Selected actions taken for securing hazardous abandoned mined lands in Nevada : programmatic environmental assessment PDF
Preview Selected actions taken for securing hazardous abandoned mined lands in Nevada : programmatic environmental assessment
BLMLIBRARY oR0S3vv^o http://web.nv.blm.gov/4minerals/aml/AMLRemediationEA.htm 88052103 1 °l1-^ SelectedActionsTakenforSecuringorBackfillingPhysicalSafetyHazards ^5" ^ AssociatedwithAbandonedMinedLandsinNevada(EA) PROGRAMMATICENVIRONMENTALASSESSMENT DepartmentoftheInterior BureauofLandManagement NevadaStateOffice August2000 TableofContents PurposeofandNeedforAction Introduction ApplicationsofthisDocument CategoricalExclusions ) 2 DNA SupplementalEAs RelationshiptoStatutes,Regulations,orotherPlans CriticalElementsoftheHumanEnvironment BLMLIBRARY RequirementsforFurtherEnvironmentalAnalysis BLDG5Q,ST-150A Interrelationships DENVERFEDERALC7N ER i P.O.BOX21 DENVER,COLORADO 80225 FederalGovernment StateGovernments LocalGovernments PublicInvolvement IssuesIdentifiedandSelectedforAnalysis IssuesNotSelectedforDetailedAnalysis 8 IssuesUnrelatedtotheProposedAction IssuesNotExpectedtobeImpactedbytheProposedAction lof24 05/15/20011:46PM ' 'i http://web.nv.blm.gOv/4minerals/aml/AMLRemediationEA.h SelectedActionsTakenforSecuringorBackfillingPhysicalSafetyHazards AssociatedwithAbandonedMinedLandsinNevada(EA) PROGRAMMATICENVIRONMENTALASSESSMENT DepartmentoftheInterior BureauofLandManagement NevadaStateOffice August2000" TableofContents PurposeofandNeedforAction Introduction ApplicationsofthisDocument CategoricalExclusions 2 DNA SupplementalEAs RelationshiptoStatutes,Regulations,orotherPlans CriticalElementsoftheHumanEnvironment RequirementsforFurtherEnvironmentalAnalysis Interrelationships FederalGovernment StateGovernments LocalGovernments 1Ar>-> PublicInvolvement IssuesIdentifiedandSelectedforAnalysis IssuesNotSelectedforDetailedAnalysis 8 IssuesUnrelatedtotheProposedAction IssuesNotExpectedtobeImpactedbytheProposedAction of24 05/15/20011:46P I http://www.nv.blm.gOv/AMLRemediationEA.h RelatedActionsandActivities \ltemativeOne:TheProposedAction 10 ExclusionsfromtheProposedAction AlternativeTwo:NoRemediation InformationandProcessingProceduresUnderProposedAction 11 SiteRanking DeterminationofSiteOwnershipandResponsibility ArcheologicalSurveys 12 WildlifeSurveys,includingBatsandDesertTortoises 13 Wilderness/WSAStatusAreas VRMRatingofArea VegetationSurveyofArea Procedures:DevelopmentofPerformanceMeasures 16 DescriptionoftheAffectedEnvironment PhysicalSetting GeologyandMining PublicSafety:CooperationandRemediation 17 Soils WaterResources 18 Vegetation 19 Wildlife WildHorsesandBurros CulturalResources 20 WildernessResourceManagement AreasofCriticalEnvironmentalConcern VisualResources RecreationResourceManagement 21 EconomicConditions 2of24 01/03/20012:551' : http://www.nv.blm.gov/AMLRemediationEA.li SocialEnvironment EnvironmentalConsequences hnpactsonClimateandAirQuality 22 ImpactsonGeologyandTopography ImpactsonSoils % 23 £krb ImpactsonWaterResources ImpactsonVegetation ImpactsonWildlife 24 ImpactsonWildHorsesandBurros X> ImpactsonCulturalResources ^ ImpactsonWildernessCharacteristics o^ 25 ImpactsonAreasofCriticalEnvironmentalConcern ImpactsonVisualResourcesandRecreation ImpactsonEconomicConditions ImpactsontheSocialEnvironmentandPublicSafety 16 CumulativeImpacts EnvironmentalJustice AgenciesConsulted ReferencesUsed Appendix1-NevadaSensitiveSpeciesList