83 FR 35676 - Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Gold Rock Mine Project, White Pine County, Nevada

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 145 (July 27, 2018)

Page Range		35676-35678
FR Document		2018-16093

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Bristlecone Field Office, Ely, Nevada, has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Gold Rock Mine Project (Project), White Pine County, Nevada, and by this notice is announcing its availability.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNVL00000. L51100000.GN0000. LVEMF1604790. 241A.18X; MO#4500101127]


Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Proposed Gold Rock Mine Project, White Pine County, 
Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Proposed Gold Rock Mine Project, White Pine County, 
Nevada.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Bristlecone 
Field Office, Ely, Nevada, has prepared a Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for the Gold Rock Mine Project (Project), White Pine 
County, Nevada, and by this notice is announcing its availability.

DATES: The BLM will not issue a final decision on the proposal for a 
minimum of 30 days after the date that the Environmental Protection 
Agency publishes its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final EIS for the Gold Rock Mine Project and 
other documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the 
Bristlecone Field Office: 702 North Industrial Way, Ely, Nevada. The 
document is available for download on the internet at: http://on.doi.gov/1zAxyW9.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Ryan, Project Manager, (775) 
289-1888; [email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device 
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-
877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. 
The FRS 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 Gold Rock Mine Project would involve 
construction and operation of an open-pit gold mine on public land in 
White Pine County, Nevada. Midway Gold U.S. was the original proponent. 
GRP Gold Rock, LLC Inc. (GRP) purchased the project in 2016. The 
project would involve expansion of an existing open pit and 
construction of two waste rock disposal areas, heap leaching facilities 
with an adsorption/desorption refining plant, a carbon-in-leach plant, 
a tailings storage facility, roads, ancillary support facilities, and 
exploration areas. A 69kV power line would be built and tied into an 
existing power line with the Pan Mine located north of the project 
area. Water with which GRP has rights would be supplied via an existing 
well located on BLM-administered lands south of the main Project 
footprint. Construction and mining operations would occur within the 
fenced 8,757 acres and would disturb 3,946 acres. The proposed action 
also includes 200 acres of exploration disturbance in addition to the 
267 acres of previously authorized exploration outside the fenced area.
    The Final EIS describes and analyzes the proposed project site-
specific impacts (including cumulative effects) on all affected 
resources. The Final EIS describes eight alternatives: (1) The Proposed 
Action; (2) the Northern Power Line Route Alternative; (3) the Southern 
Power Line Route Alternative; (4) the Northwest Main Access Route 
Alternative, Northern Power Line Route; (5) the Northwest Main Access 
Route Alternative, Southern Power Line Route; (6) the Modified County 
Road Re-Route Alternative; (7) the Western Tailings Storage Facility 
Alternative; and (8) the No Action Alternative.

1. Proposed Action

    The proposed Project would be constructed and operated in the same 
geographic area as the reclaimed and closed Easy Junior Mine. The 
proposed Project consists of an open pit, two waste rock disposal 
areas, a heap leach pad and processing ponds, a carbon-in-leach plant, 
a tailings storage facility, haul and access roads, growth medium 
stockpiles, ancillary support facilities, and exploration associated 
with mining operation. Also under the Proposed Action, a 69-kV 
transmission line would extend south from the Pan Mine, east of and 
parallel to the approved Pan Mine Southwest Power Line, then extend 
southeast to the mine area. The site would be accessed using the 
existing main access route from US 50 on Green Springs Road (CR 5), 
then west on BLM Road 1179 (BLM 1179)/CR 1204, then south on Easy 
Junior Road (CR 1177) to the proposed mine area. Also under the 
Proposed Action, a county road that currently passes through the Gold 
Rock Mine Project area would be re-located onto existing and new BLM 
and county roads. Total disturbance in the project area would be 
approximately 3,946 acres.

