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ADDRESSES: The Draft EIS is available 

for review on the BLM ePlanning project 

website at https://go.usa.gov/xsVs8. 

Written comments related to the 

Nevada Gold Mines (NGM) LLC 

Goldrush Mine Project may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• ePlanning website: https://

go.usa.gov/xsVs8. 

• Email: BLM_NV_BMDO_P&EC_

NEPA@blm.gov. 

• Mail: Goldrush Mine EIS c/o BLM 

Mount Lewis Field Office, 50 Bastian 

Road, Battle Mountain, NV 89820. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Distel, Project Manager, telephone: 

(775) 635–4093; address: 50 Bastian 

Road, Battle Mountain, Nevada, 89820; 

email: sdistel@blm.gov. Individuals in 

the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for the Proposed 

Action 

The BLM’s purpose for the action is 

to respond to NGM’s proposal as 

described in the proposed Plan of 

Operations and to analyze the 

environmental effects associated with 

the proponent’s Proposed Action and 

alternatives to the Proposed Action. The 

BLM’s need for the action is established 

by the BLM’s responsibilities under 

FLPMA and the BLM Surface 

Management Regulations at 43 CFR part 

3809 to respond to a proposed Plan of 

Operations. 

Proposed Action and Alternatives 

The Proposed Action would include 

construction, operation, reclamation, 

and closure of a new underground 

mining project in the Cortez Mining 

District of Lander and Eureka Counties, 

Nevada. The proposed mine plan 

boundary encompasses a total of 19,853 

acres, of which 772 acres would be on 

private land controlled by NGM and 

19,081 acres would be on public lands 

administered by the BLM Battle 

Mountain District, Mount Lewis Field 

Office and BLM Elko District, Tuscarora 

Field Office. Most of this area is within 

existing exploration and mine plans 

approved by the BLM and includes 

facilities and surface disturbance 

associated with these authorized plans. 

To create the new Goldrush mine plan 

boundary, NGM proposes boundary 

modifications and/or reclassification of 

acres within the existing NGMcontrolled exploration and mine plan 

boundaries. 

The Proposed Action would create an 

additional 1,658 acres of surface 

disturbance on public land 

administered by the BLM, including 

approximately 210 acres of exploration 

disturbance that could occur anywhere 

within the proposed Goldrush Mine 

Plan boundary. In addition, 

approximately 1,024 acres of existing 

authorized disturbance would be within 

the Proposed Action footprint, and 

approximately 12 acres of existing 

authorized disturbance would be 

reclassified as part of the Proposed 

Action. 

Under the No Action Alternative, the 

development of the Goldrush Mine 

would not be authorized and NGM 

would not construct, operate, or close a 

new underground mine (i.e., the 

Goldrush Mine). Modifications or 

reclassification of acres as proposed 

under the Proposed Action, and the 

dual use of facilities between the Cortez 

Mine and Goldrush Mine operations, 

would not occur. NGM would continue 

current authorized mining and 

exploration activities under the four 

separate previously approved Plans. 

All authorized activities would be 

expected to continue under the No 

Action Alternative. Total authorized 

disturbance under the No Action 

Alternative is 22,433 acres and the 

additional disturbance from the 

Proposed Action would not occur. 

Descriptions of the anticipated impacts 

under the No Action Alternative are 

included per previously authorized 

NEPA analyses. 

Schedule for the Decision-Making 

Process 

The final EIS is tentatively scheduled 

for Fall of 2022 with a Record of 

Decision in early 2023. 

Draft EIS Review Process 

On August 10, 2021, a notice of intent 

to prepare an EIS was published in the 

Federal Register, announcing the 

beginning of the public scoping process. 

The BLM held virtual public scoping 

meetings for the Project on August 25 

and 26, 2021. During the scoping 

period, 16 comment documents were 

received containing a total of 327 

individual comments. 

This notice of availability initiates the 

draft EIS review process. A public 

meeting to discuss the draft EIS will be 

held via virtual platform. An 

announcement regarding when and how 

to access the virtual meeting online will 

be posted on the BLM’s project website. 

The purpose of public review of the 

draft EIS is to provide an opportunity 

for meaningful collaborative public 

engagement and for the public to 

provide substantive comments, such as 

identification of factual errors, data 

gaps, relevant methods, or scientific 

studies. The BLM will respond to 

substantive comments by making 

appropriate revisions to the EIS or 

explaining why a comment did not 

warrant a change. 

The BLM has and will continue to use 

and coordinate the draft EIS review 

process to help fulfill the public 

involvement requirements under the 

National Historic Preservation Act (54 

U.S.C. 306108) as provided in 36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3). The information about 

historic and cultural resources within 

the area potentially affected by the 

proposed action will assist the BLM in 

identifying and evaluating impacts to 

such resources. The BLM has and will 

continue to conduct government-togovernment consultation with Indian 

Tribes in accordance with Executive 

Order 13175 and other policies. 

Agencies will give due consideration to 

Tribal concerns, including impacts on 

Indian trust assets and treaty rights and 

potential impacts to cultural resources. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10) 

Jon D. Sherve, 

Field Manager, Mount Lewis Field Office, 

Battle Mountain District. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[L14400000.LLAZ920000.ET0000.223.AZA– 

38445] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and 

Notice of Public Meetings, Arizona 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On behalf of the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) and subject to 


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valid existing rights, the Secretary of the 

Interior proposes to withdraw 21,200 

acres of public lands from all forms of 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including location and entry 

under the United States mining laws, 

and from leasing under the mineral and 

geothermal leasing laws, and 800 acres 

of Federal surface estate public lands 

from appropriation under the public 

land laws, located in La Paz and Yuma 

Counties, Arizona, for up to 5 years 

while a land management evaluation is 

completed. Publication of this notice 

temporarily segregates the lands for a 

period ending on April 4, 2024, initiates 

a 90-day public comment period and 

announces that the BLM will hold 

public meetings on the proposed 

withdrawal. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

September 28, 2022. In addition, the 

BLM will host virtual public meetings 

addressing the requested withdrawal 

and the associated environmental 

review process. The dates and 

instructions for the public meetings are 

listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION Section. 

ADDRESSES: All comments and meeting 

requests should be sent to the BLM 

Arizona State Office, 1 North Central 

Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004; 

faxed to (602) 417–9452; or sent by 

email to BLM_AZ_Withdrawal_

Comments@blm.gov. The BLM will not 

consider comments via telephone calls. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Ouellett, Realty Specialist, 

BLM Arizona State Office, telephone: 

(602) 417–9561, email at mouellett@

blm.gov; or you may contact the BLM 

office at the address noted earlier. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or Tele Braille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

and the Department of the Army (Army) 

are engaged in an evaluation of the 

Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) expansion, 

identified as the Highway 95 Addition, 

pending processing of the Army’s 

application for withdrawal of public 

land for defense purposes under the 

Engle Act of February 28, 1958, (43 

U.S.C. 155–158). The BLM’s application 

does not request reservation of the lands 

for the Army for defense purposes. This 

notice invites members of the public; 

state, local, and Tribal governments; and 

other stakeholders to provide the BLM 

with information relevant to address 

potential impacts to existing multipleuses and resources from such a 

withdrawal, including but not limited to 

impacts to mineral and geothermal 

resources. The BLM has filed a petition/ 

application requesting the Secretary of 

the Interior withdraw the following 

described public lands from all forms of 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including location and entry 

under the United States mining laws, 

and from leasing under the mineral and 

geothermal leasing laws for up to 5 

years, subject to valid existing rights: 

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona 

(Surface and Subsurface) 

T. 1 N., R. 19 W., 

Sec. 4, that part lying westerly of the 

westerly right-of-way of U.S. Route 95; 

Secs. 5 and 8; 

Sec. 9, that part lying westerly of the 

westerly right-of-way of U.S. Route 95; 

Secs. 17 and 20; 

Secs. 21 and 28, those portions lying 

westerly of the westerly right-of-way of 

U.S. Route 95; 

Sec. 29; 

Sec. 33, that part lying westerly of the 

westerly right-of-way of U.S. Route 95. 

T. 2 N., R. 19 W., 

Sec. 33, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4, that part 

lying westerly of the westerly right-ofway of U.S. Route 95. 

T. 1 S., R. 19 W., 

Secs. 4 thru 9 and Secs. 16 thru 21; 

Sec. 28, that part lying westerly of the 

westerly right-of-way of U.S. Route 95; 

Secs. 29 thru 32; 

Sec. 33, that part lying westerly of the 

westerly right-of-way of U.S. Route 95. 

