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confidentiality. If you wish to withhold

your name or street address from public

review or from disclosure under the

Freedom of Information Act, you must

state this prominently at the beginning

of your written comment. However, we

will not consider anonymous

comments. Such requests will be

honored to the extent allowed by law.

All submissions from organizations or

businesses, and from individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, will be

made available for public inspection in

their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terri Knutson, Oil-Dri EIS Project

Manager, Bureau of Land Management,

5665 Morgan Mill Road, Carson City,

NV 89701, (775) 885–6156.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Oil-Dri

Corporation of Nevada (Oil-Dri) has

submitted a Plan of Operations for the

construction, operation, and

reclamation of a mining operation and

processing facility located

approximately ten miles north of the

Reno/Sparks area in Hungry Valley,

Washoe County, Nevada. The proposed

mining operation, known as the Reno

Clay Plant Project, would be located on

305 acres of public and 40 acres of

private land and would result in the

development of two open pit mine

areas, construction of a processing

facility, construction and/or upgrade of

haul and access roads, and continued

exploration activities. Construction is

scheduled to begin in the Fall of 2001

and continue for approximately 20

years.

The Draft EIS analyzes the

environmental impacts associated with

the proposed mining and processing

facilities, two access alternatives, and

the no action alternative. Issues

analyzed include geology, minerals,

paleontology, air resources, aesthetics

(visual & noise), water resources, soils,

vegetation, range resources, wildlife,

special status species, land use, access,

recreation, cultural resources, Native

American Religious Concerns, social &

economic resources, and Environmental

Justice.

A copy of the Draft EIS has been sent

to all individuals, agencies, and groups

who have expressed interest in the

project or as mandated by regulation or

policy. A limited number of copies are

available upon request from the BLM at

the address listed above. In addition, the

document is available on the Carson

City Field Office Home Page at the

address above.

Public participation has occurred

throughout the EIS process. A Notice of

Intent to Prepare an EIS was published

in the Federal Register on July 22, 2000

(Pages 43779–43780) and the 30-day

public scoping period was initiated. A

public open house was held in Reno on

August 8, 2000 and additional

presentations were made to three

Washoe County Citizen Advisory

Boards and to a community meeting at

the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony.

To assist the BLM in identifying and

considering issues and concerns on the

proposed action and alternatives,

comments on the Draft EIS should be as

specific as possible. Comments should

also refer to specific pages or chapters

in the document. After the comment

period ends, all comments will be

analyzed and considered by the BLM in

preparing the Final EIS.

Dated: April 23, 2001.

John Singlaub,

Manager, Carson City Field Office.

[FR Doc. 01–10912 Filed 5–10–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–090–1990EX–01]

Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces the

availability of a Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for Reclamation of the Zortman and

Landusky Mines in Phillips County,

Montana. This is a supplement to the

1996 Final EIS on Reclamation Plan

Modifications and Mine Life Extensions

at the Zortman and Landusky Mines.

The Draft Supplemental EIS addresses

12 reclamation alternatives, six for the

Zortman Mine and six for the Landusky

Mine. The BLM and Montana

Department of Environmental Quality

(DEQ) are co-lead agencies for the

preparation of the Supplemental EIS.

The Environmental Protection Agency

and the Fort Belknap Indian Community

Council are participating agencies.

DATES: The comment period on the Draft

Supplemental EIS will end on July 9,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Address all written

comments to Zortman/Landusky Mine

Reclamation Plan SEIS, c/o Bureau of

Land Management, Lewistown Field

Office, P.O. Box 1160, Lewistown, MT

59457–1160. Comments may also be

sent electronically to:

ZLReclamation_EIS@blm.gov. Please

include your name and complete

mailing address on all comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Scott Haight, 406–538–1930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This EIS is

a draft supplement to the March 1996

Final EIS Zortman and Landusky Mines

Reclamation Plan Modifications and

Mine Life Extensions. With the

bankruptcy of the mines’ operator,

Zortman Mining, Inc., the BLM and

DEQ are overseeing reclamation at the

mines. The Draft Supplemental EIS has

been prepared to analyze additional

reclamation alternatives developed by

the agencies that may constitute a

substantial change from those presented

in the 1996 Final EIS. The Draft

Supplemental EIS presents 12

reclamation plans, six for reclamation of

the Zortman Mine and six for

reclamation of the Landusky Mine. The

reclamation plans were developed based

upon public scoping comments and

through consultation with the Fort

Belknap government and the

Environmental Protection Agency. The

Draft Supplemental EIS discloses the

environmental consequences of each

alternative. Alternative Z6 is identified

in the Draft Supplemental EIS as the

DEQ and BLM preferred reclamation

alternative for the Zortman Mine, and

Alternative L4 is identified as the

preferred reclamation alternative for the

Landusky Mine. The identification of

the preferred alternatives does not

constitute an agency decision but is

intended to help focus public comment

on the alternatives more likely to be

selected.

Authority: Sec. 102, Pub. L. 91–190, 83

Stat. 853 (42 U.S.C. 4332).

Dated: May 1, 2001.

Bruce W. Reed,

Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management.

[FR Doc. 01–11875 Filed 5–10–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–360–01–1430–EU; CACA–37660]

Notice of Realty Action,

Noncompetitive Sale of Public Lands

in Trinity County, California for

Community Purposes, Case File

CACA–37660

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior, Redding

Field Office, Redding, CA.

ACTION: Notice of segregation and sale of

public land.