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Alternative, the BLM would not issue a 

ROW grant for the OP Pipeline. The 

project, including the pipeline, 

temporary access roads, and temporary 

use areas during construction, would 

not be approved or authorized as 

described in the ROW application. The 

BLM’s preferred alternative is the 

Proposed Action Alternative. The 

Proposed Action Alternative analyzed 

in the DEIS reflects minor revisions to 

the original route as proposed by 

Overland Pass Company. The Southern 

Energy Corridor Alternative reflects the 

Green River Resource Management 

Plan’s preferred locations for future 

proposed ROWS. Other alternatives, 

including transportation system 

alternatives and route variations, were 

considered, but not studied in detail. 

The DEIS analyzes the potential 

environmental consequences of granting 

Overland Pass Company a ROW to 

construct an approximately 760-mile 

pipeline that would transport NGLs 

from Opal, Wyoming, to its terminus at 

the company’s existing facilities in 

Conway, Kansas. The pipeline would be 

approximately 14 inches in diameter 

between Opal and Echo Springs, 

Wyoming, and 16 inches in diameter 

from Echo Springs, Wyoming, to 

Conway, Kansas. 

As part of the proposed action, the OP 

Pipeline would be routed across 

southern Wyoming from Opal to Echo 

Springs along various existing utility or 

pipeline ROWs. From Echo Springs, the 

pipeline ROW would run in a 

southeasterly direction, paralleling the 

existing Southern Star Pipeline, and 

proceed to the south of Cheyenne, 

Wyoming, before entering Colorado. A 

major portion of the proposed route in 

Wyoming would cross public lands 

administered by the BLM. 

From the Colorado border, the 

pipeline ROW would continue to 

parallel Southern Star Pipeline 

southeasterly crossing the Pawnee 

National Grassland, which is 

administered by the USDA Forest 

Service, and then into Kansas. From the 

Colorado-Kansas state line, the OP 

Pipeline would continue to run parallel 

to the Southern Star Pipeline to south of 

WaKeeney, Kansas. It would then follow 

an existing BP Amoco pipeline to 

Bushton, Kansas. From this point, the 

OP Pipeline would not parallel existing 

pipelines until reaching Mitchell, 

Kansas, where it would then follow an 

existing Williams Pipeline to the 

termination point at Conway, Kansas. 

At Bushton and Conway, Kansas, the 

transported NGL would be processed at 

existing facilities and distributed 

through an existing transportation 

infrastructure to consumer markets in 

the Midwest and Texas Gulf of Mexico 

coast. About 82 percent of the proposed 

760-mile pipeline would be co-located 

within existing pipeline ROW corridors. 

In addition to the pipeline, three electric 

pump stations would be needed to move 

the NGL at a maximum pressure of 

1,440 pounds per square inch gauge 

(psig) through the pipeline. The pump 

stations are proposed to be located near 

Echo Springs and Laramie, Wyoming, 

and near WaKeeney, Kansas. The 

pipeline would have manual or selfactuating shut-off valves at regular 

intervals, as well as cleaning facilities 

and meter stations. 

The OP Pipeline would be 

constructed and installed within a 75- 

foot-wide construction area. After 

construction and reclamation, the 

permanent ROW would be 50 feet wide, 

centered on the pipeline. All temporary 

workspace areas needed for 

construction activities outside the 50 

foot wide permanent ROW would 

require Temporary Use Permits. 

All comment submittals must include 

the commenter’s name and street 

address. Comments, including the 

names and street addresses of 

respondent, will be available for public 

review at the Rawlins Field Office 

during its business hours (7:45 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m.), Monday through Friday, 

except for Federal holidays. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, be advised 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 from public review your 

personal identifying information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

Robert A. Bennett, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. E7–5575 Filed 3–29–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–040–07–5110–CF05 1990–EX–1990; 

N82888] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for an 

Expansion of Mining Operations at 

Barrick Gold Corporation’s Bald 

Mountain and Money Basin Mines, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 and 43 CFR part 

3809, the Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) Ely Field Office, Nevada intends 

to prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for a proposed 

consolidation and expansion of the 

existing Plans of Operation for Barrick 

Gold Corporation’s Bald Mountain Mine 

and Mooney Basin Mine located in 

White Pine County, Nevada. The two 

existing mines would be combined into 

one new expanded operation which 

would be called the North Operations 

Area. The EIS will analyze anticipated 

impacts of the expansion under this 

new consolidated Plan of Operation, 

and will incorporate analysis from a 

previous EIS and environmental 

assessments associate with the existing 

disturbance. 

DATES: Publication of this notice 

initiates the public scoping process. 

Scoping meetings will be held in Ely, 

Elko, and Eureka, Nevada. All public 

meetings will be announced through 

local news media, newsletters or flyers, 

and will be posted on the BLM Web site, 

http://www.nv.blm.gov/ely/ 

2007_releases.htm at least 15 days prior 

to each event. 

The minutes and list of attendees for 

each meeting will be available to the 

public and open for 30 days after the 

meeting to any participants who wish to 

clarify the views they expressed. 

Comments and resource information 

should be submitted to the BLM within 

30 days of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: lynn_bjorklund@nv.glm.gov. 

• Fax: 775–189–1910. 

