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RMP Amendment – Denton-Rawhide MineIn early 2005 Kennecott Rawhide Mining Company (KRMC) requested that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City Field Office conduct a sale of selected parcels of public land within and adjacent to fee land owned by KRMC at the Denton-Rawhide Mine in accordance with 43 CFR 2711.3-3. These parcels meet the criteria for disposal but have not been designated as such in the Carson City Field Office Consolidated Resource Management Plan 2001 (CRMP). Prior to commencement of a land sale, an amendment to the CRMP to change that designation is required. This amendment to the CRMP provides for direct sale of the selected parcels of public land that lie among and adjacent to KRMC fee lands. Acquisition of the public land parcels by KRMC would result in consolidation of isolated tracts of public land into private ownership creating a contiguous block of private land for KRMC. Consolidation of land ownership in the mine area would allow KRMC to pursue sustainable development options or alternative post-mine land uses unrelated to mining. Consolidation of these tracts of land into private ownership would also have the net effect of increasing efficiency of BLM management of land in the project area. These tracts, due to their location or other characteristics, are difficult and uneconomic to manage as part of the public land package in the area. On May 21, 2007 the Denton-Rawhide Mine Land Sale Proposed Plan Amendment and Environmental Assessment (EA-NV-030-07-021) was completed and issued to the public. The proposed plan amendment was prepared under the regulations implementing the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 CFR 1600) and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (40 CFR 1500-1509). At the conclusion of the 30-day protest period and the Governor’s Consistency Review, no protests were received and the proposed plan amendment was found to be consistent with State of Nevada plans, policies, and programs.
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Decision Record Signed August 1, 2007
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