NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT,
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
AND DECISION RECORD FOR THE
PAINTED ROCK MINE PROJECT
Notice is hereby given that the Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),
as lead agency, with the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) as a cooperating agency,
will be releasing a Final Environmental
Assessment (Final EA) dated July 17, 2024,
for the Painted Rock Mine Project. Based on
the analysis and impacts discussed in the
Final EA and comments received throughout
the public review process, the BIA and
BLM have each prepared a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) and Decision
Record (DR) for public notice.
The proposed aggregate mine would
be adjacent to Sunrise Pass Road,
approximately 6 miles east of US Highway
395 (2 miles east of the terminus of Johnson
Lane). Knox Excavating Inc. is requesting BIA
approval of a sand and gravel mineral lease
totaling 148.8 acres on an Indian-owned
allotment, and a 0.1-mile (0.8-acre) right-ofway
from a second Indian-owned allotment
for use as the mine entrance. Also being
requested is use (right-of-way) of roads on
BLM-administered public lands that would
make up a 2-mile haul route extending from
the terminus of Johnson Lane to the mine
entrance and a 0.8-mile alternative non-haultruck
route to the south.
Electronic versions of the Final EA and
FONSI/DR are available for public review at
the project website at
https://paintedrockmineproject.org/ and
the BLM’s website www.eplanning.com.
Additionally, printed and electronic copies of
the Final EA and FONSI/ DR will be available
for the public viewing at:
1. BIA Western Nevada Office, 311 E
Washington St., Carson City, Nevada 89701
2. BLM Carson District Office at 5665 Morgan
Mill Rd., Carson City, Nevada 89701
3. Douglas County Public Works Department
at 1120 Airport Rd., Building F-2, Minden,
Nevada 89423
The BIA and BLM’s decision to proceed, as
detailed in the DR, can be appealed pursuant
to appeal procedures at 25 CFR Part 2 for
BIA and at 43 CFR Part 4 for BLM. Additional
appeal procedure details are provided in each
agency’s DR.
Pub Date: July 17, 20, 2024
Ad # 44974
