[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 172 (Thursday, September 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51248-51249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4340]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-910-07-1990-EX, 7-08808]


Notice of Availability of Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement for Newmont Mining Corporation's Leeville Project, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 
Elko Field Office has prepared a Draft Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (SEIS) for Newmont Mining Corporation's Leeville gold 
mine in Eureka and Elko counties, Nevada, and by this notice is 
announcing the opening of the comment period.

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DATES: To assure they will be considered, the BLM must receive written 
comments on the Draft SEIS within 60 days following the date the 
Environmental Protection Agency publishes their Notice of Availability 
in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by the following methods: Fax: (775) 
753-0255, Mail: Leeville Project Manager, BLM Elko Field Office, 3900 
East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deb McFarlane, BLM Elko Field Office, 
3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801, (775) 753-0200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM signed a Record of Decision (ROD) 
for Newmont Mining Corporation's Leeville Project, an underground gold 
mine located on the Carlin Trend in northeastern Nevada, on September 
25, 2002. The Leeville Mine includes three main ore bodies located 
approximately 2,500 feet below ground surface. Newmont is authorized to 
construct ancillary mine facilities, including construction of five 
shafts to access the ore bodies, shaft hoists, waste rock disposal 
facility, refractory ore stockpiles, facilities to support mine 
dewatering, and facilities to support backfill operations. Surface 
disturbance totals 486 acres. Four years of legal review resulted in a 
decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 
holding that portions of the cumulative effects analysis were 
insufficient. In response, the BLM has updated the cumulative effects 
analyzed in Chapter 4 of the 2002 EIS, including information on any new 
or proposed projects that could contribute cumulative effects, and has 
issued this Draft SEIS which analyzes the cumulative effects analysis 
for Newmont Mining Corporation's Leeville gold mine in Eureka and Elko 
counties, Nevada. A copy of the Draft SEIS may be obtained from: Bureau 
of Land Management, Elko Field Office, 3900 Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada 
89801. The Draft SEIS may also be found on the Elko Field Office 
Internet site at: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/elko_field_office/blm_information/nepa.htm. Comments, including names and street 
addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the 
above address during regular business hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except holidays, and may be published as part of 
the Final SEIS.
    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 your personal identifying information from 
public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Ron Wenker,
State Director, Nevada.
[FR Doc. 07-4340 Filed 8-31-07; 2:38 pm]
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