Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 3, 1996 / Notices 34859

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–020–1900–01]

Twin Creeks Mine Draft Environmental

Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, notice is given that the

Winnemucca District of the Bureau of

Land Management (BLM) has prepared,

by third party contractor, a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement on

Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corporation’s

Twin Creeks Mine Consolidation and

Expansion Project. 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 September 3, 1996.

A public meeting to receive oral and

written comments has been scheduled

for the date and place listed below. The

meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m., August

15, 1996, at the Winnemucca District

Office, Winnemucca, Nevada.

A copy of the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement can be obtained from:

Bureau of Land Management,

Winnemucca District Office, ATTN:

Gerald Moritz, Project Manager, 5100 E.

Winnemucca Boulevard, Winnemucca,

Nevada 89445.

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,

Nevada; Humboldt County Library,

Winnemucca, Nevada; Lander County

Library, Battle Mountain, Nevada; and

the University of Nevada Library in

Reno, Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gerald Moritz, Project Manager at the

above Winnemucca District address or

telephone (702) 623–1500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

analyzes the potential environmental

impacts that could result from the

consolidation and expansion of the

current gold mining operation at the

Twin Creeks Mine. Alternatives

analyzed include the Proposed Action,

No Action, the Partial Vista Pit Backfill

Alternative, the Selective Handling of

Overburden and Interburden Storage

Area Alternatives. The project involves

the consolidation of the Rabbit Creek

and Chimney Creek Mines, expansion of

the South Pit, overburden and

interburden storage area, ore processing

facilities, expanded dewatering system

and water disposal facilities, and

diversion of Rabbit Creek and

tributaries.

Dated June 21, 1996.

Ron Wenker,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–16882 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

[CA–930–06–2700 WARD]

Extension of Scoping Period for Ward

Valley Supplemental Environmental

Impact Statement (SEIS) Until July 15,

1996

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) in California

announces an extension of the scoping

period for the Ward Valley SEIS until

July 15, 1996. Three public scoping

workshops were held in Sacramento,

San Bernardino and Needles, California.

This extension is to allow the public

more time to provide written comments

on the scope of the SEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard F. Johnson or John S. Miles at

(916) 979–2800.

Philip L. Damon,

Acting Area manager.

[FR Doc. 96–17122 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

[WO–300–1310–00]

Green River Basin Advisory

Committee, Colorado and Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting of the Green

River Basin Advisory Committee.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

dates, time, and schedule and initial

agenda for a meeting of the Green River

Basin Advisory Committee (GRBAC).

DATES: July 17, 1996, from 8:00 a.m.

until 6:00 p.m. and July 18, 1996, from

8:00 a.m. until 3:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Jeffrey Center, 3rd and

Spruce Streets, Rawlins, WY 82301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terri Trevino, GRBAC Coordinator,

Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box

1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003, telephone

(307) 775–6020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The topics

for the meeting will include:

(1) Road standards, alternative funding,

and the NEPA process.

(2) Public comment.

This meeting is open to the public.

Persons interested in making oral

comments or submitting written

statements for the GRBAC’s

consideration should notify the GRBAC

Coordinator at the above address by July

10. The GRBAC will hear oral comments

from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on July 17.

The GRBAC may establish a time limit

for oral statements.

Date Signed: June 28, 1996.

Mat Millenbach,

Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management.

[FR Doc. 96–17121 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

[OR–030–06–1220–00: GP6–0196]

Notice of Meetings of Southeastern

Oregon Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Vale District, Bureau of Land

Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that a meeting

of the Southeastern Oregon Resource

Advisory Council will be held August 5,

1996 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and

August 6 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

at the Jordan Valley Lions Club Room,

902 Bassett Street, Jordan Valley,

Oregon.

At an appropriate time, the Council

will recess for approximately one hour

for lunch and one and one-half hours for

dinner. Public comments will be

received from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.,

August 6, 1996. Topics to be discussed

during the meeting are administrative

activities of the Council, the

Southeastern Oregon Resource

Management Plan, and the Interior

Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management

Project.

Notice is given that a meeting of the

Southeastern Oregon Resource Advisory

Council will be held September 19,

1996 from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and

September 20 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00

noon at the Harney County Museum

Club Room, 18 West ‘‘D’’ Street, Burns,

Oregon.

At an appropriate time, the Council

will recess for approximately one and

one-half hours for dinner. Public

comments will be received from 7:00

p.m. to 7:30 p.m., September 19, 1996.

Topics to be discussed during the

meeting are administrative activities of

the Council, the Southeastern Oregon

Resource Management Plan, and the

Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem

Management Plan.

DATES: The Southeastern Oregon

Resource Advisory Council meeting will

begin at 8:00 a.m. and continue to 9:00

p.m., August 5 and, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00

noon on August 6, 1996.
34860 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 3, 1996 / Notices

The Southeastern Oregon Resource

Advisory Council meeting will begin at

1:00 p.m. and continue to 9:00 p.m.,

September 19, and 8:00 a.m. to 12:00

noon on September 20, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The Southeastern Oregon

Resource Advisory Council meeting will

take place in the Jordan Valley Lions

Club Room, 902 Bassett Street, Jordan

Valley, Oregon.

