[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 60 (Friday, March 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17353-17354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06428]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[20X.LLAK930100 L510100000.ER0000]


Notice of Availability of the Ambler Mining District Industrial 
Access Road Final Environmental Impact Statement, Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

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ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Central Yukon 
Field Office, Fairbanks, Alaska, is issuing the Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for the Ambler Mining District Industrial Access 
Road Project.

DATES: The BLM will issue a Record of Decision for the project no 
earlier than 30 days after the date that the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) publishes its Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Final 
EIS in the Federal Register. The EPA publishes its NOAs in the Federal 
Register weekly, usually on Fridays.

ADDRESSES: To access the Final EIS or to request an electronic or paper 
copy, please reach out to:
     Website: http://www.blm.gov/alaska.
     Email: [email protected].
     Mail: BLM Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th Avenue #13, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99513.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina McMaster-Goering, Ambler Road EIS 
Project Manager, telephone: 907-271-1310; 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 Ms. McMaster-Goering during normal business hours. 
The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 
or question. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Ambler Road Final EIS analyzes an 
application for a Right of Way grant for year-round industrial access 
road in support of mining exploration and development; and the 
construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities associated with 
that access. The road would run from the existing Dalton Highway to the 
Ambler Mining District. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export 
Authority (AIDEA), a public corporation of the State of Alaska, is the 
applicant.
    The AIDEA estimates the creation of an annual average of 486 jobs 
during road construction and up to 68 full-time jobs over the life of 
the road.
    The Final EIS discloses potential effects associated with the 
construction, operation, maintenance, and reclamation of the road. The 
analysis of the preferred alternative (Alternative A) and other 
alternatives was conducted based on public input gathered from the 11-
month scoping period and a 60-day comment period on the Draft EIS.
    In September and October of 2019, the BLM held public comment 
meetings on the Draft EIS in 18 affected communities as well as 
Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Washington, DC. Modifications to the Draft 
EIS were made based on public comment, cooperating agency coordination, 
tribal and Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act corporation 
consultation, and the BLM's internal review.

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6(b))
Chad B. Padgett,
State Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 2020-06428 Filed 3-26-20; 8:45 am]
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