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2. Northern Power Line Route Alternative

    The Northern Power Line Route Alternative was developed to minimize 
potential impacts to Greater sage-grouse and its habitat due to surface 
disturbance and from raptors using the power line between the Pan Mine 
and the Project as a perch to hunt for prey. This power line route 
would be shorter than the Proposed Action power line route. Fewer acres 
of Greater sage-grouse Priority Habitat Management Area (PHMA) and 
General Habitat Management Area (GHMA) would be disturbed and fewer 
acres of PHMA and GHMA would be located within 600 meters of the power 
line, as compared to the Proposed Action.

3. Southern Power Line Route Alternative

    The Southern Power Line Route Alternative also was developed to 
minimize potential impacts to Greater sage-grouse and its habitat due 
to surface disturbance and from raptors using the power line as a perch 
to hunt for prey. This power line route would be shorter than Proposed 
Action power line route or the Northern Power Line Route Alternative. 
Fewer acres of PHMA and GHMA would be disturbed and fewer acres of PHMA 
and GHMA would be located within 600 meters of the power line, as 
compared to the Proposed Action power line or Northern Power Line Route 
Alternative.

4. Northwest Main Access Route Alternative, Northern Power Line Route

    The Northwest Main Access Route Alternative, Northern Power Line 
Route was developed to address concerns about potential noise impacts 
to Greater sage-grouse. It would include the benefits of the Northern 
Power Line Route Alternative, and would move most mine-related traffic 
away from known active Greater sage-grouse leks. This alternative would 
also contribute to fewer potential vehicular collisions with big game 
due to its distance away from a known migration route for the Ruby 
Mountain mule deer herd.

5. Northwest Main Access Route Alternative, Southern Power Line Route

    The Northwest Main Access Route Alternative, Southern Power Line 
Route was developed to address concerns about potential noise impacts 
to Greater sage-grouse. It would include the benefits of the Southern 
Power Line Route Alternative and would move most mine-related traffic 
away from known active Greater sage-grouse leks. This alternative would 
also contribute to fewer vehicular collisions with big game due to its 
distance away from a known migration route for the Ruby Mountain mule 
deer herd.

6. Modified County Road Re-Route Alternative

    The Modified County Road Re-route Alternative was developed to 
lessen impacts to GHMA. This alternative would involve use of existing 
roads rather than construction of a segment of new road in Greater 
sage-grouse habitat.

7. Western Tailings Storage Facility Alternative

    The Western Tailings Storage Facility Alternative was developed to 
address concerns about potential surface disturbance impacts to PHMA 
and loss of mule deer crucial winter range. Under this alternative, the 
tailings storage facility would be located to the west of the heap 
leach pile, outside of mule deer crucial winter range. The mine area's 
eastern fence line would be shifted to the west to minimize restriction 
of movement for Ruby mule deer herd in their crucial winter range.