The Southeastern Oregon Resource

Advisory Council meeting will take

place in the Harney County Museum

Club Room, 18 West ‘‘D’’ Street, Burns,

Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonne Hower, Bureau of Land

Management, Vale District, 100 Oregon

Street, Vale, OR 97918 (Telephone 541–

473–3144).

Geoffrey B. Middaugh,

Associate District Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–16899 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

[ID–933–1430–01; IDI–15693 01]

Public Land Order No. 7203; Partial

Revocation of Geological Survey Order

Dated October 17, 1951; Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes a

Geological Survey order insofar as it

affects 40 acres of public land

withdrawn by the Bureau of Land

Management for Powersite

Classification No. 420. The land is no

longer needed for this purpose and the

revocation is needed to transfer the land

by exchange. This action will open the

land to surface entry. The land has been

and will remain open to mining and

mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry R. Lievsay, BLM Idaho State

Office, 3380 Americana Terrace, Boise,

Idaho 83706–2500, 208–384–3166.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1988), it is ordered as follows:

1. The Geological Survey Order dated

October 17, 1951, which established

Powersite Classification No. 420, is

hereby revoked insofar as it affects the

following described land:

Boise Meridian

T. 29 N., R. 3 W.,

Sec. 21, NE11⁄4SW11⁄4.

The area described contains 40 acres in

Idaho County.

2. The State of Idaho has a preference

right for public highway rights-of-way

or material sites for a period of 90 days

from the date of publication of this

order and any location, entry, selection,

or subsequent patent shall be subject to

any rights granted the State as provided

by Section 24 of the Act of June 10,

1920, as amended 43 U.S.C. 818 (1988).

3. At 9 a.m. on October 2, 1996, the

land will be opened to the operation of

the public land laws generally, subject

to valid existing rights, the provisions of

existing withdrawals, other segregations

of record, and the requirements of

applicable law. All valid applications

received at or prior to 9 a.m. on October

2, 1996, shall be considered as

simultaneously filed at that time. Those

received thereafter shall be considered

in the order of filing.

Dated: June 24, 1996.

Bob Armstrong

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 96–16900 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P

[NV–930–4210–05; N–37127–01]

Notice of Realty Action: Lease/

conveyance for Recreation and Public

Purposes

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Recreation and public purpose

lease/conveyance.

SUMMARY: The following described

public land in Las Vegas, Clark County,

Nevada has been examined and found

suitable for lease/conveyance for

recreational or public purposes under

the provisions of the Recreation and

Public Purposes Act, as amended (43

U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The City of Las

Vegas proposes to use the land for a

public park facility. The below

described land was previously classified

under the Recreation and Public

Purposes Act for use as a church

facility. The Oakey Baptist Church has

relinquished their Recreation and Public

Purposes Application for the below

described land:

Mount Diablo Meridian

Nevada T. 21 S., R. 60 E., sec. 3: lots 88,

89, 90.

Containing 16.050 acres, more or less.

The land is not required for any

federal purpose. The lease/conveyance

is consistent with current Bureau

planning for this area and would be in

the public interest. The lease/patent,

when issued, will be subject to the

provisions of the Recreation and Public

Purposes Act and applicable regulations

of the Secretary of the Interior, and will

contain the following reservations to the

United States:

1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches

or canals constructed by the authority of

the United States, Act of August 30,

1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).

2. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine and remove

such deposits from the same under

applicable law and such regulations as

the Secretary of the Interior may

prescribe; and will be subject to:

1. An easement in favor of the City of

Las Vegas for roads, public utilities and

flood control purposes as follows: 30

feet wide on the south boundaries of

Lots 88, 89 and 90, 30 feet wide along

the east boundary of Lot 90 together

with 15 foot radius corners of the NE

and SE corners of Lot 90.

2. Those rights for roadway purposes

which have been granted to the City of

Las Vegas by Permit No. N–51520 under

the Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C.

1761).

3. Those rights for a well site which

have been granted to the Las Vegas

Valley Water District by Permit No. N–

53360 under the Act of October 21, 1976

(43 U.S.C. 1761).

Detailed information concerning this

action is available for the review at the

office of the Bureau of Land

Management, Las Vegas District, 4765

W. Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Upon publication of this notice is the

Federal Register, the above described

land will be segregated from all other

forms of appropriation under the public

land laws, including the general mining

laws, except lease/purchase under the

Recreation and Public Purposes Act,

leasing under the mineral leasing laws

and disposals under the mineral

disposal laws. Detailed information

concerning this action is available for

review at the office of the Bureau of

Land Management, Las Vegas District,

4765 W. Vegas Drive, Las Vegas,

Nevada.

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the above described

land will be segregated from all other

forms of appropriation under the public

land laws, including the general mining

laws, except for lease/conveyance under

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act,

leasing under the mineral leasing laws

and disposals under the mineral

material disposal 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 for classification of the

lands to the District Manager, Las Vegas