Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 7, 2007 / Notices 10241 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Applicant has applied to the Service for 

a Section 10(a)(1)(B) incidental take 

permit for a period of five years in order 

to gain authorization for incidental take 

of the Houston toad. 

Section 9 of the Act prohibits the 

‘‘taking’’ of endangered species such as 

the Houston toad. However, the Service, 

under limited circumstances, may issue 

permits to take endangered wildlife 

species that is incidental to, and not the 

purpose of, otherwise lawful activities. 

We provide this notice under section 

10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and its implementing regulations (50 

CFR 17.22), and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4371 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Applicant: The Applicant is 

proposing general commercial 

development and construction activities 

on Lot 1, a 0.75-acre property located on 

Highway 71 in the Tahitian Village 

Subdivision, Bastrop County, Texas. 

This action will eliminate up to 0.75 

acres of Houston toad habitat and result 

in indirect impacts within the lot. The 

Applicant proposes to compensate for 

incidental take of the Houston toad by 

providing $2,250.00 to the Houston 

Toad Conservation Fund at the National 

Fish and Wildlife Foundation for the 

specific purpose of land acquisition and 

management within Houston toad 

habitat. 

David Yazzie, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 2, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

[FR Doc. E7–4031 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–910–07–1990–EX] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement Updating Cumulative 

Effects Analysis for the Newmont 

Mining Corporation Leeville Project, 

Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI). 

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), Elko Field Office will be 

preparing a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

to update the cumulative effects 

analysis for Newmont Mining 

Corporation’s Leeville gold mine in Elko 

County, Nevada. The project was 

authorized in 2002. 

DATES: Public comments must be 

received in the Elko Field Office within 

21 days after publication of this NOI in 

the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

—Fax: (775) 753–0255 

—Mail: Send to the attention of the 

Leeville Project Manager, BLM Elko 

Field Office, 3900 East Idaho Street, 

Elko, NV 89801 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deb 

McFarlane, Project Manager at the Elko 

Field Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, Elko, 

NV 89801. Telephone: (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 the United States 

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 

partially reversing the ROD. In response, 

the BLM will review and update the 

cumulative effects analyzed in Chapter 

4 of the 2002 EIS and issue an SEIS 

along with a new ROD. The BLM is 

asking the public for information on any 

new or proposed projects within the 

cumulative effects areas which could 

contribute cumulative effects. We are 

also asking the public to review the 

cumulative effects areas as defined in 

the 2002 Leeville EIS. This EIS can be 

reviewed on or downloaded from the 

Elko BLM’s Web page, http:// 

www.nv.blm.gov/elko. 

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 SEIS. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware 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. 

Dated: January 17, 2007. 

Danielle Yroz, 

Associate Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–4071 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–910–07–1990–EX] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement Updating Cumulative 

Effects Analysis for the Newmont 

Mining Corporation South Operations 

Area Project Amendment, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI). 

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), Elko Field Office will be 

preparing a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

to update the cumulative effects 

analysis for Newmont Mining 

Corporation’s South Operations Area 

Project Amendment (SOAPA) gold mine 

in Elko County, Nevada. The project 

was authorized in 2002. The BLM is 

asking the public for information on any 

new or proposed projects within the 

cumulative effects areas which could 

contribute cumulative effects. We are 

also asking the public to review the 

cumulative effects areas as defined in 

the 2002 SOAPA EIS. This EIS can be 

reviewed on or downloaded from the 

Elko BLM’s Web page, http:// 

www.nv.blm.gov/elko. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

the Elko Field Office within 21 days 

after publication of this NOI in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

—Fax: (775) 753–0255 

—Mail: Send to the attention of the 

South Operations Area Project 

Amendment Project Manager, BLM 

Elko Field Office, 3900 East Idaho 

Street, Elko, NV 89801 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deb 

McFarlane, Project Manager at the Elko 

Field Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, Elko, 

NV 89801. Telephone: (775) 753–0200. 


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