81_FR_41451 81 FR 41329 - Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council Meeting

81 FR 41329 - Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 122 (June 24, 2016)

Page Range41329-41330
FR Document2016-14983

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 122 (Friday, June 24, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 122 (Friday, June 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14983]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLMTC 00900.L16100000.DP0000 MO 4500094301]


Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern Montana Resource Advisory 
Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern 
Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.

DATES: The Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council meeting will be 
held on July 14, 2016, in Billings, Montana. When determined, the 
meeting location and times will be announced in a news release.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Jacobsen, Public Affairs 
Specialist, BLM Eastern Montana/Dakotas District, 111 Garryowen Road, 
Miles City, Montana 59301; (406) 233-2831; [email protected]. Persons 
who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 
Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-677-8339 to contact 
the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is 
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to leave a message or question 
with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal 
business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member council advises the Secretary 
of the Interior through the BLM on a variety of planning and management 
issues associated with public land management in eastern Montana. At 
this meeting, topics will include: An Eastern Montana/Dakotas District 
report, Billing Field Office and Miles City Field Office manager 
reports, a travel management, recreation planning, individual RAC 
member reports and other issues the council may raise. All meetings are 
open to the public and the public may present written comments to the 
council. Each formal RAC meeting will have time allocated for hearing 
public comments. Depending on the number of persons wishing to comment 
and time available, the time for individual oral comments may be 
limited. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, 
such as sign language interpretation, tour transportation or other 
reasonable accommodations

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should contact the BLM as provided above.

    Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-2.

Diane M. Friez,
Eastern Montana/Dakotas District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2016-14983 Filed 6-23-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 122 / Friday, June 24, 2016 / Notices 41329 purpose of this notice is to allow for an barriers they may encounter. The focus DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR additional 30 days of public comment. groups will explore ConnectHome DATES: Comments Due Date: July 25, subscribers’ previous broadband access, Bureau of Land Management 2016. current and planned patterns of use, and [LLMTC 00900.L16100000.DP0000 MO ADDRESSES: Interested persons are current and anticipated benefits of their 4500094301] invited to submit comments regarding at-home high-speed Internet access. this proposal. Comments should refer to Questions will emphasize educational Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern the proposal by name and/or OMB Internet use such as completing Montana Resource Advisory Council Control Number and should be sent to: homework, connecting parents with Meeting HUD Desk Officer, Office of educators, and applying to college. In AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Management and Budget, New addition, the focus groups will explore Interior. Executive Office Building, Washington, barriers to signing up for ConnectHome, ACTION: Notice of public meeting. DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. Email: securing devices, and using the Internet. OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. Respondents (i.e. affected public): SUMMARY: In accordance with the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ConnectHome-eligible residents in 5 of Federal Land Policy and Management Anna P. Guido, Reports Management the 28 pilot communities. Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. and Urban Development, 451 7th Street Estimated Number of Respondents: 55 Department of the Interior, Bureau of SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Total 11 Respondents each at 5. Land Management (BLM) Eastern Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@ Frequency of Response: One time. Montana Resource Advisory Council hud.gov or telephone 202–402–5533. Average Hours Per Response: 1.5. (RAC) will meet as indicated below. This is not a toll-free number. Persons DATES: The Eastern Montana Resource with hearing or speech impairments Total Estimated Burden: 82.5. Advisory Council meeting will be held may access this number through TTY by Respondents’ Obligation: Voluntary. on July 14, 2016, in Billings, Montana. calling the toll-free Federal Relay When determined, the meeting location B. Solicitation of Public Comment Service at (800) 877–8339. Copies of and times will be announced in a news available documents submitted to OMB This notice is soliciting comments release. may be obtained from Ms. Guido. from members of the public and affected FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This parties concerning the collection of Mark Jacobsen, Public Affairs Specialist, notice informs the public that HUD is information described in Section A on BLM Eastern Montana/Dakotas District, seeking approval from OMB for the the following: 111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, information collection described in Montana 59301; (406) 233–2831; section A. The Federal Register notice (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the mjacobse@blm.gov. Persons who use a that solicited public comment on the telecommunications device for the deaf information collection for a period of 60 proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the (TDD) may call the Federal Information days was published on March 29, 2016 Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–677–8339 at 81 FR 17489. information will have practical utility; to contact the above individual during A. Overview of Information Collection (2) The accuracy of the agency’s normal business hours. The FIRS is estimate of the burden of the proposed available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Title of Information Collection: collection of information; to leave a message or question with the ConnectHome Use and Barriers Focus (3) Ways to enhance the quality, above individual. You will receive a Groups. OMB Control Number: 2528–New. utility, and clarity of the information to reply during normal business hours. Type of Request: New collection. be collected; and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- Form Number: Focus groups. (4) Ways to minimize the burden of member council advises the Secretary of Description of the need for the the collection of information on those the Interior through the BLM on a information and proposed use: variety of planning and management who are to respond; including through President Barack Obama and HUD issues associated with public land the use of appropriate automated Secretary Julián Castro announced management in eastern Montana. At this ConnectHome on July 15, 2015, as the collection techniques or other forms of meeting, topics will include: An Eastern next step in the Obama Administration’s information technology, e.g., permitting Montana/Dakotas District report, Billing efforts to increase access to high-speed electronic submission of responses. Field Office and Miles City Field Office Internet access for all Americans. HUD encourages interested parties to manager reports, a travel management, Through public-private partnerships, submit comment in response to these recreation planning, individual RAC nonprofit organizations, businesses, and questions. member reports and other issues the Internet service providers (ISPs), Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork council may raise. All meetings are ConnectHome will offer high-speed Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35. open to the public and the public may Internet service, devices, technical present written comments to the Dated: June 21, 2016. training, and digital literacy programs to council. Each formal RAC meeting will residents of HUD-assisted housing in 28 Anna P. Guido, have time allocated for hearing public pilot communities, including the Department Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, comments. Depending on the number of sradovich on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. As Office of the Chief Information Officer. persons wishing to comment and time communities begin to implement [FR Doc. 2016–15024 Filed 6–23–16; 8:45 am] available, the time for individual oral ConnectHome in 2016 and connect BILLING CODE 4210–67–P comments may be limited. Individuals residents to Internet access within their who plan to attend and need special homes, these focus groups will assistance, such as sign language illuminate how families are taking interpretation, tour transportation or advantage of ConnectHome as well as other reasonable accommodations VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 Jun 23, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24JNN1.SGM 24JNN1

