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202–402–3400. This is not a toll-free 

number. HUD welcomes and is prepared 

to receive calls from individuals who 

are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as 

individuals with speech or 

communication disabilities. To learn 

more about how to make an accessible 

telephone call, please visit https://

www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/ 

telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 

Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Pollard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD is 

seeking approval from OMB for the 

information collection described in 

Section A. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: Home 

Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) 

Insurance Application for the 

Origination of Reverse Mortgages and 

Related Documents. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0524. 

Type of Request: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Form Number: HUD–92901, HUD– 

92902, HUD–92051, HUD–92561, HUD– 

92564–CN, HUD–92800.5b, HUD– 

92900–A, HUD 92900–C, HUD–1, HUD– 

1a, HUD–9991, HUD–9992, FNMA– 

1025, FNMA–1003, FNMA–1007, 

FNMA–1009, FNMA–1004, FNMA– 

1004D, FNMA–1004C, FNMA–1073, 

FNMA–1103, HUD–92541, HUD–92544, 

NPMA–99A, NPMA–99B. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

Home Equity Conversion Mortgage 

(HECM) program is the Federal Housing 

Administration’s (FHA) reverse 

mortgage program that enables seniors 

who have equity in their homes to 

withdraw a portion of the accumulated 

equity. The intent of the HECM Program 

is to ease the financial burden on 

elderly homeowners facing increased 

health, housing, and subsistence costs at 

a time of reduced income. The currently 

approved information collection is 

necessary to screen mortgage insurance 

applications in order to protect the FHA 

insurance fund and the interests of 

consumers and potential borrowers. 

This collection was revised to align with 

current program requirements and 

recent amendments to the regulations. 

Respondents: Mortgagees and 

Counselors. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

512. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

572,680. 

Frequency of Response: Varies. 

Average Hours per Response: 0.05 to 

2.00. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 

$28,462,906.21. 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond; including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

C. Authority 

Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35. 

Jeffrey D. Little, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Housing. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_NV_FRN_MO4500169077] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Nevada Gold Mines LLC’s Goldrush 

Mine Project, Lander and Eureka 

Counties, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

announces the availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Nevada Gold Mines LLC (NGM) 

Goldrush Mine Project. 

DATES: The BLM will not issue a 

decision on the proposal for a minimum 

of 30 days after the date that the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

publishes its Notice of Availability 

(NOA) in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: The Final EIS and 

documents pertinent to this proposal are 

available for review on the BLM 

National NEPA Register website at 

https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2012544/510. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Distel, Project Manager, telephone: 

(775) 635–4093; email: sdistel@blm.gov; 

address: 50 Bastian Road, Battle 

Mountain, NV 89820. Individuals in the 

United States who are deaf, deafblind, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability may dial 7–1–1 (TTY, TDD, or 

TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunication relay services for 

contacting Mr. Distel. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services offered within their 

country to make international calls to 

the point-of-contact in the United 

States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for the Proposed 

Action 

The BLM’s purpose for the action is 

to respond to NGM’s proposal, as 

described in its proposed plan of 

operations, and to analyze the potential 

environmental effects associated with 

the Proposed Action, which is the 

operator’s proposed plan of operations, 

and alternatives to the Proposed Action. 

NEPA mandates that the BLM evaluate 

the potential effects of the Proposed 

Action and develop alternatives. The 

BLM’s need for the action is established 

by the BLM’s responsibilities under 

Section 302 of FLPMA and the BLM 

Surface Management Regulations at 43 

CFR subpart 3809 to respond to a 

proposed plan of operations and ensure 

that operations prevent unnecessary or 

undue degradation of the public lands. 

Proposed Action and Alternatives 

Under the proposed plan of 

operations, NGM would construct and 

operate an underground mine project in 

the Cortez Mining Area of Lander and 

Eureka Counties, Nevada. The proposed 

Goldrush Mine Plan boundary 

encompasses 19,853 acres, of which 772 

acres are private land controlled by 

NGM and 19,081 acres are public lands 

administered by the BLM Battle 

Mountain District, Mount Lewis Field 

Office (MLFO) and BLM Elko District, 

Tuscarora Field Office (TFO). Most of 

this area is within existing exploration 

and mine plans previously authorized 

by the BLM and includes facilities and 

surface disturbance associated with the 


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authorized plans. To create the new 

Plan boundary, NGM proposes 

boundary modifications and/or 

reclassification of acres within the 

following existing NGM-owned 

exploration and mine Plan boundaries: 

Horse Canyon Mine Plan (N–66896) 

administered by MLFO; Horse Canyon/ 

Cortez Unified Exploration Project (HC/ 

CUEP) Plan (N–66621) administered by 

MLFO; West Pine Valley Exploration 

Project Plan (N–77213) administered by 

TFO; and use of existing infrastructure 

at the Cortez Mine (N–67575) 

administered by MLFO. 

