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623–1500; address 5100 E. Winnemucca 

Boulevard, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445; 

email wfoweb@blm.gov. Persons who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FIRS 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: Hycroft 

Resources Development Inc., (HRDI) 

proposes to expand mining activities at 

the existing Hycroft Mine on BLMmanaged public land and on private 

land in Humboldt and Pershing 

counties, approximately 55 miles west 

of Winnemucca, Nevada, on the west 

flank of the Kamma Mountains. HRDI 

submitted an amended Plan of 

Operations to the BLM for approval, 

which proposes to expand the existing 

project boundary of 8,858 acres an 

additional 5,895 acres for a total project 

area of approximately 14,753 acres of 

public and private land. The Hycroft 

Mine employs approximately 205 

workers. The proposed expansion 

would increase the mine life by 

approximately 12 years and increase 

employment to approximately 537 mine 

personnel. 

The EIS analyzes the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed expansion of 5,895 acres, 

which includes 2,172 acres of new 

surface disturbance. The existing open 

pit operation and associated disturbance 

would be increased by 2,057 acres from 

1,371 acres of public land to 3,428 acres 

of public land. Disturbance on private 

land controlled by HRDI would be 

increased 115 acres from 1,692 acres to 

1,807 acres. The additional acreage in 

the project boundary would be used for 

exploration. 

The FEIS analyzes two alternatives; 

the Proposed Action and the No Action 

Alternative. Three other alternatives 

were considered then eliminated: 

Daylight Hours Operation, Modified 

Exploration Activities, and Different 

Waste Rock Dump and Heap Leach Pad 

Configurations. Based on the analysis in 

the EIS, the BLM has selected a 

Preferred Alternative. This Preferred 

Alternative is the alternative that best 

fulfills the agency’s statutory mission 

and responsibilities, giving 

consideration to economic, 

environmental, technical, and other 

factors. The BLM has determined that 

the Preferred Alternative is the 

Proposed Action as outlined in Chapter 

2 of the EIS, with the inclusion of the 

identified recommended mitigation 

measures to the Proposed Action as 

specified in Chapter 3 of the EIS. 

The proposed project would expand 

the plan boundary and use of the entire 

project area for exploration; incorporate 

five rights-of-way; expand four existing 

open pits; backfill all or portions of 

three open pits; build a dispatch center 

and expand maintenance facilities; 

expand haul and secondary roads, waste 

rock facilities, and heap leach facilities; 

expand existing and construct two ready 

line and heavy equipment fueling areas; 

operate a portable crusher with 

conveyors at the south heap leach 

facility; construct, operate, and then 

close the south heap leach facility, 

Merrill-Crowe process plant, and 

solution ponds; relocate a segment of 

the Seven Troughs Road to bypass the 

south heap leach facility; expand the 

existing refinery and the Brimstone 

Merrill-Crowe plant; construct storm 

water diversions, install culverts, and 

other storm water controls; close the 

existing Class III landfill and construct 

a new Class III landfill; drill one potable 

water well and one process water well; 

relocate the existing Brimstone 

substation, upgrade the existing Crofoot 

substation, and extend power lines to 

new process areas; construct growth 

media stockpiles; and reclaim the 

project consistent with the proposed 

reclamation plan. 

Under the No-Action Alternative the 

BLM would not approve the proposed 

plan of operations and there would be 

no expansion. HRDI would continue 

mining activities under previously 

approved plans of operation. 

A Notice of Availability of the Draft 

EIS for the Proposed Hycroft Mine 

Expansion was published in the Federal 

Register on January 27, 2012. Seventynine comment letters were received 

during a 45-day period. The majority of 

the comments centered on the economic 

benefits of the project. There were five 

comment letters that included concerns 

on impacts to night skies, to public 

access roads, to water and air, to Native 

American sites and cultural resources, 

and on the proximity to the Black Rock 

Desert-High Rock Canyon-Emigrant 

Trails National Conservation Area. 

These comments were considered and 

addressed in Chapter 8 (Public 

Involvement) of the Final EIS. No 

changes to the analysis resulted in 

response to public comments, only the 

addition of clarifying text or minor 

corrections. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10. 

Gene Seidlitz, 

District Manager. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–TPS–9445; 2200–686] 

Notice of Intent To Modify Schedule of 

Fees for Reviewing Historic 

Preservation Certification 

Applications; Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; Correction. 

SUMMARY: This notice corrects the 

address and fax number that the public 

should use in making comments on the 

changes to the fees the National Park 

Service (NPS) charges for reviewing 

Historic Preservation Certification 

Applications, and extends the period for 

making comments. 

DATES: Written comments will be 

accepted until August 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: email: 

michael_auer@nps.gov; fax: 202–371– 

1961, Attention: Michael Auer Mail: 

Michael Auer, Technical Preservation 

Services, National Park Service, 1201 

‘‘Eye’’ St. NW., Org Code 2255, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

published in Vol. 77, No. 121, Friday, 

June 22, 2012, page 37708, column 2, 

had incorrect information in the 

ADDRESSES section. This notice provides 

a corrected address for sending 

comments by mail and a corrected fax 

number. It also extends the period for 

making comments. 

Dated: June 27, 2012. 

