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[Federal Register: September 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 172)]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-910-07-1990-EX, 7-08808]

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Notice of Availability of Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact=20
Statement for Newmont Mining Corporation's South Operations Area=20
Project Amendment, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act=20
(NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has=20
prepared a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for=20
Newmont Mining Corporation's South Operations Area Project Amendment=20
(SOAPA) in Eureka and Elko counties, Nevada, and by this notice is=20
announcing the opening of the comment period.

DATES: To assure they will be considered, the BLM must receive written=20
comments on the Draft SEIS within 60 days following the date the=20
Environmental Protection Agency publishes their Notice of Availability=20
in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by the following methods: Fax: (775)=20
753-0255, Mail: Send to SOAPA Project Manager, BLM Elko Field Office,=20
3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deb McFarlane, BLM Elko Field Office,=20
3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801, (775) 753-0200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM signed a Record of Decision (ROD)=20
for Newmont Mining Corporation SOAPA project located on the Carlin=20
Trend in northeastern Nevada, on July 26, 2002. That ROD authorized=20
Newmont to mine an additional 350 feet below what had been previously=20
authorized, to expand 139 acres of surface occupation, to expand waste=20
rock disposal facilities and heap leach facilities, to continue=20
dewatering and ground water discharge to Maggie Creek, and to construct=20
associated ancillary facilities. Four years of legal review resulted in=20
a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit=20
holding that portions of the cumulative effects analysis were=20
insufficient. In response, the BLM has updated the cumulative effects=20
analysis for Newmont Mining Corporation's SOAPA project in Chapter 5 of=20
the 2002 EIS, including, any new or proposed projects that could=20
contribute to cumulative effects, and has issued a Draft SEIS. A copy=20
of the Draft SEIS may be obtained from the Bureau of Land Management,=20
Elko Field Office, 3900 Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada 89801. The Draft=20
SEIS may also be found on the Elko Field Office Internet site: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi=
-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3DleavingFR.html&log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://=
www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/elko_field_office/blm_information/nepa.htm.
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Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will be=20
available for public review at the above address during regular=20
business hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except=20
holidays, and may be published as part of the Final SEIS.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or=20
other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised that=20
your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--
may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in=20
your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from=20
public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Ron Wenker,
State Director, Nevada.
[FR Doc. 07-4339 Filed 8-31-07; 2:38 pm]

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