[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 761-762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00042]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Public Meetings and Public Hearings Related to the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Donlin Gold Mine
Project, North of Crooked Creek, Alaska
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is providing
notification of public meetings to obtain comment on the Draft EIS
noted above to facilitate compliance with, in part, the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
is providing notification of Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 810 Hearings related to the
preliminary ANILCA 810 Findings contained in the above Draft EIS.
Section 810 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
requires the BLM to evaluate the effects of plans presented in this
Draft EIS on subsistence activities in the area of the proposed action
and its alternatives, and to hold public hearings if it finds that any
alternative may significantly restrict subsistence activities. The
analysis of environmental consequences indicates the proposed action
may significantly restrict subsistence in some portions of the proposed
project area. Therefore, the BLM is holding public hearings on
potential subsistence impacts in conjunction with the public meetings
discussed below. BLM's preliminary ANILCA 810 Findings are contained in
Appendix N of the Draft EIS.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting dates.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting locations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Keith Gordon, Project Manager,
U.S.
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Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District, CEPOA-RD-Gordon, P.O. Box
6898, JBER, AK, 99506-0898; via email at
[email protected] or; at 907-753-5710. Or, Mr. Alan
Bittner, Anchorage Field Manager, U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau
of Land Management, 907-267-1285.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Communities in which public meetings and
hearings are scheduled are as follows (all communities are in Alaska):
Aniak--January 20, 2016, Crooked Creek--January 21, 2016,
Anchorage--January 28, 2016, Bethel--February 1, 2016, Akiak--February
2, 2016, Nunapitchuk--February 3, 2016, Quinhagak--February 16, 2016,
McGrath--February 26, 2016, Holy Cross--March 30, 2016, Tyonek--To be
determined, Lower Kalskag--To be determined. Please note that no
preliminary 810 finding of potential substantial significant
restriction of subsistence has been made for Holy Cross. An 810 Hearing
will be held due to its proximity to the proposed project and the
existing level of subsistence use information (mapping) available.
Communities in which only public meetings are scheduled, as no
preliminary 810 finding of potential substantial significant
restriction of subsistence has been made, includes (all communities are
in Alaska):
Kipnuk--February 17, 2016, St. Mary's--March 1, 2016, Emmonak--
March 2, 2016, Toksook Bay--March 15, 2016, Hooper Bay--March 16, 2016.
Any changes to these dates and locations, as well as specific
meeting and hearing locations and times in each community can be found
at www.donlingoldeis.com.
Dated: December 30, 2015.
Shelia Newman,
Deputy Division Chief, Regulatory Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-00042 Filed 1-6-16; 8:45 am]
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