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Wyoming 82801; telephone 307–674– 

2656; email glaurent@fs.fed.us; or 

Janelle Wrigley, BLM Wyoming State 

Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009; telephone 

307–775–6257; email jwrigley@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 individuals. The FIRS is available 

24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave 

a message or question with the above 

individuals. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

applicant is the USFS. The application 

requests the Secretary of the Interior to 

withdraw, subject to valid existing 

rights, the following described National 

Forest System land from location and 

entry under the United States mining 

laws, but not from leasing under the 

mineral leasing laws, for a period of 20 

years, to protect the capital 

improvements constructed for the 

Burgess Junction Visitor Center and 

Administrative Site: 

Bighorn National Forest 

Sixth Principal Meridian 

T. 56 N., R. 88 W., 

Sec. 31, S1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, those portions lying 

northwesterly of the centerline of United 

States Highway 14; 

Sec. 32, S1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and 

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, those portions lying 

northeasterly of the centerline of United 

States Highway 14. 

The area described contains 

approximately 73 acres in Sheridan 

County. The purpose of the requested 

withdrawal is to protect the capital 

improvements constructed for the 

administrative site. The use of a rightof-way, interagency or cooperative 

agreement would not adequately 

constrain nondiscretionary uses which 

could result in permanent loss of the 

facilities at the site. 

There are no suitable alternative sites 

as the described lands contain a fully 

constructed visitor center and 

administrative site. Moving the facilities 

to a different location would not be 

economical or practical. 

No additional water rights would be 

needed to fulfill the purpose of the 

requested withdrawal. There is a well 

on the site for domestic purposes and a 

water rights permit is in place to the 

United States. 

Records relating to the application 

may be examined by contacting Janelle 

Wrigley, BLM Wyoming State Office, at 

the above address; telephone 307–775– 

6257; email jwrigley@blm.gov. 

For the period until April 16, 2015, all 

persons who wish to submit comments, 

suggestions or objections in connection 

with the withdrawal application may 

present their views in writing to the 

BLM Wyoming State Office at the 

address noted above. Comments, 

including names and street addresses of 

respondents, will be available for public 

review at the BLM Wyoming State 

Office at the address above during 

regular business hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

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 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may 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. Notice is hereby given that an 

opportunity for a public meeting is 

afforded in connection with the 

application for withdrawal. All 

interested persons who desire a public 

meeting for the purpose of being heard 

on the application for withdrawal must 

submit a written request to the BLM 

Wyoming State Director no later than 

April 16, 2015. If the authorized officer 

determines that a public meeting will be 

held, a notice of the time and place will 

be published in the Federal Register 

and through local newspapers, at least 

30 days before the scheduled date of the 

meeting. 

For a period until January 16, 2017, 

subject to existing rights, the land 

described in this notice will be 

segregated from location and entry 

under the United States mining laws 

unless the application is denied or 

cancelled or the withdrawal is approved 

prior to that date. Licenses, permits, 

cooperative agreements or discretionary 

land use authorizations of a temporary 

nature which will not significantly 

impact the values to be protected by the 

withdrawal may be allowed with the 

approval of the authorized officer of the 

USFS during the temporary segregative 

period. 

This application will be processed in 

accordance with the regulations set 

forth in 43 CFR part 2300. 

Donald A. Simpson, 

State Director, Wyoming. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00598 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWYR05000.L51100000.GN0000.LVEMK

11CW630–WYW168184] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Sheep Mountain Uranium Project, 

Fremont County, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy Act of 1976 

(FLPMA) and associated regulations, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 

prepared a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the Sheep Mountain 

Uranium Project and by this notice is 

announcing the opening of the comment 

period. 

DATES: To ensure comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Sheep 

Mountain Uranium Project Draft EIS 

within 45 days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes its Notice of Availability in 

the Federal Register. The BLM will 

announce future meetings or hearings 

and any other public involvement 

activities related to this Draft EIS at least 

15 days in advance through public 

notices, media releases and/or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft EIS 

may be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http://www.blm.gov/wy/

st/en/info/NEPA/documents/lfo/

gashills.html. 

• Email: blm_wy_sheep_mountain_

eis@blm.gov. 

• Mail: Chris Krassin, Project 

Manager, BLM Lander Field Office, 

1335 Main Street, Lander, WY 82520. 

Copies of the Sheep Mountain 

Uranium Project Draft EIS are available 

in the Lander Field Office at the above 

address, the BLM Wyoming State Office 

in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and online at 

the above Web site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Krassin, Project Manager, 

telephone: 307–332–8400; address: BLM 

Lander Field Office, 1335 Main Street, 

Lander, WY 82520; or email: blm_wy_

sheep_mountain_eis@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 


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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: Titan 

Uranium USA Inc., a wholly owned 

subsidiary of Titan Uranium Inc., 

submitted a 43 CFR 3809 Plan of 

Operations (Plan) to the BLM Lander 

Field Office (LFO) for the Sheep 

Mountain Uranium Project (Project) in 

Fremont County, Wyoming, on June 16, 

2011. On February 29, 2012, Energy 

Fuels Inc. merged with Titan Uranium 

Inc. and all of its subsidiaries are now 

wholly-owned subsidiaries of Energy 

Fuels Resources (USA) Inc. (Energy 

Fuels). Energy Fuels will continue as 

the owner and operator of the Sheep 

Mountain Project. Energy Fuels 

submitted revised Plans to the BLM on 

July 16, 2012, August 29, 2013, and 

January 14, 2014. The 2014 revision 

consisted of a revision to the Wyoming 

Department of Environmental Quality— 

Land Quality Division (WDEQ–LQD) 

Mine Permit 381C and a final update to 

the Plan for which the EIS is based. 

