[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9621]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NV-040-1990-01; M46-83-004P]


Bald Mountain Mine Expansion Project Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act, notice is given that the Ely District of the Bureau of Land 
Management has prepared, by a third party contractor, a Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement on Placer Dome U.S. Bald Mountain Mine 
Expansion Project in eastern Nevada. This document is available for 
public review for a 45 day period.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Written comments on the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement must be postmarked by June 16, 1995.
    Public meetings to receive oral and written comments have been 
scheduled for the dates and places listed below. All meetings will 
begin at 7:00 p.m. each evening.
    <bullet> May 8, 1995--at the Ely Bureau of Land Management District 
Office, 702 Industrial Way, Ely, NV 89301.
    <bullet> May 9, 1995--Stockman's Motor Hotel, 340 Commercial St., 
Elko, Nevada 89803.
    <bullet> May 10, 1995--Sands Regency Hotel Casino, 345 N. Arlington 
Ave., Reno, Nevada 89501.
    <bullet> A copy of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement can be 
obtained from: Bureau of Land Management, Ely District Office, ATTN: 
Dan Netcher, Project Leader, HC 33 Box 33500, Ely, NV 89301.
    <bullet> The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available for 
inspection at the following additional locations: Bureau of Land 
Management, Nevada State Office, 850 Harvard Way, Reno, NV 89520; 
Eureka, White Pine and Elko County Libraries; and the University of 
Nevada libraries in Reno and Las Vegas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dan Netcher, Project Leader at the above Ely District Office address or 
telephone (702) 289-1800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
analyzes the potential environmental impacts that could result from the 
expansion of the current gold mining operations at Bald Mountain Mine 
and development of the Horseshoe/Galaxy Mine (Proposed Action) and 
reasonable alternatives. Alternatives analyzed consist of: (1) no 
action; (2) haul road design; (3) waste rock dump configurations; and 
(4) reclamation options. The project would involve construction and 
operation of a new mine at Horseshoe/Galaxy with open pits, crushing 
facilities, waste dumps, conventional heap leaching facilities and 
several ancillary facilities. The Bald Mountain Mine expansion would 
consist of modification of the processing circuit with a wet crushing 
circuit that would produce a split flow of ore, and the processing 
facility would consist of both heap leaching and carbon-in-leach 
facilities with associated tailings. The Bald Mountain Mine expansion 
would also consist of expansion of the current Top Pit and development 
of the Sage Pit with corresponding waste rock dumps.

    Dated: April 4, 1995.
Ann J. Morgan,
State Director, Nevada.
[FR Doc. 95-9621 Filed 4-18-95; 8:45 am]
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