, the Proposed 

Action. Alternative D would include 

renewed dewatering and expanded 

mining operations in the eastern 

portions of the Liberty Pit as well as 

approval for KGHM Robinson to 

develop a total of approximately 639 

acres of mixed public and private land 

adjacent to the Giroux Wash TSF. 

Alternative D, like Alternative C, would 

include the reduced 234-acre King 

WRD. Alternative D would, however, 

not include development of the North 

Tripp WRD. Rather, additional waste 

rock generated during continued mining 

would be disposed within 

approximately 160 acres of KGHMowned lands within the Ruth East Pit. 

Approval of Alternative D would 

therefore result in approximately 767 

acres of new surface disturbance on 

BLM-managed lands and 330 acres of 

KGHM-owned private lands, or a total of 

approximately 1,097 acres. As with 

Alternatives B and C, mine life would 

be extended to 2028. 

The Notice of Intent for this project 

included the BLM’s proposal to also 

amend the Ely District Resource 

Management Plan for Visual Resource 

Management classes. During scoping, 

however, the BLM determined that a 

Resource Management Plan amendment 

is not required, and therefore it is no 

longer being analyzed as part of this 

Draft EIS. On September 14, 2020, The 

Council on Environmental Quality’s 

revision to the NEPA Regulations went 

into effect. The final rule does not apply 

to the NEPA analysis for the Robinson 

Mine Plan of Operations Amendment, 

as it began prior to September 14, 2020. 

The purpose of the public review and 

comment process is to seek input on the 

range of alternatives and analysis of 

impacts presented in the Draft EIS. You 

may submit comments in writing to the 

BLM as shown in the ADDRESSES section 

above. To be considered, your 

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comments must be submitted by the 

close of the 45-day comment period. 

The BLM has initiated ongoing 

consultation with Indian tribes on a 

government-to-government basis in 

accordance with Executive Order 13175 

and other policies. Tribal concerns, 

including impacts on Indian trust assets 

and potential impacts to cultural 

resources, will be given due 

consideration. The public is encouraged 

to comment on the range of alternatives 

and analysis presented in the Draft EIS. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 

1610.2. 

Jared Bybee, 

Acting Field Manager, Bristlecone Field 

Office. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031200; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Pueblo Grande Museum, City of 

Phoenix, AZ; Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Pueblo Grande Museum 

has corrected an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in a Notice of Inventory Completion 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 8, 2020. This notice corrects the 

minimum number of individuals and 

the number of associated funerary 

objects. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

to the Pueblo Grande Museum. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects to the 

lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Pueblo Grande Museum at 

the address in this notice by January 4, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, 

Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. 

Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, 

telephone (602) 534–1572, email 

lindsey.vogel-teeter@phoenix.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the correction of an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Maricopa County, AZ, as well as 

unspecified locations within central or 

southern AZ. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

This notice corrects the minimum 

number of individuals and the number 

of associated funerary objects in a 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

published in the Federal Register (85 

FR 27435–27443, May 8, 2020). Transfer 

of control of the items in this correction 

notice has not occurred. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register (85 FR 27436, 

May 8, 2020), column 3, paragraph 3, is 

corrected by substituting the following 

paragraph: 

Between 1936 and 1939, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 54 individuals 

were removed from site AZ U:9:1(ASM)/ 

Pueblo Grande in Maricopa County, AZ, by 

PGM personnel. These excavations occurred 

in multiple areas of the site, and the majority 

of this work was conducted under the 

supervision of Julian Hayden. The human 

remains have been in the collections of PGM 

since they were excavated, but some 

individuals were not identified until 2018, 

during a review of the faunal and 

unprovenanced collections. The human 

remains belong to 37 cremated individuals 

and 17 individuals from inhumations. The 

individuals range in age from fetal to old 

adult and include both males and females. 

No known individuals were identified. The 

125 associated funerary objects are 18 

ceramic bowls of plain ware, red ware, and 

red-on-buff ware; eight ceramic jars of plain 

ware and Black Mesa black-on-white ware; 

one ceramic pitcher; one seed jar; three 

scoops of red ware and red-on-buff ware; four 

environmental samples; two lots of textile 

fragments; one spindle whorl; 13 lots of 

worked faunal bones that include awls; eight 

lots of shells; seven lots of shell jewelry that 

include bracelets, pendants, and beads; 25 

lots of ceramic sherds of plain ware, red 

ware, red-on-buff ware, and polychrome 

ware; nine lots of faunal bones, including the 

remains of a red-tailed hawk burial; six 

vessel fragments/partial vessels; one piece of 

stone jewelry; one worked sherd; one 

polishing stone; one lot of charcoal; three lots 

of a white chalky substance (possibly burned 

caliche or shell); two axes; one hammerstone; 

one red-on-buff censer; three palettes; two 

lithics; one projectile point; one turtle 

carapace; and one figurine. 

In the Federal Register (85 FR 

274441, May 8, 2020), column 3, 

paragraph 6, sentence 1 is corrected by 

substituting the following sentence: 

At an unknown time, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 21 individuals 

were removed from various unidentified 

locations in AZ. 

In the Federal Register (85 FR 

274441, May 8, 2020), column 3, 

paragraph 6, sentences 8–11 are 

corrected by substituting the following 

sentences: 

Ten of the individuals are from 

inhumations and 11 of the individuals are 

from cremations. The individuals are of 

varying ages and sexes. No known 

individuals were identified. The four 

associated funerary objects are one lot 

ceramic sherds, one lot burned faunal bone, 

and two lots of burned shell. 

In the Federal Register (85 FR 

274442, May 8, 2020), column 3, 

paragraph 2, sentence 1, under the 

heading ‘‘Determinations Made by the 

Pueblo Grande Museum,’’ is corrected 

by substituting the following sentence: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 286 

individuals of Native American ancestry. 

In the Federal Register (85 FR 

274442, May 8, 2020), column 3, 

paragraph 2, sentence 2, under the 

heading ‘‘Determinations Made by the 

Pueblo Grande Museum,’’ is corrected 

by substituting the following sentence: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 610 

objects described in this notice are 

reasonably believed to have been placed with 

or near individual human remains at the time 

of death or later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony.