Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 57 / Friday, March 24, 1995 / Notices 15579

The applicant proposes to compensate

for this incidental take of goldencheeked warbler habitat by placing

$1,500 into the City of Austin Balcones

Canyonlands Conservation Fund to

acquire/manage lands for the

conservation of the golden-cheeked

warbler.

Alternatives to this action were

rejected because selling not developing

the subject property with federally

listed species present was not

economically feasible.

James A. Young,

Acting Regional Director, Region 2,

Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[FR Doc. 95–7315 Filed 3–23–95; 8:45 am]

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Bureau of Land Management

[CA–060–05–7122–09–6606]

Notice of Intent to Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

on a Proposed Gold Mining/Processing

Operation

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) will be directing the

preparation of an environmental impact

statement (EIS) by a third party

contractor on the impacts of a proposed

gold mining/processing operation

known as the Imperial Project, which

would be located on public lands in

Imperial County in southern California.

Comments are being requested to help

identify significant issues or concerns

related to the proposed action, to

determine the scope of the issues

(including alternatives) that need to be

analyzed, and to eliminate from detailed

study those issues that are not

significant. Supporting documentation

should be included with comments

recommending that the EIS address

specific environmental issues.

DATES: For Scoping Meetings and

Comments: Public scoping meetings

will be held on the following dates: 7

pm PST, Monday, April 17, 1995, at the

El Centro Community Center, 375 South

First Street, El Centro, California 92243;

7 pm MST, Tuesday, April 18, 1995, at

the Best Western Yuma Inn Suites, Palm

Canyon Room, 1450 Castle Dome

Avenue, Yuma, Arizona 85365. Written

comments must be filed no later than

Friday, April 21, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to Area Manager, Bureau

of Land Management, El Centro

Resource Area, 1661 South Fourth

Street, El Centro, California 92243,

ATTN: Environmental Coordinator.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas F. Zale (619) 337–4400

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chemgold,

Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of

Glamis Gold, Inc., submitted a Plan of

Operation to the BLM’s El Centro

Resource Area office for the proposed

Imperial Project in December, 1994. The

project would be located on unpatented

lode claims south of the Chocolate

Mountains, approximately 45 miles

northeast of El Centro, California and 20

miles northwest of Yuma, Arizona, on

land administered by the BLM. The

project would include mining, waste

rock and heap leach facilities,

miscellaneous roads and buildings, and

reclamation of disturbed lands. The

project would consist of up to three (3)

open pits, four (4) waste rock stockpiles,

one (1) heap leach facility, one (1) water

well field and pipeline, one (1) power

substation and power line, and one (1)

processing facility, and would operate

for approximately twenty (20) years. Up

to 120,000 tons of ore and waste rock

would be mined per day. Processing and

reclamation activities would be

expected to continue for up to five (5)

years after cessation of mining. If

approved, approximately 1,600 acres of

land would be disturbed and later

reclaimed as the result of this project.

A tentative project schedule is as follows:

Begin Public Comment/Scoping Period—

March 1995

Hold Public Scoping Meetings—April 1995

File Draft EIS—October 1995

Hold Public Meetings on Draft EIS—

November 1995

File Final EIS—January 1996

File Record of Decision—March 1996

Begin Project Construction—July 1996

Dated: March 15, 1995.

G. Ben Koski,

Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 95–6862 Filed 3–23–95; 8:45 am]

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[USFS, R–6, 595053; GP5–088; OR–50345

(WASH)]

Order Providing for Opening of Land;

Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This action will open 480

acres of land to surface entry, mining,

mineral leasing and geothermal, subject

to the laws, rules, and regulations

applicable to National Forest System

lands. The land has been eliminated

from a Forest Service exchange

proposal.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 28, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pamela Chappel, BLM Oregon/

Washington State Office, P.O. Box 2965,

Portland, Oregon 97208, 503–952–6170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that pursuant to the

General Exchange Act of March 20, 1922

(16 U.S.C. 485, 486), the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43

U.S.C. 1716), and the Federal Land

Exchange Facilitation Act of August 20,

1988 (43 U.S.C. 751), the following

described Federal land has been

eliminated from the initial exchange

proposal between the Mt. BakerSnoqualmie National Forest, and

Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma,

Washington:

Willamette Meridian

T. 13 N., R. 4 E.,

Sec. 10, N1⁄2 and SW1⁄4.

The area described contains 480 acres in

Lewis County.

At 8:30 a.m., on April 28, 1995, the

land will be opened to operation of the

public land laws generally, subject to

valid existing rights, the provisions of

existing withdrawals, and the

requirements of applicable law. All

valid existing applications received at or

prior to 8:30 a.m., on April 28, 1995,

will be considered as simultaneously

filed at that time. Those received

thereafter will be considered in the

order of filing.

At 8:30 a.m., on April 28, 1995, the

land will be opened to location and

entry under the United States mining

laws. Appropriation under the general

mining laws prior to the date and time

of restoration is unauthorized. Any such

attempted appropriation, including

attempted adverse possession under 30

U.S.C. Sec. 38, shall vest no rights

against the United States. Acts required

to establish a location and to initiate a

right of possession are governed by State

law where not in conflict with Federal

law. The Bureau of Land Management

will not intervene in disputes between

rival locators over possessory rights

since Congress has provided for such

determinations in local courts.

At 8:30 a.m., on April 28, 1995, the

land will be opened to applications and

offers under the mineral leasing laws

and the Geothermal Steam Act.

Dated: March 15, 1995.

Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,

Acting Chief, Branch of Realty and Records

Services.

[FR Doc. 95–7160 Filed 3–23–95; 8:45 am]

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