T. 2 S., R. 19 W., 

Sec. 4, that part lying westerly of the 

westerly right-of-way of U.S. Route 95; 

Secs. 5 thru 7; 

Sec. 8, that part lying westerly of the 

westerly right-of-way of U.S. Route 95, 

excepting NE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 9, that part lying westerly of the 

westerly right-of-way of U.S. Route 95; 

Sec. 17, that part lying westerly of the 

westerly right-of-way of U.S. Route 95, 

excepting S1⁄2 SW 1⁄4; 

Sec. 18; 

Sec. 19, lots 1 thru 4, NW1⁄4 NE1⁄4, and 

E1⁄2NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 30, lot 1. 

The areas described aggregate 

approximately 21,200 acres. 

Additionally, the BLM’s petition/ 

application is requesting the Secretary 

of the Interior to withdraw the following 

described Federal surface estate public 

lands from all forms of appropriation 

under the public land laws for up to 5 

years, subject to valid existing rights: 

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona 

(Surface Only; Subsurface Excepted—NonFederal Ownership) 

T. 1 N., R. 19 W., 

Sec. 32. 

T. 2 N., R. 19 W., 

Sec. 32, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4. 

The areas described aggregate 

approximately 800 acres. 

This petition/application has been 

approved for publication by the Deputy 

Secretary of the Interior and therefore 

constitutes a withdrawal proposal of the 

Secretary of the Interior (43 CFR 

2310.1–3(e)). 

The use of a rights-of-way, 

interagency agreement, or cooperative 

agreement would not adequately 

constrain non-discretionary uses that 

may result in disturbance of the lands 

embraced within the Highway 95 

Addition. 

No additional water rights are needed 

to fulfill the purpose of this new 

withdrawal. 

There are no suitable alternative sites 

since these lands are identical to the 

Army’s YPG Highway 95 Addition 

application lands. 

The BLM is preparing an 

environmental assessment under the 

National Environmental Policy Act to 

evaluate the proposed withdrawal. 

Information regarding the proposed 

withdrawal, including environmental 

and other reviews, will be available at 

the BLM Arizona State Office and at 

https://go.usa.gov/xtJKC. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. 

Notice is hereby given for public 

meetings in connection with the 

proposed withdrawal. In response to the 

coronavirus (COVID–19) pandemic in 

the United States, and the U.S. Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

recommendations for social distancing 

and avoidance of large public 

gatherings, the BLM will not hold inperson public meetings for this action. 

The BLM will host the public meetings 

online and by telephone. There will be 

online public meetings scheduled for 

September 20, 2022 at 3 p.m. and 

September 21, 2022, at 5 p.m. Mountain 

Standard Time. The BLM will publish 

the instructions on how to access the 

online meetings in the Yuma Sun 

(Yuma), Bajo El Sol (Yuma), and Desert 

Messenger (Quartzsite) newspapers at a 

minimum of 15 days prior to the 


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meeting and on the website: https://

go.usa.gov/xtJKC. 

For a period until April 4, 2024, the 

21,200 acres of Federal surface and 

subsurface estate public lands specified 

above will be segregated from all forms 

of appropriation under the public land 

laws, including location and entry 

under the United States mining laws, 

and from leasing under the mineral and 

geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid 

existing rights, and the 800 acres of 

Federal surface estate public lands 

specified above will be segregated from 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, subject to valid existing rights, 

unless the application is denied or 

canceled, or the withdrawal is approved 

prior to that date. Licenses, permits, 

cooperative agreements, or discretionary 

land-use authorizations of a temporary 

nature may be allowed with the 

approval of an authorized officer of the 

BLM during the segregation period. 

This application will be processed in 

accordance with the regulations setforth in 43 CFR 2300. 

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714(b)(1) and 43 CFR 

2300) 

Raymond Suazo, 

Arizona State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–32–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVW03500.L51050000.EA0000.

LVRCF2208690.241A.22XL5017AP 

MO#4500162447] 

Temporary Closure and Temporary 

Restrictions of Specific Uses on Public 

Lands for the 2022 Burning Man Event 

(Permitted Event), Pershing County, 

NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary closure and 

restrictions. 

SUMMARY: Under the authority of the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Winnemucca District, Black Rock Field 

Office, will implement a temporary 

closure and temporary restrictions to 

protect public safety and resources on 

public lands within and adjacent to the 

Burning Man event on the Black Rock 

Desert playa. 