• Mail: Bureau of Land Management, 

Ely Field Office, Attention: Lynn 

Bjorklund, HC33 Box 33500, Ely, 

Nevada, 89301. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Ely Field Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to have your 

name added to our mailing list, contact 

Lynn Bjorklund, Ely Field Office, at 775 

289–1893 or by e-mail to 

lynn_bjorklund@nv.blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Barrick 

Gold Corporation has submitted a 

proposal to expand and consolidate 

their existing Bald Mountain and 

Mooney Basin Mines, which are located 

approximately 65 air miles northwest of 

the town of Ely, Nevada. The project 

(consolidating the existing Bald 

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Basin Mine N–46–94–010P into one 

unified operation called the North 

Operations Area) would consist of 

extending existing open pits, expanding 

existing rock disposal areas and heap 

leach facilities, construction of a truck 

shop, and continuing the operation, 

reclamation, and closure of the existing 

Bald Mountain Mine and Mooney Basin 

Mine operations (to include mine 

offices, truck shops/warehouse, haul 

roads, ore stockpiles, access roads, 

diversion ditches, power transmission 

lines, water wells and pipelines, process 

solution transmission pipelines and a 

landfill). This proposed expansion is 

entirely on unpatented mining claims 

on BLM-administered public land. 

Project access would continue to be via 

existing public roads. The projected life 

of the existing mine operation would 

increase approximately 10 years under 

this proposed project. 

Under the proposed action, there 

would be an additional disturbance of 

3,808 acres. The BLM previously 

authorized Barrick Gold Corporation to 

disturb 3,418 acres within the Bald 

Mountain Mine Plan boundary and 742 

acres within the Mooney Basin Plan 

boundary (for a total of approximately 

4,160 acres) associated with pits, rock 

disposal areas, heap leaching, roads, 

growth media stockpiles, exploration, 

and underground mining activities. The 

Proposed North Operations Area would 

include the 4,160 acres of previously 

permitted disturbance and 3,808 acres 

of new disturbance, for a final 

disturbance footprint of 7,968 acres. The 

North Operations Area EIS would 

incorporate existing analysis that 

includes several environmental 

assessments and the 1995 Bald 

Mountain Mine Expansion EIS. 

Combining the Mooney Basin Mine 

and the Bald Mountain Mine into one 

project area would result in the new 

North Operations Area project boundary 

expanding to include an additional 

3,738 acres of public land. The original 

boundaries of the two mines 

encompassed 12,737 acres of public 

land. The proposed project boundary for 

the North Operations Area would 

encompass 16,475 acres. These project 

boundaries define an area of potential 

operations although not all of the 

acreage within these boundaries would 

be disturbed. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to determine relevant issues 

that will influence the scope of the 

environmental analysis and EIS 

alternatives. Federal, state, and local 

agencies, and other individuals or 

organizations that may be interested in 

or affected by the BLM’s decision on 

this Plan of Operations amendment are 

invited to participate in the scoping 

process. To be most helpful, you should 

submit formal scoping comments within 

30 days after publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register. 

Individual respondents may request 

confidentiality. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, be 

advised 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 from 

public review your personal identifying 

information, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. All 

submissions from organizations, 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses will be 

available for public inspection in their 

entirety. The minutes and list of 

attendees for each public meeting will 

be available to the public and open for 

30 days after the meeting to any 

participants who wish to clarify the 

views they expressed. All comments 

will be available to the public for review 

at the Ely Field Office BLM throughout 

the EIS process. 

Potentially significant direct, indirect, 

residual, and cumulative impacts from 

the proposed action will be analyzed in 

the EIS and will include wildlife, BLM 

sensitive species, socioeconomics, and 

cultural resources. Additional issues to 

be addressed may arise during the 

scoping process. 

Dated: February 26, 2007. 

John R. Ruhs, 

Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. 07–1589 Filed 3–29–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CACA 14340] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal 

Extension and Opportunity for Public 

Meeting; California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service has filed 

an application with the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) that proposes to 

extend the duration of Public Land 

Order (PLO) No. 6652 for an additional 

20-year term. PLO No. 6652 withdrew 

30 acres of National Forest System land 

from the mining laws, but not from 

other forms of disposition as may by law 

be authorized on National Forest System 

land or the mineral leasing laws to 

protect the Petersburg Administrative 

Site in Siskiyou County. This notice 

also gives an opportunity to comment 

on the proposed action and to request a 

public meeting. 

DATES: Comments and requests for a 

public meeting must be received by June 

28, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting 

requests should be sent to Duane Marti, 

BLM California State Office, 2800 

Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 

95825. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Duane Marti, BLM California State 

Office, (916) 978–4675, or at the above 

address and Jan Ford, Klamath National 

Forest, (530) 841–4483. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

withdrawal created by PLO No. 6652 (52 

FR 27552) will expire on July 21, 2007, 

unless extended. The Forest Service has 

filed an application requesting the 

Secretary of the Interior to extend PLO 

No. 6652 for an additional 20-year term. 

The withdrawal was made to protect the 

Petersburg Administrative Site of the 

Forest Service on National Forest 

System land described as follows. 

Klamath National Forest 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

T. 38 N., R. 11 W., 

Sec. 34, E1⁄2E1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4 and 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

The area described contains 30 acres in 

Siskiyou County. 

The purpose of the proposed 

extension is to continue the withdrawal 

created by PLO No. 6652 for an 

additional 20-year term to protect the 

Petersburg Administrative Site. 

The use of a right-of-way, interagency, 

or cooperative agreement would not 

provide adequate protect of the Federal 

investment. 

There are no suitable alternative sites 

as the land described contains 

permanent Federal facilities. 

No additional water rights would be 

needed to fulfill the purpose of the 

requested withdrawal extension. 

Records relating to the application 

may be examined by contacting Curt 

Hughes at the above address or 530–

842–6131. 

For a period of 90 days from the date 

of publication of this notice, all persons 

who wish to submit comments, 

suggestions, or objections in connection 

with the proposed extension may 

present their views in writing to the 

Forest Supervisor, Klamath National 

Forest, at the address noted above. 


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