[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 57648] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-27867] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management Notice of Availability of Record of Decision
Action
Notice of availability.
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Summary
Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Record of Decision (ROD) approving the Colorado Sodium Products Development Project (Project), located in Rio Blanco County and Garfield County, Colorado. American Soda L.L.P. will be required to obtain the necessary federal, state, and local permits and approvals prior to commencing the project.
Dates
A thirty day appear period will begin October 26, 1999.
Supplementary Information
American Soda, L.L.P. (American Soda) intends to construct and operate a commercial hancolite solution mining operation in the northcentral portion of the Piceance Creek Basin in Rio Blanco, County, Colorado. Nahcolite is naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate that is found in association with oil shale deposits. After the hancolite is removed from the ground, it will be processed into a sodium carbonate solution and transported by a 44-mile pipeline south to a processing operation located at an existing industrial site in the Parachute Valley in Garfield County, Colorado. There it will be further processed to commercial grade sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, and other sodium products which would then be shipped from the processing facility via a 4-mile long dedicated rail spur to an interstate rail connection near the town of Parachute. This Decision selects the Agency Preferred Alternative as described in the Final Environmental Statement (FEIS) which incorporates five monitoring plans as well as project modifications resulting from public comments, plus any additional changes the have occurred since the publication of the FEIS.
For Further Information Contact
Larry Shults, White River Field Office, 73544 Highway 64, Meeker, Colorado 81641, Telephone (970) 878- 3601. Jim Cagney, Acting Field Officer Area Manager, White River Field Office. [FR Doc. 99-27867 Filed 10-25-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-JB-M