The proposed plan of operations 

would result in 1,694 acres of new 

surface disturbance on public lands 

administered by the BLM, including 

approximately 210 acres of exploration 

disturbance that could occur anywhere 

within the proposed Goldrush Mine 

Plan boundary. In addition, 

approximately 1,064 acres of existing 

authorized disturbance would be within 

the proposed footprint, and 

approximately 12 acres of existing 

authorized disturbance would be 

reclassified. The proposal includes a 

materials handling system for 

transporting ore and waste rock from the 

underground workings to the surface 

and transporting aggregate and supplies 

to the underground workings and 

surface backfill plant; a dewatering 

system; ventilation raises; a backfill 

aggregate paste plant and crusher; a 

shotcrete/cemented rock fill (CRF) 

plant; two new power lines with two 

switching stations; new ancillary 

surface facilities; and continued surface 

and underground exploration 

operations. 

The Revised Proposed Action for 

Reduced Wildlife Impacts Alternative is 

the BLM’s Preferred Alternative. The 

proposed Plan boundary under this 

alternative would consist of 19,871 

acres, of which 772 acres would be on 

private land controlled by NGM and 

19,099 of public lands administered by 

the BLM. The same reclassification of 

acres from existing authorizations 

would occur as described under the 

proposed plan of operations, except a 

total of 888 acres would be transferred 

from the West Pine Valley Exploration 

Plan (N–77213) to the Goldrush Mine 

Plan boundary. This alternative would 

create an additional 1,626 acres of new 

surface disturbance on public lands 

administered by the BLM, including 

approximately 210 acres of exploration 

disturbance. In addition, approximately 

1,027 acres of existing authorized 

disturbance would be within the 

footprint of this alternative, and 

approximately five acres of existing 

authorized disturbance would be 

reclassified. 

The proposed underground mining 

and surface support operations for the 

Goldrush Mine under the Revised 

Proposed Action for Reduced Wildlife 

Impacts Alternative would include the 

same features as described for proposed 

plan of operations, except the following 

would occur: the water treatment plant 

and multi-use shop would be 

eliminated; the surface paste plant in 

Horse Canyon, paste plant access road 

to Horse Canyon, and associated 

aggregate haulage would be eliminated; 

a secondary CRF plant would be 

constructed on the proposed portal pad 

expansion; the laydown yard would be 

relocated to be constructed adjacent to 

the West Pine Valley rapid infiltration 

basin; and the alignment of the 13.8-kV 

power line would be changed to relocate 

the poles below the crest of the canyon 

wall in Horse Canyon. The only changes 

to the underground mining operations 

would be increasing the diameter of the 

ventilation raises to 21 feet in diameter 

and eliminating the use of the aggregate 

paste fill as backfill. 

Under the No Action Alternative, the 

development of the Goldrush Mine 

would not be authorized and NGM 

would not construct, operate, and close 

a new underground mine (i.e., the 

Goldrush Mine). Modifications or 

reclassification of acres would not 

occur, and the dual use of facilities 

between the Cortez Mine and Goldrush 

Mine would not occur. NGM would 

continue current authorized mining and 

exploration operations under the 

previously authorized plans. 

Based on the analyses contained in 

the EIS for the proposed Goldrush Mine 

Project, and after carefully considering 

input received from the public and 

cooperating agencies, the BLM has 

selected the Revised Proposed Action 

for Reduced Wildlife Impacts 

Alternative as the BLM’s preferred 

alternative. 

Public comments on the Draft EIS 

received, and internal BLM review, 

were considered and incorporated as 

appropriate into the Final EIS. Public 

comments resulted in the addition of 

clarifying text but did not significantly 

change the impact analyses. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10) 

Douglas W. Furtado, 

District Manager Battle Mountain District. 

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BILLING CODE 4331–21–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_NV_FRN_MO4500173317] 

Notice of Segregation of Public Land 

for the Pantheon Solar Project, White 

Pine County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of segregation. 

SUMMARY: Through this notice the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is 

segregating public lands included in the 

right-of-way application for the 

Pantheon Solar project (N–099861) from 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the Mining Law, but not 

the Mineral Leasing or Material Sales 

Acts, for a period of 2 years from the 

date of publication of this notice, 

subject to valid existing rights. This 

segregation is to allow for the orderly 

administration of the public lands to 

facilitate consideration of development 

of renewable energy resources. The 

public lands segregated by this notice 

total 4,210.06 acres. 

DATES: This segregation for the lands 

identified in this notice takes effect on 

October 31, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to have your 

name added to the mailing list, send 

requests to: Jared Bybee, Field Manager, 

at telephone (775) 289–1847; address 

702 N Industrial Way, Ely, NV 89301 or 

email jbybee@blm.gov. Individuals in 

the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations found at 43 CFR 2091.3– 

1(e) and 43 CFR 2804.25(f) allow the 

BLM to temporarily segregate public 

lands within a right-of-way application 

area for solar energy development from 

the operation of the public land laws, 

including the Mining Law, by 

publication of a Federal Register notice. 

The BLM uses this temporary 

segregation authority to preserve its 

ability to approve, approve with 

modifications, or deny proposed rightsof-way and to facilitate the orderly 

administration of the public lands. This 

temporary segregation is subject to valid 

existing rights. Licenses, permits, 

cooperative agreements, or discretionary 


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