[Federal Register: August 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 155)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NV-060-3809]

 
Notice of Availability; Environmental Impact Statement; South 
Pipeline Project; Proposed Expansion of Existing Gold Mining/Processing 
Operations; Lander County, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

COOPERATING AGENCIES: Nevada Division of Wildlife, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the South Pipeline Project, Lander County, Nevada.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 and 40 Code of Federal Regulations 1500-1508 Council 
on Environmental Quality Regulations, notice is hereby given of the 
availability for comment of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, 
prepared by the Battle Mountain BLM, which analyzes the environmental 
effects of the South Pipeline Project, the No Action Alternative, and 
the Pipeline Backfill Alternative.

DATES: Written comments must be post-marked or otherwise delivered by 
4:30 p.m. on October 5, 1999. Comments may also be presented at public 
meetings to be held:

August 30, 1999 (7-9 pm) BLM office, Battle Mountain, NV
August 31, 1999 (7-9 pm) Crescent Valley, NV Community Center
    A limited number of copies of the Draft EIS may be obtained at the 
Battle Mountain BLM Field Office.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Bureau of Land 
Management, Battle Mountain Field Office, 50 Bastian Road, Battle 
Mountain, Nevada 89820. Comments, including names and street addresses 
of respondents, will be available for public review at the above 
address during regular business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday 
through Friday, except holidays, and may be published in the EIS. 
Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to 
withhold your name or street address from public review or from 
disclosure under Freedom of Information Act, you must state this 
prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests 
will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their 
entirely.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Foulkes, Battle Mountain BLM at 
(775) 635-4060.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cortez Gold Mines, Inc. (CGM) proposes to 
extend gold mining operations at the Pipeline Mine within the Gold 
Acres Mining District in Lander County, approximately 30 miles 
southeast of Battle Mountain, Nevada. The South Pipeline Project 
(Proposed Action) would include an expansion of the existing open pit 
and waste rock disposal sites, and the development of heap leach and 
ancillary facilities. The Proposed Action would require surface 
disturbance of 4,450 acres, all of which is public land administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management. Mining operations are expected to occur 
seven-days-a-week, 24-hours-a-day, for an additional 10 years (total 
life of 18 years).
Gerald M. Smith,
Field Manager, Battle Mountain Field Office.
[FR Doc. 99-20812 Filed 8-11-99; 8:45 am]
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