[Federal Register: July 24, 2009 (Volume 74, Number = 141)] [Notices] =20 [Page 36738-36739] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr24jy09-122] =20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLIDI01000-L71220000-PH0000-LVTF80230000; DDG-07-0010] =20 Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact=20 Statement for the Three Rivers Stone Quarry Expansion AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of=20 1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and=20 Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) the Bureau of=20 Land Management (BLM), Challis Field Office, announces the availability=20 of the Three Rivers Stone Quarry Expansion Final Environmental Impact=20 Statement (FEIS). The FEIS addresses a proposal submitted by L&W = Stone=20 Corporation to amend the existing Plan of Operations to allow for=20 expansion of its existing building stone quarry. DATES: The FEIS is available for 30 days following publication of the=20 Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability (NOA) in the=20 Federal Register. The Record of Decision (ROD) will not be approved by=20 the BLM for at least 30 days following publication of the NOA for the=20 FEIS by the Environmental Protection Agency. ADDRESSES: Copies of the FEIS are available upon request from the BLM=20 Idaho Falls District Office, 1405 Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho,=20 83401, phone 208-524-7530. You may request either a paper or an=20 electronic (CD) copy. A copy of the FEIS is also available on the=20 Internet at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving= .cgi?from=3DleavingFR.html&log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/= id/st/en/fo/challis/nepa/Three_Rivers.html. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Horsburgh, Project Manager,=20 BLM Idaho Falls District, 1405 Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho=20 83401, phone 208-524-7530, or fax 208-524-7505. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: L&W Stone Corporation mines locatable=20 flagstone on public lands administered by the BLM's Challis Field=20 Office in Custer County, Idaho. L&W Stone submitted an Amended Plan = of=20 Operations for its quarry under the 43 CFR 3809 Regulations in December=20 2002. The BLM completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) regarding the=20 Amended Plan of Operations, signed a Finding of No Significant Impact=20 (FONSI) in July 2004, and approved the project. As a result of a=20 lawsuit that was filed objecting to that approval, the BLM was ordered=20 by a Federal judge to prepare an EIS for the Amended Plan of=20 Operations. A Notice of Intent to Prepare the EIS was published in the Federal=20 Register on October 21, 2005, inviting comments on the scope of the=20 EIS, concerns, issues, and proposed alternatives. Public scoping=20 meetings were held during the 45-day public comment period in Challis,=20 Idaho, on November 16, 2005, and in Boise, Idaho, on November 17, 2005. The Draft EIS was released for public review on December 14, 2007.=20 Public meetings were held during the 45-day public comment period in=20 Boise, Idaho, on January 16, 2008, and in Challis, Idaho, on January=20 17, 2008. A total of 13 written comments were received during this=20 process. All comments were analyzed and appropriate changes or=20 clarifications were incorporated into the FEIS. The comments and=20 responses are appended to the FEIS. The BLM will prepare a Record of Decision (ROD) for the proposed=20 project no earlier than 30 days following the publication of the NOA by=20 the Environmental Protection Agency. Public comments will be accepted=20 on the FEIS and will be considered as part [[Page 36739]] of the BLM decision making process. However, the BLM will not formally=20 respond to the comments. The BLM asks that those submitting comments make them as specific=20 as possible with reference to page numbers and chapters in the FEIS. Public comments, including the names and mailing addresses of=20 respondents, will be available for public review at the Idaho Falls=20 District Office in Idaho Falls, Idaho, during regular business hours=20 from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.=20 Individual respondents may request confidentiality. Before including=20 your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal=20 identifying information in your comments, you should be aware that your=20 entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be=20 made publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your=20 comments to withhold your personal identifying information from public=20 review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. All=20 submissions from organizations and businesses, and from individuals=20 identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations=20 or businesses, will be available for public inspection in their=20 entirety. David Rosenkrance, BLM Challis Field Manager. [FR Doc. E9-17677 Filed 7-23-09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-GG-P