Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed High Mesa Waste Management Facility on the Nambe Indian Reservation, Santa Fe County, NM

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed High

Mesa Waste Management Facility on the Nambe Indian Reservation, Santa

Fe County, NM

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Correction of public comment, date, and notice of additional

public hearing.

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SUMMARY: On March 2, 1998, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) published

in the Federal Register (FR 10236-10237) a Notice of Availability and

public comment and hearing dates for the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed High Mesa Waste Management Facility

on the Nambe Indian Reservation, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. The date

given in that Notice for the close of the public comment period on the

DEIS was incorrect. The BIA wishes to correct this error, and to give

notice of an additional public hearing on the DEIS.

The proposed BIA action is approval for the lease to High Mesa

Environmental LLC of 100 acres of Indian trust lands of the Pueblo of

Nambe for the purpose of constructing and operating a combined,

municipal solid waste and construction and demolition waste facility.

The facility will not receive hazardous waste.

This notice is published pursuant to Section 1503.1 of the Council

on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 1508)

implementing the procedural requirements of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the

Department of Interior Manual (516 DM 1-6); and is in the exercise of

authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209

DM 8.

DATES: The date by which written comments must arrive at the address

given below is corrected from March 30,1998 to May 12, 1998. The

additional public hearing will be held on April 21, 1998, at the

location shown below.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to Rob Baracker, Area Director, Albuquerque

Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, P.O. Box 26567, Albuquerque, NM

87125-6567. The additional public hearing will be held at from 6:00

p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on April 21, 1998, at the Nambe Pueblo Fuel Terminal

east of Allsup's Convenience Store, at the Cuyamungue Arroyo on U.S.

Route 84/285.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Curtis Canard, Albuquerque Area

Office, 505-766-3170.

Dated: March 27, 1998.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98-8725 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]

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