41330 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 122 / Friday, June 24, 2016 / Notices should contact the BLM as provided individual. You will receive a reply Alternative was developed to further above. during normal business hours. reduce potential impacts to mule deer Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Barrick migration. The WRM Alternative further Gold U.S. Inc. (Barrick) proposes to reduces impacts to groundwater and key Diane M. Friez, expand, construct, and operate an open- cultural and visual resource settings, Eastern Montana/Dakotas District Manager. pit gold mining operation located in the and reduces potential impacts to Greater [FR Doc. 2016–14983 Filed 6–23–16; 8:45 am] Bald Mountain Mining District in White Sage-Grouse. The WRM Alternative BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P Pine County, Nevada, approximately 65 would eliminate 1,831 acres of miles northwest of the Town of Ely. The disturbance from the Proposed Action proposed development and expansion and an additional 2,169 acres of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR would result in the disturbance of previously authorized disturbance approximately 7,097 acres, which would not be constructed, representing Bureau of Land Management a 3,989-acre (56 percent) reduction in would be located primarily on public land managed by the BLM. The life of comparison to the Proposed Action. [LLNVL01000. L51100000.GN0000. LVEMF1601180 241A; NVN–090443 and the mine would extend for 80 years Five other alternatives were considered NVN–082888; 13–08807; MO#4500047785; including construction, operation, but eliminated from further analysis. TAS: 14X5017] reclamation, closure, reclamation Mitigation measures are considered to monitoring, and post-closure minimize environmental impacts and to Notice of Availability of the Final monitoring. Barrick completed the sale ensure the Project does not result in Environmental Impact Statement for of the Bald Mountain Mine (BMM) to unnecessary or undue degradation of the Proposed Bald Mountain Mine Kinross Gold Corporation (Kinross) on public lands. North and South Operations Area On April 16, 2012, a Notice of Intent January 11, 2016 prior to final Projects, White Pine County, Nevada was published in the Federal Register completion of the EIS process. Kinross inviting scoping comments on the AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, has assumed ownership of the Bald Proposed Action. A legal notice for Department of Interior. Mountain Mine and the proposed scoping was prepared by the BLM and expansion of the North and South ACTION: Notice of Availability. published in the Elko Daily Free Press, Operations Area Projects (Project). The Ely Times, Eureka Sentinel, and Reno SUMMARY: In compliance with the Final EIS has retained the name of Gazette-Journal informing the public of National Environmental Policy Act Barrick in the document, but Kinross is the BLM’s intention to prepare the Bald (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the the new operator of the BMM and Mountain Mine North and South Federal Land Policy and Management proponent of the proposed expansion. Operations Area Projects EIS. Public Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the The Final EIS describes and analyzes scoping meetings were held May 7–10, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) the proposed project site-specific 2012, in Ely, Eureka, Elko, and Reno, Egan Field Office, Ely, Nevada has impacts (including cumulative) on all Nevada. A total of 180 individual prepared a Final Environmental Impact affected resources. The Final EIS comments were received. The Statement (EIS) for the proposed Bald describes four alternatives: the Proposed comments were incorporated in a Mountain Mine North and South Action, the North and South Operations Scoping Report and were considered in Operations Area Projects (Project) and Area Facilities Reconfiguration the preparation of the Draft EIS. by this notice is announcing its Alternative, the North and South Concerns raised during scoping availability. Operations Area Western Redbird included: potential degradation of Modification Alternative, and the No surface water or groundwater quality DATES: The BLM will not issue a final Action Alternative. decision for a minimum of 30 days after and potential depletion to groundwater The North and South Operations Area from pit lakes and/or water withdrawals the date that the Environmental Facilities Reconfiguration Alternative Protection Agency publishes its Notice for mine operations; potential impacts was developed to avoid or minimize to mule deer habitat and migration of Availability in the Federal Register. potential impacts to mule deer corridors; potential impacts to Greater ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final EIS for migration; Greater Sage-Grouse leks, Sage-Grouse habitat and strutting the Bald Mountain Mine North and associated Priority Habitat Management grounds; potential impacts to Wild South Operations Area Projects are Areas (PHMAs), and General Habitat Horse Herd Management Areas (HMAs), available for public inspection at the Management Areas (GHMAs); visual including herd access to surface water BLM Ely District Office and at http:// impacts affecting the cultural setting of sources; potential air quality impacts on.doi.gov/14R9rZ8. Additional the Pony Express National Historic from fugitive dust containing mercury, information is available at http:// Trail, Ruby Valley Pony Express Station, arsenic, or other contaminants; and on.doi.gov/14vXckC. and Fort Ruby National Historic potential impacts to visual resources FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Landmark; and visual impacts affecting including the visual setting of the Pony further information contact Stephanie visitor aesthetics at the Ruby Lake Express Trail and the Ruby Lake Trujillo, BLM Ely District Project National Wildlife Refuge. The North and National Wildlife Refuge. The North and Manager, telephone: (775) 289–1831; South Operations Area Facilities South Operations Area Facilities address: 702 North Industrial Way, Ely, Reconfiguration Alternative would Reconfiguration Alternative and NV 89301; email: strujill@blm.gov. eliminate 1,429 acres of disturbance Western Redbird Alternative were Persons who use a telecommunications from the Proposed Action and an developed to help reduce impacts to sradovich on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES device for the deaf (TDD) may call the additional 1,934 acres of previously mule deer, Greater Sage-Grouse, and Federal Information Relay Service authorized disturbance would not be visual resources. Mitigation measures (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the constructed, representing a 3,352-acre have also been included to show how above individual during normal (47 percent) reduction in comparison to impacts on resources could be business hours. The FIRS is available 24 the Proposed Action. minimized. hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a The North and South Operations Area The BLM prepared the Draft EIS in message or question with the above Western Redbird Modification (WRM) conjunction with its five Cooperating VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 Jun 23, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24JNN1.SGM 24JNN1


Document Created: 2016-06-24 00:52:54
Document Modified: 2016-06-24 00:52:54
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meeting.
DatesThe Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council meeting will be held on July 14, 2016, in Billings, Montana. When determined, the meeting location and times will be announced in a news release.
ContactMark Jacobsen, Public Affairs Specialist, BLM Eastern Montana/Dakotas District, 111 Garryowen Road, Miles City, Montana 59301; (406) 233-2831; [email protected] Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-677-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
FR Citation81 FR 41329 
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