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owls, lupine, and the rare California 

jewel flower. 

Dated: November 27, 2006. 

Ron Huntsinger, 

Field Manager, Bakersfield Field Office. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received at the Office of the Federal Register 

on February 26, 2007. 

[FR Doc. E7–3640 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–060–1990] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement To 

Analyze the Proposed Mount Hope 

Project Plan of Operations (NVN–

082096) for the Mount Hope 

Molybdenum Mine 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, 40 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) subparts 1500–1508, 

and 43 CFR subpart 3809, notice is 

hereby given that the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), Battle Mountain 

Field Office will be preparing an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Mount Hope Project, a proposed 

open pit molybdenum mine, mill, and 

associated facilities, located on public 

and private lands in Eureka County, 

Nevada. 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping period. Written comments on 

the scope of the EIS should be postmarked or hand delivered to the BLM 

Battle Mountain Field Office by 4:30 

p.m., no later than 30 days after the date 

of publication in the Federal Register to 

ensure full consideration. The public 

will be notified of scoping meetings 

through the local news media at least 15 

days prior to the first meeting. It is 

anticipated at least two scoping 

meetings (in Eureka and Battle 

Mountain, Nevada) will be held during 

this scoping period. 

ADDRESSES: Written scoping comments 

should be sent to the BLM, Battle 

Mountain Field Office, 50 Bastian Road, 

Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820, ATTN: 

Angelica Ordaz. Written comments may 

also be faxed to Angelica Ordaz at (775) 

635–4034, or submitted in writing to the 

BLM at one of the scoping meetings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to have your 

name added to our mailing list, contact 

Angelica Ordaz, Planning and 

Environmental Coordinator at the BLM 

Battle Mountain Field Office, or by 

telephone at (775) 635–4000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Idaho 

General Mines, Inc. (IGMI) has 

submitted a Plan of Operations (NVN–

082096) to the BLM for the proposed 

mining project. Pursuant to Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations 1502.14(a) and 1502.14(d), 

in addition to the proposed action, the 

BLM will explore and objectively 

evaluate all reasonable alternatives, 

including the alternative of no action. 

The reasonable range of alternatives will 

include an analysis of the feasibility to 

back fill or partially back fill the mined 

out pits. 

The Mount Hope Project Plan of 

Operations (Plan) will be presented to 

the public during scoping meetings, and 

informational letters on the Plan will be 

mailed to interested parties. The Plan 

will be available for public review at 

BLM’s Battle Mountain Field Office. 

The BLM invites public comment on the 

scope of the analysis, including issues 

to consider and alternatives to the 

proposed action. The purpose of the 

public scoping process is to determine 

relevant issues that will influence the 

scope of the environmental analysis and 

EIS alternatives. BLM personnel will be 

present at the scoping meetings to 

explain the environmental review 

process, the mining regulations, and 

other requirements for processing the 

proposed Plan and the associated EIS. 

Representatives of IGMI will also be 

available to describe their proposal. 

You may submit comments on issues 

in writing to the BLM at the public 

scoping meetings, or you may submit 

them to the BLM using one of the 

methods listed in the ADDRESSES section 

above. Before including your address, 

phone number, email 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. To be most helpful, formal 

scoping comments should be submitted 

within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, although 

comments will be accepted throughout 

the development of the EIS. Comments 

received and a list of attendees for each 

scoping meeting will be made available 

for public inspection and open for 30 

days following each meeting for any 

participant(s) who wish to clarify their 

views. Comments and documents 

pertinent to this proposal, including 

names and street addresses of 

respondents, may be examined at the 

Battle Mountain Field Office during 

regular business hours (7:30 a.m.–4:30 

p.m. Monday through Friday, except 

holidays). Comments may be published 

as part of the EIS. 

The proposed project would be 

located in north-central Nevada 

approximately 23 miles northwest of the 

town of Eureka in Townships 20, 21, 22, 

and 23 North, Ranges 51 and 52 East. 

The project would involve both public 

and private lands in Eureka County, 

Nevada. The project would involve the 

construction and development of the 

following primary components: An 

open pit for development of the Mount 

Hope ore body with an in-pit 

groundwater dewatering system; waste 

rock stockpiles; high grade and low 

grade ore stockpiles; ancillary facilities 

(maintenance shop, administrative 

facilities, and fuel and lubricant storage 

facilities); primary crusher; conveyor 

system; crushed ore stock pile area and 

ore reclaim system; a mill and flotation 

circuit including reagent storage, offices 

and a laboratory, warehouse, and 

laydown yards; north and south tailings 

storage facilities; a molybdenite 

concentrate roaster; water supply well(s) 

and associated rights-of-way for access 

roads, power lines, and pipelines; 

relocation of existing Falcon to Gonder 

230-kV transmission line segments in 

the project area; installation of a 120-kV 

transmission line and substation; 

construction of a landfill, haul, 

secondary, access, and exploration 

roads; and ancillary facilities including 

growth media stockpiles, diversion 

ditches, and stormwater runoff controls. 

The mine and milling facility would 

operate for approximately 53 years. 

During the first 12 years, the milling rate 

would be 44,100 tons per day and 

would increase to 55,100 tons per day 

for years 12 through 53. The roaster 

would convert molybdenum disulfide 

(MoS2) to technical grade molybdenum 

oxide (MoO3). Up to 100 tons of 

molybdenite concentrate per day would 

be processed through the roaster. 

Concurrent reclamation would be 

conducted during the 53-year operating 

period as mining in an area is 

completed. Site closure and final 

reclamation would be undertaken at the 

end of mining and milling. 