Appendix2-MemorandumofUnderstandingBetweenBLMandBatConservationInternationalInc. Appendix3-ExamplesofBatGateDesigns Appendix4-NevadaNoxiousWeedList Appendix5-ThreatenedandEndangeredSpecies Appendix6-MinimumStandardsforNDOMBuiltFencesAroundOrphanedShaftsandAdits Appendix7-CooperativeAgreementBetweentheNevadaDivisionofMineralsandtheBureau ofLandManagement. Appendix8-NevadaDivisionofMineralsScopingComments Appendix9 SampleFindingofNoSignificantImpact,DocumentationofNEPAAdequacy, NoticetoProceed. PurposeofandNeedforAction Introduction ThisEnvironmentalAssessmentanalyzestheimpactsofapproving"typicalremediations"ofphysical humansafetyhazardsassociatedwithAbandonedMinedLands(AMLs)onpubliclandsinNevada.The proposedactionprovidesaframeworkthatallowsmostproposalsthatinvolveremediationofhazardous of24 01/03/20012:551' http://www.nv.blm.gov/AMLRemediationEAJ AMLsonBureauofLandManagement(BLM)landsinNevadatobeanalyzedinoneprogrammatic EnvironmentalAssessment(EA).IfaproposaltoremediateorsecureanAMLconformstothesubject regulationsandtotheframeworkofthisdocument,thenBLMmayallowtheproposalwithoutfurther detailedanalysis.ThisEAispartoftheBLM'sdecisionmakingprocessinaccordancewiththeNational EnvironmentalPolicyAct(NEPA),theFederalLandPolicyandManagementActof1976(FLPMA). TheNevadaBureauofLandManagement(BLM)enteredintoaCooperativeAgreementwiththeNevada DivisionofMinerals(NDOM)in1994toestablishandmaintaincoordinationandresponsibilities pertainingtothesecuringofminesafetyhazardsonBLM-managedlandsinNevada.Theagreement, pursuanttoSection307ofFLPMA,authorizesNDOMtosecureAMLsafetyhazardsonBLMlandsin Nevada. TwelvehumanfatalitiesandmanyinjurieshaveresultedfromincidentsinvolvingAMLsitesinNevada since1971.Thespreadofurbanpopulationsintoareaswheresuchsitesarecommonandexpanding recreationaluseofpubliclandsmakessuchincidentsincreasinglylikely.Oftheestimated155,000AML sitesinNevada,about50,000mayposeseriousriskstohumansafety.Onlyabout5,500ofthesehavebeen securedbyfencingorbackfillingtodate.Whilepublicinformationcampaignsdescribingthehazardsof AMLsiteshavebeenconducted,theneedtosecureotherhighrisksitesisimmediate.Thepurposeofthis EAistoexpeditethesecuringofhazardoussiteswhichdonotrequiremorespecificNEPAanalysis. Applicationsofthisdocument: CategoricalExclusions: CertainactionsmayfallundercategoricalexclusionsandthusnotrequireanalysisunderthisEA.Whenno exceptionsasdescribedinDepartmentalManual[516DM2.3A(3)&Appendix2]apply,Installationof minordevicestoprotecthumanlife,(e.g.gratesacrossmines)donotrequireanEAorEIS.(Federal Register/Vol.57No62/Tuesday,March31,1992)FRDoc92-6700. DNA: IfthecriteriaandassumptionsofthisprogrammaticEAaremet,aDemonstrationofNEPA Adequacy(DNA)maybecompletedandanotificationtoproceedmaybeissuedpursuanttothisEAand theCAwithNDOM. SupplementalEAs: IftheproposedactionisbeyondthescopeofthisEA,anotherEAmaybetiereduponthisonetoanalyze theproposedaction. RelationshiptoStatutes,Regulations,orotherPlans: TGrhaezpirnogpAocste,dtahcetFioLnPiMsAin,atchceorWdialndc,eFwrieteh-RapopalmiicnagblHeofresdeeraanldstBautrutreosAacntd,rtehgeuNlaattiioonnsal,iHnicsltourdiicngtheTaylor PreservationAct,theCleanWaterAct,theWildernessAct,Congressionalmandates,andExecutive Orders. NevadaAdministrativeCodeChapter513providesdefinitionsofAMLhazardsanddetailsthe responsibilitiesofthestateininventorying,ranking,andremediatinghazards. -lot'24 01/03/2001
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