[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16156-16157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7644]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-030-95-1990-02]
Environmental Statements; Availability, etc.: Miramar Gold Corp.,
Lyon County, NV
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District Office.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement
on a plan of operations for Miramar Gold Corporation in Lyon County,
Nevada; and notice of scoping period and public meetings.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 and 43 CFR Part 3809, the Bureau of Land Management
will be directing the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement
to be produced by a third-party contractor on the impacts of a proposed
Plan of Operations for gold mining at Talapoosa by Miramar Gold
Corporation, in Lyon County, Nevada. The Bureau invites comments on the
scope of the analysis.
EFFECTIVE DATE: An open-house meeting will be held April 19, 1995 at
the Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District Office, 1535 Hot
Springs Road, Carson City, NV, and again on April 20, 1995 at the
Mcatee Building, 2495 Ft. Churchill Rd., Silver Springs, NV, to allow
the public an opportunity to identify issues and concerns to be
addressed in the Environmental Impact Statement. Both meetings are
scheduled from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Representatives of Miramar Gold
Corporation will be available to answer [[Page 16157]] questions about
the Plan of Operations. Additional scoping meetings may be held as
appropriate. Written comments on the Plan of Operations and the scope
of the Environmental Impact Statement will be accepted until May 5,
1995.
A Draft Environmental Impact Statement is expected to be completed
by late summer 1995 and made available for public review and comment.
At that time a Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement will be published in the Federal Register. The comment period
on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement will be 60 days from the
date the Notice of Availability is published.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scoping comments may be sent to:
District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 1535 Hot Springs Road,
Suite 300, Carson City, NV 89706. ATTN: Talapoosa Environmental Impact
Statement Project Manager.
For additional information, write to the above address or call Ron
Moore at (702) 885-6155.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Miramar Gold Corporation of Reno, Nevada has
submitted a Plan of Operations for the Talapoosa Mine located
approximately 3 miles north of Silver Springs, Nevada. The proposed
operation will include an open-pit mine, tailing facilities, heap leach
facilities, waste rock dumps, water treatment facilities, a milling
complex as well as administrative and maintenance buildings. The
proposal is expected to disturb 570 acres of public and private land.
The issues expected to be analyzed in the Environmental Impact
Statement are: Surface and groundwater quantity and quality, mine pit
water quality, threatened and endangered species, wildlife, cultural
resources, reclamation, hazardous materials, air quality, soils and
watershed, vegetation, visual resources, recreation and wilderness,
social and economic values, geology, paleontology, grazing management,
access and land use, noise, and cumulative impacts. These topics will
be evaluated by an interdisciplinary team and will include review of
the proposed Plan of Operations as well as other pertinent
environmental documents and studies.
A range of alternatives (including but not limited to alternative
reclamation measures and the no-action alternative), as well as
mitigating measures, will be considered to evaluate and minimize
environmental impacts and to assure that the proposed action does not
result in undue or unnecessary degradation of public lands.
Federal, state and local agencies and other individuals or
organizations who may be interested in or affected by the Bureau's
decision on the Plan of Operations are invited to participate in the
scoping process with respect to this environmental analysis. These
entities and individuals are also invited to submit comments on the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
It is important that those interested in the Plan of Operations
participate in the scoping and commenting processes. To be most
helpful, comments should be as specific as possible.
The tentative project schedule is as follows:
Begin Public Comment Period--April 1995
Issuance of Draft Environmental Impact Statement--August 1995
File Final Environmental Impact Statement--November 1995
Record of Decision--January 1996
Begin Construction of Operation--Spring of 1996.
The Bureau of Land Management's scoping process for the
Environmental Impact Statement will include: (1) Identification of
issues to be addressed; (2) Identification of viable alternatives; (3)
Notification of interested groups, individuals and agencies so that
additional information concerning these issues, or other additional
issues, can be obtained.
Dated: March 21, 1995.
John O. Singlaub,
Carson City District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-7644 Filed 3-28-95; 8:45 am]
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