8. No Action Alternative

    The No Action Alternative would not include any activities 
associated with the Proposed Action. Mineral resources in these areas 
of expansion would remain undeveloped. The construction and operation 
of the open pit, waste rock disposal areas, heap leach facilities, 
mill, tailings storage facility, and support facilities would not occur 
as currently proposed under the Proposed Action. The county road would 
not be re-routed. The exploration activities previously authorized 
under NVN-90376 for the project would continue, however. NEPA requires 
analysis of the No Action Alternative.
    The BLM's Preferred Alternative is a combination of the Northwest 
Main Access Route Alternative, Southern Power Line Route (Alternative 
5); the Modified County Road Re-route Alternative (Alternative 6); and 
the Western Tailings Storage Facility Alternative (Alternative 7). This 
Preferred Alternative would involve construction and operation of a 
shorter power line route than the Proposed Action by following the 
Southern Power Line Route. This power line would minimize surface 
disturbance impacts to PHMA and GHMA, as well as minimize potential 
raven and raptor predation of Greater sage-grouse. Total acres of 
surface disturbance in the Preferred Alternative are PHMA 1,872; GHMA 
1,641.
    In addition, the Preferred Alternative would use the Northwest Main 
Access Route, which would be located farther from known active leks 
than the Proposed Action, minimizing potential noise impacts to Greater 
sage-grouse. This route could contribute to fewer vehicular collisions 
with big game due to its distance from a known migration route for Area 
10 mule deer. The Preferred Alternative would use existing roads for 
the county road re-route as presented under the Modified County Road 
Re-route, minimizing new ground disturbance and impacts to GHMA.
    The Preferred Alternative would incorporate the Western Tailings 
Storage Facility Alternative by shifting the tailings storage facility 
and related mine facility locations westward which would minimize 
surface disturbance in PHMA and mule deer crucial winter range and also 
would slightly increase the surface disturbance in GHMA.
    The BLM identified action alternatives that would minimize impacts 
to the Greater sage-grouse, as well as mitigation measures to further 
avoid or minimize direct and indirect impacts PHMA and GHMA. In 
addition, the proponent committed to effective environmental protection 
measures, including mitigation measures to offset residual (long-term 
un-reclaimed) direct surface disturbance.
    The BLM prepared the Draft EIS in conjunction with its four 
cooperating agencies: The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater 
Reservation, Nevada; White Pine County Board of County Commissioners; 
Eureka County Board of Commissioners; and the Nevada Department of 
Wildlife (NDOW). After issuance of the Draft EIS, in accordance with a 
Memorandum of Understanding between the BLM Nevada State Office and 
California State Office, and the Nevada Department of Conservation and 
Natural Resources, and the USFS Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest 
completed on April 1, 2016, the BLM added the Nevada Department of 
Conservation and Natural Resources Sagebrush Ecosystem Technical Team 
(SETT) as a fifth cooperating agency.
    The BLM prepared and published a notice in the Ely Times, the 
Eureka Sentinel, the High Desert Advocate, and the Reno Gazette-Journal 
informing the public of the availability of the Draft EIS for review. 
The public was invited to provide written comments on the Draft EIS 
during the 45-day comment period. The BLM conducted public meetings in 
Ely, Eureka, and Reno during the review period for the Draft EIS.
    A total of 26 individual comment submittals containing 253 discrete 
comments were received from the cooperating agencies, the public, the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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(EPA), and the internal BLM review. The BLM considered all comments and 
incorporated them, as appropriate, into the FEIS. Those who submitted 
comments on the Draft EIS expressed concerns about the handling of 
leach solution and potentially acid-generating waste rock, and 
potential impacts to groundwater quality; loss of mule deer crucial 
winter range; potential impacts to Greater sage-grouse and their 
habitat; potential indirect impacts to the Railroad Valley springfish; 
loss of access to livestock grazing lands, including herding routes; 
long-term impacts to forage resource health in areas impacted by the 
proposed project; increased public accessibility to the area and 
impacts on private property; potential impacts on wild horses; 
potential impacts on Traditional Cultural Properties; socioeconomic 
impacts to the communities of Ely and Eureka, and to White Pine and 
Eureka counties; and particulate matter emissions and impacts to air 
quality. There were also comments received in general support for the 
mine. These public comments resulted in the addition of clarifying 
text, but did not significantly change the analysis. The proponent 
submitted a plan of operations for the Project in March 2013, and the 
BLM and EPA published notices of the availability of the Draft EIS in 
the Federal Register in February 2015. There have been several delays 
to completion of this Final EIS since 2013 due to sale of the mine, 
issuance of the Nevada and Northeast California Greater Sage-Grouse 
Land Use Plan Amendment (2015), and requests by the proponent to 
further address air quality concerns in 2016.The BLM has maintained on-
going coordination and consultation with the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe. 
Both the BLM and GRP have committed to ongoing coordination through the 
life of the mine and have a Programmatic Agreement in place with the 
Nevada State Historic Preservation Office to address issues that arise.
    Following a 30-day Final EIS availability and review period, the 
BLM will issue a Record of Decision (ROD). The decision reached in the 
ROD will be subject to appeal to the Interior Board of Land Appeals. 
The 30-day appeal period will begin with the issuance of the ROD.

