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call the toll-free Title V information line 

at 800–927–7588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the December 12, 1988 

court order in National Coalition for the 

Homeless v. Veterans Administration, 

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD 

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis, 

identifying unutilized, underutilized, 

excess and surplus Federal buildings 

and real property that HUD has 

reviewed for suitability for use to assist 

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the 

purpose of announcing that no 

additional properties have been 

determined suitable or unsuitable this 

week. 

Dated: December 22, 2014. 

Brian P. Fitzmaurice, 

Director, Division of Community Assistance, 

Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30350 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVE03000 

L5110000.GN0000LVEMF1301550 241A; 

NVN–091032; 14–08807; MO# 4500070050] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Long Canyon Mine Project, Elko 

County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, and the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, as 

amended, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has prepared a 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for the Long Canyon Mine Project 

and by this notice is announcing its 

availability. 

DATES: The BLM will not issue a final 

decision on the proposal for a minimum 

of 30 days from the date that the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes its notice in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the FEIS for the 

Long Canyon Mine Project are available 

for public inspection at the BLM Elko 

District Office. Interested persons may 

also review the FEIS on the Internet at 

www.blm.gov/rv5c. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Whitney 

Wirthlin, Project Manager; telephone: 

775–861–6400; address: 1340 Financial 

Blvd., Reno, NV 89502; email: BLM_

NV_ELDOLongCanyonMine@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the 

above individual during normal 

business hours. The FIRS 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 business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Newmont 

Mining Corporation (Newmont) 

proposes to construct and operate an 

open-pit gold mining operation, which 

would include one open pit, a heap 

leach pad, one waste rock dump, a 

tailings storage facility, a natural gas 

pipeline from the existing Ruby 

Pipeline, an onsite power generation 

plant, and other ancillary facilities. The 

mine would be located on the eastern 

side of the Pequop Mountain Range, 

about 30 miles east of Wells, Nevada, 

and 32 miles west of West Wendover, 

Nevada, and 5 miles south of Interstate 

80. Currently, Fronteer Development 

(Fronteer), a subsidiary of Newmont, is 

authorized to disturb up to 115 acres for 

exploration purposes. The associated 

disturbance for the proposed operations 

would increase to 1,631 acres of public 

land, including 480 acres of split estate 

lands of Federal surface and private 

subsurface. The projected life of the 

mine is 8 to 14 years, including 

construction, operations, and closure 

and post-closure monitoring. An 

estimated annual workforce for 

operations would be approximately 300 

to 500 people during the life of the 

mine. 

Fronteer is currently conducting 

exploration activities in this area which 

were analyzed in two environmental 

assessments (EA), the NewWest Gold 

USA Inc. Long Canyon Exploration 

Project (July 2008, EA No. BLM/EK/PL– 

2008/011) and Fronteer Development 

(USA) Inc. Expanded Long Canyon 

Exploration Project (June 2011, DOI– 

BLM–NV–N030–2011–00001–EA). The 

proposed Long Canyon Mine is in 

conformance with the Wells Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) and the 

proposal is in conformance with the 

approved decisions of the RMP. 

The FEIS describes and analyzes the 

proposed project site-specific impacts 

(including cumulative) on all affected 

resources. Two alternatives are 

analyzed: the North Facilities 

Alternative and the No Action 

Alternative. The North Facilities 

Alternative was designed in response to 

several environmental issues raised by 

scoping comments. Under the North 

Facilities Alternative, most of the mine 

facilities would be moved to the 

northern portion of the project area. 

This alternative addresses impacts to 

several wildlife species, cultural 

resources, and responds to requests 

from the cities of West Wendover, 

Nevada and Wendover, Utah related to 

potential impacts to their water supply. 

Six other alternatives were considered 

but eliminated from further analysis. 

Mitigation measures are considered to 

minimize environmental impacts and to 

assure the proposed action does not 

result in unnecessary or undue 

degradation of public lands. 

The Draft EIS for the Long Canyon 

Mine Project was published and 

available for review on March 21, 2014 

(79 FR 15773). A 45-day comment 

period occurred. The BLM received a 

total of 34 written comment 

submissions containing 105 individual 

items during the public comment period 

on the Draft EIS. The comments the 

BLM received were submitted by 

Federal and State agencies as well as 

members of the general public. Key 

issues raised during the public comment 

period include: Potential impacts to 

water resources utilized by the cities of 

West Wendover, NV and Wendover, UT, 

including the Johnson Springs system; 

potential impacts to visual resources, air 

quality, cultural resources and the 

Hastings Cutoff of the California 

National Historic Trail, the mule deer 

migration corridor, and wetland and 

riparian resources; and potential 

positive impacts to local communities. 

The BLM has prepared the Final EIS 

in conjunction with its eight 

Cooperating Agencies: Nevada 

Department of Wildlife, Elko County, 

City of Elko, City of West Wendover, 

City of Wendover, Utah; the 

Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 

Indian Reservation, the Nevada Division 

of Environmental Protection, and the 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

Comments on the Draft EIS received 

from the public and internal BLM 

review were considered and 

incorporated as appropriate into the 

FEIS. Public comments resulted in the 

addition of clarifying text, but did not 

significantly change the analysis. 

Following a 30-day FEIS availability 

and review period, a Record of Decision 

(ROD) will be issued. The decision 

reached in the ROD is subject to appeal 

to the Interior Board of Land Appeals. 

