83_FR_46932 83 FR 46753 - Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Rossi Mine Expansion Project, Elko County, Nevada

83 FR 46753 - Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Rossi Mine Expansion Project, Elko County, Nevada

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 179 (September 14, 2018)

Page Range46753-46754
FR Document2018-19940

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Rossi Mine Expansion Project. This notice announces the availability of the Draft EIS and the opening of the comment period.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 179 (Friday, September 14, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 179 (Friday, September 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46753-46754]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19940]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLNVE02000-L5110.0000-GN.0000-LV.EM.F1503680-15X MO# 4500119719]


Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Rossi Mine Expansion Project, Elko County, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Rossi Mine Expansion 
Project. This notice announces the availability of the Draft EIS and 
the opening of the comment period.

DATES: To ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive 
written comments on the Draft EIS for the Rossi Mine Expansion Project 
within 45 days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency 
publishes its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The BLM 
will announce future meetings and any other public involvement 
activities at least 15 days prior to the close of the comment period 
through public notices, media releases and/or mailings.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments related to the Rossi Mine Expansion 
Project by any of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected];
     Fax: 775-753-0347; or
     Mail: Bureau of Land Management, Rossi Mine Expansion 
Project, Attention: Janice Stadelman, Project Manager, 3900 Idaho 
Street, Elko, Nevada 89801.
    Copies of the Draft EIS for the Rossi Mine Expansion Project are 
available at the BLM Elko District Office, located at the address 
above; at the BLM's NEPA eplanning website at https://go.usa.gov/xnRCr; 
or through eplanning on the BLM's website at http://www.blm.gov/nv.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janice Stadelman, Project Manager, at 
telephone, 775-753-0346; address, 3900 Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801; or 
email, [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, seven 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 Draft EIS addresses the direct, 
indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts of the proposed action 
and alternatives. Halliburton Energy Services proposes a modification 
to their plan of operations for the Rossi Mine Project. The existing 
infrastructure would continue to be used, but would be expanded to 
support the continuation of the open pit mining

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operation and surface exploration activities for barite. The proposed 
action would increase the disturbance to a total of approximately 2,063 
acres of public and private land, including 896 acres of previously 
approved or existing disturbance and 1,167 acres of new land 
disturbance. Of the 2,063 acres of surface disturbance, approximately 
209 acres consists of private land and the remaining 1,854 acres are 
public land administered by the BLM. The proposed expansion would 
employ an estimated 433 people.
    The proposed action includes the expansion of the existing plan of 
operations boundary, expansion of the existing open pits, development 
of new open pits, expansion of the existing waste rock disposal 
facilities, construction of new waste rock disposal facilities, 
expansion or modification of ancillary facilities, expansion and 
development of new roads, re-alignment of segments of the Boulder 
Valley Road and Antelope-Boulder Connector Road, installation of new 
power distribution lines, the continuation of surface exploration, and 
reclamation activities. The proposed expansion is projected to add 
eight years to the mine's life. The Project is located on the northern 
end of the Carlin Trend in Elko County, approximately 25 miles north of 
the community of Dunphy and 28 aerial miles northwest of the town of 
Carlin, Nevada.
    The Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS was published in the Federal 
Register on September 9, 2015 (80 FR 54319). Scoping meetings, news 
release and mailings were used to solicit comments and identify key 
issues to be analyzed. Tribal governments with interest in this project 
were also contacted to discern their issues and concerns, and to 
conduct government-to-government consultation. During the scoping 
period, the BLM received 12 comment submittals (e.g., letters, emails, 
comment forms), resulting in a total of 131 comments and questions. Key 
issues identified by individuals, groups, and government entities 
include potential impacts to sage-grouse and wildlife, cultural 
resources and traditional cultural properties, access, noise, surface 
and ground water, air quality, and support for the project. The BLM is 
the lead Federal agency for this EIS. Cooperating agencies include the 
Nevada Department of Wildlife, the Nevada Department of Conservation 
and Natural Resources Sagebrush Ecosystem Technical Team, the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Elko County Board of 
Commissioners, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information- may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Authority:  40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10.