    Authority:  40 CFR 1506.6 and 40 CFR 1506.10.

Mindy Seal,
Field Manager, Bristlecone Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2018-16093 Filed 7-26-18; 8:45 am]
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TSA Form 413A, Checkpoint Sign-In DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR plant, a carbon-in-leach plant, a tailings
Log. storage facility, roads, ancillary support
Bureau of Land Management facilities, and exploration areas. A 69kV
Purpose and Description of Data
[LLNVL00000. L51100000.GN0000. power line would be built and tied into
Collection
LVEMF1604790. 241A.18X; MO#4500101127] an existing power line with the Pan
The information collected on TSA Mine located north of the project area.
Form 413A includes identifying Notice of Availability for the Final Water with which GRP has rights would
information on the LEOs; an affirmation Environmental Impact Statement for be supplied via an existing well located
the Proposed Gold Rock Mine Project, on BLM-administered lands south of the
that they are authorized to fly armed on
White Pine County, Nevada main Project footprint. Construction and
official business and that they have an
operational need to have their weapon AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, mining operations would occur within
accessible during the flight in Interior. the fenced 8,757 acres and would
accordance with 49 CFR part 1544; and ACTION: Notice of Availability for the disturb 3,946 acres. The proposed action
identification of weapons they are Final Environmental Impact Statement also includes 200 acres of exploration
carrying. for the Proposed Gold Rock Mine disturbance in addition to the 267 acres
Project, White Pine County, Nevada. of previously authorized exploration
The information required by this form
outside the fenced area.
is used by the TSA Security Operations SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Center and the Law Enforcement/ National Environmental Policy Act of The Final EIS describes and analyzes
Federal Air Marshals Service in order to 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the the proposed project site-specific
have situational awareness of armed law Federal Land Policy and Management impacts (including cumulative effects)
enforcement officer(s) presence on Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of on all affected resources. The Final EIS
flights conducted by 49 CFR parts 1544 Land Management (BLM) Bristlecone describes eight alternatives: (1) The
and/or 1546 regulated parties (aircraft Field Office, Ely, Nevada, has prepared Proposed Action; (2) the Northern
operators and foreign air carriers). This a Final Environmental Impact Statement Power Line Route Alternative; (3) the
real-time situational awareness is (EIS) for the Gold Rock Mine Project Southern Power Line Route Alternative;
necessary in the event of a contingency (Project), White Pine County, Nevada, (4) the Northwest Main Access Route
on board the aircraft; such as but not and by this notice is announcing its Alternative, Northern Power Line Route;
limited to, a disruptive passenger, air availability. (5) the Northwest Main Access Route
piracy, or other threat to the safety and DATES: The BLM will not issue a final Alternative, Southern Power Line Route;
security of a commercial aircraft. decision on the proposal for a minimum (6) the Modified County Road Re-Route
of 30 days after the date that the Alternative; (7) the Western Tailings
Respondents to this collection are
Environmental Protection Agency Storage Facility Alternative; and (8) the
State, local, and tribal police officers
publishes its Notice of Availability in No Action Alternative.
travelling with their weapons. TSA uses
historical data to estimate 68,000 the Federal Register. 1. Proposed Action
average annual responses. Each check-in ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final EIS for
requires filling out a log book and TSA the Gold Rock Mine Project and other The proposed Project would be
estimates this activity requires one documents pertinent to this proposal constructed and operated in the same
minute (0.0167 hours) to complete. TSA may be examined at the Bristlecone geographic area as the reclaimed and
estimates this collection will place an Field Office: 702 North Industrial Way, closed Easy Junior Mine. The proposed
annual average hour burden of 1,133 Ely, Nevada. The document is available Project consists of an open pit, two
for download on the internet at: http:// waste rock disposal areas, a heap leach
hours on the public.
on.doi.gov/1zAxyW9. pad and processing ponds, a carbon-in-
Use of Results FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: leach plant, a tailings storage facility,
Maria Ryan, Project Manager, (775) 289– haul and access roads, growth medium
TSA will use the information to have 1888; mmryan@blm.gov. Persons who stockpiles, ancillary support facilities,
situational awareness of the presence of use a telecommunications device for the and exploration associated with mining
armed LEOs on flights conducted by 49 deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay operation. Also under the Proposed
CFR parts 1544 and/or 1546 regulated Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to Action, a 69-kV transmission line would
parties (aircraft operators and foreign air contact the above individual during extend south from the Pan Mine, east of
carriers). normal business hours. The FRS is and parallel to the approved Pan Mine
Dated: July 23, 2018. available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Southwest Power Line, then extend
Christina A. Walsh, to leave a message or question with the
southeast to the mine area. The site
above individual. You will receive a
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, would be accessed using the existing
reply during normal business hours.
Information Technology. main access route from US 50 on Green
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gold
[FR Doc. 2018–16042 Filed 7–26–18; 8:45 am] Springs Road (CR 5), then west on BLM
Rock Mine Project would involve
BILLING CODE 9110–05–P Road 1179 (BLM 1179)/CR 1204, then
construction and operation of an open-
south on Easy Junior Road (CR 1177) to
pit gold mine on public land in White
Pine County, Nevada. Midway Gold the proposed mine area. Also under the
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U.S. was the original proponent. GRP Proposed Action, a county road that
Gold Rock, LLC Inc. (GRP) purchased currently passes through the Gold Rock
the project in 2016. The project would Mine Project area would be re-located
involve expansion of an existing open onto existing and new BLM and county
pit and construction of two waste rock roads. Total disturbance in the project
disposal areas, heap leaching facilities area would be approximately 3,946
with an adsorption/desorption refining acres.