Jonathan B. Jarvis, 

Director, National Park Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

(BOEM) 

Final Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement (PEIS) for the 

Proposed Final Five-Year Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program for 2012–2017 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 


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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act, BOEM 

announces the availability of the OCS 

Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2012–2017 

Final PEIS prepared by BOEM to 

support the Proposed Final 5-Year OCS 

Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012– 

2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Headquarters, 381 Elden Street, 

Herndon, VA 20170; Attention: Mr. 

James F. Bennett, Chief of the Division 

of Environmental Assessment, 

telephone: (703) 787–1660. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Final 

PEIS assesses the potential impacts of, 

and the scheduling for, proposed lease 

sales during the years 2012 to 2017 in 

six planning areas on the OCS. These 

areas are the Western, Central and 

Eastern Gulf of Mexico; Cook Inlet; the 

Beaufort Sea; and the Chukchi Sea. 

Federal regulations (40 CFR 1502.4(b)) 

recommend analyzing effects of broad 

programs within a single programmatic 

EIS. 

EIS Availability: Persons interested in 

reviewing the Final PEIS for the 

Proposed Final 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program for 2012–2017, OCS 

EIS/EA BOEM 2012–030, can locate it 

on the Internet at www.boem.gov/5- 

year/2012-2017 or you may contact Mr. 

James F. Bennett at the address listed 

above to request a hard copy or a CD/ 

ROM version. Please specify if you wish 

a CD or paper copy. If neither is 

specified, a CD containing the Final 

PEIS will be forwarded. 

Library Availability: The Final PEIS 

will also be available for review at 

libraries in states near the proposed 

lease sales. These libraries are listed at 

the BOEM Web site at www.boem.gov/ 

5-Year/2012-2017/libraries or a list of 

libraries can be provided by contacting 

the contact person listed above. 

Dated: June 20, 2012. 

Willie R. Taylor, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy and 

Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS), Western Planning Area (WPA) 

and Central Planning Area (CPA), Oil 

and Gas Lease Sales for 2012–2017 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA) of 

the Multisale Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (Multisale FEIS). 

Authority: This NOA is published 

pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR 1503) 

implementing the provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. (1988)). 

SUMMARY: BOEM has prepared a 

Multisale FEIS on oil and gas lease sales 

tentatively scheduled during the period 

2012–2017 in the WPA and CPA 

offshore the States of Texas, Louisiana, 

Mississippi, and Alabama. Under the 

Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf 

Oil and Gas Leasing Program: 2012– 

2017 (Five-Year Program), five annual 

areawide lease sales are scheduled for 

the WPA and five annual areawide lease 

sales are scheduled for the CPA. The 

proposed WPA lease sales are Lease 

Sale 229 in 2012, Lease Sale 233 in 

2013, Lease Sale 238 in 2014, Lease Sale 

246 in 2015, and Lease Sale 248 in 2016; 

the proposed CPA lease sales are Lease 

Sale 227 in 2013, Lease Sale 231 in 

2014, Lease Sale 235 in 2015, Lease Sale 

241 in 2016, and Lease Sale 247 in 2017. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Multisale FEIS covers the five WPA and 

five CPA Gulf of Mexico lease sales 

scheduled for 2012–2017 in the FiveYear Program. The Multisale FEIS 

presents the baseline conditions and 

potential environmental effects of oil 

and natural gas leasing, exploration, 

development, and production in the 

WPA and CPA. In an effort to better 

understand the environmental impacts 

resulting from the Deepwater Horizon 

event, BOEM conducted an extensive 

search for information. BOEM surveyed 

scientific journals and available 

scientific data and information from 

academic institutions and Federal, state, 

and local agencies; and interviewed 

personnel from academic institutions 

and Federal, state, and local agencies. 

BOEM examined potential impacts of 

routine activities and accidental events, 

including a low-probability catastrophic 

event associated with a proposed lease 

sale and a proposed lease sale’s 

incremental contribution to the 

cumulative impacts on environmental 

and socioeconomic resources. The oil 

and gas resource estimates and scenario 

information for the Multisale FEIS are 

presented as a range that would 

encompass the resources and activities 

estimated for a WPA and CPA proposed 

lease sale. 

Final EIS Availability: To obtain a 

single, printed or CD–ROM copy of the 

Multisale FEIS, you may contact the 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Public 

Information Office (MS 5034), 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 250, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394 (1– 

800–200–GULF). An electronic copy of 

the Multisale FEIS is available on 

BOEM’s Internet Web site at http:// 

www.boem.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/EnvironmentalAssessment/NEPA/nepaprocess.aspx. 

Several libraries along the Gulf Coast 

have been sent copies of the Multisale 

FEIS. To find out which libraries have 

copies of the Multisale FEIS for review, 

you may contact BOEM’s Public 

Information Office or visit BOEM’s 

Internet Web site at http:// 

www.boem.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/EnvironmentalAssessment/NEPA/ 

nepaprocess.aspx#EIS Mailing List. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the Multisale FEIS, 

you may contact Mr. Gary D. Goeke, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard (MS 5410), 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, or 

by email at MultisaleEIS@BOEM.gov. 

You may also contact Mr. Goeke by 

telephone at (504) 736–3233. 

Dated: June 19, 2012. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing 

its intention to request approval to 

continue the collections of information 

under 30 CFR Part 740, Surface Coal 

Mining and Reclamation Operations on 

Federal Lands. This information 

collection activity was previously 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), and assigned 

clearance numbers 1029–0027. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

information collection must be received 

by September 4, 2012, to be assured of 

consideration. 


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