Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 92 / Friday, May 10, 1996 / Notices 21477

Sec. 35, N1⁄2N1⁄2;

Sec. 36, NE1⁄4, and N1⁄2NW1⁄4.

T. 5 N., R. 90 W., 6th P.M.

Sec. 1, lots 5, 6, 11 to 14, inclusive, 19, and

20;

T. 6 N., R. 88 W., 6th P.M.

Sec. 31, lots 3, 4 E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4;

Sec. 32, all;

Sec. 33, N1⁄2, and N1⁄2S1⁄2;

Sec. 34, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4,

and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 35, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and

NE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

T. 6 N., R. 89 W., 6th P.M.

Sec. 19, lots 10, and 11;

Sec. 26, lots 9 to 16, inclusive;

Sec. 27, lots 9, 10, 15, and 16;

Sec. 28, lots 6 to 8, inclusive, and 11;

Sec. 29, lots 13 to 16, inclusive;

Sec. 31, lots 5, 6, and 11;

Sec. 32, lots 3, and 4;

Sec. 33, lots 1 to 12, inclusive, and SW1⁄4;

Sec. 34, lots 1 to 16, inclusive;

Sec. 35, lots 1 to 16, inclusive.

The area described contains approximately

24,668.41 acres.

The application for coal exploration

license is available for public inspection

during normal business hours under

serial number COC 59432 at the Bureau

of Land Management (BLM), Colorado

State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street,

Lakewood, Colorado 80215, and at the

BLM Little Snake Resource Area Office,

1280 Industrial Avenue, Craig, Colorado

81625.

Written Notice of Intent to Participate

should be addressed to the attention of

the following persons and must be

received by them within 30 days after

publication of the Notice of Invitation in

the Federal Register:

Karen Purvis, CO–933, Solid Minerals

Team, Resource Services, Colorado

State Office, Bureau of Land

Management, 2850 Youngfield Street,

Lakewood, Colorado 80215

and

Cottonwood Land Company, Richard D.

Tifft, III, P.O. Box 881007, Steamboat

Springs, Colorado 80488.

Any party electing to participate in

this program must share all costs on a

pro rata basis with the applicant and

with any other party or parties who

elect to participate.

Dated: May 2, 1996.

Karen Purvis,

Solid Minerals Team Resource Services.

[FR Doc. 96–11661 Filed 5–9–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–M

[UT–060–05–3800–006, UTU–72499]

Notice of Availability of Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

SUMMO USA Corporation, Lisbon

Valley Open Pit Copper Mine in San

Juan County, UT

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Department of Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability and

Public Comment Period for a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

prepared for SUMMO USA

Corporation’s Lisbon Valley Open Pit

Copper Mine in San Juan County, Utah.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 202 of the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969, a Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (DEIS) has been prepared,

under third party contract, by the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM),

Moab Field Office. The DEIS has been

prepared to analyze impacts and

alternatives for SUMMO USA

Corporation’s proposed Lisbon Valley

Open Pit Copper MIne. The proposed

project would be located on

approximately 1000 acres of federal,

state, and private lands located in San

Juan County, Utah.

Copies of the DEIS can be obtained

from the Moab Field Office at 82 East

Dogwood Avenue, Moab, Utah, or by

calling (801) 259–6111 and requesting a

copy of the document. Additionally,

copies of the DEIS will be distributed to

all attendees at the public scoping

meetings, and individuals, agencies or

companies that have previously

submitted comments or requested to be

placed on the mailing list to receive a

copy of the DEIS.

DATES: Written comments on the DEIS

will be accepted for a period of 45 days

following Federal Register publication

of the Notice of Availability by the

Environmental Protection Agency. The

anticipated date of EPA Federal

Register publication is May 24, 1996.

Comments must therefore be submitted

or postmarked no later than July 8, 1996

in order to be considered. Oral and/or

written comments may also be

presented at a public meeting to be held

at the Moab Field Office conference

room, at the above listed address,

beginning at 7:00 PM, on June 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the

DEIS document should be addressed to:

Kate Kitchell, Moab Field Office

Manager, Bureau of Land Management,

82 East Dogwood Avenue, Moab, Utah

84532.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lynn Jackson, Project Coordinator,

Moab Field Office, Bureau of Land

Management, 82 East Dogwood Avenue,

Moab, Utah, 84532, (801) 259–6111.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS

analyzes a proposal by SUMMO USA

Corporation of Denver, Colorado, to

develop an open pit cooper mining and

heap leaching operation on

approximately 1000 acres of private fee

lands, state leases and unpatented

mining claims in south Lisbon Valley,

located approximately 18 miles

southeast of LaSal, Utah, in San Juan

County, Utah.

The copper ore would be mined by

conventional open pit mining methods

utilizing drilling, blasting and ripping of

the ore and associated overburden. The

overburden would be removed and

stockpiled and the ore would be loaded

with front end loaders onto haul trucks.

The ore would be trucked to a

centralized pad area, utilizing 15,000

feet of haul roads, where it would be

crushed and stacked. The copper would

then be recovered by a heap leaching

method, utilizing low concentrations of

sulfuric acid. The leached copper

solution would be further refined by

standard solvent extraction and

electrowinning processes.

The facilities are designed to mine an

average of 16,500 tons of ore per day, to

produce 17,000 tons of 99.99% pure

copper cathodes per year. SUMMO

would employ up to 105 people at one

time over the life of the project. The

construction workforce would be

approximately 80 people. The project is

currently projected to have a 10 year

mining life. Processing would continue

after mining ceases for an additional

year. To the extent possible, reclamation

would occur simultaneously with

mining. Final closure and reclamation

activities would take approximately 5

years.