The 30-day appeal period begins with 

the issuance of the ROD. 


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Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 40 CFR 

1506.10. 

Bryan K. Fuell, 

Field Manager, Wells Field Office. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00067 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR02054000, 14XR0680A1, 

RX021489433320900] 

Notice of Public Review and Comment 

Period Extension for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Central Valley Project Municipal and 

Industrial Water Shortage Policy, 

Central Valley, California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is 

extending the public review and 

comment period for the Central Valley 

Project Municipal and Industrial Water 

Shortage Policy Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS). The Draft EIS 

was initially noticed by Reclamation on 

November 19, 2014 and public 

comments were originally due on 

January 12, 2015. In response to public 

requests, the comment period is being 

extended until March 13, 2015. 

DATES: Send written comments on the 

Draft EIS on or before March 13, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments or 

requests for copies to Mr. Tim Rust, 

Bureau of Reclamation, Resources 

Management Division, 2800 Cottage 

Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, or via 

email to trust@usbr.gov. 

To request a compact disc of the Draft 

EIS, please contact Mr. Tim Rust as 

indicated above, or call (916) 978–5516. 

The Draft EIS may be viewed at 

Reclamation’s Web site at http://

www.usbr.gov/mp/cvp/mandi/

index.html. See Supplementary 

Information section for locations where 

copies of the Draft EIS are available for 

public review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Tim Rust, Program Manager, Bureau of 

Reclamation, via email at trust@

usbr.gov, or at (916) 978–5516; or Mr. 

Michael Inthavong, Natural Resources 

Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation, via 

email at minthavong@usbr.gov, or at 

(559) 487–5295. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

comment period is being extended for 

the Central Valley Project Municipal 

and Industrial Water Shortage Policy 

draft EIS. On November 19, 2014, a 53- 

day public comment period was opened 

through notification in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 68912). In response to 

requests from the public, the comment 

period is being extended for an 

additional 18 days. The comment period 

will now officially close on March 13, 

2015. 

Background 

For background information, see the 

November 19, 2014, Federal Register 

notice. 

Public Review of Draft EIS 

Copies of the Draft EIS are available 

for public review at the following 

locations: 

1. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Region, Regional Library, 2800 Cottage 

Way, Sacramento, CA 95825. 

2. Natural Resources Library, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street 

NW., Main Interior Building, 

Washington, DC 20240–0001. 

Public Disclosure 

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. 

Dated: December 17, 2014. 

Pablo R. Arroyave, 

Deputy Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00155 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4332–90–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR01113000, XXXR0680R1, 

RR.R0336A1R.7WRMP0032] 

Notice of Availability of a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Notice of Public Meetings for the 

Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant 

and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess 

Reservoir Conveyance, Kittitas and 

Yakima Counties, Washington 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

and Washington State Department of 

Ecology have made available for public 

review and comment the Kachess 

Drought Relief Pumping Plant and 

Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess 

Reservoir Conveyance Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

The Draft EIS describes the potential 

environmental effects of the No Action 

Alternative and five action alternatives. 

The action alternatives examine 

constructing and operating a pumping 

plant to access up to 200,000 acre-feet 

of water in Kachess Reservoir during 

drought years and conveying it to the 

Kachess River for irrigation use within 

the Yakima Project, and constructing 

and operating a gravity flow tunnel from 

Keechelus Reservoir to Kachess 

Reservoir that could convey up to 400 

cubic feet of water per second to 

Kachess Reservoir. The action 

alternatives include activities to 

enhance the resiliency of bull trout 

populations in the Kachess and 

Keechelus watersheds as well as 

elsewhere in the Yakima River basin. 

DATES: Send written comments on the 

Draft EIS on or before March 10, 2015. 

Two public meetings will be held on 

the following dates: 

1. Tuesday, February 3, 2015, 4:00 

p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Ellensburg, WA. 

2. Thursday, February 5, 2015, 4:00 

p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Cle Elum, WA. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments or 

requests for copies to Ms. Candace 

McKinley, Bureau of Reclamation, 1917 

Marsh Road, Yakima, WA 98901; or via 

email to kkbt@usbr.gov. The Draft EIS is 

also accessible on the following Web 

sites: http://www.usbr.gov/pn/

programs/eis/kdrpp/index.html and 

http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/eis/

kkc/index.html. 

The public meeting locations are: 

1. Ellensburg—Hal Holmes 

Community Center, 209 N. Ruby Street, 

Ellensburg, Washington 98926; 

2. Cle Elum—U.S. Forest Service, Cle 

Elum Ranger District, Tom Craven 

Conference Room, 803 W. 2nd Street, 

Cle Elum, Washington 98922. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Candace McKinley, 509–575–5848, ext. 

603; or by email at kkbt@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This EIS 

was previously identified in the Notice 

of Intent to Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement as ‘‘Keechelus 

Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir 

Conveyance and Kachess Inactive 

Storage.’’ The name was changed to 

better reflect the proposed action 

evaluated in the EIS. 

The Draft EIS documents the potential 

direct, indirect, and cumulative 

physical, biological, and socioeconomic 

environmental effects that may result 

from the new pumping plant at Kachess 

Reservoir, water conveyance from 

Keechelus Reservoir to Kachess 


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