[Federal Register: January 31, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 21)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-010-1990-EX]
Notice of Availability of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement; Betze Project Dewatering, Eureka and Elko Counties, NV
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA) of final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act, 40 CFR parts 1500-1508 and 43 CFR part 3809, notice is
given that the Elko Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management has
prepared a final SEIS for Barrick Goldstrike's dewatering operations
for the Betze/Post Project in northeastern Nevada.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The final SEIS will be distributed and made available
to the public following publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. The period of availability for public review for the final
SEIS ends 30 days after publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the final SEIS can be obtained from: Bureau of
Land Management, Elko Field Office; Attn: Kirk Laird, SEIS Coordinator;
3900 E. Idaho Street; Elko, NV 89801. The final SEIS may also be
downloaded from the Elko Field Office Internet site at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.nv.blm.gov/elko
.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirk Laird, SEIS Coordinator, at the
above Elko Field Office address or telephone (775) 753-0200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEIS supplements the analysis of
dewatering for the Betze Project originally analyzed for an
Environmental Impact Statement completed in 1991. The SEIS analysis is
based on updated data, changes in the dewatering program, and improved
hydrogeologic modeling. The draft SEIS analyzed a proposed additional
water pipeline, which has been canceled, is no longer subject to
analysis, and thus is not part of the final SEIS. The SEIS analyzes the
potential impact of ongoing dewatering by Barrick's Goldstrike Mine,
approved by the State of Nevada, and proposed dewatering by other mines
along the Carlin Trend and analyzes updated mitigation measures. An
abbreviated final SEIS has been produced. The abbreviated final SEIS
contains copies of comment letters received on the draft SEIS,
responses to those comments, and an errata section with specific
modifications and corrections to the draft in response to the comments.
Dated: January 10, 2003.
Helen Hankins,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 03-1073 Filed 1-30-03; 8:45 am]