[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 123 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34919-34920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16734]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZA 28631]


Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement 
and Record of Decision for the Proposed Leach Facility Expansion 
Project, Cyprus Miami Mining Corporation, Miami, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior

ACTION: Notice of Availability, Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(FEIS) and Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona State Office and 
Phoenix Field Offices (PFO), jointly with the Tonto National Forest, 
have prepared an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in response to a 
Mine Plan of Operations (MPO) filed by Cyprus Miami Mining Corporation 
(CMMC). The EIS was prepared in compliance with the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, as amended, 43 CFR 3809, and Section 
102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The 
proposed action involves development of three leach pad facilities, one 
waste rock disposal site and associated facilities including access and 
utility corridors. This action will affect 350 acres administered by 
the BLM, PFO along with 420 acres of Tonto National Forest. Based on 57 
comments received on the Draft EIS issued in April 1997, the agencies 
have prepared an abbreviated Final EIS. The Final EIS is to be read in 
conjunction with the Draft EIS. The agencies selected Alternative A--
Modified Development Sequence to the Proposed Action--as the preferred 
alternative. The Final EIS is now available to the public as is the 
Record of Decision (ROD).
    The ROD is issued as a separate document prepared and signed 
jointly by the BLM and Tonto National Forest. Filing the FEIS with EPA 
completes the environmental documentation process. Publication of the 
ROD through this NOA constitutes public notice of the decision. The BLM 
decision may be appealed to the Interior Board of Land

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Appeals (IBLA), Office of the Secretary, in accordance with the 
regulations contained in 43 CFR Part 4 (see information below).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the Final EIS and ROD may be 
requested from: Shela McFarlin, Project Manager, BLM, Arizona State 
Office, 222 North Central, Phoenix, AZ 85004, or telephone (602) 417-
9568. For information on the Tonto National Forest lands decision or 
appeal process, contact Paul Stewart, Tonto National Forest, 2324 East 
McDowell Road, Phoenix, AZ 85006 or telephone (602) 225-5200. Copies of 
the Final EIS are available for public use/review at the above offices 
and these additional locations: BLM, Phoenix Field Office, 2015 West 
Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, AZ 85027; Globe Ranger District, Six Shooter 
Canyon, Globe, AZ 85501; Cyprus Miami Mining Corporation Land 
Department 4342 East U.S. Highway 60/70, Claypool, AZ 85532; Mesa 
Public Library 64 East 1st Street, Mesa, AZ 85201; Globe Public 
Library, 339 South Broad, Globe, AZ 85501; Miami Memorial Library, 1052 
Adonis Avenue, Miami, AZ 85539; and Arizona State University, Hayden 
Library, Government Documents, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006.

DATES AND APPEAL INFORMATION: If you choose to appeal BLM's decision, 
your notice of appeal must be filed in this office (BLM, Arizona State 
Office, 222 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004) within 30 days 
from this NOA. The appellant has the burden of showing that the 
decision appealed from is in error. If you wish to file a petition for 
a stay of the effectiveness of this decision, pursuant to regulation 43 
CFR 4.21, during the time that your appeal is being reviewed by the 
IBLA, the petition for stay must accompany your notice of appeal. A 
petition for a stay is required to show sufficient justification based 
on the standards listed below. Copies of the notice of appeal and 
petition for a stay must also be submitted to each party named in this 
decision, the IBLA, and to the appropriate Office of the Solicitor (see 
43 CFR 4.413) at the same time the original documents are filed with 
this office.
    The Standards for Obtaining a Stay. Except as otherwise provided by 
law or other pertinent regulation, a petition for a stay of a decision 
pending appeal shall show sufficient justification based on the 
following standards:
    (1) The relative harm to the parties if the stay is granted or 
denied;
    (2) The likelihood of the appellant's success on the merits;
    (3) The likelihood of immediate and irreparable harm if the stay is 
not granted; and,
    (4) Whether the public interest favors granting the stay.

    Dated: June 18, 1998.
Gary Bauer,
Associate State Director, Arizona.
[FR Doc. 98-16734 Filed 6-25-98; 8:45 am]
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