The Project is located 8 road miles 

south of Jeffrey City, Wyoming, in 

south-central Fremont County, in the 

Crooks Gap-Green Mountain District 

which was extensively mined starting in 

the 1950s. This area lies 62 road miles 

southeast of Riverton, Wyoming and 105 

road miles west of Casper, Wyoming. 

The Project is within an active State of 

Wyoming Permit to Mine (No.381C) 

administered by the WDEQ–LQD. 

Revisions to the WDEQ–LQD permit 

have been submitted by Energy Fuels. 

Energy Fuels is currently considering 

applying for a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) Source Materials 

License for the proposed heap leach and 

processing facility. 

Energy Fuels proposes to explore for 

and develop uranium reserves to 

produce approximately 1.0 million to 

2.0 million pounds of uranium per year 

over an anticipated project life of 20 

years. Uranium would be extracted 

using conventional open-pit and 

underground mining methods. Ore 

processing into yellowcake (U3O8) 

would occur either on-site using a heap 

leach and solvent extraction/ion 

exchange or offsite utilizing the existing 

conventional Sweetwater Uranium Mill 

approximately 30 miles to the south 

(NRC License SUA–1350). The 

boundary of the Sheep Mountain Project 

Area (Project Area) is within the active 

WDEQ–LQD 381C Mine Permit Area, 

encompassing approximately 3,611 

acres (5.6 square miles) of which 

approximately 929 acres would be 

disturbed under the Proposed Action 

Alternative. Approximately 62 percent 

(572.5 acres) of the surface within the 

Proposed Action disturbance area 

historically was disturbed by previous 

mining and exploration activities. 

The Draft EIS addresses the direct, 

indirect and cumulative impacts of the 

Proposed Action and two alternatives 

including the No Action Alternative and 

the BLM Mitigation Alternative. 

The No Action Alternative, as 

required by NEPA, describes conditions 

that would occur if the proposed project 

were denied. This includes existing 

reclamation efforts on 227 acres of 

existing disturbance within the Project 

Area as required by the financial 

guarantee held for Mine Permit 381C. 

This reclamation includes a portion of 

the McIntosh pit and the existing 

underground mines, roads and facilities. 

Reclamation of the entire McIntosh Pit 

would be completed by the Wyoming 

Department of Environmental Quality— 

Abandoned Mine Lands program 

(WDEQ–AML) in coordination with 

Energy Fuels. 

The Proposed Action Alternative is 

the project as proposed by Energy Fuels 

in their Plan, as amended, and the 

revised WDEQ–LQD Mine Permit 381C. 

The BLM Mitigation Alternative 

would utilize the same conventional 

mining techniques over the same period 

as under the Proposed Action, but 

modifications to the proposed 

reclamation plan and development of a 

transportation plan would be required. 

In addition, the BLM Mitigation 

Alternative would identify 

opportunities to apply hierarchical 

mitigation strategies for on-site, regional 

and compensatory mitigation strategies 

and identify areas appropriate to apply 

landscape-level conservation and 

management actions to achieve regional 

mitigation objectives. 

The Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS 

was published in the Federal Register 

on August 23, 2011 (76 FR 52688). Key 

issues identified during scoping were 

related to the development of additional 

alternatives, cumulative impacts, 

mitigation and monitoring and potential 

impacts to range, water, recreation, and 

wildlife resources. 

The public is encouraged to comment 

on any of these alternatives. The BLM 

asks that those submitting comments 

make them as specific as possible with 

reference to chapters, page numbers and 

paragraphs in the Draft EIS document. 

Comments that contain only opinions or 

preferences will not receive a formal 

response; however, they will be 

considered and included as part of the 

BLM decision-making process. The most 

useful comments will include new 

technical or scientific information, 

identification of data gaps in the impact 

analysis, or technical or scientific 

rationale for opinions or preference. 

Please note that public comments and 

information submitted including names, 

street addresses, and email addresses of 

persons who submit comments will be 

available for public review and 

disclosure at the above address during 

regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. 

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. 

Donald A. Simpson, 

State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCOS05000.L13100000.EJ0000.241A] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Bull Mountain Unit Master 

Development Plan, Gunnison County, 

CO 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) prepared a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Bull Mountain Unit Master 

Development Plan (MDP) and by this 

notice is announcing the opening of the 

comment period. 

DATES: To ensure comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Bull Mountain 

MDP Draft EIS within 45 days following 

the date the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes its Notice of 

Availability in the Federal Register. The 

BLM will announce future meetings or 

hearings and any other public 

involvement activities at least 15 days 

in advance through public notices, 

media releases and/or mailings. 


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