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2. Northern Power Line Route due to its distance away from a known from known active leks than the
Alternative migration route for the Ruby Mountain Proposed Action, minimizing potential
The Northern Power Line Route mule deer herd. noise impacts to Greater sage-grouse.
Alternative was developed to minimize This route could contribute to fewer
6. Modified County Road Re-Route
potential impacts to Greater sage-grouse vehicular collisions with big game due
Alternative
and its habitat due to surface to its distance from a known migration
The Modified County Road Re-route route for Area 10 mule deer. The
disturbance and from raptors using the
Alternative was developed to lessen Preferred Alternative would use existing
power line between the Pan Mine and
impacts to GHMA. This alternative roads for the county road re-route as
the Project as a perch to hunt for prey.
would involve use of existing roads presented under the Modified County
This power line route would be shorter
rather than construction of a segment of Road Re-route, minimizing new ground
than the Proposed Action power line
new road in Greater sage-grouse habitat. disturbance and impacts to GHMA.
route. Fewer acres of Greater sage-
grouse Priority Habitat Management 7. Western Tailings Storage Facility The Preferred Alternative would
Area (PHMA) and General Habitat Alternative incorporate the Western Tailings
Management Area (GHMA) would be Storage Facility Alternative by shifting
The Western Tailings Storage Facility the tailings storage facility and related
disturbed and fewer acres of PHMA and Alternative was developed to address
GHMA would be located within 600 mine facility locations westward which
concerns about potential surface would minimize surface disturbance in
meters of the power line, as compared disturbance impacts to PHMA and loss
to the Proposed Action. PHMA and mule deer crucial winter
of mule deer crucial winter range. range and also would slightly increase
3. Southern Power Line Route Under this alternative, the tailings the surface disturbance in GHMA.
Alternative storage facility would be located to the The BLM identified action
The Southern Power Line Route west of the heap leach pile, outside of alternatives that would minimize
Alternative also was developed to mule deer crucial winter range. The impacts to the Greater sage-grouse, as
minimize potential impacts to Greater mine area’s eastern fence line would be well as mitigation measures to further
sage-grouse and its habitat due to shifted to the west to minimize avoid or minimize direct and indirect
surface disturbance and from raptors restriction of movement for Ruby mule impacts PHMA and GHMA. In addition,
using the power line as a perch to hunt deer herd in their crucial winter range. the proponent committed to effective
for prey. This power line route would be environmental protection measures,
8. No Action Alternative
shorter than Proposed Action power including mitigation measures to offset
The No Action Alternative would not residual (long-term un-reclaimed) direct
line route or the Northern Power Line
include any activities associated with surface disturbance.
Route Alternative. Fewer acres of PHMA
the Proposed Action. Mineral resources The BLM prepared the Draft EIS in
and GHMA would be disturbed and
in these areas of expansion would conjunction with its four cooperating
fewer acres of PHMA and GHMA would
remain undeveloped. The construction agencies: The Duckwater Shoshone
be located within 600 meters of the
and operation of the open pit, waste Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation,
power line, as compared to the
Proposed Action power line or Northern rock disposal areas, heap leach Nevada; White Pine County Board of
Power Line Route Alternative. facilities, mill, tailings storage facility, County Commissioners; Eureka County
and support facilities would not occur Board of Commissioners; and the
