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[Federal Register: July 2, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 127)]
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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

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Notice of Availability of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact=20
Statement Updating Cumulative Effects Analysis for the Newmont Mining=20
Corporation South Operations Area 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 of=20
1969, as amended and the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976, as=20
amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Elko District Office=20
prepared a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to=20
update the cumulative effects analysis for Newmont Mining Corporation's=20
South Operations Area Project Amendment gold mine in Eureka and Elko=20
counties, Nevada and by this Notice is announcing its availability.

DATES: The BLM will not issue a final decision on the proposal for a=20
minimum of 30 days after the date that the Environmental Protection=20
Agency publishes its notice of availability in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final Supplemental EIS are available for=20
public inspection at the BLM Elko District Office, 3900 Idaho Street,=20
Elko, Nevada 89801. Interested persons may also review the Final=20
Supplemental EIS on the following Web site: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?fro=
m=3DleavingFR.html&log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en=
/fo/elko_field_office.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Deb=20
McFarlane, (775) 753-0200, or e-mail: Deb_McFarlane@blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM signed a Record of Decision (ROD)=20
for Newmont Mining Corporation's South Operations Area Project=20
Amendment (SOAPA), an open-pit gold mine located on the Carlin Trend in=20
northeastern Nevada, on July 26, 2002. Four years of legal review=20
resulted in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit=20
partially reversing the ROD. The Final Supplemental EIS updates the=20
analysis of some cumulative impacts including potential impacts to air=20
quality, minerals, Native American and cultural resources, water,=20
vegetation, grazing, recreation, noise, visual resources, wilderness=20
resources, threatened and endangered species, and socioeconomics.
    The SOAPA authorized Newmont Mining Corporation to mine an=20
additional 350 feet below what had been previously authorized, to=20
expand waste rock disposal facilities and leach facilities by 139=20
acres, to continue dewatering and ground water discharge to Maggie=20
Creek, and to construct associated ancillary facilities.
    A Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental EIS Updating=20
Cumulative Effects Analysis for the Newmont Mining Corporation South=20
Operations Area Project Amendment, Nevada, was published in the Federal=20
Register on March 7, 2007 [72 FR 10241]. The Notice of Availability for=20
the Draft Supplemental EIS was published in the Federal Register on=20
September 6, 2007 [72 FR 51249].

    Authority:  40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10.

Kenneth E. Miller,
Elko District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2010-16031 Filed 7-1-10; 8:45 am]
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