An interdisciplinary approach will be 

used to develop the EIS, in order to 

consider the variety of resource issues 

and concerns identified. Potential 

significant direct, indirect, residual, and 

cumulative impacts from the proposed 

action will be analyzed in the EIS. 


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Significant issues to be addressed in the 

EIS include in-pit dewatering activities, 

Native American religious concerns, 

visual resources, and socioeconomics. 

Additional issues may be identified 

during the scoping process. Federal, 

State, and local agencies, as well as 

individuals or organizations that may be 

interested in or affected by the BLM’s 

decision on this Plan of Operations are 

invited to participate in the scoping 

process and, if eligible, may request or 

be requested by the BLM to participate 

as a cooperating agency. The Nevada 

Department of Wildlife and Eureka 

County will participate as cooperating 

agencies for this project. 

Dated: January 3, 2007. 

Gene Seidlitz, 

Associate Field Manager, Battle Mountain 

Field Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–3643 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

[NV–912–07–1220PA–006F] 

Notice of Public Meeting: Recreation 

Subcommittee Meeting of the BLM 

Nevada Sierra Front-Northwestern 

Great Basin, Northeastern Great Basin 

and Mojave-Southern Great Basin 

Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) 

AGENCIES: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior and Forest Service, Agriculture. 

ACTION: BLM Nevada RACs Recreation 

Subcommittee meeting (hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘Recreation 

Subcommittee.’’) 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 

Act of 2004 (FLREA), the Recreation 

Subcommittee will hold a meeting to 

establish guidelines for the newly 

formed Recreation Subcommittee, to 

discuss a proposal for establishing a fee 

at Bob Scott campground managed by 

the Forest Service and to discuss a 

proposal to raise fees at BLM 

campgrounds managed by the BLM 

Nevada Elko Field Office. 

Date and Time: The Recreation 

Subcommittee will meet on Thursday, 

March 29, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

at the Bureau of Land Management, 

Nevada State Office. All meetings are 

open to the public. A general public 

comment period, where the public may 

submit oral or written comments to the 

Recreation Subcommittee will begin at 

approximately 11 a.m. unless otherwise 

listed in the final meeting agenda. 

A final detailed agenda, with any 

additions/corrections to agenda topics, 

location, field trips and meeting times, 

will be sent to local and regional media 

sources at least 14 days before each 

meeting, and hard copies can also be 

mailed or sent via FAX. Individuals 

who need special assistance such as 

sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, or who 

wish a hard copy of each agenda, should 

contact Barbara Keleher no later than 10 

days prior to each meeting. 

ADDRESSES: 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, 

Nevada, Phone: (775) 861–6400. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doran Sanchez, Chief, Office of 

Communications, telephone (775) 861–

6586, or Barbara Keleher, Outdoor 

Recreation Planner, telephone (775) 

861–6628, at the BLM Nevada State 

Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, 

Nevada. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 

Act (REA; Pub. L. 108–447), enacted on 

December 8, 2004, directs the 

Secretaries of the Interior or Agriculture, 

or both, to establish Recreation Resource 

Advisory Committees to provide advice 

and recommendations on recreation fees 

and fee areas in each State or region for 

Federal recreational lands and waters 

managed by the Bureau of Land 

Management or Forest Service. The law 

allows the agencies to use existing RACs 

or to establish new Recreation RACs. 

For the state of Nevada, a recreation 

subcommittee, of the three existing 

RACs, has been designated to perform 

Recreation Resource Advisory 

Committees responsibilities pertaining 

to both BLM and Forest Service 

managed Federal lands and waters per 

the national interagency agreement 

between the Forest Service and BLM. 

This subcommittee will recommend 

new amenity fees and fee change 

proposals to the respective RAC(s) for 

that geographic region. 

Dated: February 26, 2007. 

Ron Wenker, 

Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State 

Director. 

Dated: February 26, 2007. 

Ed Monnig, 

Forest Service, Supervisor, Humboldt-Toiyabe 

National Forest. 

[FR Doc. 07–945 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–910–06–7122–PN–C002] 

Notice of Final Amended 

Supplementary Rules for Public Land 

Administered by the Bureau of Land 

Management in Colorado Relating to 

the Unlawful Use of Alcohol by 

Underage Persons, Driving Under the 

Influence of Alcohol and/or Drugs, 

Firearms and Drug Paraphernalia Use 

and Possession on Public Land 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; Final amended 

supplementary rules for public land 

within the State of Colorado. 

SUMMARY: The Colorado State Office of 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

is amending the supplementary rules 

published in 2003 (January 14, 203, 68 

FR 1858) for the public lands within the 

State of Colorado. The supplementary 

rules relate to the illegal use of alcohol 

and drugs on the public lands. The 

amended supplementary rules are 

necessary to protect natural resources 

and the health and safety of public land 

users. These amended supplementary 

rules will allow BLM personnel to 

continue enforcement of existing public 

land regulations pertaining to alcohol 

and drug use in a manner consistent 

with current state laws as contained in 

the Colorado Revised Statutes. 

DATES: These rules are effective March 

2, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dorothy Bensusan, Bureau of Land 

Management, 2850 Youngfield Street, 

Lakewood, Colorado 80215, telephone 

(303) 239–3893. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may contact this individual by 

calling the Federal Information Relay 

Service (FIRS) at (800) 877–8339, 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment 

II. Background 

III. Procedural Matters 

I. Public Comment 

These supplementary rules were 

published as proposed in the Federal 

Register on October 11, 2006 (71 FR 

59811), and were open for public 

comment for 60 days, ending December 

11, 2006. No comments were received 

by the due date. Accordingly, these 

rules are being published as final. 

II. Background 

The BLM, Colorado, published final 

supplementary rules in 2003 that 


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