The DEIS analyzes environmental

impacts from SUMMO’s proposal, along

with four alternatives designed to

mitigate environmental impacts

associated with this project, as

identified during the scoping process.

These alternatives are: (1) No Action (2)

Open Pit Backfilling (3) Facility Layout,

and (4) Waste Rock Selective Handling.

BLM’s Preferred Alternative is the

Facility Layout Alternative, which in

essence would allow the project to

proceed with modifications to the

layout of waste rock dumps to minimize

impacts to soils, sedimentation and

visual resources. This preferred

alternative may be modified in the Final

EIS dependent on comments received

during the public comment period.
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Dated: May 3, 1996.

Brad Palmer,

Acting Moab Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–11663 Filed 5–9–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–M

[CA–026–1020–00]

Notice of Resource Advisory Council

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Susanville Resource Advisory Council,

Susanville, California.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management’s Susanville Resource

Advisory Council will hold a business

meeting and field tour on Friday and

Saturday, May 31 and June 1, 1996. The

May 31 meeting begins at 10 a.m. at the

Likely Fire Hall, Likely, CA. Public

comments will be taken at 10:30 a.m. A

tour of the Cedar Creek Watershed

Restoration Project will follow. The

Saturday, June 1 meeting begins at 9

a.m., also at the Likely Fire Hall. During

the meeting, the Advisory Council will

continue work on development of

standards for healthy rangelands and

guidelines for livestock grazing.

Summary minutes of the meeting will

be maintained in the BLM’s Eagle Lake

Resource Area Office, 2950 Riverside

Drive, Susanville, CA, and will be

available for public inspection and

reproduction within 30 days following

the meeting.

Linda D. Hansen,

Eagle Lake Resource Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–11704 Filed 5–9–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

[CA–990–0777–68]

Relocation/Change of Address/Office

Closure; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On June 6, 1996, the Bureau

of Land Management’s (BLM) California

State Office will move to a new location.

This notice provides information

regarding that move.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 10, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Lou West, BLM California State

Office (CA–912), 2800 Cottage Way,

Room E–2845, Sacramento, California

95825–1889; telephone number 916–

979–2835.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Beginning

on June 6, 1996, BLM’s California State

Office will be moving to a new location.

The move will affect the following

activities or considerations as follows:

(A). Public Access to Records

During the period of May 30 through

June 17, 1996, none of the records

maintained by that office will be

available for public inspection.

However, the Public Room will remain

open during the move to provide the

following limited services: (1) Provide

general or recreational information, (2)

Distribute forms for the mining claim

maintenance fee/waiver filing, (3)

Process maintenance fees for existing

mining claims, (4) Process new mining

claim locations, and (5) Sell maps. It is

anticipated that the entire office will be

operational, at the new location, on June

17, 1996.

(B). New Street Address and New

Mailing Address

2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento,

California 95825–0451.

Please address all correspondence to

the new address after June 17, 1996.

(C). Telephone Numbers

Existing telephone numbers will

remain unchanged after the move.

Dated: May 3, 1996.

Ronald R. Fox,

Deputy State Director, Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–11662 Filed 5–9–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

[AK–040–1430–00; AA–77796]

Notice of Realty Action; Recreation

and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act

Classification; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The following public lands in

the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

have been examined and found suitable

for lease or conveyance to the Veterans

of Foreign Wars Mt. McKinley Post No.

3836 under the provisions of the

Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as

amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The

Veterans of Foreign Wars proposes to

use the lands for a recreational park.

Seward Meridian

T. 26 N., R. 5 W.,

Sec. 25, Lot 10, the eastern 132 feet.

Containing 1.0 acre more or less.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martin Hansen, Anchorage District

Office, 6881 Abbott Loop Road,

Anchorage, Alaska, 907–267–1216.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands

are outside the Bureau of Land

Management’s Southwest Management

Framework Plan. A plan amendment to

cover the area is being prepared.

The lease/patent, when issued, will be

subject to the following terms,

conditions and reservations:

1. Provisions of the Recreation and

Public Purposes Act and to all

applicable regulations of the Secretary

of the Interior.

2. A right-of-way for ditches and

canals constructed by the authority of

the United States.

3. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine, and remove

the minerals.

4. Those rights for a sewer line

granted to the Matanuska-Susitna

Borough by right-of-way AA–57699.

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the lands will be

segregated from all other forms of

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the general mining laws,

except for lease or conveyance under

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act

and leasing under the mineral leasing

laws. For a period of 45 days from the

date of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, interested parties may

submit comments regarding the

proposed lease/conveyance or

classification of the lands to the District

manager, Anchorage District Office,

6881 Abbott Loop Road, Anchorage,

Alaska 99507.

CLASSIFICATION COMMENTS: Interested

parties may submit comments involving

the suitability of the land for a

recreational park. Comments on the

classification are restricted to whether

the land is physically suited for the

proposal, whether the use will

maximize the future use or uses of the

land, whether the use is consistent with

local planning and zoning, or if the use

is consistent with State and Federal

programs.

APPLICATION COMMENTS: Interested

parties may submit comments regarding

the specific use proposed in the

application and plan of development,

whether the BLM followed proper

administrative procedures in reaching

the decision, or any other factor not

directly related to the suitability of the

land for a recreation park.

Any adverse comments will be

reviewed by the State Director. In the

absence of any adverse comments, the

classification will become effective 60

days from the date of publication of this

notice in the Federal Register.