Jill C. Silvey,
District Manager, Elko District Office.
[FR Doc. 2018-19940 Filed 9-13-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 179 / Friday, September 14, 2018 / Notices 46753 The applicant requests a captive-bred The applicant requests renewal of a 1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the wildlife registration under 50 CFR permit to export and reimport nonliving Federal Land Policy and Management 17.21(g) for the golden parakeet museum specimens of endangered and Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of (Guarouba guarouba) to enhance threatened species previously Land Management (BLM) has prepared species propagation or survival. This accessioned into the applicant’s a Draft Environmental Impact Statement notification covers activities to be collection for scientific research. This (EIS) for the Rossi Mine Expansion conducted by the applicant over a 5- notification covers activities to be Project. This notice announces the year period. conducted by the applicant over a 5- availability of the Draft EIS and the Applicant: Viktoria Oelze, University of year period. opening of the comment period. California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA; DATES: To ensure that comments will be Multiple Trophy Applicants Permit No. 70671C considered, the BLM must receive Each of the following applicants written comments on the Draft EIS for The applicant requests a permit to requests a permit to import a sport- the Rossi Mine Expansion Project import 70 hair samples derived from hunted trophy of a male bontebok within 45 days following the date the wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) culled Environmental Protection Agency verus) from the Max Planck Institute for from a captive herd maintained under publishes its Notice of Availability in Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, the management program of the the Federal Register. The BLM will Germany, to enhance the propagation or Republic of South Africa, for the announce future meetings and any other survival of the species through scientific purpose of enhancing the propagation or public involvement activities at least 15 research. This notification is for a single survival of the species. days prior to the close of the comment import. Applicant: James Wilson, Meridian, ID; period through public notices, media Applicant: Regents of University of Permit No. 79707C releases and/or mailings. Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; Permit No. Applicant: Louis Wickas, Gallipolis, ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 78622C OH; Permit No. 78075C related to the Rossi Mine Expansion The applicant requests a permit to Applicant: Scott Goeddel, Waterloo, IL; Project by any of the following methods: import one non-viable egg from a Permit No. 80972C • Email: blm_nv_eldo_rossimine_ Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) Applicant: Ray Penner, North Newton, project_eis@blm.gov; from the Galapagos, Ecuador, for the KS; Permit No. 80975C • Fax: 775–753–0347; or purpose of scientific research. This IV. Next Steps • Mail: Bureau of Land Management, notification is for a single import. Rossi Mine Expansion Project, Applicant: Indiana University–Purdue If we issue permits to any of the Attention: Janice Stadelman, Project University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, applicants listed in this notice, we will Manager, 3900 Idaho Street, Elko, IN; Permit No. 59230C publish a notice in the Federal Register. Nevada 89801. The applicant requests a permit to You may locate the notice announcing Copies of the Draft EIS for the Rossi import 10 skin biopsy samples derived the permit issuance date by searching Mine Expansion Project are available at from wild leatherback sea turtles http://www.regulations.gov for the the BLM Elko District Office, located at (Dermochelys coriacea) from the permit number listed above in this the address above; at the BLM’s NEPA Goldring-Gund Marine Biology Station, document (e.g., Permit No. 12345A). eplanning website at https://go.usa.gov/ Playa Grande, Santa Cruz, Costa Rica, V. Authority xnRCr; or through eplanning on the for scientific research. This notification BLM’s website at http://www.blm.gov/ We issue this notice under the nv. is for a single import. authority of the Endangered Species Act Applicant: Noel Garcia, Sterling, VA; of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Permit No. 60345C seq.). Janice Stadelman, Project Manager, at The applicant requests a captive-bred telephone, 775–753–0346; address, 3900 Brenda Tapia, Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801; or email, wildlife registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for the golden parakeet Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch blm_nv_eldo_rossimine_project_eis@ of Permits, Division of Management blm.gov. (Guarouba guarouba) to enhance Authority. species propagation or survival. This Persons who use a notification covers activities to be [FR Doc. 2018–20011 Filed 9–13–18; 8:45 am] telecommunications device for the deaf conducted by the applicant over a 5- BILLING CODE 4333–15–P (TDD) may call the Federal Relay year period. Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the above individual during Applicant: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR normal business hours. The FRS is Garden, Claremont, CA; Permit No. available 24 hours a day, seven days a 15316B Bureau of Land Management week, to leave a message or question The applicant requests renewal of a [LLNVE02000–L5110.0000–GN.0000– with the above individual. You will permit to export and reimport nonliving LV.EM.F1503680–15X MO# 4500119719] receive a reply during normal business museum/herbarium specimens of hours. endangered and threatened species Notice of Availability of the Draft SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft (excluding animals) previously legally Environmental Impact Statement for EIS addresses the direct, indirect, and accessioned into the applicant’s the Rossi Mine Expansion Project, cumulative environmental impacts of daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES collection for scientific research. This Elko County, Nevada the proposed action and alternatives. notification covers activities to be AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Halliburton Energy Services proposes a conducted by the applicant over a 5- Interior. modification to their plan of operations year period. for the Rossi Mine Project. The existing ACTION: Notice of availability. Applicant: Field Museum of Natural infrastructure would continue to be History, Chicago, IL; Permit No. SUMMARY: In accordance with the used, but would be expanded to support 698170 National Environmental Policy Act of the continuation of the open pit mining VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:06 Sep 13, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1

