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Land Management Bureau
ID ID: [ID 320 7122 EO 7979]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Extension for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Smoky Canyon Mine, Panels F and G Mine Expansion Project.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Notice of Extension for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Smoky Canyon Mine, Panels F and G
DATES: The FEIS is now available for public review. The BLM Record of Decision will be released no sooner than December 26, 200760 days after publication of the original Notice of Availability of the FEIS in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces an extenion of the mandatory 30day waiting period prior to releasing the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Smoky Canyon Mine, Panels F and G Mine Expansion Project. The original availability notice, issued October 26, 2007, provided for a 30day waiting period prior to the release of the ROD. The BLM is extending this period until December 26, 2007.
SUMMARY: Smoky Canyon Mine, Panels F and G, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, ID,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The original Notice of Availability was published on October 26, 2007, and initiated a mandatory 30day waiting period prior to releasing the ROD. Since this publication the BLM has received a number of requests from the public to extend the required 30day waiting period. The FEIS, in exploring the effects of the mining operation, is lengthy and complex. Additional time will allow for increased public awareness of the proposed decision. To honor these requests the BLM has decided to extend the waiting period for an additional 30 days, to end on December 26, 2007. Dated: November 2, 2007.
Joe Kraayenbrink,
District Manager, Idaho Falls District, Bureau of Land Management. [FR Doc. 075684 Filed 111507; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Bill Stout, Bureau of Land Management, phone (208) 4786340; or Jeff Jones, CaribouTarghee National Forest, phone (208) 2367572.
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