Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 172 / Thursday, September 6, 2007 / Notices 51249 

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] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

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 South Operations Area 

Project Amendment, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 

prepared a Draft Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

for Newmont Mining Corporation’s 

South Operations Area Project 

Amendment (SOAPA) in Eureka and 

Elko counties, Nevada, and by this 

notice is announcing the opening of the 

comment period. 

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: Send to SOAPA 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 SOAPA 

project located on the Carlin Trend in 

northeastern Nevada, on July 26, 2002. 

That ROD authorized Newmont to mine 

an additional 350 feet below what had 

been previously authorized, to expand 

139 acres of surface occupation, to 

expand waste rock disposal facilities 

and heap leach facilities, to continue 

dewatering and ground water discharge 

to Maggie Creek, and to construct 

associated ancillary facilities. 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 analysis 

for Newmont Mining Corporation’s 

SOAPA project in Chapter 5 of the 2002 

EIS, including, any new or proposed 

projects that could contribute to 

cumulative effects, and has issued a 

Draft SEIS. A copy of the Draft SEIS may 

be obtained from the 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: 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. 07–4339 Filed 8–31–07; 2:38 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

Meeting of the California Desert 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in 

accordance with Public Laws 92–463 

and 94–579, that the California Desert 

District Advisory Council to the Bureau 

of Land Management, U.S. Department 

of the Interior, will participate in a field 

tour of BLM-administered public lands 

on Friday, September 28, 2007 from 8 

a.m. to 4 p.m., and meet in formal 

session on Saturday, September 29 from 

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