4. Northwest Main Access Route as currently proposed under the Nevada Department of Wildlife
Alternative, Northern Power Line Route Proposed Action. The county road (NDOW). After issuance of the Draft EIS,
The Northwest Main Access Route would not be re-routed. The exploration in accordance with a Memorandum of
Alternative, Northern Power Line Route activities previously authorized under Understanding between the BLM
was developed to address concerns NVN–90376 for the project would Nevada State Office and California
about potential noise impacts to Greater continue, however. NEPA requires State Office, and the Nevada
sage-grouse. It would include the analysis of the No Action Alternative. Department of Conservation and
benefits of the Northern Power Line The BLM’s Preferred Alternative is a Natural Resources, and the USFS
Route Alternative, and would move combination of the Northwest Main Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
most mine-related traffic away from Access Route Alternative, Southern completed on April 1, 2016, the BLM
known active Greater sage-grouse leks. Power Line Route (Alternative 5); the added the Nevada Department of
This alternative would also contribute Modified County Road Re-route Conservation and Natural Resources
to fewer potential vehicular collisions Alternative (Alternative 6); and the Sagebrush Ecosystem Technical Team
with big game due to its distance away Western Tailings Storage Facility (SETT) as a fifth cooperating agency.
from a known migration route for the Alternative (Alternative 7). This The BLM prepared and published a
Ruby Mountain mule deer herd. Preferred Alternative would involve notice in the Ely Times, the Eureka
construction and operation of a shorter Sentinel, the High Desert Advocate, and
5. Northwest Main Access Route power line route than the Proposed the Reno Gazette-Journal informing the
Alternative, Southern Power Line Route Action by following the Southern Power public of the availability of the Draft EIS
The Northwest Main Access Route Line Route. This power line would for review. The public was invited to
Alternative, Southern Power Line Route minimize surface disturbance impacts to provide written comments on the Draft
was developed to address concerns PHMA and GHMA, as well as minimize EIS during the 45-day comment period.
about potential noise impacts to Greater potential raven and raptor predation of The BLM conducted public meetings in
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1

sage-grouse. It would include the Greater sage-grouse. Total acres of Ely, Eureka, and Reno during the review
benefits of the Southern Power Line surface disturbance in the Preferred period for the Draft EIS.
Route Alternative and would move most Alternative are PHMA 1,872; GHMA A total of 26 individual comment
mine-related traffic away from known 1,641. submittals containing 253 discrete
active Greater sage-grouse leks. This In addition, the Preferred Alternative comments were received from the
alternative would also contribute to would use the Northwest Main Access cooperating agencies, the public, the
fewer vehicular collisions with big game Route, which would be located farther U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Gold Rock Mine Project, White Pine County, Nevada.
Dates		The BLM will not issue a final decision on the proposal for a minimum of 30 days after the date that the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register.
Contact		Maria Ryan, Project Manager, (775) 289-1888; [email protected] Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800- 877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FRS 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 Citation		83 FR 35676

83 FR 35676 - Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Gold Rock Mine Project, White Pine County, Nevada

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