46754 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 179 / Friday, September 14, 2018 / Notices operation and surface exploration Before including your address, phone FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: activities for barite. The proposed action number, email address, or other Austin Badger, National Indian Gaming would increase the disturbance to a total personal identifying information in your Commission, Office of the General of approximately 2,063 acres of public comment, you should be aware that Counsel; 1849 C Street NW, Mail Stop and private land, including 896 acres of your entire comment—including your #1621, Washington, DC 20240. Phone: previously approved or existing personal identifying information- may 202–632–7003. Facsimile: 202–632– disturbance and 1,167 acres of new land be made publicly available at any time. 7066. Email: info@nigc.gov. disturbance. Of the 2,063 acres of While you can ask us in your comment SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As surface disturbance, approximately 209 to withhold your personal identifying described in the BIA EIS, the Tribe’s acres consists of private land and the information from public review, we casino resort project (2017 Approved remaining 1,854 acres are public land cannot guarantee that we will be able to Project) includes management of the administered by the BLM. The proposed do so. gaming facility by a professional expansion would employ an estimated Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR management company on behalf of the 433 people. 1506.10. Tribe. The NIGC Chairman’s approval is The proposed action includes the necessary for the management expansion of the existing plan of Jill C. Silvey, agreement to take effect. The Tribe has operations boundary, expansion of the District Manager, Elko District Office. therefore requested that the NIGC existing open pits, development of new [FR Doc. 2018–19940 Filed 9–13–18; 8:45 am] Chairman approve a management open pits, expansion of the existing BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P agreement between the Tribe and BGM waste rock disposal facilities, which would allow BGM to manage the construction of new waste rock disposal Tribe’s gaming facility on the Tribe’s facilities, expansion or modification of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR trust property in Elk Grove, California ancillary facilities, expansion and National Indian Gaming Commission (Proposed Action). development of new roads, re-alignment The environmental effects of the 2017 of segments of the Boulder Valley Road Adoption and Recirculation of the Final Approved Project, including and Antelope-Boulder Connector Road, Environmental Impact Statement for management by a professional installation of new power distribution the Wilton Rancheria Fee-to-Trust and management company, were fully lines, the continuation of surface Casino Project analyzed and chosen as the Preferred exploration, and reclamation activities. The proposed expansion is projected to Alternative in the BIA EIS and approved AGENCY: National Indian Gaming in the BIA’s January 19, 2017 Record of add eight years to the mine’s life. The Commission, Department of the Interior. Decision (BIA ROD) for the acquisition Project is located on the northern end of the Carlin Trend in Elko County, ACTION: Notice of adoption and in trust by the United States of land in approximately 25 miles north of the recirculation of the final environmental the City of Elk Grove, California, for the community of Dunphy and 28 aerial impact statement for the Wilton Tribe. The adequacy of the BIA EIS is miles northwest of the town of Carlin, Rancheria Fee-to-Trust and Casino the subject of a judicial action which is Nevada. Project. not final, Stand Up For California!, et The Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS al., v. United States Department of was published in the Federal Register SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming Interior, et al., Civil Action No. 1:17-cv- on September 9, 2015 (80 FR 54319). Commission (NIGC) is adopting the 00058 (D.D.C. filed Jan. 11, 2017). Scoping meetings, news release and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Electronic copies of the BIA EIS and mailings were used to solicit comments Department of the Interior, December BIA ROD, among other documents, are and identify key issues to be analyzed. 