Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 9, 1995 / Notices 24647

Dated: May 4, 1995.

Andrew Cuomo,

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning

and Development.

[FR Doc. 95–11520 Filed 5–5–95; 2:42 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–060–1990–01; N64–92–001P]

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Mule Canyon Project Mining Plan

of Operations

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the Santa Fe Pacific Gold

Corporation Mule Canyon Project Plan

of Operations for mining in Lander

County, Nevada and notice of scoping

period and public meetings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (NEPA) as amended, and to

43 CFR Part 3809, the Surface

Management Regulations, the Bureau of

Land Management (BLM), will be

directing the preparation of an

Environmental Impact Statement for the

proposed development of a new mill

facility, tailings impoundment, heap

leach facility, five open pits, and

ancillary facilities in Lander County,

Nevada. The environmental impact

statement will be prepared by third

party contractor and funded by the

proponent, Santa Fe Pacific Gold

Corporation. The BLM invites

comments and suggestions on the scope

of the analysis.

DATES: Scoping meetings will be held on

May 24, 1995, from 7–9 p.m. at the

Battle Mountain District BLM Office

conference room, 50 Bastian Road, in

Battle Mountain, Nevada; and on May

25, 1995, from 7–9 p.m. at the Senior

Citizens Center, Crescent Valley,

Nevada. The purpose of these meetings

is to identify issues to be addressed in

the EIS, and to encourage public

participation in the NEPA process.

Representatives of the BLM and Santa

Fe Pacific Gold Corporation will be

summarizing the Plan of Operations and

the anticipated environmental impacts

resulting from the project and will be

accepting comments from the audience.

Additional briefing meetings will be

held as appropriate. Written comments

on the Plan of Operations and the scope

of the EIS will be accepted until close

of business, June 26, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Scoping comments may be

sent to: USDI–BLM, District Manager,

P.O. Box 1420, 50 Bastian Road, Battle

Mountain, Nevada, 89820, Attn.: Dave

Davis, Mule Canyon Project Manager.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dave Davis, Mule Canyon Project

Manager, (702) 635–4000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Santa Fe

Pacific Gold Corporation has recently

submitted a proposal to develop a

mining facility on the north end of the

Shoshone Mountain Range, in Lander

County, Nevada, approximately 14

miles east-southeast of Battle Mountain.

The proposed mining development will

involve the development of five open

pits, a heap leach pad, a tailings storage

facility, four holding ponds, several

solution ponds, milling, processing, and

other ancillary facilities. There are

currently two disposal plans for over/

interburden storage. The no backfill

plan entails the construction of 12

overburden facilities (total disturbance

504 acres). The backfill disposal plan

entails construction of fourteen

facilities, including the backfilling of

the Main Pit area (total disturbance 521

acres). Total maximum disturbance

under either scenario is expected to be

near 2,870 acres. A fence surrounding

the project will enclose approximately

6,606 acres.

The BLM has determined through

internal scoping that the following

issues may be potentially significant

and as such will be the focus of the EIS:

Minor dewatering associated with

mining, water quality and pit water

quality after closure, socio-economic

impacts to the region, air quality,

impacts to range and wildlife resources,

cultural and Native American Religious

Concerns, reclamation, and cumulative

impacts. Additional significant issues to

be addressed may arise during the

scoping process. Federal, State, and

local government agencies and other

individuals who may be interested or

affected by the BLM’s decision on this

plan of operations are invited to

participate in the scoping process.

Dated: May 1, 1995.

Michael C. Mitchel,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 95–11391 Filed 5–8–95; 8:45 am]

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[UT–920–95–1320–01]

Utah and Colorado: Uinta

Southwestern Utah Regional Coal

Team Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice of regional coal team

meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

responsibilities outlined in the Federal

Coal Management Regulations (43 CFR

Part 3400), the Regional Coal Team

(RCT) for the decertified Uinta

Southwestern Utah Federal Coal

Production Region will hold a meeting

to discuss and make recommendations

concerning coal leasing and

development in the Region. The RCT

will review pending coal lease

applications under the ‘‘Leasing by

Application’’ (LBA) program and

discuss any additional coal-related

activities appropriate at this time.

Members of the public, coal companies,

and interested agencies are invited to

make comments at the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of

six coal lease applications are pending

in the region, including five in Utah,

and one in Western Colorado. The RCT

will be reviewing the applications, and,

where appropriate, making

recommendations to the BLM

concerning processing the applications.

Pending applications in the Region

include:

State Applicant Coal field Est.

acreage

Utah ............................................................. Coastal States Energy ............................... Wasatch Plateau ........................................ 2,020

Sage Point Coal Co ................................... Book Cliffs .................................................. 1,104

PacifiCorp Electric Oper ............................. Wasatch Plateau ........................................ 7,865

Genwal Coal Co ......................................... Wasatch Plateau ........................................ 4,052

Cyprus Western Coal ................................. Book Cliffs .................................................. 2,300

Colorado ...................................................... Mountain Coal 1 .......................................... Paonia/Summerset ..................................... 2,276

1Tract scheduled for sale in Denver, Colorado, May 15, 1995.