DATES: The temporary closure and 

temporary restrictions will be in effect 

from 12:01 a.m. July 28, 2022, to 

midnight October 1, 2022 (66 Days). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark E. Hall, Field Manager, BLM Black 

Rock Field Office, Winnemucca District, 

5100 E Winnemucca Blvd., 

Winnemucca, NV 89445–2921; 

telephone: (775) 623–1500; email: 

mehall@blm.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who 

are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

The TTY is available 24 hours a day, 

7 days a week, to leave a message or 

question with the above individual. You 

will receive a reply during normal 

hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

temporary closure and temporary 

restrictions affect public lands within 

and adjacent to the Burning Man event 

permitted on the Black Rock Desert 

playa within the Black Rock Desert-High 

Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National 

Conservation Area in Pershing County, 

Nevada. The temporary closure of 

public lands will be conducted in two 

phases to limit impacts on the general 

public outside of the Burning Man 

event. Phase 1 will encompass a smaller 

temporary closure area during the 

building and tear-down of Black Rock 

City and Phase 2 will encompass the 

larger, temporary closure area during 

the event itself. Phase 2 includes all of 

the Phase 1 area. This year’s Phase 2 

temporary closure area is larger than 

previous closure areas for the Burning 

Man event. 

The legal description of the affected 

public lands in the temporary public 

closure area of both stages is Mount 

Diablo Meridian, Nevada: 

Phase 1, being the smaller area of 

9,570 acres, will be effective for 26 days, 

from 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, July 28, 

2022, until 6:00 a.m. on Monday, 

August 22, 2022. Phase 1 will resume at 

6:00 a.m. Friday, September 23, 2022, 

through 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, 

October 1, 2022. 

Phase 1: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 

T. 33 N., R. 24 E., unsurveyed, 

Sec. 1, those portions of the N1⁄2 lying 

northwesterly of the playa access road; 

Sec. 2, N1⁄2 and SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 3; 

Secs. 4 and 5, those portions lying 

southeasterly of Washoe County Road 

34; 

Sec. 9, N1⁄2. 

T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E., unsurveyed, 

Secs. 25 and 26; 

Secs. 27, 33, and 34, those portions lying 

southeasterly of West Playa Highway; 

Secs. 35 and 36. 

T. 34 N., R. 24 E., partly unsurveyed, 

Sec. 25; 

Secs. 26 and 27, those portions lying 

southeasterly of West Playa Highway; 

Sec. 34, those portions of the E1⁄2 lying 

southeasterly of West Playa Highway; 

Secs. 35 and 36. 

T. 34 N., R. 25 E., unsurveyed, 

Sec. 16, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 21; 

Sec. 27, W1⁄2NW1⁄4 and W1⁄2SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 28; 

Sec. 33, N1⁄2 and SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 34, W1⁄2NW1⁄4. 

The area described contains 9,570 

acres, more or less, according to the 

BLM National Public Land Survey 

System Cadastral National Spatial Data 

Infrastructure (PLSS CadNSDI) dataset, 

the protraction diagrams, and the 

official plats of the surveys of the said 

lands, on file with the BLM. 

Phase 2, being the larger area of 

120,270 acres, includes all of Phase 1 

and will be effective for 33 days from 

6:00 a.m. on Monday, August 22, 2022, 

until 6:00 a.m. on Friday, September 23, 

2022. 

Phase 2: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 

T. 33 N., R. 23 E., 

Sec. 25, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 26, S1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 35, NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

N1⁄2NW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 36, N1⁄2, N1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4. 

T. 33 N., R. 24 E., unsurveyed, 

Secs. 1 thru 3; 

Sec. 4, those portions lying southeasterly of 

Washoe County Road 34; 

Sec. 5; 

Sec. 8, S1⁄2SW1⁄4 and E1⁄2; 

Secs. 9 thru 12; 

Secs. 14 thru 17; 

Sec. 18, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; 

Secs. 19 and 20; 

Sec. 21, excepting M.S. No. 4800; 

Sec. 29, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 30, N1⁄2. 

T. 33 1⁄2 N., R. 24 E., unsurveyed, 

Secs. 25 thru 27; 

Secs. 28, 29, and 33, those portions lying 

easterly and northeasterly of Washoe 

County Road 34; 

Secs. 34 thru 36. 

T. 34 N., R. 24 E., partly unsurveyed, 

Secs. 1, 12, and 13; 

Sec. 23, S1⁄2; 

Secs. 24 thru 26; 

Sec. 27, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 32, those portions of the SE1⁄4 lying 

northeasterly of Washoe County Road 34; 

Sec. 33, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, those 

portions of the SW1⁄4 lying northeasterly 

of Washoe County Road 34, and SE1⁄4; 

Secs. 34 thru 36. 


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