2016 Final Environmental Impact available for download from http:// Tribal governments with interest in this Statement (the ‘‘BIA EIS’’) for the www.wiltoneis.com. project were also contacted to discern Wilton Rancheria (Tribe) Fee-to-Trust The BIA ROD included mitigation for their issues and concerns, and to and Casino Project in Elk Grove, any significant environmental impacts conduct government-to-government California. The NIGC is adopting the resulting from the 2017 Approved consultation. During the scoping period, BIA EIS to satisfy the NIGC’s National Project by recommending that the Tribe the BLM received 12 comment Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implement mitigation measures set out submittals (e.g., letters, emails, obligations related to the Tribe’s request in the Mitigation Monitoring and comment forms), resulting in a total of for the NIGC Chairman’s approval of a Enforcement Plan (MMEP), which was 131 comments and questions. Key gaming management agreement between Attachment IV to the BIA ROD. The issues identified by individuals, groups, the Tribe and BGM Co, Inc. (BGM). NIGC was consulted during the and government entities include preparation of the BIA EIS but did not DATES: The NIGC will execute a Record potential impacts to sage-grouse and serve as a cooperating agency in the of Decision (ROD) no sooner than 30 wildlife, cultural resources and development of the BIA EIS. days following publication by the traditional cultural properties, access, Subsequent to the release of the BIA Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) noise, surface and ground water, air EIS and BIA ROD, the Tribe made of its Notice of Availability of the BIA quality, and support for the project. The several modifications to the casino EIS (EPA Notice) in the Federal BLM is the lead Federal agency for this resort project (2018 Modified Project). Register. EIS. Cooperating agencies include the The NIGC therefore directed preparation Nevada Department of Wildlife, the ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the of a Supplemental Information Report daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Nevada Department of Conservation and BIA EIS, among other documents, is (SIR) to evaluate the 2018 Modified Natural Resources Sagebrush Ecosystem available for download from http:// Project and the adequacy of the BIA EIS Technical Team, the United States Fish www.wiltoneis.com. Electronic copies to address NIGC NEPA compliance and Wildlife Service, the Elko County are also available on CD at the NIGC requirements in its consideration of the Board of Commissioners, and the United Sacramento Region Office located at 801 Proposed Action. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability.
DatesTo ensure that comments will be considered, the BLM must receive written comments on the Draft EIS for the Rossi Mine Expansion Project within 45 days following the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The BLM will announce future meetings and any other public involvement activities at least 15 days prior to the close of the comment period through public notices, media releases and/or mailings.
ContactJanice Stadelman, Project Manager, at
FR Citation83 FR 46753 
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