[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46206-46207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17588]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-020-02-1990-EX]


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement To Analyze the Proposed Millennium Project Plan of Operations 
for Glamis Marigold Mining Company and Notice of Public Scoping and 
Public Meetings

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement to analyze the Proposed Millennium Project Plan of Operations 
for Glamis Marigold Mining Company (GMMC) and notice of public scoping 
and public meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 40 Code of Federal Regulations 1500-1508 
Council on Environmental Quality Regulations, and 43 Code of Federal 
Regulations 3809, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca Field 
Office will be directing the preparation of a third-party Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to analyze a proposed new mine 
expansion called the Millennium project. The project would disturb 
approximately 1,394 acres of public and private lands and is located in 
Humboldt County, Nevada.

DATES: This notice initiates the public scoping process. Comments can 
be submitted in writing to the BLM, Winnemucca Field Office at the 
address listed below. All public meetings will be announced through the 
local news media and newsletters at least 15 days prior to the 
meetings.
    Public Participation: The purpose of these public meetings is to 
identify potentially significant issues to be addressed in the SEIS, to 
determine the scope of issues to be addressed, to identify viable 
alternatives, and to encourage public participation in the NEPA 
process. Additional briefings will be considered, as appropriate. 
Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will be 
available for public review at the Winnemucca Field Office located in 
Winnemucca, Nevada, during regular business hours, and may be published 
as part of the SEIS. Individual respondents may request 
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name or street address 
from public review or from disclosure under the 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 and businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, will be available for public inspection in their 
entirety.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Bureau of Land 
Management, Winnemucca Office, Attention: Jeff Johnson, 5100 E. 
Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, Nevada 89445.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Johnson, BLM Winnemucca at (775) 
623-1500 or FAX # (775) 623-1503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since 1988 the Marigold Mine located 
approximately three miles south of Valmy, Nevada has been in commercial 
operation. The Marigold mine presently has mineral/development 
interests on approximately 19,000 acres of private

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and public land. In September 2001, BLM issued a Record of Decision 
authorizing activities proposed in an environmental impact statement 
(EIS). Previous to the EIS, numerous mine plan modifications and the 
original mine plan approvals were authorized in various environmental 
assessments (EAs). Currently, the mine is approved to disturb 1,831 
acres on private and public lands. In April 2002, GMMC submitted a plan 
of operations modification referred to as the Millennium Expansion 
Project. The Millennium Expansion Project would disturb an additional 
1,394 acres and would include expansion of existing and construction of 
new pits, expansion of existing waste rock storage facilities and 
construction of new waste rock storage facilities, two new heap leach 
processing facilities to include solution ponds, carbon columns, 
reagent storage tanks, a new ADR facility, support facilities (truck 
shop, fuel storage, warehouse), ancillary facilities, and construction 
of an evapo-transpiration closure cover system for the heap leach 
facilities.

    Dated: June 13, 2002.
Terry A. Reed,
Field Manager, Winnemucca Field Office.
[FR Doc. 02-17588 Filed 7-11-02; 8:45 am]
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